The family of a South African man whose girlfriend allegedly gave birth to decuplet says they no longer believe that the man’s girlfriend gave birth to 10 children. “We appreciate the public interests and support for the decuplets, and with no proof of their existence we firmly believe it’s in the interests of everyone to conclude that they do not exist, until proven otherwise, the family said in a statement seen by News24. Last week,…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has blamed the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, for the losses the country incurred during last year’s EndSARS protest. Mohammed said this when he appeared on a Radio Nigeria call-in programme in Abuja today June 14. “If you ask people to donate money via bitcoins for EndSARS protesters then you are vicariously liable for whatever is the outcome of the protests,” Mohammed said. The Minister listed some…
An 80-year-old woman has died after her family mistakenly hired a former security guard to perform surgery on her in one of Pakistan’s biggest government hospitals. Shameema Begum died two weeks after the alleged imposter, Muhammad Waheed Butt, performed the surgery to treat a back wound in the operation theatre of government-owned Mayo hospital in Lahore. The family told local network Geo TV that they took Begum to the hospital on 17 May and she…
Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to give away about 150,000 condoms at next month’s Games, but are telling athletes to take them home rather than use them in the Olympic village where social distancing rules and coronavirus measures are the top priority. Large numbers of condoms have been given out at the Games since the 1988 Seoul Olympics to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, and organizers said the International Olympic Committee had requested their continued…
All 19 stmembers at the Pakistani fast food chain, Johnny & Jugnu in Lahore were rounded up at 0100 (2000 GMT) on Saturday and held overnight for refusing to give free burgers to police officers who asked. “This is not the first time something like this has happened… at our restaurant,” a statement by the burger chain said. Nine police officers involved in the incident have now been suspended. Senior provincial police official Inam Ghani…