The Paramount Chief of Saboba Traditional Area in the Northern Region, Bowan John Mateer Sakojim IV, has pledged his commitment towards the fight against child marriage and for youth development in the area. The chief made this statement during a forum held at his palace at Saboba to mark this year’s international youth day. It […]

Patients who visited Tamale Teaching hospital Wednesday morning were left to their fate as doctors and nurses at the facility followed through on their threat to lay down their tools in protests for the attacks on the CEO of the facility, Dr Daniel Kolbilla, by some pro-NPP youth on Monday August 13, 2018. Despite the […]

Pro Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Students (UDS), Prof. Seidu Alhassan has questioned equity and the quality of education being provided under the free senior high school policy. He said it was erroneous to assume that the free senior high school policy was a panacea to the educational problems facing the nation, saying […]

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has sensitized section of media practitioners in the Northern Region on the Food and Drugs Law. The engagement was part of activities being undertaken by the FDA to educate the public on unregistered and fake products and abuse of drugs in the country. The media were also taken through […]

Peasant farmers in Upper West have called for adoption of genetically modified organism (GMOs) seeds and animal breeds to guarantee genetic diversity of food crops and increase production levels to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The farmers made the call after a training programme on benefits of new technologies including; GMOs which aims to ensure […]

Authorities at the newly created Nantong District Directorate of Education have expressed fears that standards of education in the area may decline further, if steps are not taken to resource them, to effectively discharge their responsibilities. According to the Deputy Director of Education in-charge of Manpower, Iddrisu Yakubu, transportation challenges for staff was negatively impacting […]

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) would soon roll out an Electronic Point of Sale device (EPOS) for easy collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the country. Among others, the electronic point of sale device is a computerized system which comes as a replacement to the already existing VAT receipt book, would among others promote […]

One hundred and twenty (120) Arabic instructors have been awarded Diploma in Basic Arabic teaching at the ceremony in Tamale, over the weekend. The selected Arabic instructors across the region received their certificates after going through 35 days in-service training organized by the Islamic Education unit in the Northern Region. Manager of the Islamic Education […]

Their rage over being ‘used and neglected;’ pushed the Kandaha boys of Tamale to visit the Chief Executive of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Daniel Akolbilla, to chase him out of office on Monday morning. Not even the wet morning, could stop the drove of the pro-NPP youth group who say they have been lied […]

Ghana Education Service has warned teachers teaching at secondary schools in the country with first degree certificates to desist from the practice. According to a statement issued by the Ghana Education service to the various district directors of education, the Education Act of 2008 does not permit teachers to teach secondary schools with such certificates. […]