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A little boy born with three penises in an incredibly rare occurrence has undergone pioneering surgery to correct the abnormality. According to reports, the two-year-old pictured above with his mum suffers from diphallia, a rare condition where a male is born with two penises. He also had a third penis considered rudimentary, or undeveloped. In addition, the unnamed boy was born without an anus. However, last month, he went under the knife to correct the physical abnormalities, and his family are now hopeful that he will be able to "lead a normal life". The boy, from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, India, was able to pass urine through one of the penises. Only two had erectile tissue, which is responsible for sexual function. He was taken by his mother to Sion Hospital in Mumbai for the six-hour operation. Dr Vishesh Dixit, paediatric surgeon, said: "There was a huge soft boney mass and tissue to which the penises were attached. However, the anus was absent....

The Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, who had been missing since Saturday has been found dead in her office. Oriola was found dead this morning by a cleaner who had resumed work to clean the clinic found her corpse. It was learnt that the Chief Matron had told her Husband that she was going to her office on Saturday to pick up some drugs. She allegedly drove her car to the Assembly complex, parked at the lawmakers’ car park, before proceeding to her office. She was also said to have turned on the air conditioner in her office and locked the door from inside. The cause of her death is currently unknown. There have been lots of crying and wailing at the Assembly by staff members.

First he prayed the gay spirit into two men, now he's praying 'snake spirit' into women. According to his church's Facebook wall, the girl named Naomi manifested the spirit. Below is how they reported  "During the service the man of God Prophet Penuel commanded the Spirit of Snake to enter one of the Congregants, Sister Naomi from Soshanguve. She began to manifest as the Snake and the man of God commanded the Spirit of Snake to come out. The Woman was set Free. We have the Power to control every Kingdoms without being possessed, for we are raised above all (Colossians 3) To God be the Glory. 

Ban Ki Moon wore traditional attire when he visited Area 2 Family PHC today. More pics below.

The former Minister thinks Fashola should make peace with Tinubu in the wake of the corruption allegations being leveled against him..

AS a measure of its anti-graft crusade, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured 273 convictions in the last 32 months and recovered $925,000 about N200 million for the government, according to Vanguard investigations. The commission secured 117 convictions in 2013 and 126 last year. Since January this year, the figure so far is 30 and 12 of these were secured after the May 29 hand-over of power to President Muhammadu Buhari. The N200 million is not part of the money recovered for private individuals. However, most of the convictions were low profile cases or ‘petty thieves’ as those involving a host of former governors, ministers and lawmakers are still pending. The bulk of the recovered funds came from money laundering and false declaration of funds. About half of the sum ($511,225) was recovered from one Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was convicted recently by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, La...

The robbery suspects who allegedly robbed banks in Ikorodu have told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the confessional statements they made to the police were not voluntary.  The defendant’s lawyer, Olusegun Akanbi is prays the court to order the police to produce them if they are still alive. He said the suspects “made confessional statements to the members of the press out of duress”. He argued that it is illegal for the police to parade criminal suspects and have them grant press interviews under compulsion. ‎ The lawyer is praying the court for an order compelling the police to produce the four suspects in court because their families were denied access to them. The accused persons are ‎Agbojule Bright, Promise Abiwa, Monday Omoboye and Monday Ikuesan. They were paraded on July 6 in connection with the robbery of the Ipakodo branches of First Bank and Zenith Bank in Ikorodu. The police said they were part of an 18-man gang which made away with about ...

The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) has been charged to court by the Department of State Security Services (DSS), over offenses related to possession of fire arms without license. A statement by the DSS on Monday issued by Tony Opuiyo said after searching Dasuki’s houses on July 16, 2015, its men discovered large cache of arms and ammunition and has subsequently charged him to court. Opuiyo stated that the search was necessitated by credible intelligence which linked him to acts capable of undermining national security. “The search operation led to the recovery of large cache of arms and ammunition among other things and for which further investigation was conducted. “Consequently, on Monday 24th August, 2015, he was charged to court based on evidence so far obtained, but which relates to possession of fire arms without license,” Opuiyo stated. He noted that the crime is punishable under section 27(i) (a)(i) of the Firea...

President Buhari this morning received the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon at the state house Abuja. More photos below...

Sonali Mukherjee-Tewary's world came crashing on April 22, 2003 after three men poured acid on her face. The horrific attack left her disfigured and blind. Then one day, a stranger contacted her and offered to pay for her surgery. What began as a phone call turned into a love story. Here is Sonali's story of pain, courage, healing, and finding love... "Moving my fingers across my face, I tried to fix a bindi as best as I could between my non-existent eyebrows. Then I gently brushed my cheek and felt the curve of my lips. I was trying to imagine what I must look like, to imagine the face my soon-to-be-husband would gaze into as he said his vows. In just a few hours I would be ge tting ma rried. I’ll be honest, it was a day I thought I’d never have. I believed I’d be alone forever and that no one would ever be able to love me after I’d been blinded and my face was destroyed in an acid attack. But Chitranjan Tewary got in touch after seeing me on a television show...

