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Knowledge exchange key to human capital transformation – Ya-Na

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - July 09, 2024

Ya-Na Abukari II receiving a souvenir from Prof Dr. Naci Caglar, VC of Bursa Technical University in Bursa, Turkey after a co-operation meeting. The Dagbon overlord Ya-Na Abukari II has indicated that education and knowledge exchange can play an important role in transforming human society. According to him, monetary grants alone from advanced nations to the developing world would not bring the necessary and required human capital and infrastructure development needed to transform Africa. He therefore urged leaders of the developing world and policymakers in Africa to prioritize knowledge transfer and exchange programs to accelerate development on the continent. The Ya-Na was speaking in Turkey on Monday at a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Bursa Technical University (BTU) in Bursa, Turkey. The Ya-Na is on a 10-day working visit to Turkey. He said for the developing world to achieve the needed development to take its rightful place in the world, emphasis must ...

Yendi’s Naa Binbiegu Tua - 332-year-old sacred mythic baobab tree

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - May 04, 2024

Called “Naa Binbiegu Tua”, the tree was named after a former Overlord of Dagbon, Zangina Zuu Jinjli, who reigned between 1687-1700 and is believed to be the most unattractive Ya-Na in the history of Dagbon. The 332-year-old tree used to serve as a sacred place where Naa Binbiegu mounted his gods and idols for sacrifices and libations for the Dagbon Kingdom. Motive History has it that the motive behind the name of the tree was due to the unattractive nature of the chief and his struggle to ascend to the Dagbon throne. As the eldest son of Naa Zangina, a former Overlord of Dagbon, he was expected to be the regent after the demise of his father and oversee the performance of his funeral. After the demise of his father, Naa Binbiegu consulted elders of Dagbon and family members to perform the funeral rites of his late father, which brought to light a new Overlord, Naa Andani Sigli. However, he was not compensated with any chieftaincy role or title after serving as the regent of...

1D1F: Alan Kyerematen inaugurates rice processing factory in Savelugu

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - December 30, 2022

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has inaugurated a rice processing factory in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region. The factory which has the capacity to produce 1.5 and 2.8 tonnes of processed rice per hour is under the government's One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative. The event was held under the theme "Boosting Local Enterprise For Job Creation and Economic Prosperity Towards a Ghana Beyond Aid." The Savelugu rice processing factory, the latest to be inaugurated adds to several local enterprises boosted by the 1D1F. To ensure efficiency and to serve its intended purposes, Mr Kyerematen also swore into office a nine-member board of directors to oversee the management and operations of the factory. Technology Solution Centre Mr Kyerematen also inaugurated the Savelugu Technology Solution Centre to facilitate the production of spare parts and repair services and the manufacturing of agro-processing equipment. The centre under the R...

Inusah Fuseini’s son breaks silence after US fraud, allegations

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - August 25, 2022

The son of former minister of Lands and Natural Resources, and former MP for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, Abdul Inusah, has broken his silence after reports about his alleged involvement in money laundering and wire fraud in the United States of America emerged. Speaking in an interview on Asaase Radio, embattled Abdul Inusah reiterated his father’s explanations following the reports. According to him, he received details about the indictment, linking him with some indictments. He first received an indictment filed on April 27, 2021, but he received same via text message in June of the same year. He recounted that following this, he contacted his lawyers, who took it up, and the case proceeded. He was indicted on two counts – 20,000-dollar wire fraud and receipt of stolen money with regards to the said money. “I was given a series of plea deals. I refused them because you only accept plea deals if you have committed a crime. Upon realisation that they had already apprehended nine pe...

Controversy around Bawumia’s naming, relationship with Mioŋ-Lana cleared

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - August 24, 2022

Clarification has emerged following details from Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, about his relationship with the late Mioŋ-Lana’s family. Speaking during the funeral ceremony of Mioŋ-Lana Mahamadu Abdulai III on Sunday (August 21, 2022) at Sambu, Dr. Bawumia reportedly said that he had a good relationship with the family of the Ya Naa that traces back to when he was born. Per previous reports, Ya Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV [late father of the late Mioŋ-Lana] provided a sheep for his [Bawumia’s] naming ceremony and also requested he should be named after him hence the reason he bears the name ‘Mahamudu’ which is the same as Mahamadu except for the spelling difference. This appeared to have raised some controversy considering the narrative suggested that the late Ya Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV [Late Mioŋ-Lana’s father] gave such an order at the time he was 15 years of age. Following this, perspective has been brought to the issue. In a post shared by a close associa...

