TRUE LIFE STORY: GOD HEALED MY BROTHER IN-LAW OF CANCER DEASES

Omotola is my baby sister, bellow was her testimony about the goodness of the Lord in the life of her husband. I blogged her write-up unedited. Enjoy it:

1st of December, 2013! hmm...this time last year I was in India. When you hear this, I'm sure your first thoughts will be...enjoyment, fun, holiday.

Quite the opposite...it was more like hospitals, tests and treatments...my husband was diagnosed with Cancer of the lymph nodes in December 2011/January 2012. We had gone up and down in Nigeria for almost a year and when the situation continued to deteriorate, we were forced to leave behind our home and daughter to seek solutions in a foreign land.

So while others prepared for a joyful Christmas, I didn't know whether or not I would be telling my daughter that her daddy was no more. He had even earlier told me to prepare myself for it as he would write a letter handing over the business we jointly run to me and permitting me to remarry as soon I wanted...God forbid!

The doctors tried, they really did, as India has one of the best medical services in the world, and in March 2013, having gone through rounds of painful chemotherapy, we were told he was in remission (the cancer had been controlled, all the lumps gone) and we could go home, which we joyfully did, glad to be reunited with our daughter again. Glad that we didn't have to live with the huge financial burden that the regular treatments and travel required of us.

Oh, but this joy was short lived...at the end of May he began to complain of serious back pains. On my birthday, 8th of June, I watched him endure fierce spasms and pain attacks all through the night...my birthday gift was that he lived through the night.

We had to go back to India immediately. We dropped everything again and departed. By this time, my husband was on a wheel chair and I was truly worried the airline wouldn't let us fly because of the pain attacks which left him shouting in pain. My husband is a very strong man who hates pity of any kind...for him to shout, it must be a truly terrible level of pain.

We got to India, the doctors put him on Morphine (a heavy duty pain management drug that could become as addictive as cocaine) and started their series of tests. They saw a new, very large mass at the base of his spinal cord which was the cause of the pain and inability to walk. They said they needed to start another cancer treatment - radiotherapy - immediately. They gave us no assurances this time. It was a known medical fact that if cancer relapsed so quickly after remission, the possibility of survival was very low.

Then God took over. We were reminded that only God can truly heal. God sent His Word on divine health to us via true men of God. We prayed, we held on to his Word, we waited on Him with tears and in faith...and He began to answer...

We returned to the hospital and the first miracle occurred - they couldn't find any cancer cells in the mass! No cancer cells? How? They told us to go and come back in a few days. We went back praying - more shock - this time they couldn't even find the mass itself again. The very large mass that was visible in the tests, that we could see clearly in the scans, had disappeared! The doctors kept coming out of the theatre to ask me for the different results of the different scans to compare...they couldn't find the mass!

To cut a very long story short, God had worked an amazing miracle and I stand to testify. Step by step he began to regain his strength and started to walk again. The doctors still had no answers for us on what had happened, but we knew God had in His mercies answered our prayers.

They told us to go home again...and we've been home ever since July 2013.

So here I am on the 1st of December, remembering and thanking God for His mercies. It's been 2 years filled with truly intense experiences. From business and financial hurdles, to deep health troubles, from people disappointments to death of special ones. It has not been a bed of roses, but no one ever said life would be.

I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know the one who holds my tomorrow. He is my God and Father and in His hands I am. So I look up and keep trusting, taking it one precious day at a time.

Happy December everyone. I pray this Christmas will be a joyful one filled with God's love for you.

Much Love,
Motola

FINALLY ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE APOLOGIZED TO THE WIDOW

Adams Oshiomhole , Edo State Governor ,has finally apologised to the widow whose wares were confisticated at the Oba Ovonramwen Square, Benin City last week.

While addressing a delegation of Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria in Government House Benin City, Oshiomhlole said “I regret my action”.

The Governor narrated that: “Last week, I had an encounter with a young lady at Oba Ovonramwen Square by Mission Road. She was trading on the road and too many people have been doing this. They block the road with their wares. Part of the problem of Benin before now is that it is so difficult to drive round the City.

“That also affects the economic, social and commercial life of the City. The people cannot move from one place to the other. Where you could have spent thirty minutes, you are spending hours. We have various officers we have assigned to keep the roads clean, to keep the walkways clean so that people can walk. As you may have noticed in the past, there is no street in Benin City that had a walk way.

