The national U-20 side, the Black Satellites rounded up their preparations for the African Games (AG) soccer tournament with a 2-0 victory over White Wolves FC at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko threw away a second half lead to lose 3-2 against Nigeria's Kano Pillars in the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Champions League preliminary qualifying first leg match at the Saani Abacha Sports Stadium.

Ho -THE pulling-out ceremony for Mr Victor Blewusi Agbelengor, Deputy Director of Prison (DDP), in-charge of the Volta Region, took place here on Friday.

The Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Ghana chapter, said it celebrated this year's Eid-El-Adha in low key.

The former President, John Dramani Mahama yesterday, joined hundreds of Muslims to observe the Eid ul Adha festival at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park in Accra.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings have entreated Muslims to use the Eid ul Adha festivities to "commit to what is good".

More than 20 journalists from both print and the electronic media in the country have undergone an intensive training, to develop their skills in environmental reporting.

Anthony Pile, founder and chairman of Blue Skies Holdings, a fruit processing company, has urged the government to help facilitate trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) market.

Ghana's national men and women's hockey teams, the Black Sticks will from today begin the chase for qualification slots for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Laweh Open University College yesterday held its first undergraduate and post graduate congregation for 22 students in Accra.

Mpraeso -Six persons died, and 12 others were injured in an accident that occurred last Friday, at about 1: 30 pm at Kwahu Tafo in the Eastern Region.

The 2018 Ghana Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Performance Assessment Report was on Saturday, launched in Accra, with a call on policy makers to implement its findings to promote transparency in the public sector.

Muslims across the world, yesterday celebrated Eid-al-Adha (festival of sacrifice), to also mark the end of Hajj- the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP),Mr James Oppong Boanuh has directed the immediate interdiction of two senior police officers of the Abokobi-Ayimensah District Command, in connection with a missing service rifle that was under their custody.

The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that following an appeal by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the King of Saudi Arabia, the Goverment of Saudi Arabia has agreed to assist Ghana in the construction of a Medical University and 42 senior High Schools.

Popular Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, has finally opened up on controversy surrounding her break up with her baby daddy, Jamie Roberts.

Last Monday, Ethiopia planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours, in what almost certainly was a world record.

Ghana has designated 2019 as the Year of Return to commemorate 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The government has been running a massive marketing campaign targeting African Americans and the diaspora, and various events have been arranged. The focus has been on memorialising the liberation from slavery. But it has also served as a marketing exercise to popularise Ghana as a tourism destination with Trans-Atlantic trade appeal.

Wa -The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Upper West Region has asked the Ghana Education Service to stop the illegal deductions of levies from the salary of teachers as life policy.

The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday resumed a nationwide replacement of lost voter ID cards, a statement from the commission announced.