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Sawla: Tamale High Court injuncts Inauguration of Assemblyman

A Tamale High Court has placed an injunction on the inauguration of one Mr Jerkeleh Joseph as the Assemblyman for Sawla Zongo/ PWD Electoral Area in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region. Salisu Be-Awuribe who is the Lawyer of one Fian-naa Nicholas, a contestant of the 19th December, 2023 District Level Elections speaking to Bole based Nkilgi Fm said...

Three Gonja Wrestlers to Represent Ghana at the All African Games 2024

Three popular wrestlers from the Savannah Region of Ghana have been selected to represent the country at the 13th edition of the All African Games, which will be hosted by Ghana from 8th to 23rd March 2024. The wrestlers are Dawuni, Jini and Shark, who are part of the Shea Wrestlers of Ghana, an organization that aims to revive and...

Fire Ravages Parts of Damongo Daily Market

Fire in the early hours of Tuesday 6th February 2024 engulfed the Damongo town Daily market, raising down some stores and tables. The cause of the fire is not known but some market traders are alluding the fire outbreak to the refuse dump behind the affected stores. It took the intervention of the Damongo fire command to immediately put the fire...

The NPP Candidate For Sawla-Tuna-Kalba In Savannah Region Will Surely Bring War Between Gonjas and Brifors (Lobis) In the Unlikely Event he Wins

Before I delve into the main reason for writing this feature, I wish to say my attention has been drawn to a write up by one Ansumah Kipo from Sawla who described me in unpalatable terms. Ansumah Kipo in his feeble attempt to discredit me because of a write up I did said; "He, Mahama Haruna who cannot afford silver...

I am skeptical about govt’s announced withdrawal of VAT on electricity- Stan Dogbe

By Stan Xoese Dogbe The announcement by the pro- government media outlet, Asaase Radio, that the tax on electricity will be withdrawn should leave many Ghanaians like me sceptical about the government's sincerity. The decision to reverse the previously approved policy of charging 15% value added tax (VAT) on electricity comes just days before the Trades Union Congress (TUC) planned demonstration...

Sawla-Tuna-Kalba: DCE Sacked Because of Independent candidate?

Information reaching Bole based Nkilgi Fm indicates that Hajia Barikisu Losina Watara has been replaced as DCE for the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District because of the ethnic political dynamics in the constituency as result of the resolve of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to win the seat for the first time in the 2024 elections. A popular political figure in the constituency...

Damongo: NDC National Chairman unites party for Victory in 2024

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Johnson Aseidu Nketia and his team comprising other national executives and party officials at the national level and some regional executives of the savannah region visited the Damongo Constituency on Thursday 1st February 2024. A statement signed by the NDC Communication Officer for the Damongo Constituency Mr Mumuni Yahaya aka...

Bamboi Polyclinic attains safecare’s high international certification for quality healthcare delivery

In a significant stride for healthcare in Ghana, the Bamboi Polyclinic has been awarded Level 4 on SafeCare Quality Standards, an international benchmark for quality healthcare delivery. This achievement places the facility, located in the Bole district of Savannah Region, at the forefront of healthcare excellence, being the first under the Ghana Health Service to escalate from Level 2 to...

Bole MP’s Facebook Impersonator Arrested By Police

A young man is in the custody of the Ministries Police in Accra for allegedly using Facebook to defraud unsuspecting people in the name of the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bole-Bamboi Constituency Alhaji Yussif Sulemana. The Police in collaboration with the National Investigation Bureau made the arrest after the Bole MP lodged a complaint to the police and...

Bole: Lands Minister Visits Dollar Power as Gov’t reinforces Ghana’s Boundary Lands

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor together with the Deputy Ministers for Lands and Natural Resources, and Roads and Highways, as well as the leadership of the Ghana Boundary Commission, led by General Emmanuel Kotey on 31st January, 2024 paid a working visit to Dollar Power, a community along the Ghana-Ivory Coast International Boundary...