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  • NDC boys reportedly vandalize office; Gunshots fired in Tamale

    Some youth believed to be affiliated to the National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Northern region, have vandalized party properties in Tamale.

    Information reaching DGN Online, indicates that the youth stormed the party office and fired gunshots, destroying properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis.

    It is believed that the attack is in connection with the suspensions of some regional executives over an alleged diversion of Ramadan sugar meant for party supporters in the region.

    DGN Online learnt that some regional executives were at the office performing their official duties when the youth stormed that office.

    The incident has since been reported to the Northern Regional Police Command for the necessary action.

    The National Democratic Congress in the Northern region suspended its communications director and other executives indefinitely over Ramadan sugar.

    The suspended executives are communications director, General Amin, Deputy communication officer, Iddrisu Hardi Paghazaa, first vice chairman, Alhaji Hassan Rufai Ahmed Veilim ,Treasurer, Inusah Salman Fariz , Deputy Treasurer Mohammed Mateen and two other Tamale North constituency executives.

    Meanwhile, the suspended NDC executives have rubbished the suspension claiming they are still at post as executives of the party in the region.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Tamale: Seven persons arrested for operating, patronizing drinking spot amidst ban on gatherings

    Three out of seven persons have been granted bail for gathering at a drinking spot in Tamale despite the Coronavirus-induced ban on social gatherings.

    According to the police, the seven persons were arrested at Sarafina Bar near the police headquarters in Tamale in the Northern Region for failing to comply with the restrictions imposed on public gatherings by operating and patronizing the bar.

    The suspects, namely Baba sheriff Aloboba, 32; Adongo Ishmael,19; Mark Derrick Azure, 19; Sunday Okeke, 43; Lambongang Paroka, 20; Lardi Adongo, 41; and Benjamin Ayeebo, 32 were picked up on May 2.

    They were then screened and four out of the seven were charged and were to appear before court on May 4, 2020.

    However, only three appeared before the Tamale Circuit Court. The fourth person, Lardi Adongo, an expectant mother, failed to come till after the close of court.

    The three, after the case hearing, were granted bail with two sureties. Lardi Adongo was however asked to appear before the court the following day.

    The case has been adjourned to May 19, 2020.

    Bar operation during lockdown

    When the President announced the partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi, he noted that only some essential service providers such as those involved in the production, distribution and marketing of food and beverages, media practitioners, and fuel station operators were exempted from the lockdown.

    This sparked up a bit of confusion as to whether drinking spots and bars fell under the food chain operators category.

    But the government clarified that drinking bars, night clubs, pubs, and other similar service providers must be closed.

    The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Kwasi Agyemang explained that even restaurants must operate only pick-up and delivery services.

    Even though the partial lockdown has now been lifted, some of these bars and pubs are still closed since the ban on public gathering still holds.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Tamale: Seven arrested for failing to comply with ban on public gathering

    The Northern Regional Police has arrested seven persons in Tamale for failing to comply with the restrictions imposed on public gathering by operating and patronising a drinking spot.

    They are Baba Sheriff Aloboba, 32; Adongo Ishmael, 19; Mark Derrick Azure, 19; Sunday Okeke, 43; Lambongang Paroka, 20, Lardi Adongo, 41 and Benjamin Ayeebo, 32.

    The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent (Supt), Mr Kwabena Otuo Acheampong who made this known to the media in Tamale said the suspects were arrested at the Sarafina Bar near the police headquarters in Tamale last Saturday, May 2, 2020 at about 8.30pm.

    He said all the suspects were put before the Tamale District Magistrate Court on Monday, May 4, 2020 and have since been granted bail pending further investigations.

    Background

    All drinking bars in the Tamale metropolis have been closed following the ban imposed on social gathering.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Coronavirus: Tamale Testing Center starts testing

    The Tamale Teaching Hospital has commenced testing of Covid-19 samples for Northern, Savannah, Upper West, Upper East and North East regions in Tamale in the Northern region.

    Head of the Tamale Testing Center at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abass Abdul Karim told DGN Online that the facility can test between 300-600 samples daily.

    He indicated that they have received 250 samples so far for testing today.

    Dr. Karim noted that 35 health personnel from the Ghana Health Service, Tamale Teaching Hospital and University for Development Studies (UDS) have been trained to work at the facility.

    The five regions of the North had to rely on Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) , Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research testing.

    The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, who inspected the testing center before its commencement , expressed satisfaction with regards to the modern equipment installed in the facility.

    He noted that the Northern regional health directorate spent huge sums of monies for testing in Accra and Kumasi, adding that the center will be a relief for the region.

    Mr. Saeed encouraged the health personnel to give up their best for the fight against the Covid-19 virus.

    He urged the people of the North to adhere to the directives of the president to prevent the spread of the virus.

    The Minister thanked Unicef for supporting government to setup the testing center in Tamale.

