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S/R: Ministers Committee On Rosewood Logging Recommends Total Ban

A Nine member committee formed by the Savannah Regional Minister to investigate the factors that militate against efforts to end illegal logging has presented it's report to the Savannah Regional Minister Hon. Adam Salifu Braimah at Damongo over the weekend. The Committee recommended that; "Considering the level of destruction of the forest and vegetation resulting from the long period and...

Bole places 8th in District Assemblies Capital project performance score card 2019

The Bole District Assembly placed 8th out of 50 districts in which the Ghana Audit service (GAS) conducted performance audits on selected infrastructure projects. This was made known at a Town Hall meeting on Dissemination of Performance Audit Results and Score Cards on Tuesday 5th October, 2019. The scorecard provides a rating of the performance of the Bole District assembly...

I am ‘Chairman win all seats in Savannah Region’- says Professor Kalamonia

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Savannah Region, Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana affectionately called Proff Kalamonia has promised to win all the seven seats in the region for the NPP. Proff Kalamonia made these comments after a meeting with party executives at Damongo attended by the National Organiser of the NPP Sammy Awuku on Tuesday 5th November, 2019. The Savannah...

Chief of Busunu of the Gonja Kingdom Passes On

The Paramount Chief of the Busunu Traditional area of Gonja, Busunuwura Nungbanso Mahama Lenseni has passed on in the late hours of Tuesday 5th November, 2019. The late Busunuwura who was known as the Best Damba Dancer among Gonja Paramount Chiefs died at the age of 78 after battling with sickness for close to ...

Minister of Agric Denies Denigrating and Maligning Northerners

The Minister of a Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has emphatically denied undermining Northerners The Minister emphasised that it was very unfortunate that his comments were misinterpreted and added that he would never in his life denigrate northerners or for that matter any group of people. "I want to state emphatically that I have never and will never in any...

Catholic Diocese of Damongo launches a Regional Diocesan sensitization program on referendum and election of MMDCE’s

The Catholic Diocese of Damongo has launchedĀ  a regional Diocesan sensitization program on the referendum and election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE's) under theĀ  theme; "Participation of political parties and citizens in district level election". The programme which took place on Monday 4th November, 2019 at Damongo was organised by...

Woman Kidnapper of 4 Year Old Fadillla arrested at Masaka in the East Gonja Municipality

The woman who allegedly kidnapped Mohammed Fadilla, a four year old kindergarten pupil at her fathers house at Lamashegu in Tamale  about a month ago, has been arrested at Masaka a Community near Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region in the night of Monday 4th November, 2019. The alleged kidnapper Fusiena Adam was traced to Masaka...

Thieves Invades Damongo SHS

Thieves yesterday Monday 4th November, 2019 stormed the campus of Damongo Senior High School with a motorking and drove straight to the store room of the school and started loading the motorking with cartoons of milk, cooking oil, bags of rice and other items at about 1:00am. Some students who were coming from class suspected something fishy, mastered courage...

Looming Doom in the Savannah Regional Capital of Damongo- Activities of Tricycle Operators in Perspective

Road clashes are a threat to the public health globally. According to the Global status report on road safety, the annual road traffic deaths have reached 1.35 million in 2016 and said to have killed more people than Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS (WHO, 2018). Sub-Saharan Africa is noted to be the global hub for road traffic accidents with low-income countries recording...

EC Is Transferring Voters Illegally Into Some Constituencies In The Savannah Region- says NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Savannah Region is accusing the Electoral Commission of Ghana of conniving with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of illegally transfering voters into some constituencies in the region. The Regional Secretary of the NDC Mr Salisu Be-Awuribe addressing the media at Damongo alleged that the NDC has enough evidence and information that members of...