I regret not praying with him before trip –Yakowa’s wife

Widow of the  late Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, Amina, said in Kaduna on Sunday that her worst regret was not praying with her  husband before he embarked on his last journey to Bayelsa State on Saturday.

Amid sobs, Amina narrated how her husband left the house on Saturday without the usual ‘prayer of agreement’ and how they had planned to meet in Abuja for  a  thanksgiving  service  for  President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience.
She told the congregation at a church service organised for the late governor inside the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House that, “Everyday, we normally hold our hands to pray before he steps out of the house to the office. But on Saturday, when he told me he was leaving for Bayelsa State. I just bid him farewell and we said  we would  meet in Abuja for the thanksgiving ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience. I regret that we could not pray as usual. After that he came down and left for Bayelsa.
“We used to wake up every morning to pray. Before yesterday (Saturday), he used to  insist  that we  pray  before he would  step out of the house  for any engagement. On  December 23, we would have celebrated our 34th year of marriage but for death.”
She said she could not pray for her husband on Saturday because she was down with catarrh.
“We planned to meet in Abuja today for the thanksgiving service of the President’s wife. He (Yakowa) had been a pillar of support to our  family,” she added.
Yakowa; ex-National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi , and four others died when a Naval Augusta 109 Helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in the Nembe-Okoroba  in  Bayelsa State.
They were returning from the burial of  Pa Douglas, the father of an aide to  Jonathan, Oronto Douglas.
Other victims of the crash were  Yakowa’s special adviser, Dauda Tsoho; Azazi’s bodyguard, Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal; and  two naval pilots -  Commander Muritala Mohammed Daba and Lt. Adeyemi O. Sowole.
The traditional ruler of Kagoma,  Col Paul Zaka Wyom,  said he would never forget his last encounter with the late governor during the just concluded council poll which incidentally took place on Yakowa’s birthday.
Wyom said, “It is very difficult to give a full description  of the governor. The last time that I saw him was during the Local Government election in the state on December 1, 2012. That was the moment that I will never forget in my life.
“He was a seasoned civil servant. He will be remembered for being the first civilian governor of Kaduna from the Southern part of the state and he will also be remembered for his prudent management of state resources.”
Also on Sunday,   the President-General of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Dr. Ephraim Goje, narrated how Yakowa visited his parents’ grave barely 15 days before he met his death.
Goje said, “One of the last encounters I had with him that I will never forget happened on December 1, 2012 which was his birthday. If you remember, he also conducted the local government elections on that day.  At about 1 pm, I called him to congratulate him on his birthday and for successfully conducting the local government elections.
“He said to me, my president, as I speak to you, I am standing by the graveside of my parents. I have not had the opportunity to come here in the past two years and I am using the opportunity of this elections to come to their graveside.
“He said further that he will surprise the people of Kaduna State when he presents his 2013 budget and that through the document, the people of the state will know that he meant business. I told him that wherever his parents were, I am sure that they would be proud to have him as their son, especially rising through the ladder to be the governor of the state. We are also proud of him and his achievements.
“After the election, I went to his village (Kagoma) to see him and discovered that he had left for Kaduna. I never knew that 15 days later, he will be no more. We are really grieving and sad.”
Goje said the death of the governor came to him as a surprise, noting that  with the loss of  a “great son” like Yakowa, a big vacuum had been created in the state.
“The death of Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa came to me as a surprise and with great shock. I want to say that Kaduna State has lost a great son and a big vacuum has been created. He was a man with a passion to develop Kaduna State. There were no religious or ethnic considerations in his actions and he was dedicated to the development of the state,” he said.
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Widow of the  late Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, Amina, said in Kaduna on Sunday that her worst regret was not praying with her  husband before he embarked on his last journey to Bayelsa State on Saturday.

