Category: Northern Region

About Disruption at UDS Council Meeting: Prof Nkegbe Sets the Records Straight

Mr Mohammed

Story: Mohammed A. Abu The Dean of Graduate Studies,Prof Paul Nkegbe at the University of Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, Northern Region, has urged the public to disregard the false claims in a widely circulated mischievous publication relating to his person and treat its full content with the contempt it deserves. Prof Nkegbe has taken serious exception to attempts being made by others to employ deliberate misinformation and disinformation so as to falsely make him the central figure around the recent reported incident of the disruption of the University’s Council meeting…

Dagbon’s Maiden Home Coming reaches its Crescendo

Mr Mohammed

…..As Dignitaries,Crowds, Storm Yendi for Convention/ Grand Durbar of Chiefs Report: Mohammed A. Abu A convention and grand durbar of chiefs  in Yendi,the seat of Kingship of Dagbon Kingdom in Ghana’s Northern Region, brings to a close today, the weeklong Convention and Maiden Home Coming event  of sons and daughters resident home, across the country and beyond. The Chairman for the Occasion, is Professor Amin Alhassan, Director General, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Special Guest of Honour, Hon Haruna Iddrisu (MP), Minister of Education, Guest Speaker, His Royal Highness, Naa bapira…

Dagbon maiden Home Coming event to shape the Kingdom’s Dev’t discourse

Mr Mohammed

By: Mohammed A. Abu The first edition of the Dagbon Home Coming 2025, is scheduled to take place from the 19th-27th December.in Yendi,the seat of Kingship of the Dagbon Kingdom, Northern Region of the West African nation of Ghana. The weeklong event is being organized by the Dagbon Forum(DF),a Civil Society Organisation and Advocacy group, in collaboration with the Centre for National Culture and the Ghana Tourism Authority and various media partners. Being held under the theme, “One Dagbon, One Vision: Advancing Dagbon’s Development Together”, and sub-theme,” Reignite,Re-Enforce,Rebuild,” the event…

UDS Academic, Dr. Abdul-Basit Tampuli Abukari, Featured in J-PAL’s African Scholar Spotlight

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The University for Development Studies (UDS),proudly celebrates Dr. Abdul-Basit Tampuli Abukari, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, who has been profiled by The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in its African Scholar Spotlight of 16th September 2025. The African Scholar Spotlight is part of J-PAL’s ongoing series that highlights the contributions of African economists who are advancing development through rigorous, evidence-based research. In its latest feature, J-PAL recognized Dr. Abukari for his pioneering work in agricultural development, impact evaluation, and the digital transformation of farming…

“The Northern Ghana is a gem of untapped potential”-Charles Abugre

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Dr.Charles Abugre,an International Development Economist,is also,a former CEO of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority(SADA) and Cotton Development Authority,Ghana.  “The Northern Ghana is a gem of untapped potential” Address at the Northern Ghana Development Conference The Northern Ghana Caucus in Parliament Tamale Charles Abugre 21/07/2025 Salutations Naa Chairman, Naa Yab Nanton-Naa I am most honored and humbled by the opportunity given to me by the Majority Leader and members of the Caucus to be on this podium. Please accept my  congratulations for this historic initiative. It was long in coming but…