Ghana's Kevin-Prince Boateng has called on the squad to "fight to the death" to get their World Cup campaign back on track.

Sandro Ricci will referee Ghana's second World Cup group match against Germany on Saturday in Fortaleza.

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah received a boost on Thursday when midfielder Michael Essien returned to full training a day after sitting out with an injury.

Ghana's hopes of reaching the second round of the World Cup depend on getting something out of a match-up with an in-form Germany.

Under its 4th call for Proposals, the Skills Development Fund (SDF) has awarded grants totaling GHC 15.5 million for the training of 18,898 personnel from six key stakeholder groups in the tourism sector.

A total of 3,396 candidates from 99 schools have registered to sit for this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti region.

As part of government measures to sustain and unravel challenges facing the implementation the Single Spine Salary Pay Salary (SSPP), government is implementing some administrative measures such as Enforcement of the Net recruitment of staff for MDAs and MMDA, with the exception of Education, Health sectors and the Security Service.

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has disclosed that an amount of GH¢327,363.69 cedis has been realized from the ten per cent voluntary deduction of salaries of government appointees.

An amount of GH¢497.9 million was grossed from the operations of the customs bonded warehouse facilities between January and May this year.

Expelled during the heavy defeat of Portugal against Germany 4-0, Pepe is rather fortunate. In deciding the case on Thursday, FIFA has not been heavy handed to the Portuguese defender.

Ghana is once again set to lead about 200 exhibitors to the 9th Abuja international trade fair.