    In a related development, the Ghana Water Company Limited in the Northern region led by its regional manager Eng. Aminu Musah donated 200 packs of G-water to the Tamale Teaching Hospital as part of its contribution to help fight against the covid-19 virus in the region.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Police rescue man from being killed for allegedly raping a popular kings wife in Tamale

    A 40-year-old man who allegedly raped one of the wives of a high profile king in the Northern Region has been rescued by the police in the area from being killed.

    Abass Shani was tied and beaten to pulp Tuesday by some angry youth who arrested him few metres away from the palace of the unnamed king.

    Many people in the area say the man was dead because he was unconscious at the time the police rescued him from the mob, a claim the police have rejected.

    Police in the area have confirmed the attack on the man, but have been tight-lipped on the details of the incident because it involves a king.

    He was first taken to the Baptist Medical Centre at Nalerigu, but had to be transferred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital in view of the severity of the injuries suffered from the attack on his life by the youth.

    The police say their timely intervention saved the man from being lynched.

    Checks at the Tamale Teaching Hospital reveal the Shani is responding to treatment.

    Source: 3news.com

  • Suspect who led attack on police officers in Tamale granted bail

    The main suspect in the assault case on three police officers stationed at the Tamale District Police Criminal and Investigative Department, Mohammed Iddrisu Sahadatu, has been granted bail to the tune of GHC3,000 with one surety to be justified.

    The suspect, a resident of Changli, a suburb of Tamale, escaped arrest on Thursday, April 16 after leading an attack on the police officers. But was apprehended on the following day with the support of the Assemblyman of the Area.

    The case presided over by His Worship Yusif Amadu, of the Tamale District Court 2, has been adjourned to May 5, 2020.

    “Mohammed Iddrisu Sahadatu was charged with two counts of assault on a public officer and resisting arrest”, the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer Superintendent Kwabena Otuo Acheampong told the media.

    Background

    Sahadatu Iddrisu Mohammed according to the Police in Northern region instigated the assault on the three Police Officers who had visited her home in Changli on April 16 to arrest her over a theft case reported to the Tamale District Police Criminal and Investigations Department.

    Police revealed she called her sons who started assaulting the officers including a female officer Corporal Rita Aboagye.

    Some residents joined in assaulting the officers.

    Corporal Rita Aboagye was beaten to a pulp and left in a gutter while her colleagues fled to report the incident, about half a kilometre away.

    The Revenge Swoop

    Some police officers in Tamale after hearing the news of the assault on their colleagues went on rampage, unleashing violence on scores of residents in Changli in retaliation.

    Source: 3news.com

  • 134 arrested in dawn raid for brutalizing female police officer in Tamale

    Police sources at the Northern Regional Police Command have revealed to MyNewsGh.com that about 134 suspects were on Saturday dawn arrested in connection with the brutality of a Female Police Officer at Changli a suburb of the Tamale Metropolis.

    The security numbering over 200 comprising armed military and police personnel, according to the residents, entered the community at 3 am and begun breaking into homes and beating people up from their sleep.

    In the process, about 134 persons were arrested and are currently at the Regional Command undergoing some screening to fish out those purported to have engaged in the act.

    Meanwhile, dozens of residents are pouring from their homes to besiege the Northern regional police headquarters in protest against the conduct of the security services.

    It would be recalled that the unnamed policewoman was subjected to the beatings of her life at Changli when to she went to the area to effect the arrest of a woman suspected to be involved in a theft case under investigation.

    The son of the suspect mobilized some residents who beat the unarmed cop to pulp according to the Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Otuo Acheampong.

    According to him, the policewoman became unconscious and was rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where she was later resuscitated and is responding to treatment.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Armed robbers attack passengers on Tamale-Kintampo highway

    Armed robbers on Saturday attacked passengers travelling on the Tamale-Kintampo highway at Porto in the Bono East Region.

    The robbers said to be 12 in number subjected the passengers in the Urvan bus to intense search and took away their monies, phones, laptops and other valuables.

    JoyNews’ Seth Kwame Boateng reported that, “Thirty minutes after driving past last Monday’s accident scene which killed over 30 persons on the Kintampo-Tamale road, we observed from afar some people desperately trying to stop our vehicle.”

    According to him, the long stretch being such a silent one, their driver was not too sure whether it was safe for them to stop so we continued.

    He said what saved him and his crew was when a brown pickup which had overtaken them at a point which suddenly stopped and turned with speed towards them.

    “He shouted at us to return since there was a highway robbery underway. Yes, it was true, the armed robbers numbering about 12 had crossed an Urvan bus full of passengers from Sunyani going to Tamale. They first smashed the windscreen and impressed on the driver to stop,” the journalist said.

    According to the reporter, the robbers then ransacked the vehicles which were carrying a number of passengers including teachers from the Tamale Technical University who were returning from a workshop.

    “Everything they were carrying, from their laptops, wallets, ID cards and sums of money. As if this was not enough, they also beat with clubs and the butt of their guns. Some sustained cuts in their heads.

