Dahomey warriors raided a village near the city of Tamale in Ghana, and took the survivors to Whydah, now Benin, where they were put up for sale.
While in the army, he served as Commanding Officer of the Airborne Training School at Tamale and later the 6th Battalion of Infantry of the Ghana army between 1969 and 1970.
The airport company was registered in January 2006 and commenced trading on 1 January 2007 tasked with the responsibility for planning, developing, managing and maintaining all airports and aerodromes in Ghana namely Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and the regional airports at Kumasi, Tamale, Sunyani as well as airstrips.
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-- This involved a co-operation between Ghana Airways and the Ghana Air Force, not the South African airline -->Fokker F-27 en route from Tamale to Accra crashed on approach to Kotoka International Airport.
Born in Tamale, Ayew started playing professionally in France at only 17, spending a couple of Ligue 1 seasons with FC Metz, then moved to Qatar with Al Ahli SC and played in another country in the following two years, Italy, appearing and scoring sparingly for U.S. Lecce (for instance, he netted four goals in 1993–94's Serie A as his club ranked last with only 28 goals, a competition-worst).
Salaam Gariba (born 23 January 1969 in Tamale) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
Mahamudu Bawumia (born October 7, 1963, Tamale, Northern region, Ghana), is an economist and banker of international distinction and repute.He was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana until his nomination as Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in 2008.
NAPE Foundation has also supported secondary students in Nafana Presbyterian Senior High School in Sampa, in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana as well as the Ghana Senior High School Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Tawfik Alolo Alhassan (born December 12, 1986 in Tamale, Ghana) is a football player who is currently under contract by the club Real Tamale United.