Amid sobs, Amina narrated how her husband left the house on Saturday without the usual ‘prayer of agreement’ and how they had planned to meet in Abuja for  a  thanksgiving  service  for  President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience.
She told the congregation at a church service organised for the late governor inside the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House that, “Everyday, we normally hold our hands to pray before he steps out of the house to the office. But on Saturday, when he told me he was leaving for Bayelsa State. I just bid him farewell and we said  we would  meet in Abuja for the thanksgiving ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience. I regret that we could not pray as usual. After that he came down and left for Bayelsa.
“We used to wake up every morning to pray. Before yesterday (Saturday), he used to  insist  that we  pray  before he would  step out of the house  for any engagement. On  December 23, we would have celebrated our 34th year of marriage but for death.”
She said she could not pray for her husband on Saturday because she was down with catarrh.
“We planned to meet in Abuja today for the thanksgiving service of the President’s wife. He (Yakowa) had been a pillar of support to our  family,” she added.
Yakowa; ex-National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi , and four others died when a Naval Augusta 109 Helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in the Nembe-Okoroba  in  Bayelsa State.
They were returning from the burial of  Pa Douglas, the father of an aide to  Jonathan, Oronto Douglas.
Other victims of the crash were  Yakowa’s special adviser, Dauda Tsoho; Azazi’s bodyguard, Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal; and  two naval pilots -  Commander Muritala Mohammed Daba and Lt. Adeyemi O. Sowole.
The traditional ruler of Kagoma,  Col Paul Zaka Wyom,  said he would never forget his last encounter with the late governor during the just concluded council poll which incidentally took place on Yakowa’s birthday.
Wyom said, “It is very difficult to give a full description  of the governor. The last time that I saw him was during the Local Government election in the state on December 1, 2012. That was the moment that I will never forget in my life.
“He was a seasoned civil servant. He will be remembered for being the first civilian governor of Kaduna from the Southern part of the state and he will also be remembered for his prudent management of state resources.”
Also on Sunday,   the President-General of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Dr. Ephraim Goje, narrated how Yakowa visited his parents’ grave barely 15 days before he met his death.
Goje said, “One of the last encounters I had with him that I will never forget happened on December 1, 2012 which was his birthday. If you remember, he also conducted the local government elections on that day.  At about 1 pm, I called him to congratulate him on his birthday and for successfully conducting the local government elections.
“He said to me, my president, as I speak to you, I am standing by the graveside of my parents. I have not had the opportunity to come here in the past two years and I am using the opportunity of this elections to come to their graveside.
“He said further that he will surprise the people of Kaduna State when he presents his 2013 budget and that through the document, the people of the state will know that he meant business. I told him that wherever his parents were, I am sure that they would be proud to have him as their son, especially rising through the ladder to be the governor of the state. We are also proud of him and his achievements.
“After the election, I went to his village (Kagoma) to see him and discovered that he had left for Kaduna. I never knew that 15 days later, he will be no more. We are really grieving and sad.”
Goje said the death of the governor came to him as a surprise, noting that  with the loss of  a “great son” like Yakowa, a big vacuum had been created in the state.
“The death of Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa came to me as a surprise and with great shock. I want to say that Kaduna State has lost a great son and a big vacuum has been created. He was a man with a passion to develop Kaduna State. There were no religious or ethnic considerations in his actions and he was dedicated to the development of the state,” he said.
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‘You were the light in my darkness’ – Husband of nurse who committed suicide over radio hoax, as she’s buried in India (PHOTOS)

Jacintha Saldanha’s grieving husband and two teenage children clutched each other tightly today as they gathered with hundreds of mourners in a small town in India for her funeral.
Friends and family paid their respects to the 46-year-old nurse who was duped by a hoax call during a simple ceremony in Shirva, some 30 miles north of Mangalore on the south-west coast.
Earlier, crowds lined the roads close to the Catholic church to pay their respects while relatives attended a private prayer ceremony at her home.

‘My wife, you were the light in my darkness, who always showed me the way forward. From the day we met, you always stood by me in times of hardship and happiness. I feel a part of me has been ripped out’
Jacintha Saldanha’s husband Ben Barboza, 49

Sadness: Children of Jacintha Saldanha – daughter Lisha (left) and son Junal (right) – are consoled by their father Ben Barbosa (centre) during their mother’s funeral at The Shirve Church cemetery near Mangalore

Mourning: Ben Barboza (centre) holds his son Junal, on his right, and daughter Lisha at the burial of his wife Authorities in India are understood to have made extensive arrangements – upping security and setting up barricades – to accommodate crowds of mourners touched by Ms Saldanha’s death.
Jesuit priest Fr Richard Rego, who has worked in the region for more than a decade, said the close-knit town had been left in shock.
‘The local community were jolted,’ he said. ‘They are now coming together to support the family.’
Mr Barboza is understood to be spending Christmas with his family in Shirva as he comes to terms with his wife’s death.

