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News Ghana Northern: Another bus smuggling over 1000 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra intercepted

Published on: Wednesday 07 January 2026
Another bus smuggling over 1000 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra intercepted
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/another-bus-smuggling-over-1000-ammunition-to-northern-ghana-from-accra-intercepted/

Another bus smuggling over 1000 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra has been intercepted by the police at the Asankare barrier in the Ashanti Region.

News Ghana Northern: Ghana reinforces northern border as Sahel violence encroaches

Published on: Sunday 28 December 2025
Ghana reinforces northern border as Sahel violence encroaches
News source: https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/ghana-reinforces-northern-border-as-sahel-violence-encroaches/

Ghana’s military is bolstering its presence in the north, where people are moving south due to the rising threat of terrorist attacks originating in Burkina ...

News Ghana Northern: Kofi Adda, three others named among 100 Most Influential Personalities from Northern Ghana

Published on: Friday 02 August 2019
Kofi Adda, three others named among 100 Most Influential Personalities from Northern Ghana
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kofi-Adda-three-others-named-among-100-Most-Influential-Personalities-from-Northern-Ghana-769093

A Jogobu and Navrongo Central Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Kofi Adda has been named among the 100 people from Northern Ghana with the most influence. In a list released yesterday by organizers, ...

News Ghana Northern: Anas, Mahama, Bawumia among 100 Most Influential Personalities from Northern Ghana

Published on: Friday 02 August 2019
Anas, Mahama, Bawumia among 100 Most Influential Personalities from Northern Ghana
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Anas-Mahama-Bawumia-among-100-Most-Influential-Personalities-from-Northern-Ghana-768963

One of the world’s most trusted undercover investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has been voted among the 100 Most Influential Personalities (MIPS) from Northern Ghana in 2019. Also mentioned ...

News Ghana Northern: Doyens Leverage launches security awareness programme in Northern Region

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Doyens Leverage launches security awareness programme in Northern Region
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Doyens-Leverage-launches-security-awareness-programme-in-Northern-Region-765452

The sensitisation was undertaken by Doyens Leverage, a law enforcement and intelligence training organisation, as part of the launching of its Security Awareness Programme in the Northern Region. Mr ...

News Ghana Northern: Janet, Mukarama battle for top women's prize at Ghana Football Awards today

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Janet, Mukarama battle for top women's prize at Ghana Football Awards today
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Janet-Mukarama-battle-for-top-women-s-prize-at-Ghana-Football-Awards-today-765403

Former Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies centre back Janet Egyir is in the race for the 2019 Ghana Football Awards’ Women’s Footballer of the Year. Egyir is in competition with Northern Ladies forward Abdulai ...

News Ghana Northern: Sierra Leone wins 2019 Jollof competition in US; Ghana places 4th

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
Sierra Leone wins 2019 Jollof competition in US; Ghana places 4th
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Sierra-Leone-wins-2019-Jollof-competition-in-US-Ghana-places-4th-765089

Carol is from Masimera Chiefdom in Northern Sierra Leone. The new DC Jollof Queen fell ... consumed throughout the regions of Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Togo, Liberia, Niger, Mali, ...

News Ghana Northern: Ghana Immigration Service intercepts seven trafficked girls

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
Ghana Immigration Service intercepts seven trafficked girls
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ghana-Immigration-Service-intercepts-seven-trafficked-girls-765076

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has intercepted six girls and a woman being trafficked to the Gulf States. The six girls aged between 21 and 22, hailed ...

News Ghana Northern: Miss World 2018 storms Ghana

Published on: Wednesday 26 June 2019
Miss World 2018 storms Ghana
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Miss-World-2018-storms-Ghana-758325

The visit forms part of efforts to support the Miss Ghana brand and Miss Ghana Foundation on its social ... provision of water project in Nabuli in the Gushegu District of the Northern Region and ...

News Ghana Northern: Ghana: Four DCEs in Road Crash - a Wake Up Call

Published on: Wednesday 26 June 2019
Ghana: Four DCEs in Road Crash - a Wake Up Call
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201906260608.html

We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the four District Chief Executives (DCEs) in the Northern Region, who were injured and said to be in critical condition, after they were involved in a road crash at the outskirt of Tamale, the Northern Regional capital, on Monday.

News Ghana Northern: Olam Grains embarks on tree planting drive in Northern Ghana

Published on: Thursday 20 June 2019
Olam Grains embarks on tree planting drive in Northern Ghana
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Olam-Grains-embarks-on-tree-planting-drive-in-Northern-Ghana-756671

Olam Grains Ghana Limited, producers of First Choice and Royal Gold wheat flour brands, has launched a tree planting project, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to ...

News Ghana Northern: Ghana Aims to Capture Vulnerable Populations in First Digital Census

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
News source: https://www.voanews.com/a/ghana-aims-to-capture-vulnerable-populations-in-first-digital-census/4936102.html

Long-time resident Mohammed Basiru volunteers. He was missed out of the head count during Ghana's previous census in 2010 because he was traveling overnight from the northern city of Tamale. At that ...

News Ghana Northern: Ghana: Yendi Police Intercept Cartridges in MMT Bus

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201906050292.html

Yendi — Yendi Police in the Northern Region last Sunday intercepted ... Many properties worth millions of Ghana cedis have been destroyed in the hit of the violent conflict in the area. ...

News Ghana Northern: DFID Ghana Country Director's speech at the Northern Ghana Development Summit

Published on: Thursday 30 May 2019
News source: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/dfid-ghana-country-directors-speech-at-the-northern-ghana-development-summit

Your Excellency, the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Senior Minister, Hon. Nana Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Regional Ministers, Your Excellencies, Ambassadors Chief Executive Officer of Northern ...

News Ghana Northern: Mobile Library Day marked in Northern region

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Mobile-Library-Day-marked-in-Northern-region-752182

The celebration dubbed: “Reading for Progress,” was an initiative of the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) as part of activities marking the Year of Reading, which focused on improving literacy and ...