DOVVSU records 15.21% cases increase in 2018

The Brong-Ahafo Regional office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in 2018 recorded a 15.21 per cent increase in cases. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Setina Aboagye, Regional Coordinator of the Unit in an interview in Sunyani said that the Unit dealt with 1,019 cases last year […]

Minister underscores importance of CHPS compounds

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has underscored the importance of CHPS compounds in the country’s healthcare delivery system. He said they provide essential access to comprehensive health care in under served communities. Mr. Darfour said this when outdooring a CHPS compound at Pabi, a community in the West Akim Municipality of the Eastern […]

Flt Lt Rawlings congratulates new Dagbon Overlord

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated the new King and the people of Dagbon for the historic achievement of the investiture of Ya Naa Abubakari Mahama II as the Overlord of Dagbon. Flt Lt (rtd) Jerry John Rawlings commended the Committee of Eminent Chiefs, led by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Boresa […]

Yaa-Naa promises to uphold the dignity of Dagbon

The chiefs and people of the Dagbon traditional area have outdoored a new chief, Ya-Naa Abdulai Abubaka at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi. This follows the successful performance of final funeral rites of two previous Overlords of the Dagbon Kingdom which was delayed following protracted chieftaincy disputes. The Friday, January 25, 2019, outdooring of the new […]

US President Trump accepts deal to halt painful shutdown

President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history. After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for three weeks, but it includes none of the money he has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall. The Republican president previously vowed to reject any budget […]

"Unite behind new Yaa-Na" – President Akufo-Addo

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed to all sons and daughters of Dagbon to unite behind the new Yaa-Na, Mahama Abukari II, describing him as a man of experience and dignity who will discharge the duties of his new office with distinction. Speaking at the enskinment and outdooring ceremony of the new Ya-Naa […]