Wide angle: Relatives and friends gather during the burial of nurse Ms Saldanha at her hometown Shirva Saying goodbye: Jacintha Saldanha’s widower Ben Barboza (centre) and her children Lisha (left) and Junal (right) stand next to her coffin

Procession: Relatives carry the coffin containing the body of Ms Saldanha for burial at her hometown Shirva

The town of Shirva, in the Karnataka district, is famous in the largely agricultural region for producing jasmine and granite.
Ms Saldanha’s family made the journey to India yesterday with her hessian-covered coffin for her funeral, as it emerged that she left a note for the two Australian radio DJs behind the recent prank.
The senior nurse, who blamed Mel Greig, 30, and Michael Christian, 25, of 2Day FM for her death, is also said to have been involved in a long-running ‘personal disagreement’ with a junior colleague.
Ms Saldanha’s body was kept at her 49-year-old husband Ben Barboza’s home in the town of Shirva, Karnataka, for a few hours today before being taken to the church for a prayer service and burial.

Distraught: Ben Barboza (left and right), husband of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, arrives earlier today to examine the scene at the graveyard where his wife will be buried, in Shriva, north of  Mangalore, in India

Before the ceremony: A worker prepares the grave of Ms Saldanha in Shriva north of Mangalore, India

The 46-year-old nurse was found hanged at her nurses’ accommodation at the King Edward VII Hospital in London, where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for severe morning sickness.
One of three suicide notes suggests that before the prank call, Mrs Saldanha was ‘unhappy’ that following a misdemeanour by a subordinate the hospital had decided not to discipline her colleague.
A family friend said: ‘Jacintha was involved in a personal disagreement with a colleague several weeks before the prank call.
‘The hospital had decided not to take any formal action but to put the two nurses on separate shifts. Jacintha made clear her disappointment and that she was not happy.

Support: Jacintha Saldanha’s widower Ben Barboza (centre, in blue) looks at the grave for his wife

Plans: Ben Barboza gestures while discussing the arrangements at the graveyard where his wife will be buried

‘She felt the hospital should have taken a tougher line. She was critical of that.’
In the short letter she apparently singled out two individuals for blame.
It also emerged that after she had unwittingly put DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian through to another nurse, one called back and told her they had played a prank which they were about to broadcast.
That is believed to have left her feeling confused and agitated. At a memorial service in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, her husband Benedict Barboza said his wife’s death had left him devastated.
The couple’s son Junal, 17, and adopted daughter Lisha, 14, also paid tribute before travelling with her body to Mangalore.

Grieving: Ben Barboza (right) husband of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse found hanging in her room days after she had been duped by a hoax call, arrived yesterday at the airport in Mangalore, India, ahead of her funeral

Sadness: Lisha Saldanha (right) and Junal Saldanha (centre) arrive at the airport to meet their mother’s coffin Ms Saldanha’s funeral took place today at 4pm local time (10am GMT), said her family, who arrived at Bajpe Airport in Mangalore yesterday
Her coffin also arrived in India yesterday. It came after Ms Saldanha’s children described the ‘unfillable void’ left in their lives by their mother’s death as a mass was held at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday.
Following the service in central London, Jacintha’s husband, NHS accountant Ben Barboza, 49, and two children Junal, 17, and Lisha, 14, paid an emotional tribute to a ‘kind-hearted, generous and well-respected woman’.
Mr Barboza said: ‘My wife, you were the light in my darkness, who always showed me the way forward. From the day we met, you always stood by me in times of hardship and happiness.

Tragic: A coffin containing the body of Ms Saldanha is loaded onto an ambulance at the airport in Mangalore

Moved: A casket containing the body of Ms Saldanha is shifted in a tractor trolley after it arrived at the airport

‘I feel a part of me has been ripped out,’ he added, fighting back tears. ‘Without your beautiful smile and sparkling personality, the house is an empty place to live.

Death: Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanging in her nurses’ quarters at King Edward VII Hospital

‘Nineteen years of togetherness with a strong bond of affection and understanding will be cherished forever in my life. Your loss is a very painful one and nobody can take that place in my life ever again. I love you and miss you forever.’
Ms Saldanha’s daughter Lisha, 14, said: ‘We will miss your laughter, the loving memories and the good times we had together. The house is an empty dwelling without your presence.
‘We are shattered and there’s an unfillable void in our lives.
‘We love you mum, sleep in peace and watch over us until me meet again in heaven. We will always love you and keep you close to our heart.’
Her son Junal said: ‘Our mother, kind hearted, generous and a well-respected woman in both of our lives. You were the core of the family who kept is together.
‘In times of difficulty you showed us the way forward to happiness and success. Your priority for us was a good education and a bright future. You taught us right from wrong which we appreciate.
‘You worked tirelessly to give us everything that we have today. When we achieved good grades and merit, your pat on our backs encouraged us more.’

