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An alarm was raised in the National Hospital, Abuja, seeking to locate the relatives of a yet-to-be-identified man currently receiving treatment at the facility since he was brought September 25,2022, Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter account, National Hospital Abuja called on people who know the man to come …

A 30-year-old Indian man, Pakkirappa Hunagundi, feeds on inedible substances as his favorite food like bricks, gravel and mud that he scavenges in his village, Karnataka, India. He claims to have no health problems but developed a culinary taste for these debris at the age of 10. According to research, …

A family tackles police in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria over the missing organs of their newborn baby in hospital as they accuse the State Police Command of compromising the case. The baby was brought to the hospital, but died after being on oxygen. The family said when they came to …

Pope Francis, 86, has warned priests and nuns about the dangers of watching pornography online as he was responding to a question about how digital and social media should be best used at a session in the Vatican, Europe. He said it was “a vice that so many people have… …

At least three people have died and several others injured after a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle slammed into a market fence in Alapere in the Ketu region of Lagos State, Nigeria. The incident happened around 7 a.m. due to brake failure. The driver reportedly lost control and rammed into …

A publication on TikTok of a video of a seller of whitening products for babies caused a big controversy in Ivory Coast. Banned by a law dating back to 2015, skin whitening products are nevertheless selling like hotcakes in Ivory Coast. The Tiktoker in question praises the benefits of her …

A burglar has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, for stealing rice in Nigeria. The complainant said, “my shop was burgled twice, my foodstuffs and soup ingredients, including rice, semovita, wheat and tomato paste, among others, which I was selling, …

A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region as he was electrocuted by a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Monday at the Twifo …

A 31-year-old father, who allegedly assaulted his eight-week-old baby for disturbing his sleep has been arrested in Nigeria’s Imo state. The mother of the baby disclosed that she left him with his father, to use the convenience, when the incident happened. She overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to …

Some smartphones will no longer allow their users to use WhatsApp messaging, reports moustique.be, as the meta software will stop working on these smartphones by October 31, when the app will be updated again. These are the smartphones : Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Samsung Galaxy Core Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite …