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Students at Dabokpa Technical and Vocational Institute in Tamale have innovated by creating their own version of the “Yellow Yellow” Tricycle in Ghana. From design to finished product, they assembled their own working three-wheeled vehicles piece by piece. The manufactured tricycles were posted on the Facebook page of Ibrahim Mustapha …

The British branch of the Anglican Church meeting in general synod voted Thursday, despite divisions, in favor of a blessing of homosexual couples, while confirming its opposition to the celebration of religious marriages. After eight hours of tense debates spread over two days, the nearly 500 members of this elected …

How should we gender God? Do you just have to specify your gender? These are the questions that currently agitate the Anglican Church, while voices have been raised for several decades on the relevance of speaking of “God” only in the masculine, notes Sky News. The institution has even appointed …

A magistrate’s court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 35-year-old man to jail for child labor and abduction of underage girls for prostitution in the state, Nigeria, according to reports. “They were taken away by the suspect, who promised to secure them jobs in Agbor, Delta State, where …

Uganda’s environmental management agency says it will start imposing fines from April on motorists driving private cars without rubbish bins. Offenders will face a maximum fine of up to 6,000,000 Ugandan shillings ($1,630; £1,350), according to a penalty scheme announced on Wednesday. Motorists who refuse to pay the fines will …

An 11-year-old missing boy has been found dead inside a drum in Asaba, the Delta State capital of Nigeria, according to reports. “I travel to the West part of the country, on my way coming back to Asaba, I called him and informed him of my coming cause he was …

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for killing one his master in Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was an apprentice of the deceased in the Akure South local Gouvernment Area. “He killed his master and dumped …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Gombe State Command, arrested a 40-year-old man for luring no less than 12 children between the ages of 5 and 10. The suspect who is a resident of Liji in Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of the state, allegedly specialized in …

Was Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu really found alive under rubble from the earthquake that killed more than 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria? The Ghana Football Association and Ghana’s ambassador to Turkey said they found the player on Tuesday, the day after the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit. But now …

An 82-year-old woman, pronounced dead in a New York nursing home, was found breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been transferred on Saturday. After noticing that the octogenarian was still alive, she was transferred to the hospital, according to a police statement relayed by CBS …