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Ghana has launched a digital platform that allows members of the public to verify marriage and divorce records, as well as check marriage officers, venues and licensed Imams, YEN reports on Friday. The platform, known as Marrify, was launched in Accra on August 28 by Marry Right Ghana Limited in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Marrify operates as a searchable marriage and divorce registry, with records covering ordinance, customary and Islamic marriages. Users can search the platform using details including names, spouse names, towns, churches, denominations, certificate numbers and Gazette numbers. The platform also provides…

Khirbet al-Tabban, occupied West Bank – The signs of the mass demolition were visible everywhere in Khirbet al-Tabban: destroyed homes, scattered rubble, empty animal pens, and water tanks and essential facilities that were no longer there.A woman sits beneath a tractor trailer, trying to shelter from the heat of the sun. Beside her are some of the belongings she had managed to save from the demolition.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOn Wednesday, Israeli forces arrived unannounced in this small village in the southern West Bank’s Masafer Yatta region, and demolished all of its 12 homes, as well as…

Host Maria Bartiromo poses as New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo visits “Mornings With Maria” at Fox Business Network Studios on October 29, 2025 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesMaria Bartiromo is disputing reports that she was terminated from her longtime gig as a host of various segments for cable TV networks Fox News and Fox Business. “The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false,” her attorney said in a Friday statement. “Make no…

A federal court in Delaware has ruled on a trademark fight between Elon Musk’s X and a startup trying to launch a rival social network. The startup, Operation Bluebird, originally launched under the name Twitter.now, but the court barred it from using that name, siding with X on the core “Twitter” trademark. However, the court also found that X had likely abandoned two other, related trademarks: the word “tweet” and the Twitter bird logo, making them available to use. Operation Bluebird has since rebranded its website as Tweet.app, using the freed-up “tweet” name, and launched to the public. The story…

Labour Party National Vice President, South-West, Abayomi Arabambi, has described former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the only serious contender capable of challenging President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Arabambi made the assertion on Thursday during an interview on TVC’s Politics Tonight, while assessing the emerging political landscape ahead of the election. According to him, Atiku remains the only candidate he considers ready to mount a serious challenge against the incumbent. “We have a sitting president that is one, and we have only one contender against the president. The only contender we have that I know is serious to…

Key eventsGary O’Neil’s turn to speak to Sky Sports. “[The first half at Old Trafford] gives us a big belief that we can compete at this level … the home win against Sunderland was huge for us … we don’t really focus on outcome or results, we just try to commit to being the best version of ourselves all the time … we drifted away from that because of things that happened in the game [at Old Trafford] … it is important that we are better than that … we will be tested tonight, I am sure something will go…

More details regarding the suspension of “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton are emerging: According to TMZ, the website has received photos from an American Airlines passenger who says they saw Thornton’s laptop opened on a “disturbing chat room” that appeared to be “images and texts that made it appear it was a chat room for pedophiles.” TMZ included several photos that the passenger supposedly took of Thornton’s screens, which include comments and texts that suggest inappropriate behavior toward minors, but those photos have not been authenticated. The alleged incident that led to the suspension apparently took place on an…

The Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) has inducted seven distinguished academics and two media leaders as Fellows of the Association, conferring its foremost professional and academic distinction for the first time in its 14-year history. The new Fellows were formally admitted at the Association’s 14th Annual Conference in Abuja on Wednesday, 2 September, in recognition of “careers that have combined professional excellence with scholarship, ethical leadership, institutional service and sustained contributions to the development of journalism and communication,” according to the president of the association, Rotimi Williams Olatunji, a professor of public relations and advertising at…

The Ghanaian Ministry of Gender has launched an application, Marrify, designed to help prospective couples verify their partners’ marital status before getting married. The app was unveiled at a launch ceremony in Ghana attended by Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, the country’s Minister of Gender. Marrify was launched in collaboration with MarryRight, an agency specialising in family law and marriage. Speaking at the event, Lartey said the application would help couples make more informed decisions before entering marriage while promoting relationships built on respect and helping to prevent gender-based violence. Lartey said the launch provides couples with an opportunity to approach…

The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.In a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired the 16th-century Mercator projection in favour of one based on the more accurate 2018 Equal Earth design.At the session, 164 countries voted in favour of the resolution. Only the US voted no, with its representative saying the resolution was “superfluous”. There were six abstentions.UN resolutions are non-enforceable, so countries and institutions will not…