A newborn baby was found wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a Jonas Brothers backpack, then left in a shopping trolley outside a grocery store in the car park in Tempe, Arizona. The baby was wearing a purple flowered onesie with a stuffed animal laying beside her. Fortunately, a passerby found the baby and called 911. In a recording of the call released by police the good Samaritan said:
"Hi, I just found a newborn baby. And she's beautiful."
"Oh my goodness, the baby was just barely born right now ... the umbilical cord was cut but it's still attached."
The caller was then asked to flick the baby's feet to make sure she was still breathing. He responded that the baby was still breathing.
Ambulance arrived an took the baby to the hospital and officials said she is doing well.
The Tempe Police Department posted a photo of the backpack on Facebook, appealing to the public for help in identifying the infant and hopefully, her mother.
According to Arizona's Safe Haven Law states that a person can leave a newborn at a designated location, such as a fire station or hospital, and not be subject to criminal charges as long as the infant is less than three days old.
The grocery store where the baby was left was a few miles away from a Police station.
British novelist, screenwriter, film producer and Award winning author, J.K Rowling, this evening took to twitter to call out men who use vulgar words to attack women that publicly share a different view from them. She said this in reaction to the attacks UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has suffered in the hands of some liberal men since the election started.
According to Rowling, any man that attacks a woman using vulgar words is no different from those who send women rape threats or send them pornographic photos. Read her tweets below:
In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Adelani Baderinwa, Osun State has declared Monday, June 12 as public holiday to commemorate the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
The statement partly reads, '“the public holiday is to commemorate the June 12, 1993 presidential election believed to have been won by the late business mogul, late Bashorun MKO Abiola, but was annulled by the General Ibrahim Babangida junta'.
The government of Osun under Gov. Rauf Aregbesola has been celebrating the day since 2011.
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Kendall Jenner hit the town with basketball player boyfriend Jordan Clarkson for a rare date night.The young couple, who have been dating since the spring, made a rare public appearance together as they partied at 1Oak nightclub in West Hollywood.
At the end of the night, he appeared to give her a good night kiss.
Earlier, Amber Rose posted an inappropriate photo of herself, see here. The photo clearly violated IG user rules and it got deleted. She took to her account to moan about it and brag about it being picked up by social media users and blogs.
Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, who's facing treason charges, said Friday he had been moved from a prison in the capital Lusaka to a maximum security jail in a small town.
Hichilema was arrested in April for allegedly failing to give way to President Edgar Lungu's motorcade and has so far been held in detention for two months.
A magistrate court on Thursday ruled that he should face trial for treason in the High Court, dismissing requests by his lawyers to throw out the charge.
"We can confirm that we have been moved to Mukobeko Maximum Prison in Kabwe. We arrived a few minutes ago," he said in a Facebook post.
"We don't know what is happening but we are not bothered by processes," he added.
According to his lawyer, Jack Mwiimbu, armed police officers at the Lusaka prison had earlier bundled Hichilema and five co-accused into a van and drove them to the city airport,
Mwiimbu described his transfer to Kabwe, about 150 kilometres north of Lusaka, as 'illegal'.
"There was a court order that they should be at Lusaka prison but they have gone against it. He was forcibly removed from Lusaka prison," Mwiimbu told reporters outside Lusaka Central Prison where Hichilema had been detained since April 11.
The treason case against Hakainde Hichilema, a wealthy self-made businessman who turned 55 last Sunday comes after he made a fifth unsuccessful bid for the presidency last year.
He has, however, refused to recognise Lungu as president and has challenged the narrow poll defeat in court.
This evening, the Nigerian Super Eagles kicked off their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a shocking loss against South Africa.
The Bafana Bafana of South Africa defeated Gernot Rohr’s men 2-0 at the Goodswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State with goals from Tokelo Rantie and Percy Tau.
This win is officially the first time South Africa will defeat Nigeria in a competitive game in 13 attempts.
Nigeria will meet Seychelles in the next qualifier and Gernot Rohr, Nigeria's Franco-German tactician will have to motivate his team ahead of the next game if they aim to be present in the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cameroun in 2019
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are in Group E, along with Libya, Seychelles and South Africa.
