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A Deputy Registrar Shot Dead, Two Months After Promotion
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A Deputy Registrar Shot Dead, Two Months After Promotion

A Deputy Registrar of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Alhassan Azumah has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.   The deceased was promoted to the rank of Deputy Registrar in the university about two months ago. The late Alhassan Azumah Information gathered by Graphic Online from some sources within the university indicates that two gunmen on a motorbike shot him multiple times around 7pm on Wednesday (January 17, 2024) outside his residence in Sokabisi, a suburb of Bolgatanga. He was walking around his residence when the unknown assailants surfaced, shot him, and sped off. Mr Azumah’s death has shocked both the staff and students of the university. Source: graphic online
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Police Arrest One Person Over Death of 22 year old in Yorogo a Suburb of Bolga Central
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Police Arrest One Person Over Death of 22 year old in Yorogo a Suburb of Bolga Central

The Police have arrested one person in connection with the death of a 22-year-old man at Yorogo, a suburb of Bolga Central in the Upper East Region. Preliminary Police report indicates that the suspect, Abotiyariba Aduko, stabbed the deceased, identified as Asobire Akuta during a fight yesterday 19th December 2023 about 6:30pm. The deceased victim was rushed to the hospital for medical attention but was pronounced dead on arrival by the medical authorities. Suspect Abotiyariba Aduko is currently in Police custody assisting the investigation.
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Remembrance Day Parade held in Bolgatanga
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Remembrance Day Parade held in Bolgatanga

A parade of personnel of the various security agencies and a solemn wreath-laying ceremony have been held in honour of officers who died in World War I and II. The ceremony held at the regional Veterans Association of Ghana (VAG) Cenotaph in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region was also to pay tribute to security personnel who have died in the line of duty in the nation. The parade was made up of personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Police Service and Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Brief but impressive, the ceremony is held on November 11 each year since 1918, to remember and pay respect to all fallen soldiers of World War I and II, as well as those who were involved in other conf...
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Let’s teach pupils the word of God – Rev Mrs Anaba
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Let’s teach pupils the word of God – Rev Mrs Anaba

Reverend Mrs Rosemond Anaba, the Director of the Desert Pastures International School in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, has called on Christian Basic Schools to teach pupils the “true gospel of God.” She said parents entrusted the care of their children in the hands of Christian school authorities and encouraged teachers not to only build the academic lives of the pupils but teach them the true word of God and pray with them. Reverend Mrs Anaba said such teachings would enable pupils in Christian schools to follow the path of Jesus Christ, live decent lifestyles and influence society positively in their adult life. “Every one of these Christian schools, please, no child should pass through your class without getting the opportunity to serve Christ. “That is your mandate,” she ...
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NGO donates laptops and bags to Bolgatanga Preparatory School
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NGO donates laptops and bags to Bolgatanga Preparatory School

Global Prayer Arena, a non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom (UK), has donated 20 laptops and accessories, including a modem to the Bolgatanga Preparatory School in the Upper East Region. The donation was facilitated by Colonel James Bugbilla Sabia, an old student of the school, to enhance the teaching and learning of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) subject. The NGO also donated 300 school bags, three footballs, soft drinks, and biscuits to mark the return of the school children to school for the new academic year at a total cost of more than GH₵50,000.00. Col. Sabia, who completed the school in 1988, said the cost of the internet data to power the modem had been catered for and advised the pupils to study hard to be successful in life and g...
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Saala! Saala!: Welcome to Wulugu, the charcoal town
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Saala! Saala!: Welcome to Wulugu, the charcoal town

Some of the charcoal is displayed. On entering the town, one is greeted with heaps of charcoal by the roadside. They are not for the decoration of the town but to attract potential buyers along the Walewale-Bolgatanga highway. Wulugu, the second largest town in the West Mamprusi Municipality in the North East Region, is noted for its massive charcoal production. From time immemorial, most residents, particularly women, have engaged in the trade as their main source of livelihood. On a daily basis, charcoal burners in the surrounding communities and parts of the Mamprugu-Moadugri District supply the commodity to the women. Shouting "Saala, Saala" literally meaning charcoal is available, the women rush to every vehicle approaching the trading spot to solicit customers....
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One Robbery Suspect Shot Dead, Police Pursue Others

On the afternoon of February 27, 2022, Police in the Upper East Region gunned down a suspected robber during a shootout at the Nyariga Forest along the Bolgatanga-Nyariga stretch. The Police team, while on patrols, responded to intelligence gathered that armed robbers were attacking traders from the Nyariga market. Upon getting to the said location, the team encountered three young men wielding pump-action guns. The robbers engaged the Police in a shootout and one was gunned down in the process but the two others managed to escape. The injured suspect was rushed to the Regional Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival by the medical officer. Meanwhile, his body has been deposited at the Regional Hospital Morgue for preservation. Items retrieved from him inlud...
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Bolga Tech Institute Closed Down
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Bolga Tech Institute Closed Down

The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region has temporarily been closed down due to students’ riot on campus. The action was taken after the Acting Regional Minister and the Head of Regional Security Council (REGSEC), Tangoba Abayage, accompanied by the leadership of the education directorate in the Bolgatanga Municipality visited the school on Wednesday to assess the situation. A DAILY GUIDE source said on the evening of Monday, February 15, 2021, a misunderstanding ensued between two Form 3 students, which got the attention of other students. Soon, what started as an argument turned into a free for all fight by the students, which led to the destruction of school properties. The fight continued throughout Monday night amidst gunshots reportedly ...
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SRHR, key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals
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SRHR, key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) by women and girls is key to gender equality and empowerment and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mrs Georgina Aberese-Ako, the Upper East Acting Regional Director of the Department of Children, has said. She said if the sexual and reproductive health needs of individuals particularly women and girls were met it would empower them to be more assertive, improve upon family and community wellbeing, boost economic gains and save the lives of women and children. She noted that it would enhance safe sexual life leading to the prevention of teenage pregnancies among adolescents, curb sexual and gender-based violence, and the spread of HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). The Act...
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4 feared dead, others injured in accident on Tamale-Bolga road
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4 feared dead, others injured in accident on Tamale-Bolga road

At least four persons are feared dead with others injured in an accident involving market women on the Tamale-Bolgatanga road. Reports indicate the accident occurred last night between Diari and Savelugu while they were travelling from Pishigu in the Karaga District. Though the cause of the accident was not immediately known, the truck with registration number NR 7064-G is said to have veered off the road in the middle of the journey. According to a witness, Christopher Amoako, most of the traders were trapped under bags of maize and soya beans which the truck was transporting. The victims are said to be on admission at the Savelugu Hospital after the help of a police patrol vehicle, a pick-up and other vehicles that used the stretch at the time of the incident. ...
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