“But you find some of our women; they just convert the road to trading post. For years we have been sermonizing. I came across this young lady who chooses to put her wares right on the road thereby creating blockade and obstruction. We are all human and in my anger I said to her, how would you be doing this? I asked them to confisticate her wares”, he said.

Explaining further Oshiomhole said ”She told me ‘I am a widow’

“In the process I probably said something that I should not have said. I want to say that I do appreciate that I come from a very poor background. I understand the pains of the poor. We also need to be careful so that the poor do not create more problems.

“Just to say to our women that I regret having said what I said to her. But I am troubled by what I see sometimes. We spend tax payers’ money to build roads so that people can walk and yet some of these things happen. I regretted that particular action but help us to preach to our women to try and respect the right of way”

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BREAKING NEWS: OBA ADESIDA HAS JOINED HIS ANCESTORS

Oba Adebiyi Adesida, Deji of Akure kingdom has joined his ancestors. “Oba ti w’aja’. It was learnt that Oba Adesida died of an undisclosed illness in his palace, Akure, the Ondo State capital.

According to family source, it was revealed that the last public function the Oba attended was in Lagos where he celebrated the marriage ceremony of his son, Adetunji Oluwagbemiga two weekends ago.

The monarch who was born into the Ojijigogun ruling house ascended the throne of his fore-fathers on August 12, 2013, after the former Deji was dethroned for abusing his wife.

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STATE OF TERROR: FASHAKIN A USA BASED ARRESTED FOR CRITICIZING PRESIDENT JONATHAN ONLINE

Dr Emmmanuel Dr Fashakin, a USA based medical doctor and licensed attorney, was allegedly arrested this morning on arrival from USA on the order of President Goodluck Jonathan.  Former Minister Nasir El-Rufai, tweets that he was arrested for criticising President Goodluck Jonathan online.

In his petition written to the Director General ,State Security Service ,SSS, Human Rights And Pro-Democracy Activist ,Barrister Bamidele Aturu  stressed that : ‘’We need to stress clearly that the power or duty of the Service and other security agencies to combat crimes is not under challenge or in question. Nevertheless, crimes cannot be fought outside the dictates of the rule of law and all known and time-honoured principles of legality. There can be no room for politically motivated arrests and detention based on one’s opinions and worldview. That is only possible in totalitarian states, which Nigeria has clearly is not and the descent into which we shall resist vehemently. ‘’

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CORRUPTION : UDUAGHAN NOMINATED DEAD PERSON AS BOARD MEMBER

The Delta State House of Assembly were on Tuesday thrown into a state of astonishment and disbelieved  when it came to light that  one of the seven persons nominated by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for appointment into the Delta State Tourism Board had died a while ago.

It was gathered that Mr. Emmanuel Uduaghan , nominated James Youmu,  Efe Afe, Peter Okolotu, Hyacinth Iyere, Amah Agbajoh, Abel Eyube and Joe Morg for appointment into the Delta State Tourism Board; during the screening when Mr. Youmu, the fourth nominee on the list, was called up. Mr. Afe, a former member of the state assembly who was screened as the chairman of the board, immediately told the House that the said James Youmu had died even before the names were sent for screening.

This is a very serious embarrassing situation on part of the governor. It means that the governor cannot vouch for any of the nominees he personally nominated; an action that can be describe as dereliction of duty. The strange incident became a new chapter in the governor’s controversial actions regarding the membership of the state-owned agencies and parastatals.

 According to SaharaReporters, a prominent member of the Delta State House of Assembly said that he was dismayed that the governor sent a list of nominees for the boards of state-owned agencies after the governor had sworn in the nominees into office three months ago. The legislator said that the governor’s belated action was “evidence that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has lost focus.”  

Another lawmaker lamented that: “Why did His Excellency send us names of nominees for state boards for screening and confirmation when the boards were inaugurated by the same governor some months ago?” one of the state lawmakers wondered. 

Meanwhile,a letter titled “Request For Confirmation Of Nomination Of Chairmen And Members Of Certain Boards” and personally signed by Governor Uduaghan was accompanied with a list of nominees to be screened for appointment into the Delta State Tourism Board, Delta Broadcasting Service, Warri; Delta Broadcasting Service, Asaba, and Delta State Rural Development Agency. 

The latest development, where a dead man’s name appeared on the governor’s list, caused consternation among Deltans who went to the state assembly to witness the screening and confirmation exercise. “Who come put dead man for board?” one of the spectators mused, speaking in pidgin language.