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Following the recent news of the escaped of a three-footer container of Salmonella contaminated gizzards into the Ghanaian market, a senior lecturer and microbiologist in the Department of Biotechnology of the University for Development Studies, Dr. Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, has conducted a preliminary survey to assess the quality and safety of gizzards from some retail outlets in the Tamale metropolis of the northern region of Ghana. According to Dr. Saba, the series of calls he had received from close relatives amidst the growing fear of the consumption of gizzard by the general public was what instigated this preliminary survey to ascertain the microbiological quality of this part of birds that have been a delicacy to some Ghanaians. Again, he emphasized on the conflicting reports of the media and that from the Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) as another reason for his survey which he could described as that of an independent investigative body. Notwithstanding that,

Coach and a member of the Leadership Growth and Alumni Network Impact of the Lead For Ghana (LFG), Mr. Livingstone Delali Agbo has said that graduates from the University for Development Studies top graduates from other universities with a huge number of applications for their fellowship programme. This, he said at a workshop held at the Tamale campus of the University for Development Studies to introduce the activities of the organization to present participants. The workshop hosted individuals who are currently offering their mandatory national service with the school and students particularly those who are about completing their four-year programme in the university.  Mr. Livingstone Delali Agbo,who is an alumnus from the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies mentioned that he is always overwhelmed with excitements to see most of the applications from applicants from his alma mater. Well, I am mostly not surprised since that is what we are taught for

Pax mini week is just a few days of the week designated for Pax members to come together once again to communion,fellowship and break bread together with the common goal of  identifying ourselves with each other,learn more about our faith and strengthening the bond of love. During this 4days from Thursday(20th February)- Sunday(23rd February) will entail the following with the theme Theme:Morality,still an essential tool in the 21st century. Day 1:(Thursday) Luanching of Pax mini week and talk on the theme. We shall have a facilitator to enlighten us on the need for morality even in our present day....in our dressing,relationships,spiritual lives,academic life and anything that has to do with morality. Do we still need morality? Is going to be the talk of the day. Day 2:(Friday) Inter-Societal bible quiz on current affairs,the gospel of Mark and doctrines of the church. Which society wins? 🤔🤓🤓🤓🤓 There will be talent show and choreography, do you have a talent you so

There is a saying that everything happens for a reason. But that cannot be said about the just ended Afrocentric Week Celebration organized by the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Nyankpala campus of the University for Development Studies. According to some students from this campus, they were not clear of what constituted the decision of their leaders to roll out the Afrocentric week celebration. This, was revealed in a survey conducted to evaluate and assess the Afrocentric week celebration where 62.9% of students who responded to the survey indicated that they had no knowledge of the objective of the program. According to this number of respondents, the council (SRC) failed to provide a theme for the Afrocentric week celebration. They added that the maiden program should have been introduced formerly at a gathering of students with the objective(s) clearly spelled. However, they were disappointed to have witnessed what they could described as one man’s inau

The National Union of Ghana Students(NUGS) of the University for Development Studies (UDS) intends to create a taxi station on campus. The station is intended to solve the issue of difficulties in transportation especially during weekends and in late hours of the night incase of emergencies. Mr. Ramid the Local NUGS president disclosed the intention of the council on Friday February 7 2020 on Radio Grin's "Time with the SRC". According to Mr. Ramid the council shall register and give tags to all taxis that will be at the station also address and contacts of drivers shall be collected for easy access to them incase of emergencies and incase a student leaves his item(s) in the car, also commercial vehicles that do not have a registered tag shall not be allowed to enter campus and shall not also be board by students as it will make students feel safe and secured . He also made mention that the council is working hard to get drivers in Tamale and here in Ny

There seems to be lack of lecture theatres on the campus of UDS-NYC as students and lectures have to rush early to the lecture theatres in order to secure a class for their lectures. Upon our team investigations, we realised and also witnessed these activities for 3 consecutive times. Tuesday January 28 2020, students of Diploma in Agriculture Technology(DAT) and Bsc. Biotechnology and Molecular Biology(BMB) level 100 and 300 respectively,  were both having lectures at the same venue and time  (4-8pm) but different courses. Unfortunately for the BMB students, their lecturer delayed and that caused them loosing the class to the level 100 students since their lecturer was present already. Friday January 31 2020, same incident occurred at the auditorium with same level of students. Once again the level 300's  were not fortunate again and had to leave the hall in search of a different lecture theatre. For the third time these same incident occurred on  February 04 2020 as fo

Monday 3rd February 2020 the SRC/NUGS of UDS-NYC launched the much anticipated Afro Centric week. The launched was accompanied with an event dubbed Old Skuul in which the students populace dressed in their favourite 80s and 90s attire. Mary of Faculty Natural Resource and Environment  (level 100) was adjudged the nicest old school dressing of the day.  Authentic Gh of AGT won the craziest dressing of the day whiles Yogot was adjudged the funniest dressing of the day. Best collaborative dressing went to Fadila and Hajara both of Faculty of Social Change Communication and Cultural Studies. The awardee's were awarded with airtime of their choice which was supported by KYLE. D. Enterprise. Day two of the Afro Centric week celebration continues with the rep your culture event.

The Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) was the centre of attraction on Saturday, February 1, 2020 as young Nadia from the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, was adjudged champion of the 2020 Spelling Bee competition. Nadia Mashoud Chelpang went past more than 150 other contestants to emerge victorious in the spelling drill. A debutant and a student from Alhassan Gbanzaba Memorial School, she is the first person from the Northern Region to emerge top in the contest which has been running for the past decade. She now takes over from the 2019 winner, Kwabena Adu Darko-Asare as the reigning Spelling Bee Champion. Aku-Mishee of the University of Ghana Basic School, placed second while Joel of Victoria Grammar School placed 3rd. Nadia, as the champion, won for herself a return ticket to Washington DC, USA to represent Ghana in the 93rd Scripts Spelling Bee contest. She also gets a GHS 4000 prize money, an engraved golden trophy, a D

Months ago, the main streets of NYC were dark due to some faulty street lamps. Though there were erected street lamps along the stretch, just a few of these street lamps were functioning while a large number of the lamps were not functioning due to that students were scared to use that stretch because students during the previous trimester had to use flash lights to aid them use the road with a little sense of security. The student populace, forwarded a complaint to the office of the SRC and pleaded with the council to come to their aid, the council listened to the students and also sent forward the grievances of the students to the school’s management for it to be addressed. Fortunately for the student populace the SRC were able to actually intervene on their behalf and getting their grievance addressed. Now UDS NYC looks brighter at night as compared to previous times and years. Students now feel safe and secured when using the streets of the university at night a