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In a shocking incident at Chipinge District Hospital in Zimbabwe, a new mother, Cynthia Masocha, gave birth to a baby boy, only to find out the following morning that her child had been switched with a baby girl.    The incident, which has stunned the Chipinge community, is now the subject of an ongoing investigation by both police and hospital …

Four youths have been k!lled in an attack by gunmen at a mining site in the Butura community of Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State. The incident occurred on Friday night, with the attackers striking at approximately 9 pm.   According to the President of the Butura Youth Movement, Sabastine Magit, the victims were working at the site when the …

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, has criticized President Bola Tinubu for allowing a fuel price hike while on vacation in Europe, calling the move “draconian.”   On Wednesday, October 9, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited increased the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, across its retail outlets. The …

Habibu Abubakar Wushishi, the Director, Media and Strategy, Niger State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, has said that the only solution to fuel price hike is for Nigerians to return to old means of transportation like donkeys, horses, and bicycles.       

Internal documents from TikTok reveal that the platform was aware of its negative impact on young users’ mental health but limited its preventive measures to avoid a drop in traffic, according to a report by a U.S. public radio station on Friday, October 11.    The documents, cited in a subpoena issued by the Kentucky attorney general, are part of …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has left the United Kingdom for Paris, France, to attend an important engagement, as confirmed on Friday, October 11, by his Senior Special Assistant on Political and Other Matters, Ibrahim Kabir Masari.   Masari, in a post on his verified X handle (@KabirIbrah64), shared that he had the honor of visiting President Tinubu at his private …

A new bill has been proposed in Nigeria that will make it mandatory for individuals involved in banking, insurance, stock-broking, and other financial services to provide a Tax Identification Number (TIN) before opening a new account or operating an existing one.   The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Assessment, Collection of, and Accounting …

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a €1,080 fine imposed on a man who appeared n@ked at a police station in Valencia and refused repeated requests to put on clothes.    The man, identified in Spanish media as Alejandro Colomar, had entered the station on August 20, 2020, to file a complaint, despite having clothes in his backpack.   Although public …

A Kentucky woman is behind bars and another is d3ad after police made a horrific discovery in and around a home in Robertson County, Kentucky.   According to jail records, 32-year-old Torilena Fields was booked into the Bourbon County Detention Center on Wednesday night, October 9, and charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for conspiracy, threat to life and arson.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Moses Joel Yamu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 11, 2024, said the suspects sent text messages to one Evelyn Akpan, threatening to burn down her house and kill her entire family if …