Tag Archives: Gonja

Overlord of Gonja Kingdom is dead

Yagbonwura Sulemana Tuntumba Boresa I has died after 12 years of reign as Overlord of the Gonja State. According to Graphic Online, the 90-year-old chief died at his palace in Damango on February 4, 2023 at dawn. The report further indicated that the Overlord of Gonja State had been unwell …

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Tension brews in Bole over renaming of communities with Gonja names

Tension is brewing in the Bole Traditional area following a directive by the Chief of Bole for settler towns to be given Gonja names. The Chief of Bole, Bolewura Safo Kutugefeso, in a letter to the Electoral Commission and other government agencies, said “all communities under Bole Traditional area shall …

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Central Gonja nurses, midwives say ‘no security, no posting to Boachipe CHPS’

The Central Gonja branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said until the security of health workers is guaranteed, no health worker must be posted to the Boachipe CHPS in the Savanna region. The group’s comment follows a shooting incident that occurred at the Boachipe CHPS …

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West Gonja: Kabampe woman in critical condition after attack by bees

A woman believed to be in her late 50’s was attacked by bees at a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region called Kabampe on 3rd February, 2022. According to an eye witness, the swarm of bees pounced on the woman in the outskirts of the …

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Gun battle in Gonja leaves one feared dead

One person is feared dead with three others sustaining various degrees of gun shot wounds following a land dispute between two clans at Mpaha in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region Sunday morning. The deceased, a male, is reported to have been hit by a bullet following a …

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Gonja still safe for investment – Overlord

The Paramount Chief of Gonja, the Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa, has said his area is still a peaceful place for investment despite the lynching of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the East Gonja municipality recently. “I still want to assure Ghanaians and the entire Gonja kingdom that Gonja …

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Gonjaland UK and Ireland held their Annual General Meeting on 15th February, 2020 in Milton Keynes, UK to deliberate on the progress of the Union

It is a group of people from the Savannah Region of Ghana, formerly part of Northern Region who reside in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The president of the group Mr Gamel Mahama in his opening address described the group as one of the oldest Ghanaian community groups in the …

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