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The Black Stars of Ghana have dropped out of the top 50 countries in the FIFA World Rankings to 52nd place in the list released for the month of September on Thursday.
However, the Stars improved from ninth place in the August ranking to become the eight best team on the African continent for September.

The fact that singer Selena Gomez had a kidney transplant with a kidney donated by her friend has been trending for the past couple of hours. The story, shared on Selena’s Instagram page, warmed the heart of many and Selena’s fans have taken to the Instagram page of said friend to express their gratitude.

Comedy Central just made a huge commitment to sticking with Trevor Noah as the host of The Daily Show.
Noah has signed a contract keeping him on board as the late-night show’s host for another five years.

Twitter user, @sino_rachel took to her page to celebrate her dad who just graduated at age 54. 
See her tweet below

Second lady of Ghana Samira Bawumia will represent at the world tourism-Day Gala on Saturday 23rd September 2017 , at the EL-WALK SPORTS STADIUM .

THE CAR RENTAL ASSOCIATION OF GHANA in collaboration with GHANA TOURISM AUTHORITY ..

You never know what anyone is battling just by looking at their photos on social media unless they choose to share with you. And Selena Gomez, who seemed to be having an enviable summer holiday with her beau, The Weeknd, was actually going through one of the most trying times of her life during this period.

Ghanaian beauty queen and Miss United Nations runner-up, Rebecca Asamoah, has been appointed as a brand ambassador for government’s Free SHS initiative in addition to actor Abraham Attah, who was outdoored months ago.
The Free SHS policy which is a flagship education programme of the government seeks to increase access to secondary education by removing the burden of paying fees from parents.

The US State Department will from September 14, 2017 (Wednesday) stop issuing certain kinds of visas to selected citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leonem due to the affected nations refusal to take back US deportees.

Tanzanian conjoined twins Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti have begun special computer classes at the Ruaha Catholic University (Rucu) ahead of the start of term, the Citizen reports.
The newspaper says that they have arrived earlier than other students in order to settle in and make sure that the facilities are adapted to their needs.

The world's oldest captive giant panda has died, according to her keepers in Fuzhou, south-east China.
At 37, Basi had outlived all her panda peers, reaching the equivalent of more than a hundred in human years.

Since 2009, the 21st day of September is observed every year as Founders day to memorialize the achievements and legacy of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and is marked with various events across the country.

Paris and Los Angeles have been named as hosts of the 2024 and 2028 summer Games respectively by the International Olympic Committee.
Both cities had wanted to host the 2024 event, before LA agreed to wait an extra four years after the IOC made guarantees on funding.

Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari has released a statement denying reports that he was arrested and his car impounded by Italian security officials.
Multiple reports on Wednesday night stated that the former AC Milan and Inter Milan midfielder had been arrested with his vehicle impounded over a debt owed to his former agent.  Read here

Remember the six year old gorgeous French, little girl who went viral 10 years ago? She was named the most beautiful girl in the world when the photo above hit the Internet. Well, the little girl isn't so little anymore, Thylane Blondeau is now sixteen and now has a modeling career.

A fire at an Islamic boarding school for boys killed at least 24 people, most of them students, in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning, officials said.
Officials suspected an electrical short circuit caused the blaze that broke out in a top floor dormitory, where most of the students perished.

Vodafone Ghana has partnered Facebook and Google to register 1,000 small scale businesses online.  This is part of efforts to empower businesses to take advantage of the benefits of social media in becoming successful entities.

Five people have been charged in Tennessee with conspiring to defraud the My People Fund of Dolly Parton's Dollywood Foundation, set up to help people affected by wildfires last year.

Ghana’s king of Comedy, Derick Kobina Bonney popularly known as DKB is yet again a victim of bad reportage. On TV3’s 3Music show last 2 weeks, DKB joined the burgeoning number of people who have so far added their voices to the trending news in the comedy industry at the moment i.e. the exchanges between Funny Face’s ex-wife and Afia Schwarzenegger’s scandal.

American LGBT rights activist, Edith Windsor, who became a gay rights icon when she sued the federal government to recognize her same-sex marriage, has died on Tuesday at the age of 88.
Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by her wife Judith Kasen-Windsor, but she didn't specify a cause. The pair got married in 2016.