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American woman who gave birth onboard Delta flight didn’t know she was pregnant

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May 7, 2021

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An American woman, Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga, who did not know she was pregnant prematurely gave birth on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Hawaii.

Mounga unexpectedly delivered her son, Raymond, on the flight on April 28, according to a report by thehill.com.

Hawaii Pacific Health said several medical professionals were on board the flight.

Amon them were Dale Glenn, a family medicine physician with Hawaii Pacific Health, and Lani Bamfield, Amanda Beeding and Mimi Ho, all NICU nurses at North Kansas City Hospital.

“About halfway through the flight, there was an emergency call, and I’ve experienced this before and usually they’re pretty clear asking if there is a doctor on board,” Glenn said in the Sunday statement.

“This call was not like this and it was fairly urgent. I let the flight attendant know that I’m a physician and she said we have a woman having a baby, so I hurried over to see what I could do.”

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“I don’t know how a patient gets so lucky as to have three neonatal intensive care nurses onboard the same flight when she is in emergency labor, but that was the situation we were in,” he added, saying that “everybody jumped in together and everybody helped out.”

Raymond was born prematurely at approximately 29 weeks, according to the Sunday statement.

His early arrival forced medical professionals on board to get creative with how to care for the newborn and mother, including using shoelaces to cut through the umbilical cord, making baby warmers out of microwaved bottles and using an Apple Watch to monitor the baby’s heart rate.

After landing in Honolulu, medics were waiting to help Mounga and Raymond to a nearby hospital.

She was since been discharged, but her son remains in NICU care, according to the statement on Sunday.

Mounga, a Utah resident who was traveling to Hawaii for a vacation, did not know she was pregnant before boarding the flight, according to multiple reports.

“The experience here has been so good,” Mounga told Hawaii Pacific Health.

“Everybody’s so nice and the aloha spirit you feel here is very different from the mainland. It just feels comforting and everyone’s willing to help and always checking in on us.”

One of the passengers on the plane, Julia Hansen, made a now-viral TikTok explaining the bizarre birth, which has been viewed more than 14 million times.

JUST IN: Tinubu, Shettima to pay toll at airport gates

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May 14, 2024

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President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima will now pay the required toll whenever they use the gates at airports.

Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation, announced this to journalists after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting chaired by Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday.

Keyamo said he presented two memos which were approved by the council.

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Tinubu suspends 0.5% cybersecurity levy

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May 14, 2024

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President Bola Tinubu has suspended the 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy after criticism and protest trailed the announcement.

Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, announced the suspension.

Idris said Tinubu directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation and review the modalities for its implementation.

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Minister to sue Niger speaker over plans to ‘marry off’ 100 girls, says it’s ‘totally unacceptable’

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May 14, 2024

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Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs, has petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP) and sought a court injunction to halt the marriage of 100 girls in Niger state.

Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, speaker of the Niger state house of assembly, announced last week that he would sponsor the wedding of 100 girls, some of whom were orphaned by insurgency, as part of his Maringa constituency project.

He said he had procured materials for the event scheduled for May 24, and promised to pay dowries for the bridegrooms.

Following the outcry that trailed the announcement, the speaker explained that he was only financing the wedding — not forcing the girls into marriage.

However, Kennedy-Ohanenye said the plan is unacceptable, and that the future of the girls should be a priority.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday, the minister said a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the issue will be carried out.

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She said the ministry will take responsibility for the girls’ education and vocational training.

“I want to let the honorable speaker of house in Niger state know that this is totally unacceptable by Federal Minister Of Women Affairs and by the government,” Kennedy-Ohanenye said.

“Because there is something called the Child’s Right Act and I said it from the onset, that is no more business as usual.

“These children must be considered, their future must be considered, the future of the children to come out of their marriage must be considered.

“So I have gone to court. I have written him a letter and written a petition to the IG of police.

“And I have filed for injunction to stop him from whatever he is planning to do on the 24th, until a thorough investigation is carried out on those girls, find out whether they gave their consent, their ages, find out the people marrying them.

“As the speaker did not think about empowering these women or sending them to school or giving them some kind of training support financially.

“The women affairs have decided to take it up and we are going to educate the children.

“Those that do not want to go to school, we will train them in a skill, empower them with sustainable empowerment machines to enable that child build his or her life and make up her mind who and when to get married.

“If for any reason the speaker tries to do contrary to what I have just mentioned, there will be a serious legal battle between him and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.”

The minister added that based on the Child Rights Act, every child belongs to the state, hence the rights of every child will be protected from harm and violence.