The Ghana Education Service (GES) has lifted the ban on temporary closure of two Senior High Schools in the Tamale Metropolis. Ghana and Vitting Senior High Schools were temporarily shut down following students’ reprisal attacks after a disputed soccer match. Northern Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service, Alhaji Mohammed Haroun Cambodia set up a committee to investigate the rioting which led to the destruction of school properties on both campuses. The committee has finally submitted its report to the Ghana Education Service. Alhaji Mohammed Haroun Cambodia exclusively told Citi News that he issued a white paper on it. He said all recommendations captured on the report will be implemented to the latter. He revealed that students of the two schools are to sign a bond of good behavior when they report to school on Monday 2. According to Alhaji Mohammed Haroun Cambodia, the students will by extension pay GHC11.00 and GHC15.00 for the destroyed school prope...

Muslim Clerics in the Northern Region have called on government to renew its commitment to permanently resolve chieftaincy conflicts spread in various parts of the region. They argued that the Dagbon chieftaincy impasse, that of Bimbila and Bunkprugu are national security threats which require a lasting solution. Addressing a joint news conference in Tamale by the Tijaniya and Ahlisuna Muslim communities, they served notice that the situation in Dagbon, Bimbila and Bunkprugu could escalate during this year’s electioneering campaign season, hence calls for government’s rapid response. They further advocated the establishment of peace committees in Bimbila and Bunkprugu to assist other mediators trying to resolve these incessant conflicts. They reiterated the need for the three eminent chiefs mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy stalemate at the Manhyia palace to impartially implement the road map to peace in Dagbon. Sheikh Imam Amin Bamba, Chief Imam and Spiritual leader of Mas...