The Supreme Court has declared the late Paramount Chief of the Nanumba Traditional Area, (Bimbilla), Naa Dasana Andani, as the rightful chief of the area. Wednesday’s decision brings clarity to the protracted Bimbila chieftaincy crisis that had led to the death of many people including Naa Andani in 2014. The five-member panel of the apex court reaffirmed the decisions of the Northern Regional House of Chiefs and the National House of Chiefs that declared Naa Andani as the legitimate chief of the area. Another claimant to the Bimbilla skin, the late Nakpa Naa Salifu Dawuni, filed the appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the National House of Chiefs. But in a unanimous decision on Wednesday May 23, 2018, the Supreme Court held that Naa Andani's lineage to the Bimbilla Skin was legitimate. “We therefore find no merit in the appeal and it is dismissed in its entirety,” the court held. The judgement was read by Mr Justice Gabriel Pwamang, while the pan

The Government of President Nana Addo Dankwa  Akufo-Addo has rescued Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) from a judgement debt, which was threatening to collapse one of the enviable schools in the Northern regional capital of Tamale. Properties of the school including vehicles had been attached based on a court order and were nearly auctioned as a result of the accrued debt owed by one of the best second cycle institutions in the region The judgment debt against the school came about, as a result, the wrongful termination of the appointment of the plaintiff by authorities of Ghana Senior High School in 2011. The High Court in Tamale gave judgement in favor of the plaintiff in 2011 and ordered Ghana Education Service to pay the appropriate compensation to the plaintiff. The payment of the judgement debt dragged on for years resulting in another court order in 2014 which encumbered the properties of the school. The court further ordered that the encumbered properties be auction

The Police Rapid Deployment Force in Tamale on Friday arrested 10 people after fighting broke out at the Gupkegu Palace in Tamale.  The fight, between palace guards and youth of choggu, who violently besieged the palace to demand release of their colleagues arrested earlier for launching a brutal arson attack on the residence of a sub-chief accused of wizardry.  Scores of the youth sustained injuries and many others fled leaving behind motorbikes and other belongings at the palace, in the open confrontation that was triggered by the illegal invasion of the palace and some comments made by the youth that the guards and warriors of the Gukpe Naa deemed “disrespectful”.  According to Secretary of the Gupke Naa, Saha-Naa Abdul Rashid, the youth caused an abomination when they drummed and sung war songs into the palace and insulted the linguist, who received and was addressing them on behalf of the Tamale overlord.  “The arrival of the Rapid Deployment Unit was a div