Inusah Fuseini’s son faces 50 years in prison for fraud in US

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - August 24, 2022

A statement issued by the US Department of Justice says Inusah Jnr will be sentenced on 21 November 2022 and that he faces a maximum penalty of 50 years in prison on fraud charges. Abdul Inusah is a son of the former Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini Abdul Inusah Abdul Inusah, a son of the former MP for Tamale Central Inusah Fuseini, has been charged for engaging in fraud and money laundering in the United States. The former Ghanaian lawmaker has confirmed the news to asaaseradio.com, and he says that it was a conspiracy. Fuseini said his son’s documents were used to perpetrate a crime, resulting in the charges. “As a father, my son told me that one of his colleague students wanted a car and he has documents that allows him to auction vehicles, and it turns out the colleague student was involved in a romance fraud,” the former MP said. He said he is “terribly disappointed” about the development. A statement issued by the United States Department of Justice said Inusah will be sent...

Mion Paramount Chief and heir apparent to Ya Naa who died yesterday laid to rest

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - August 18, 2022

The Paramount Chief of Mion and heir apparent to Ya Naa who died on Wednesday has been buried. The Dagbon Kingdom has been thrown into a state of shock and mourning following the death of the Paramount Chief of the Mion Traditional Area, Mion-Lama Naa Mahamadu Abdulai V. He was 48-years-old. He reportedly died on Wednesday morning at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. Graphic Online gathers he has since been laid to rest at Sambu, the traditional capital of Mion in line with Dagbon custom and tradition. He left behind four wives and 12 children. The late Naa Mahamadu Abdulai V was the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin. He was the next in line after the reigning Overlord of Dagbon, Ya Naa Abukari II per the rotational system of the Dagbon kingship. Known in private life as Mahamadu Abdulai, the late Mion Lana was born in 1974. He was enskinned as Mion Lana on March 3, 2019, at the Gbewa Palace in Yendi following the ascension of Ya Naa Abukari II as the Overlord of Dagbon. He was the fir...

Chief of Sagnarigu donates GHc20k to UDS Endowment Fund

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - May 25, 2022

The Paramount Chief of the Sagnarigu Traditional Area, Sagnar Naa Ambassador Yakubu Abdulai has donated an amount of twenty thousand Ghana cedis (GHC 20,000) to the University for Development Studies Endowment Fund, (UDSEF). The donation was in fulfillment of a promise made by him during the Launch of the fund in many well-wishers who were present pledged various amounts of money amounting to a total of One hundred and Forty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 140,000). The cash donation was received on behalf of the University, by the Director of Finance, Dr. Mohammed Hardi Shaibu, and the Director of ICT, Dr. Abdul Wahid Mohammed. Dr Shaibu, while commending the Sagnar Naa for being true to his word, requested his representative, Garizie Naa Alhassan Andani to convey the gratitude of the University to the Paramount Chief. He expressed the view that supporting needy students is a capital investment to the nation, and that the donation would serve the critical needs of the students. He disclosed...

Tamale to Host Ghana Teacher Prize - 2022

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - May 05, 2022

Ghana Teacher Prize, an award scheme instituted to honour outstanding teachers annually is to be held this year in Tamale. At a planning committee meeting held in the month of February, 2022, Tamale was proposed as the venue for this year’s Ghana Teacher Prize. This has subsequently been approved by the Honourable Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum. On Friday, April 22, 2022, Dr. Christian Addai-Poku, the Registrar of NTC led a delegation made up of Miss Grace Agyeman Duah, the National Coordinator of GTP, Mr. Dennis Osei-Owusu, the Public Relations Officer of NTC, Miss Grace Adoma Ababio of Standards and Compliance Department of NTC and Mrs. Rhoda Ohene Tuffour, Budget Officer of NTC to meet with the Northern Regional Education Directorate and the Local Planning Committee (LOC). GTP is a three-day event which commences from 3rd to 5th of October annually. The first two days are used for symposium and exhibition, the last day, 5th October (World Teachers’ Day) is th...

1 killed, 3 injured in renewed chieftaincy dispute at Yong Dakpema Yile in Tamale

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - April 30, 2022

One person has been killed and three others injured in renewed chieftaincy dispute at Yong Dakpema Yile in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. Four houses have also been burnt. The injured included Mohammed Chimsi, one of the brothers claiming the skin, and his wife. The victims are receiving medical attention at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. There was sporadic shooting this afternoon in the community between the two sides of the chieftaincy divide forcing community members to flee to safety. An eyewitness told JoyNews that the attackers opened fire on the police when they moved in to pick Mohammed Chimsi who had been shot. There is currently a heavy security presence in the area. There has been a long-standing dispute between the two brothers over who is the rightful person to occupy the Yong skin. This has led to several crashes in the past, with both sides recording deaths, injuries and the burning and destruction of properties running into several thousands of Gh...

