President John Mahama has called on Heads of State of African countries, currently meeting at the 50th Anniversary of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, to be mindful of the need to double their steps in forging a common future where their people are not seen as second place.

The Police has ordered medical checks to be done on the 13-year-old girl who was forced into marriage in Ablekuma on Sunday of last week to ascertain if the man she was forced to marry has defiled her.

A number of shops and vehicles were destroyed last night at Kumasi’s second biggest mechanic hub, “Asafo Fitamu".

About 10,000 Heads of State and Diplomats across the globe, including Ghana's President John Mahama, U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry and United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate the Africa Union Day.

The adoption of the conjoined twins in the central region has been hit by confusion over money. The families of the parents who were at the hospital to take pictures and bid farewell to the twins accused each other of collecting money for the adoption.

A former Attorney General under the erstwhile New Patriotic Party administration is mocking what he says is the Respondents “fixation” on a non-existent 24 pink sheet boxes which were supposed to have been audited by the international accounting firm KPMG.

Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations, Murtala Mohammed, says NkrumahÂ’s efforts in the days leading to the formation of African Union (AU) opened the doors of the country for freedom fighters on the continent, but they turned around to resist his dream of a continental government.

Some residents of Karimenga, a small town in the Northern Region are worried about large scale cultivation of Indian hemp or weed in the area.

The Geological Survey Department says preliminary checks at the site of an earth tremor in the Eastern Region shows there was no destruction to property.

Head of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation at the presidency, Dr. Tony Aidoo has condemned what he says is the total disregard for law and order in the country.

A prolific writer, Kinna Likimani has descended heavily on the continentÂ’s elite whom she accuses of undermining the progress of Africa, and by extension making nonsense of the continental body - the African Union.

The five suspects who were arrested by officials of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) in the Ablekuma forced marriage scandal have been granted bail.

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) and SEND-Ghana have received $80,000 donor support from Trust Africa for projects aimed at pushing for increased investment in agricultural extension services and efficient implementation of Agricultural Extension programmes in Ghana.

The Chief Imam of the Central Mosque in Kasoa has added his voice to the many Ghanaians who have criticized the man of God, Prophet TB Joshua, over his miracle exploits.

The MTN Ghana Foundation has increased its investments in the provision of ICT facilities across the country, says Michael Ikpoki, Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana.

Research has revealed a shortfall of midwives by 29 percent in Ghana. The means the country needs 1,459 additional midwives to cushion this deficit and make advancement to achieving the 95 percent Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA) coverage by 2015.

MGL's Charles Vandyck, Alhaji Haruna Atta, Yonny Kulendi, and Prof. Kwame Karikari have all been named in the new list of board members of the governing bodies of corporations managing the state owned media.

The Turkish parliament has approved controversial legislation to restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol.

Centre for Policy Research, a non-profit research agency is proposing a decentralisation of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) as a measure against corruption.

Businesses must begin to tighten their belts as government plans to introduce new measures meant to arrest the stifling decline in revenue generation in the first quarter of the year.