    “From afar, we could see the robbers comfortably and boldly carrying out their activities with no vehicle coming or going.

    “A number of vehicles had joined ours and parked on the shoulder of the road but with all engines on so we could retreat as soon, we become their target.”

    According to him, a few calls to the security officials in Kintampo saved the situation as the robbers entered the nearby bush when they got wind of the arrival of the armed police.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

     

  • Mayor of Tamale converts toilet facility into stores

    Metropolitan Chief Executive for Tamale, Iddrisu Musah Superior, has come under heavy criticism from some traders and other users of the Tamale Market for converting a toilet facility which was 80% complete into stores for businesses.

    The Mayor, who justified his action to Metro TV News, stated that the conversion was upon the advice of environmental and technical officers of the region and metropolis.

    But these officers have categorically denied ever advising the Mayor to convert the toilet facility into stores for businesses according to a report sighted by MyNewsGh.com

    The Northern Regional Environmental Officer, Sulemana Yakubu, for instance, has denied ever having any knowledge of the conversion of the facility to market stores.

    In the words of the Tamale Metropolitan Environmental Health Officer, while denying ever advising the mayor to do the controversial conversion, stated that having a place of convenience within a market is a key requirement that must not be overlooked.

    “From the point of view of environmental standards and public safety as well as public health practice, for every public building, it is a requirement…People leave their homes or where they work and occupy. So there must be places of convenience for them…And so it is a requirement that public places including markets, hospitals and schools and offices even commercial areas should have washrooms. So I am not privy to this information [the conversion of the toilet facility into stores for businesses]” he explained to Metro TV News.

    Meanwhile, traders and other users of the Tamale Market are calling for the provision of toilet facility for the market to ease the burden of having access places of convenience.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Police fire warning shots in Tamale

    Police officers from the Northern Regional Police Command were compelled to fire warning shots to disperse youth from Yong, a suburb of Tamale metropolis in the Northern region over Chieftaincy issues at the Bugu Lana palace in Tamale.

    In the process, one person from the yong community was arrested and sent to the police station in Tamale.

    The youth from the Dakpema Naa and Bugu Lana palaces started attacking each other with stones and other objects but with the help of the military and police, the situation was put under control.

    The misunderstanding started when Zama was enskinned by the Dakpema Naa some weeks ago as the chief of Yong.

    Two brothers Zama (senior) who the Dakpena Naa enskinned as the Yong chief and Fuseini (given the tail as the chief) are all claiming to be chiefs.

    The youth of Yong wanted Fuseini as their chief and protested at the Bugu Lana palace.

    They claimed the Zama bribed the Dakpema Naa to be given the Chieftaincy title.

    DGN Online understands that there was a meeting between the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) and Dakpema Naa, Guma Naa, Belpila Naa yesterday to find lasting solution to the Chieftaincy issue in the area.

    REGSEC reportedly ordered the Dakpema Naa and Belbila Naa to return the magic tail to Dakpema Naa to be given to the rightful person for the Yong skin.

    The Bugu Lana palace Public Relations Officer, Abdul Wahab S. Kamal told DGN Online that the views of the youth of yong will be addressed by the palace and appealed to them to remain calm.

    According to him, the Metro police commander has assured the palace that the person who was arrested will be released to the palace to be handed over to the yong people.

    Supt Yusif Tanko, Metro Police Commander, appealed to the youth from both factions not to take the law into their own hands.

    Meanwhile, military and police personnel have been stationed at the Dakpema Naa and Bugu Lana palaces respectively to protect lives and properties.

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • 18 suspected criminals arrested in Tamale

    A joint military and police team has rounded up 18 suspected criminals in a swoop conducted in the Tamale Metropolis.

    The swoop took place on Wednesday, September 11. Substances suspected to be narcotics were seized.

    The team also impounded eight motorbikes belonging to some suspects who absconded.

    Read: Police arrest 11 sex workers in Tamale

    In a statement signed by the Northern Region Police Public Relations Officer DSP Yussif Tanko, the swoop was conducted in well-known criminal areas in the Tamale Metropolis including T Poly, Kaladan and Geshunayili.

    It further mentioned that the exercise is to ensure regular security operations at locations where criminals gather and plan their activities.

    “The exercise will continue at other places outside and within the metropolis to clean the region and ensure that law abiding citizens are not threatened and attacked by criminals,” it stated and called on the citizens to provide the police with the necessary information on hideouts of criminals.

    Read: 354 Arrested in operations in Buduburam, Sekondi/Takoradi

    Meanwhile, the Tamale Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Amadu Seidu has remanded 14 of the suspects into Prison custody.

    The remaining four were granted bail.

    The suspects were charged with meeting on premises for unlawful purposes contrary to section 155(1) of the criminal offences Act 29/50.

    They are to reappear on September 20.

     

    Source: 3news.com