AitaleAbiamo GlobalScoop News: June 2019

Wicked Father Disfigures Son’s Jaw With Hot Knife For Stealing Meat From The Pot.

A man who married a second wife brutally disfigured his son’s face with a hot knife for stealing meat from the pot in Cross River State.

A Nigerian pastor in Ebonyi State left his congregation dazed after he was seen performing a money miracle during a church service.

The Lagos State Safety Commission on Wednesday shut down a Chinese firm, Cheng-Fa Nigeria Limited over poor safety standard after a 14-year old boy was electrocuted as he was operating a machine.

There is a trending video going online shows the moment a helicopter arrived to pick a VIP who was stuck in traffic for hours.

A sad photo of primary school and secondary school students struggling in the aftermath of a heavy downpour in Lagos has surfaced on social media.

No less than twelve people have been said to have sustained injuries after a three-storey building that was under construction collapsed in Fagba area of Lagos state on Wednesday night, June 26.

If you're heading to Europe on your jollies this year, then you may want to read this, as holidaymakers are being warned to brace themselves for a heatwave.

San Francisco has become the first city in the United States to ban e-cigarettes until further research is done on its potential health effects.

A French company claims to have invented a pill that can make your farts smell nice. Yep, we all know someone who could use that, right?

A mother was caught on CCTV saving her son's life thanks to her unbelievably quick reaction. In the split second, before her little boy fell from a fourth-floor balcony, she managed to grab his leg and pull him to safety, saving his life in the process.

Police have now confirmed the death of popular gaming YouTuber Desmond "Etika" Amofah after his body was discovered in Manhattan's East River earlier in the week.

Footage has emerged of a man falling through the ceiling of a house, right on to the police officers trying to find him suspect was reportedly hiding from police in the attic of a house, but stepped on a weak spot in the ceiling and fell through, with his leg dangling above one of the officers who was looking for him.

A woman has been left with third-degree burns after a hot water bottle exploded in her bed, having completely scalded her lower back, bum and hands with the boiling water.

A woman in the US wrote an eerie note to her family saying she had been to heaven after she died for 27 minutes before being resuscitated. Tina Hines, from Phoenix, Arizona, went into cardiac arrest in February 2018 as she and her husband Brian were getting ready to go on a hike.

My senior colleague attended a church ceremony recently, where a baby was being christened.

Most people may have read about Asha Mandela, the Florida woman and native of Trinidad-Tobago who has earned the name “Black Rapunzel” for owning the Guinness World Record for “World’s Longest Dreadlocks.

Alisha Norman was sitting in Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in LA, California when she suddenly heard the rodent drop from the ceiling. Posting photos of the scene to Facebook, she wrote: "So what do you do when a rat falls from the ceiling onto your table... Really LA? I was just trying to watch the soccer game."Many of Alisha's fellow Facebookers commented to express their disgust, with many saying they'd have instantly walked out. One person wrote: "I. Would. Have. Died."Someone else said: "Oh my god. I can't even."Another added: "I'd be out the door as fast as I could go!"While a fourth wrote: "I'd be out! Maybe the only time I walk out on a bill!"However, Alisha chose to stick around, explaining in a reply in the comments thread: "I'm a science teacher and went to nursing school, I've seen worse... but I got to see how they handle this bill."

In another reply, she lamented: "You really can't make this up....you just can't."

Alisha, who is originally from Houston, Texas, was on holiday in LA ahead of her 43rdbirthday this weekend and was at the restaurant to watch the US take on Sweden in a Women's World Cup group stage match. After she asked to speak to a manager, she was told the rat - which was still alive but injured after its mighty fall had come 'from the construction up above'.The manager apparently came over with two plates and swept the rat 'into a bag', before compensating Alisha for her bill.

Speaking to NBC, Alisha said she wasn't angry, but did admit the ordeal was 'disgusting'.She hadn't even ordered when she heard something from overheard."You could hear something come down," she said."I knew the rat was going to be injured because it hit like a Mack truck."Alisha then requested to speak to a manager, who came over to, erm, dispose of the rat before taking care of her bill." He took two plates and then they just picked it up and dumped it in a bag," she said."It was terrible. It was disgusting."

Man Thinks He's Filmed Jesus Floating In The Sky.

At one time or another, we've all seen something a bit strange in the sky.

