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A California couple gave birth to a stranger’s child after being given the wrong embryo by a fertility clinic during In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), says a lawsuit. Daphna and Alexander Cardinale say they gave birth in September 2019 to a girl that looked nothing like them. After a DNA test, they found the couple that carried their daughter to term, and together decided to swap the girls. This is not the first alleged mix-up during an IVF procedure. IVF is a procedure during which a woman’s eggs are fertilised by man’s sperm in a laboratory before the embryos are implanted…

Poland says it has repelled attempts by migrants to enter the country at its eastern border with Belarus, warning that thousands more were on the way. Video footage showed hundreds of people near a barbed-wire border fence, which some tried to force their way through. The Polish government called a crisis meeting on Monday and deployed 12,000 troops to the region. Poland has accused Belarus of pushing the migrants towards the border, describing it as hostile activity. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia say there’s been a surge in the number of people trying to enter their countries illegally from the East…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Monday blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the low turnout of voters during the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday. Speaking with Channels TV on Sunday, INEC’s Supervising Resident Electoral Commissioner to Anambra, Sam Egwu, said the fear IPOB has been able to instil in many residents contributed to the low turnout of voters. He said, “There is a whole state of fear that has been created by the politics of agitation for a separate state in this part of the country,” “IPOB has been able to enforce the sit-at-home order…

The Nigeria police has said that it will deploy over 1,000 personnel for the supplementary election in Anambra State billed to hold in Ihiala Local Government Area from 10am to 4pm on Tuesday. This was revealed by the State Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng. Collation of results were suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after elections did not hold in Ihiala on Saturday. According to Echeng, all hands are on deck to ensure that the election is peaceful and successful. “We are deploying more than a thousand to the polling booths. This makes an average of 3, 4, they…

An official of the Nigerian Air Force has been reportedly arrested in connection with the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Kaduna State, few months ago. It can be recalled that Chronicle NG reported how bandits had invaded the NDA’s permanent site on August 24. The attack left two officers dead and one kidnapped. It was gathered that the assailants gained entry through the security gate while disguised in military uniforms after which they went to the officers’ quarters where they opened fire on the officers. According to a source who spoke with Channels TV on monday, an official of…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects he will still be in charge of Manchester United for their next match after the international break, at Watford. (Guardian) Rio Ferdinand, six times a Premier League winner with Manchester United, has urged his old club to sack Solskjaer after a poor run of form. (YouTube, via Mirror) Watford and Newcastle are keen on taking Manchester United and England defender Phil Jones on loan, with a host of Championship clubs also interested in the 29-year-old. (Sun) Dean Smith, sacked as Aston Villa boss at the weekend, could be handed an immediate return to football with Norwich City interested in him becoming their…

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been ruled out of France’s World Cup qualifiers with a thigh injury. The World Cup winner, 28, suffered the injury in training on Monday, the French Football Federation (FFF) said. Pogba will not feature in Saturday’s home game with Kazakhstan or the away match with Finland on 16 November. He was already set to miss United’s next match, away to Watford in the Premier League on 20 November, as he completes a three-match domestic ban. Pogba received the suspension for being sent off during the humiliating 5-0 home defeat by Liverpool on 24 October.…

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, November 8, 2021 convicted former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina on charges of money laundering brought against by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and sentenced him to eight years imprisonment. The Judge ruled that the prosecution successfully established the essential ingredients of the offences contained in the charge, beyond reasonable doubt and convicted him on count 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 of the charge. The sentenced shall run from October 25, 2019. The court also ordered Maina and his firm, Common…

We insist UN, EU, others support impositions of sanctions, says Osinbajo in Accra Following the new set of sanctions imposed on Mali and Guinea by ECOWAS, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said that the military takeovers of civilian governments in Africa are unacceptable and should be frowned upon by all means. The VP said this at the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government held yesterday in Accra, Ghana to review the political situations in Guinea and Mali. The West African bloc has decided to maintain the sanctions imposed on Guinea and impose similar ones against the Mali Transitional…

Newcastle United have appointed Eddie Howe to succeed Steve Bruce as the Premier League club’s head coach. Howe, who has signed a contract until the summer of 2024, has not been in management since he left Bournemouth in August 2020 following relegation. “This is a wonderful opportunity, but there is also a lot of work ahead of us,” Howe told Newcastle’s website. He takes over with Newcastle 19th in the table, five points from safety after 11 games. Howe watched Newcastle’s 1-1 league draw at Brighton on Saturday from the stands. “I am eager to get onto the training ground…