Ramatu Mahama, wife of former Veep Aliu Mahama passes on at 70

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - April 08, 2022

Ramatu Aliu Mahama (Neè Egala), the wife of the late former Vice President Aliu Mahama, has passed on at age 70. Affectionately known as Hajia Ramatu, she died yesterday, her son, Farouk Mahama, who is also the Member of Parliament for Yendi has confirmed. "It is with deep sorrow, I announce the passing of my beloved mom, the former Second Lady of the Republic, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama (neè Egala). She passed on peaceful in Accra at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital earlier this afternoon. Farouk Mahama announced. "The family has lost a great pillar. Burial and funeral rites would be conducted in accordance with Islamic traditions. Further information will be provided in due course," he added. Graphic Online's Mohammed Fugu reports from Tamale that sources close to the family had disclosed that, the late Hajia Ramatu Mahama had been unwell for some time. In line with the Islamic tradition, the mortal remains of the late Hajia Ramatu Mahama is expected to be flown to T...

President Akufo-Addo Commissions Tamale Interchange

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - March 29, 2022

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 29th March 2022, commissioned the Tamale Interchange, the fourth interchange commissioned by Government since 2017. It will be recalled that nearly three (3) years ago, on 10th April 2019, the President was in Tamale to launch the Government of Ghana – SinoHydro Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA), and cut the sod for the construction of the Tamale Interchange, the first interchange in the northern sector of the country. “I am delighted to be back again, this time, on my birthday, to commission the Tamale Interchange, which has been completed three (3) months ahead of schedule and on budget, in the midst of a global pandemic which has brought considerable disruption to every phase of national life,” President Akufo-Addo said He continued, “the Tamale Interchange is the fourth interchange constructed since I came into office, following the completion of the Tema Motorway Phase 1 Interchange, Obetsebi Lamptey Pha...

Tamale Interchange project meets standards- Ministry

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - March 10, 2022

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has given an assurance that the Tamale Interchange project has been undertaken in accordance with the standards and specifications of the ministry. It explained that the bridge had been designed to a 100-year life, adding that, the design went through a rigorous process of approval before implementation. The ministry’s assurance was contained in a press release issued by its Public Affairs Unit in response to comments made by the Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, on the Tamale Interchange. What Mr Haruna Iddrisu said A few days ago, the Minority Leader called for a structural audit of the performance of the contractor constructing the Tamale Interchange to guarantee and ensure value for money. He also called on the Supervising Consultant, the Ministry of Roads and Highway, and the Department of Urban Roads to ensure that the audit was done. Mr Iddrisu, who was speaking on behalf of the four MPs from the...

Dakpema, 4 others reportedly shot over chieftaincy dispute

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - March 07, 2022

Nyab Dakpema, Fuseini Bawa The Dakpema, Naa Fuseini Bawa, and four others have reportedly been shot on Monday morning. According to reports, this follows the Chief carrying himself as the regent of the area. It is said that the incident took place after the talking drum was beaten in the palace on Monday morning, an action that signifies that the Dakpema is the Chief of the area. The five who are on admission at the Tamale Teaching Hospital are said to be in a stable condition. Speaking to the media, the Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga, said the Police are treating the incident as a crime. “We have also made some deployment of Police men at the chief’s palace as well as some protection for those that are injured. This one is being investigated and we are pursuing this as a crime. We are not attributing it to anybody yet as investigations are still ongoing. These are the initial stages and we’d come out appropriately to give you the details,” he said....

Tamale Dakpema is not a ‘Chief’ but a Fetish Priest, Yaa-Naa clarifies

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - February 24, 2022

Ya-Na Abubakari Mahama II Overlord of Dadgon His Majesty Ndan Ya-Na has clarified that Tamale Dakpema Bawa Fuseini is not a recognized chief within the traditional system of Dagbon but a Fetish Priest otherwise known as a “Tindana”. According to Ndan Ya-Na Abubakari Mahama II Naa Yaba Gulkpe Naa is the Paramount Chief of the Gulkpegu Traditional Area and is in charge of the Greater Tamale Metropolis and serve as the official representative of His Majesty Ndan Ya-Na in Tamale. It will be recalled that Diamondfmonline.com on January 29, 2022 reported about the seeming confusion between some Paramount Chiefs and the Tamale Dakpema over the later holding himself publicly as the paramount Chief of Tamale. At a press conference addressed by Secretary to the Gulkpegu Naa, Mohammed Rashad, the Chiefs said the Tamale Dakpema was not a member of both the Dagbon Traditional Council and the Northern Regional House of Chiefs hence, he cannot hold himself as Paramount Chief of Tamale. The Dakpe...