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Today, soldiers of the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Ikorodu, Lagos state, embarked on community service at Odogunyan bus stop in Ikorodu.
The soldiers cleared the congested gutter in the area as well as filled up bad portions of the road.
According to the Commanding Officer, 174 Battalion Ikorodu, Lt Col. Benedict Ezeh, they decided to contribute their own quota to the development of their community as the bad portions of the road causes serious traffic and accidents in the area.
Lt. Col. Ezeh added that the Oba of Ikorodu assisted them financially in carrying out the repairs on the road.
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Daughter of APC chieftain, Bisi Akande, Wuraola got married to her man, Olawale Sholabi in Ibadan, Oyo state today. Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Oyo state governor Abiola Ajimobi were part of the dignitaries that attended the wedding. See more photos after the cut.
The Inspector-General’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) led by ACP Abba Kyari, has arrested one of the most wanted kidnappers in Nigeria, Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike a.k.a Evans.
According to reports, Evans who is a native of Nnwei in Nnwei North LGA of Anambra state, was arrested at his Magodo residence in Lagos today. He is said to be the richest kidnap kingpin in Nigeria having been behind many of the high profile kidnap cases in Nigeria.
He has reportedly collected several billions of Naira as ransom in the last seven years from his victims. He would be paraded before newsmen in Lagos tomorrow.
Members of Kogi West senatorial district have been filing out to sign the recall register for their representative in the senate, Dino Melaye.
According to Dino, that the state governor, Yahaya Bello, is behind the recall exercise. On his Facebook wall this morning, he wrote;
"Yahaya Bello: on recall of Dino Melaye,he is shooting the Moon and boxing the air. Spending over one billion naira tax payers money on an unproductive venture when salaries and pensions have not been paid is wicked. I will continue to defend the poor and defenseless masses of kogi state. If I die I die. We must rescue the state".
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A new report by UNAIDS on HIV prevalence in women has revealed that Ghana is among countries with the highest prevalence rate in West Africa. As many as 160,000 women and girls in Ghana are living with the virus, the report said.
The 2017 report titled “When women lead, change happens – women advancing the end of AIDS” provides global statistics on the prevalence of HIV among women across the world.
The report also highlights the contributions, challenges, and successes of the UNAIDS in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
According to the report, 18.6 million women and girls are reported to be living with HIV in the world. The report said women accounted for 51% of people living with HIV worldwide, but with large regional differences—in western and central Africa, nearly 60% of all people living with HIV are women. As indicated in the UNAIDS report, nearly one million girls and women were newly infected with HIV in 2015.
In sub-Saharan Africa, women accounted for 56% of new HIV infections among adults. Young women aged 15–24 accounted for 25% of new HIV infections among adults and are at particularly high risk of HIV infection, despite accounting for just 11% of the adult population.
Speaking to Wendy Laryea on TV3 Midday Live on Thursday 8th June, the outgoing country representative of UNAID, Girmay Haile admitted that the fight against stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS has not been successful, largely because of social norms and cultures.
“If there is any area that we haven’t succeeded then it is that area of stigmatization and discrimination.” He further explained that reproductive health education and HIV/AIDS education are not friendly enough to sustain the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Girmay Haile also explained that criminalization of sex work has not helped the issue either.
“Even though we have made considerable progress we still haven’t been able to arrest the situation because they are in conflict with the law and the tendency is for them to go underground, so we are unable to reach them to offer these services to get them out of it”.
The prevalence rate among female sex traders in Ghana is 11.1%. Aside the HIV prevalence, female sex workers also face challenges as physical violence and sexual violence.
Source: Ghana's 3news.
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According to the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, men who beat their wives are only bringing curses on their heads. Fayose stated this during an interactive session with primary school teachers and local government workers in the state.
"Those who beat up their wives are only bringing curses on their heads. A woman is a reflection of her husband and how her husband treats her.
They are delicate and must be treated as such. Our administration has been consistent in implementing policies and programmes that are designed to make life better for them. Any good done to a woman is done to the whole family. We must accord them their due respect” he said