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Ghana has not yet put in place contingency measures to safeguard its citizens in South Africa despite escalation of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Africans living in that country. Outbreak of xenophobic violence has in the last week seen South Africans loot foreign-owned shops. One person is reportedly shot dead with several others injured in parts of the southern African nation. Bloomberg reported that more than 50 mainly foreign-owned shops and businesses have been destroyed in the recent attacks in Johannesburg. Cars and properties were also reportedly torched. In a Facebook live address Monday, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South…

Thirty landlords in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, who refused a directive to construct toilets in their homes, have been put before court for sanitation offences. They have all pleaded not guilty and were granted 2,000-cedi bail each. They will reappear on September 20. Prosecuting officer, Saani Mohammed, told the court the landlords who have no toilet facilities in their houses, were given two months ultimatum to construct one but they failed to do so. He explained that the Assembly through the environmental health department constantly engaged residents in the Tamale metropolis on issues of sanitation, including the need for…

Chairman of the Education Committee in Parliament, William Agyapong Quaitoo has explained that Heads of Senior High Schools in the country have no right to say they have no food for their students when schools resume. This he said is because the Buffer Stock company has been tasked to ensure adequate food is made available for the students. Mr. Agyapong Quaittoo explained the Buffer Stock company has been charged to supply adequate food stuff for all SHSs, as a result, heads of the various schools  have not right to conclude they have no food for the students. Heads of Senior…

Chairman of the Education Committee in Parliament, William Agyapong Quaitoo has explained that Heads of Senior High Schools in the country have no right to say they have no food for their students when schools resume. This he said is because the Buffer Stock company has been tasked to ensure adequate food is made available for the students. Mr. Agyapong Quaittoo explained the Buffer Stock company has been charged to supply adequate food stuff for all SHSs, as a result, heads of the various schools  have not right to conclude they have no food for the students. Heads of Senior…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has set requirement guidelines to recruit qualified newly trained teachers for the 2019/2020 academic year. Per the guidelines, candidates who wish to be considered for employment as teachers under the GES should have completed and passed the final-year College of Education Examination. Additionally, the candidates must have completed the mandatory national service and passed the Teacher Licensure Examination. Such candidates should be prepared and ready to work wherever they will be posted by the GES. Graduates A release signed and issued by the Director of the Human Resource Management Division (HRMD) of the GES, Mrs…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has set requirement guidelines to recruit qualified newly trained teachers for the 2019/2020 academic year. Per the guidelines, candidates who wish to be considered for employment as teachers under the GES should have completed and passed the final-year College of Education Examination. Additionally, the candidates must have completed the mandatory national service and passed the Teacher Licensure Examination. Such candidates should be prepared and ready to work wherever they will be posted by the GES. Graduates A release signed and issued by the Director of the Human Resource Management Division (HRMD) of the GES, Mrs…

Emirates, a global connector of people and passion will from on Monday September 9 commence the 3rd edition of the Emirates Football Challenge in Ghana. The three weeks football trivia competition which will end on September 30 will provide a platform for young football athletes and enthusiast in Ghana the opportunity to showcase their football knowledge to a regional audience. The challenge will invite individuals from local football academies to battle it out for the ultimate prize – two Economy Class tickets to London and the opportunity to watch a live Arsenal match at the Emirates Stadium. The Emirates Football…

Boris Johnson faces a showdown in Parliament later after No 10 officials warned he would call for a snap general election on 14 October if MPs succeed in seizing control of Commons business. Rebel Tories and Labour MPs are planning a bill to stop the UK leaving the EU on 31 October without a deal. Mr Johnson said he did not want an election, but progress with the EU would be “impossible” if the MPs win. Jeremy Corbyn said the Labour Party was ready for a general election. But shadow Northern Ireland secretary Tony Lloyd later said Labour would vote…

Former Inter Milan midfielder McDonald Mariga has been cleared to run in the upcoming Kibra constituency parliamentary by-election in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The constituency is known for including Kibera, the East African nation’s largest slum. Mariga won nomination as a Jubilee Party candidate – the party of President Uhuru Kenyatta – after a face-to-face interview with party officials on Monday. He is East Africa’s most-decorated footballer courtesy of the Uefa Champions League, Italy’s Serie A and Coppa Italia titles that he won at Inter Milan under coach Jose Mourinho in 2010. He later struggled to attract interest from major clubs…