Policeman in Lamashegu shooting incident granted GH¢10,000 bail

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - February 24, 2022

The Tamale Circuit Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to the policeman involved in the Lamashegu shooting incident which resulted in the death of one person. The deceased identified as Abdul Hakim, a resident of Lamashegu is said to have been hit by a stray bullet, fired by the police. General Corporal Samson Kweku Darfour has pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful discharge of weapon and causing harm. The case has been adjourned to March 23, 2022. At Thursday’s hearing, the prosecution amended the facts presented at the first hearing. The prosecution indicated that the accused was the leader of the team which was detailed to monitor crime along the Tamale stadium forest road. While on duty, they saw someone driving an unregistered Toyota Camry. Upon seeing the police team, the driver made a U-turn and sped off. “The accused, seeing that, jumped into the police vehicle and gave the victim a hot chase to the Lamashegu chief’s palace, where he shot into the ca...

Lamashegu: 6 police officers interdicted after shooting at Chief’s palace

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - February 14, 2022

Six police officers have been interdicted following violence in Lamashegu, Tamale, that left one person dead and eight wounded on Sunday afternoon. Police and residents clashed after officers allegedly shot a 24-year-old man. Police in a statement said a team of investigators had been dispatched to the area, led by the Deputy Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). “Personnel from the Police Professional Standards Bureau have also been detailed alongside the CID team to look at professional standard related issues of the incident,” a statement from police said. The Northern Regional Police Commander has been tasked to liaise with the affected families and offer them the necessary support in line with Police Regulations. Police further appealed to the people of Lamashegu and the entire Tamale Metropolis to remain calm as investigations continue into the unfortunate occurrence. Initial reports indicated that the wounded man was chased to the Lamashegu Chief’s Pal...

Mother, daughter arrested for selling ‘Wee Toffees’ in Tamale

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - January 23, 2022

A Mother and her daughter have been arrested by police in Tamale for allegedly producing and selling toffees suspected to be produced from cannabis. The suspects; Aisha Tahiru, 45, and Amina Mutarla, 27, were arrested at Sakasaka, a suburb of Tamale by the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Northern Regional Police Command. The suspects are said to have been selling the ‘Wee Toffees’ to pupils in various schools and a section of the general public in the Tamale metropolis. Confirmation The Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga who confirmed the arrest to Graphic Online indicated that the suspects have been charged with possession of narcotics drugs, prohibited business relating to narcotic drugs and the supply of narcotic drugs. He explained that the suspects were picked up while they were mixing the coconut toffee with substances suspected to be cannabis, adding that 400 pieces of the laced toffee were retrieved after a search was conducted at their ...

Stop Venus Films Production from misinforming the world about Dagbon Culture - Prof. Anamzoya to the Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - December 23, 2021

Dr. Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya, a senior lecturer at the Sociology Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, has written to the Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture, protesting and requiring the Honourable Minister to stop the premiering of a film, titled "SAVANNAH". In a letter, with the heading, "DAGBON WOULD NOT SIT DOWN FOR THE WORLD TO BE MISINFORMED BY VENUS FILMS Production", Mr. Anamzoya wrote, "My attention, and that of numerous Dagombas, has been drawn to an excerpt of a movie (yet to be premiered) entitled, "SAVANNAH" being circulated in the social media... The production house is Venus Films Production. As a responsible Dagomba, it would be a disservice to my kingdom, and to audience globally if I do not add my voice to protest this attempt at misinforming the public, Ghana and beyond." He added,"From the excerpts in the movie "SAVANNAH", three things stand out. The first is the title of the movie, "SAVANNAH...

GH¢1.9m Bus terminal abandoned in Tamale

By Abdul-Latif Ahmed - December 07, 2021

The current state of the new lorry terminal in Tamale A GH¢1.9 million bus terminal constructed in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital, to ease congestion at the main lorry terminal has been abandoned and left to deteriorate about five years after completion. The project was constructed by the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TaMA) in 2015 with funding from the World Bank under the Urban Development Grant (UDG). It was furnished with auxiliary facilities such as parking lodges, drivers resting rooms, washrooms, passengers stands and security lodge. Located at Datoyili in the central business district on the Tamale—Kintampo highway, the terminal was constructed to relocate all long-distance vehicles from the central business district. The current terminal serves buses that travel to all parts of the country from Tamale. State of facility The new facility appears to be deteriorating, with paints peeling off the structure while parts of the ceilings had collapsed apparently ...