The UN Sec Gen pictured immunizing a child in Abuja today. More photos below..

Two trailers suspected to be carrying logistics support to members of the Boko Haram Terrorist sect have been intercepted and destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force Agusta helicopter on armed reconnaissance mission around the Nigeria-Cameroon border. According to a statement by the Nigerian Air Force, the trailers were covered and parked at different locations in the bush around the border town of Belel. The recent air operation against the BHTs was commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar from NAF reconnaissance aircraft, the King Air 350i. The CAS coordinated the various NAF platforms involved in the operation to provide close air support to ground forces, led by the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, as they advance from Dikwa to Gamboru Ngala. Meanwhile, NAF 260, a Mi-24V attack helicopter was hit during the operation. One of the main rotor blades was hit and damaged. However, the pilot was able to successfully fly ...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been accused of diverting over N1tn recovered from corrupt politicians who forfeited their loots. A man named George Uboh recently petitioned the Senate, accusing the chairman of the anti-graft agency of diverting money recovered from corrupt politicians including former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; and ex-Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun. The Senate having received the petition which was dated July 31st, ordered its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate the allegations. Both the petitioner and Mr Lamorde have been invited to appear by the Senate committee at Meeting Room 120 of the New Senate Building, National Assembly Complex, on Wednesday August 26th for some questioning. According to the petition which was addressed to Senate President Bukola Saraki, Mr Lamorde is accused of carrying out many diversions while he served as t...

The near-unconscious woman shown being carried above had reportedly been partying with friends in Birmingham city centre when she was abducted by the man, who was later caught on CCTV carrying her across a road. The woman had been a little drunk and had just left a nightclub when she bumped into the man who took her, viciously raped her and fled. She was rescued by someone who found her a short time later highly distressed. The incident happened last year October but the police only released the CCTV footage today after the victim agreed to its release. The police hoped that by releasing the footage, someone would recognize the man and report him as he has not been identified yet.  "I implore people to take a good look at the CCTV and focus on the man.  Do you recognise him? Were you in the area around the time of the attack? I appreciate it was a long time ago but the situation will have looked very odd and will undoubtedly have stayed with you. I would als...

A Florida woman is accused of making up a lie about being kidnapped so she wouldn't have to return to her job as a night shift nursing assistant. In a news release, the Panama City Police Department said its officers and other agencies spent several hours Monday morning looking for 43-year-old Beverly F. Brooks. R eports  say a concerned co-worker noticed Brooks didn't return from a break and called her at 2:30 am to see if she needed a ride back to work. Brooks told her she was being held against her will by her boyfriend. The boyfriend could be heard in the background telling her not to get out of the car, police said. When they found her, she was hanging out with her boyfriend, James Vincent Hill Fennell Jr., 35. She told them she'd made up the story because she didn't want to go back to work   Both were later charged with false report of commission of a crime and booked into the county jail.   By Friday, Brooks was out on a pre-trial cond...

Swaggering in the desert and glowering menacingly at the camera, this is believed to be notorious Islamic State murderer Jihadi John – filmed unmasked in Syria for the first time. In a one-minute 17-second video, the knife-wielding fanatic, who has taken part in the gruesome beheadings of at least seven hostages in Syria, including two Britons, vows to continue ‘cutting heads’. He then promises a triumphant return to Britain with the terror group’s self-styled leader.  The Mail on Sunday has obtained the first footage of the killer to emerge from Syria since he was identified in February as 27-year-old Londoner Mohammed Emwazi. He was last seen in a sickening IS video at the end of January, beheading Japanese hostage Kenji Goto. We understand the latest film was shot on a mobile phone about two months ago near the IS-held town of Deir Ezzor in south-east Syria. In an eight-second excerpt obtained by this newspaper the camera pans away from a f...

In order to give the physically challenged in Ekiti State a sense of belonging, Governor Fayose appointed a visually impaired radio presenter, Rotimi Bejide as a member of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board. The Governor also appointed an Ibo man, Prince Jonathan Eze Nwaberioku and an Urhobo man, Hon Francis Omorioghoye as members of the Board. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi who made this known in a release issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, said the governor will be equitable to all. Appointed as chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board is Mr Ojo Adewale, while other  members of the Board are; Mrs Atinuke Agbebunmi, Mrs Juliana Elemo and Mr Adeniyi Adebolu. Also, in preparation for the conduct of Local Government elections in the State, the Governor also sent nominees into the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) to the State House of Assembly. The nominees are Justice Kayode Bamisile as Chairman, Mrs Victori...

Another accusation against former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola. According to a report by Punch , the Lagos State Government is accusing Fashola of spending N139million on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. Report below... The project was completed by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government. The report, which was part of the awarded contracts by the Lagos State Tenders Board in 2013, was seen on the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency. In the same year, N640m was spent by the Fashola administration for the reconstruction of a car park and other associated works at the Lagos House, Marina. The report stated that the N640m contract was given to Julius Berger Plc as part of phase two of the reconstruction of Lagos House where Fashola lived during his eight years in government. In the same year, N300m was spent on the relocation of cables belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria a...