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A highly venomous cobra forced a South African pilot, Rudolph Erasmus, to make an emergency landing while at 11,000ft in the air. Erasmus had four passengers on board the light aircraft during the flight on Monday, April 3, when he felt “something cold” slide across his lower back. He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra “receding back under the seat,” he said. “It was as if my brain didn’t know what was going on,” he told The Associated Press. After taking a moment to compose himself, he informed his passengers of the snake on…
A 19-year-old Mississippi woman, Denise Frazier, has been arrested after a viral video on social media allegedly showed her having sexual intercourse with a dog. One of the dogs is a German shepherd that Frazier referred to as a ‘service dog.’ A concerned resident flagged the video from February to local authorities and she was eventually arrested on aggravated cruelty charges. She could face up to ten years in a prison cell. According to reports, Frazier was caught on a video that had spread around via Snapchat depicting her engaging in sex with the male canine. Frazier did admit that…
French prosecutors have called for the trial of 14 people over the beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty by an Islamic extremist in 2020, a crime that shocked France, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday. The most serious charges — complicity in a terrorist murder — have been recommended for two friends of the Chechen refugee who murdered teacher Samuel Paty after he showed pictures of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils. Paty was targeted after messages spread on social media that he had shown cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to…
Colorado authorities recently thwarted a possible middle school shooting after they arrested a former student who was allegedly planning a massacre inside the building. The suspect who was a man named William Whitworth, but now identifies as Lilly, was taken into custody by the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office on 31 March, after it was discovered the 19-year-old had floor plans to Timberview Middle School and allegedly admitted to wanting to shoot up the school, according to an arrest affidavit obtained and reported on by local outlets. Whitworth was originally paid a visit by deputies when the suspect’s sister called authorities…
Porn star Stormy Daniels who claimed to have slept with former United States President, Donald Trump, had a message for his wife, Melania, during her interview with Good Morning Britain. The former US President was arrested and arraigned over the so-called hush money payments to the adult film star in 2016. She claimed that she had a romantic extramarital relationship with Trump in 2006. She said she feels “bad” for Melania Trump after being asked if she had any sympathy for her. And the former First Lady’s “silence speaks volumes” “Call me if you need me to testify at your…
Two former teachers at Donda Academy in Simi Valley, a private school academy owned by award-winning rapper, Kanye West, officially known as ‘Ye’ have filed a lawsuit at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming wrongful termination. In addition to the employment allegations, plaintiffs Cecilia Hailey and Chekarey Byers painted a troubling picture of life inside Donda Academy. The complaint, obtained by Billboard and filed by attorneys Ronald L. Zambrano and Melineh Jingozian, claims the pre-K through 12th-grade school boasted a number of unusual rules and restrictions, allegedly demanded by West. They include not allowing common items such as crossword…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – SUPERNEWS Nigeria will on Thursday, 27 April, 2023 bring together regulators and experts from the financial services sector in Lagos, to examine the relevance of Fintech in bringing the unbanked, uninsured and those yet to be part of pension into the financial system for economic growth. The conference with the theme: ‘Imperative of Fintech in Promoting Financial Inclusion in Nigeria’ has Professor Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as the Keynote Speaker, while Mr. Sunday Thomas, the Commissioner for Insurance/CEO, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)…
A 13-year-old student and a man have died after being attacked by buffaloes near Botswana’s Chobe National Park game reserve, the government announced on Thursday. The Ministry of Environment said wildlife authorities launched a hunt after a buffalo injured, on Tuesday, a 37-year-old in Kasane, a town on the Chobe river, which marks the vast reserve’s northern border. Park officials traced the animal to a secondary school where it attacked and killed a 13-year-old by the school’s football grounds, the ministry said. A day later, another two men were attacked by a lone buffalo in the area. A 30-year-old man…
Juventus have been handed a one-match stand closure for their fans racially abusing Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku during the stormy first leg of the two teams’ Italian Cup semi-final. In a statement released by Serie A, who organise the cup, the lower tier of the Allianz Stadium’s South Stand would be closed for one game following racist chanting from “the majority of fans” in that section before and while Lukaku netted his stoppage time penalty which gave Inter a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. An incredulous Lukaku was then given a second booking and sent off for his celebrations in…
Search and rescue operations are ongoing after a Japanese military helicopter with 10 people on board, disappeared from radar on Thursday near an island in the southern region of Okinawa, army officials said. The aircraft had been on a reconnaissance mission when it went missing in the afternoon, in what the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) described as an “aerial accident”. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, GSDF chief of staff Yasunori Morishita told reporters. “To rescue everyone who was on board as soon as possible, we will continue to do our utmost… using the vessels and aircraft of the maritime…