The removal of foreskins is a centuries-old rite of passage to adulthood in the country, which has one of the highest rates of male circumcision in the world. Yet even as circumcision comes under increasing scrutiny around the world, with critics branding it 'child abuse', it is rarely questioned in the Philippines and boys face tremendous pressure to undergo the procedure. Every year, thousands of pre-teens from poor families go through the operation for free at government or community-sponsored clinics.

'I was shouting the whole time because it hurt so bad,' Vladimir Vincent Arbon told AFP after his 20-minute ordeal.' My mum told me that I need to get circumcised so I would grow taller and become a real man,' the 11-year-old added, expressing the pressure many youths face. He was among 1,500 boys who underwent the procedure in one city near Manila, but the scenes are similar in clinics nationwide.' To get circumcised is probably the essence of being a man... for boys, circumcision is necessary to be called a man,' Joana Nobleza told AFP after her 11-year-old son Carlos underwent the operation. The boys, some with their parents, arrive before dawn typically in the months of April and May for an anxious wait in long lines - and then a sharp jolt of pain. Many get local anaesthetics but for some, the sensation is still intense. They are also provided with antibiotics to protect against any infections. Around 90 per cent of males is circumcised for non-religious reasons in the Philippines, according to World Health Organization data. In towns across the country, government and health workers convert classrooms, health centres or sports complexes into makeshift operating rooms where boys as young as nine take a number and wait their turn. The pressure even manifests itself in the Tagalog language word for 'uncircumcised', which is a slur similar to a coward.'The term "support" implies that one is different and a coward... for lacking the courage to experience the pain and anxiety,' Professor Romeo Lee of De La Salle University said in his research about the tradition.

The roots of circumcision in the Philippines can be traced back to the arrival of Islam in 1450, according to anthropologist Nestor Castro. However even after the nation became majority-Christian under 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, the practice persisted as a cultural rite. Male circumcision tends to be more common in nations with significant Muslim or Jewish populations, and less so in Catholic-majority places. In the past decade, the procedure has become increasingly controversial as the anti-circumcision movement has grown worldwide. Critics consider it medically unnecessary and, as the majority of procedures are conducted in infancy, a violation of children's rights as they are unable to give informed consent.' I would assume 18 or 19-year-olds would have the wherewithal to do some research... and consent only after much thought,' said John Geisheker, spokesman for US-based advocacy group Doctors Opposing Circumcision.' But clearly a 10-year-old or an eight-year-old can't do that and so... it's basically child abuse,' he added. A decline in the number of children undergoing circumcision has been reported in the US, where historically the procedure has been common. There is evidence safe male circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV in areas with epidemics, according to WHO, which has included the procedure in some of its programmes to tackle the virus in southern Africa. But Castro, the anthropologist, believes removing the foreskin has a very specific value in Philippine culture.' A circumcised lad is no longer treated as a young boy and is now given more adult roles within family and society,' he added, noting it's also important socially.' A rite-of-passage is usually done collectively. There is always a group of boys who grow up together, enter school, and get circumcised at the same time,' Castro told AFP. Prices for the surgery cost from $40 and can cost as much as $240 when performed in a hospital, the equivalent of a month's pay for workers in the capital. For boys in poor communities and their families, the free circumcision events sponsored by the government are the only option but most go willingly and are proud to endure it. Holding his hand protectively over his bandaged penis, Erwin Cyrus Elecanal explains: 'Going through the test of circumcision has made me a full-fledged adolescent.' The 12-year-old added: 'I will be more mature now and be helpful to my family.'

Mum Banned From Every Asda Store After £16 'Self-Scanning Machine Mistake'.

A mum has been banned from every Asda supermarket in the UK after failing to pay for the £16 worth of items.

McDonald's has announced that it will be removing plastic lids from its McFlurrypackaging in all UK restaurants from September.

A former bartender has revealed how he shed five stone in six months and sculpted an enviable six-pack after his weight escalated during university.

A Virginia woman captured a stunning cloud formation above Smith Mountain, resembling a famous painting by Van Gogh.

An Air Canada passenger said she was left terrified after waking up alone on a pitch-black, locked plane.

A toddler was dramatically rescued from a hot car after being left alone for more than an hour in scorching temperatures.

