Tag: Bawku

Mahama urges peace in Bawku, Nkwanta as military enforces curfew

Peace & Security Sylvester Oppong Nyarko -
President John Dramani Mahama has called on residents of Bawku in the Upper East Region and Nkwanta in the...

Mahama orders military to enforce peace in Bawku as violence escalates

Peace & Security Sylvester Oppong Nyarko -
President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the Ghana Armed Forces to shift from peacekeeping to peace enforcement in Bawku...

Gov’t inaction on security funding caused Nalerigu student deaths – Oppong Nkrumah

Peace & Security Sylvester Oppong Nyarko -
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, has squarely blamed the government’s failure to release...

Gov’t bans weapons in Bawku, Nalerigu amid curfew and student evacuation

Crime Sylvester Oppong Nyarko -
In response to renewed violence in the northeast, the government has imposed a total ban on the possession of...

Defence Minister orders probe into Bawku violence, urges calm

Crime Sylvester Oppong Nyarko -
Minister for Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has directed a full investigation into the recent attacks in Bawku on...

Ayariga slams military over statue demolition, civilian brutality in Bawku

News Sylvester Oppong Nyarko -
Majority Leader and Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has condemned the Ghana Armed Forces for allegedly destroying a statue...

IGP rushes to Bawku after youth set ablaze Ayariga’s home

Crime Awake New Reporter -
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, is spearheading a high-powered team to Bawku in the Upper East...

Scores injured as soldiers and prisons officers clash in Bawku

Peace & Security Peter Atsu Selorm -
Information reaching Awakenewsroom has it that several personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces and Ghana Prisons Service have been...

Bawku crisis: Soldiers on peace mission accused of theft during operation

News Peter Atsu Selorm -
Members of the Ghana Armed Forces who are on a peace mission in Bawku, have been accused of carting...

National Chief Imam Appeals for Peace in Bawku

News Victor Ablormeti | Reporter -
The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has appealed for peace in Bawku in the Upper East Region. Speaking...

Mahama Calls for Peace in Bawku

News Victor Ablormeti | Reporter -
John Dramani Mahama, the former president of Ghana and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed sadness...

Purported enskinment of Bawku Naba illegal – Gov’t

News Awake News Desk -
The Government has condemned developments in Nalerigu concerning the purported enskinment of a new Bawku Naba. In a statement...