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By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Otumfuo Osei-Tutu seated and flanked by Chieftaincy Minister, Hon Stephen Asamoah Boateng (right) and staff from the ministry The Chieftaincy and Religious Minister, Hon Stephen Asamoah Boateng has commended the King of Asante, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II for continuously supporting the NPP government in its quest to ensure …

    Audio Attachment:Listen to Kwesi Pratt Jnr. Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has said government must be serious in tackling the “total lawlessness and recklessness” of the youth in Bawku in their longstanding Chieftaincy conflict. “Some of these disputes doesn’t make sense . . . …

  Government in the statement has reiterated that Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II is the Bawku Naba, duly gazetted and a member of the National and Upper East Regional Houses of Chiefs. In a statement by the Ministry of Information, “The Government condemns developments in Nalerigu today February 15, 2023, concerning the …

  Conflict and Security Analyst, Colonel Retired Festus B. Aboagye, has criticised government’s decision to deploy more military personnel to Bawku as a means of resolving the conflict there. The Defence Minister on February 8, said although there were 400 military personnel at Bawk, government will send 500 more to …

  The Bawku recurring conflicts have become compounded. There’s land litigation in it, struggle for chieftaincy and partisan undertones. Factions are dangerously armed and capable of overpowering state military and other peace officers posted to Bawku to stop the fights. Many lives have been lost with property worth millions of …

  AK-47 gun The Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, is demanding immediate silencing of guns at Bawku. He sought for peace to reign in the region. “We have brought Ghana Education Service Director here, we have brought Health Director here, we have our security services here, we want them …

  Seven people have been killed in Bawku in the Upper East Region following renewed ethnic disturbances between Kusasis and Mamprusis. OtecNews sources gather that an alleged killing of an old man at Sing-Naatin on Saturday, December 17, 2022, resulted in sporadic gunshots leaving five persons dead. The spillover of gunshots …

  by;brightwebtv The motive for the murder is unknown Gunmen have killed three people in Bawku, Upper East Region. They fired into a bus that the three victims were on. The victims were returning from Bolgatanga to Bawku when the gunmen open fire on them around the Bawku Senior High …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said it cannot take responsibility for the violence that erupted at the Bawku and Bolgatanga Technical Institutes. This, according to the Head of Public Affairs, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, is because they are not the supervisory body. “WAEC supervises WASSCE which …

  By:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah     Some three military officers who were caught up in a shootout with some residents of Buabula, a suburb of Bawku, in the Upper East Region have been airlifted to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. They are said to be critically injured. Seven …