Belgium’s hand-shaped chocolates will insult to victims of Leopold II’s genocide in Congo.

It is no secret today, the atrocities committed by the King of the Belgians, Leopold II, who ruled from 1865 to 1909, and the one responsible for the maiming and killing of an undetermined number of Congolese a country he considered his personal property including their lands and minerals.

Jailed Nigerians Decry Killings, Organ Harvesting in Chinese Prisons.

Civil society groups in Nigeria are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate claims by Nigerians jailed in China of mysterious deaths and organ trafficking in Chinese prisons. During a civil society forum held in Lagos, Nigeria, Osemene Osita, the executive director of civil rights group Patriotic Citizen Initiatives, revealed that they have been receiving numerous complaints from Nigerians serving jail terms in China.

Don’t clean your ears with a cotton swab. Just don’t do it. A man in the UK did it and ended up in the emergency room after collapsing from a seizure.

Santa Claus is the embodiment of Christmas cheer for many a young boy or girl.

Bride 'gutted' after bridesmaid secretly shares photo of her wedding dress .

A bride-to-be has described her upset at her bridesmaid sharing a photo of her in her wedding dress without her permission. The woman had brought the bridesmaid along to her final dress fitting and saw the photo of herself in the dress at the fitting on Facebook when she got home, she said.

Not only does this model look great posing as a Marine, but she’s also great at being one in real life. The “World’s Hottest Marine” Shannon Ihrke has got it all brains, brawn and beauty.“I love modelling just like I love the Marine Corps," the 30-year-old Minnesota native told InsideEdition.com.

A new species of cat has been discovered on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. The cat-fox cross looks like a slightly larger domestic cat but has now been given scientific recognition as its own distinct species. There are reportedly just 16 of the cats on the island, so now wildlife experts are attempting to make them a protected species.

One spring evening in 1989, a group of around 30 teenagers were hanging out in Central Park, New York. Some of them were causing serious trouble - including badly hurting others in the park and harassing homeless people.

The father of a teenage girl sent home from school for wearing an earring launched himself into a pretty unusual protest having glued his hands to the front gates of the academy.

Shortly after declaring Jay-Z as hip-hop’s first billionaire, Forbes has released the list of this year’s richest rappers as they predict who will be the next billionaire in the rap world.

A 24-year-old woman has shown off her brand new fangs as part of her transformation into the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'.

A 2,000-strong cannabis factory growing in a derelict Bingo Hall has been uncovered by police.

An 84-year-old man has become an unlikely street style influencer after his grandson overhauled his wardrobe.

A girl was hospitalised after 100 undigested bubble tea balls were found in her stomach. The 14-year-old had been complaining of stomach cramps when her parents brought her to Zhuji People's Hospital in Zhejiang Province, China.

Taking a bath at work is not ordinarily the done thing.

Tanzania’s latest weapon against women is to slap 25% tax on wigs, hair extensions.

Once again, Tanzanian women have become the target of certain unpopular decisions by the Magufuli administration following the latest move to impose a tax on wigs and hair extensions.

In a now-viral video, police officers in Los Angeles can be seen pointing their guns at a young, unarmed black man who is kneeling on the curb at the side of a road.

Netflix is heading to Spain for its latest original documentary series, which will investigate The Alcàsser Murders.

Cultured meat could overtake plant-based alternatives like Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger as early as 2040, according to a new report.

A baby boy ripped from his mother's womb has died two months after her murder. Yadiel Lopez was cut from his 19-year-old mum's stomach after she was allegedly strangled by Clarisa Figueroa in Chicago, US.

A girl was hospitalised after 100 undigested bubble tea balls were found in her stomach.

A couple had only known each other for 10 months when they decided to get married. The woman would later discover he’s a millionaire but she was certainly marrying him for love! A Vietnamese woman named Nguyen Van Anh has a successful career after graduating from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, but she felt that there was something missing in her life.

Cocaine users are at risk of their faces rotting away as ruthless gangs are 'cutting' drugs with de-worming chemicals for farm animals.

This week is National Blood Week, a campaign to raise awareness about donation and encourage people to sign up to become donors.

A girl who was born with extra fingers on each of her hands has undergone surgery to correct the birth defect.

Marijuana is now legal in 29 states. You know it’s for medical use, right? The information was confirmed by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

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