Some Junior High School (JHS) students who fled fighting in Chereponi in the North East Region have returned to sit the Basic Education Certification Examination (BECE). The candidates are being conveyed back to the town to sit for the exams despite losing several contact hours. Some of the candidates who fled fighting between Chokosis and Konkombas are being accommodated at …
A senior local officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Chereponi in the North East Region has been detained by police at Yendi after he was found transporting hundreds of live ammunition to the area. Gushi Kwesi Mohammed, the district Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the NHIA, was arrested on Sunday evening with 250 pieces of AAA cartridges …
Preliminary investigations have revealed the police officer who was escorting the Metro Mass Transit bus on which some 250 ammunition were discovered and seized Sunday evening did not travel with the bus from Tamale. According to the Northern Regional Police Command, the unnamed officer joined the Chereponi bound bus from Yendi and not Tamale where the bus was loaded …
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has charged the government to as a matter of urgency, take some proactive actions to rescue candidates preparing to sit the Basiic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Chereponi in the North East Region. Two ethnic groups in Chereponi, the Chokosis and Kokombas have over the past few weeks, attacked unsuspecting residents of the …
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has appealed to the people of Chereponi in the North East Region to give peace a chance and live in harmony with each other. Speaking at the Paga Central Mosque on Saturday 25th May, 2019, Vice President Bawumia deplored the latest outbreak of violence, saying such occurrences thwart efforts at comprehensive nation building. Police …
The former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu has called on feuding factions in Saboba and Chereponi to bury the hatchet and rather focus on developing their area. Bugri Naabu, who said he left his sick bed to travel to the troubled community challenged both Konkombas and Chokosis to end the recurring conflict there. …
Residents of Chereponi embarked on a demonstration on Thursday to register their displeasure over insecurity in the district occasioned by recurrent clashes between Konkombas and Anufuls. The residents are also opposed to a decision by the Regional Security Council to ban the use of motorbikes in the area. The REGSEC on Thursday announced a ban on motorbikes in the area, …
The West Africa Nobles Forum (WANF), a non-governmental organisation, has added its voice to the call on the government to disband all vigilante groups as a matter of urgency. “The rate at which these vigilante groups are springing up is very alarming and the wantonness of their actions is very dreadful. Our fledging democracy is under serious threat by these …
The West Africa Nobles Forum (WANF), a non-governmental organisation, has added its voice to the call on the government to disband all vigilante groups as a matter of urgency. “The rate at which these vigilante groups are springing up is very alarming and the wantonness of their actions is very dreadful. Our fledging democracy is under serious threat by these …
The Ghana Education Service Directorate in the Northern Region has ordered all head teachers in the Chreponi district not to reopen schools until calm is restored following recent clashes there. Sources in the GES say the decision to keep the schools closed is to ensure the safety of the students and staff. Some SHS students were expected in school …