Preparations: A worker digs near the grave of nurse Ms Saldanha while preparing it for her last rites at a cemetery in Shirva, about 32 miles north of Mangalore, on Saturday

Standing outside the cathedral alongside their local MP Charlotte Leslie and MP Keith Vaz, who has been campaigning on behalf of the family, Mr Barboza said the family ‘could not have foreseen the unprecedented tragedy that has unfolded in our lives’.

‘In times of difficulty you showed us the way forward to happiness and success. Your priority for us was a good education and a bright future. You taught us right from wrong’
Jacintha Saldanha’s son Junal, 16

‘The events of the last week have shattered our lives. We barely have the strength to withstand the grief and sorrow.’
He thanked the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prime Minister David Cameron for their condolences.
Memorial services have already been held at the hospital where Ms Saldanha worked and in Bristol where her husband and children live.
Indian-born Ms Saldanha left two notes in her room and also had marks on her wrist when her body was discovered, Westminster Coroner’s Court in London heard on Thursday.

Emotional tribute: Ben Barboza, 49, stands outside Westminster Cathedral in central London with his daughter Lisha, 14, and son Junal, 16, with Keith Vaz MP (right) after a mass for Ms Saldanha

Saddened: The DJs behind the call – Mel Greig and Michael Christian – gave an emotional account of their reaction to Ms Saldanha’s death in an interview on Australian TV last week

A provisional date of March 26 has been set for the next inquest hearing.

John Lofthouse, the King Edward VII’s Hospital chief executive, has said the nurse was reassured on a number of occasions by senior management after the hoax.

The DJs behind the call – Mel Greig and Michael Christian – gave an emotional account of their reaction to Ms Saldanha’s death.
Interviewed on Australian TV networks, the presenters said their prank call to the hospital prompted ‘a tragic turn of events no-one could have predicted or expected’.
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), the parent company of 2Day FM, ended the pair’s Hot 30 show and suspended prank calls across the company.
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No one present at Independence would be happy with the level of development in Nigeria – Ekwueme

One time Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, has scored the country very low as far as development is concerned since the country got its independence over fifty years ago.
Dr Ekwueme was speaking with journalists during his 80th birthday reception organised in his honour by his Orumba kinsmen in Ikoyi, Lagos, under the auspices of Orumba Forum.
According to the elder statesman, “we have not realised our pre-independence dreams and aspirations… No one present when the Union Jack was lowered in 1960 would be happy with the present level of development in Nigeria,” he said as he urged leaders at all levels to accelerate efforts to check the rot and begin the onerous task of developing the country.
When he was asked where and when Nigerians started missing the mark, he said: “I don’t want to apportion blames but no one who saw the Union Jack lowered in Nigeria would be happy about the present state of things… expectation was high that Nigeria would be one of the greatest countries in Africa and the world, but the dreams and expectation have not been realised.”
However, Ekwueme prescribed “determination and commitment to serve” on the part of leaders as a major step to reverse the downward slide in Nigeria’s quest for sustainable development.
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All Passengers Die In Delta State Mass Transit Bus Crash, Sapele

Information available indicates that a Delta state Mass Transit bus has crashed while conveying passengers from Uduaghan park in Sapele to Warri. The information says all passengers on board got perished in the crash.

Contrary to the initial information that it was a bus belonging to Delta Line that crashed, the accident actually involved a Delta state Mass Transit bus, as a source speaking on behalf of Delta Line denied that the bus belong to Delta Line. The source confirmed that a state transit bus crashed around Ore, after Sapele in a sharp corner few meters from a filling station, killing all passengers on board.
He said, “When I came to the office this morning, I heard the news of the accident [...] It’s one of the new Mass transit buses that Uduaghan just introduced in the state. I heard all passengers died in the accident.”
A Delta Line bus driver, who pleaded not to be mentioned, said he ran into the scene of the accident when he was driving into Sapele on Monday morning. According to him, the driver was on a high speed, and, this coupled with the morning dew, he ran out of control around a sharp corner just a few metres away from a filling station in O’re.
Meanwhile, the Delta state police Public Relations Officer could not confirm the news as he simply said he was not aware of the accident.
The Police imagemaker said, “I’m not aware of the accident. No one has informed me about this yet.”
It will be recalled that the Delta state government has recently purchased and introduced Mass Transit buses in the state just to ease the cost of transportation in Delta state.
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Saving The Nigerian Family In The US – Nigerian Men Regretting Getting Married To Nigerian Women In The US?

By Paul Omoruyi

Shooting in Connecticut and Matters Arising in the Nigerian Families in the US – By Paul Omoruyi

The grotesque and senseless killing of 20 innocent kids at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut in the United States is something every parent dread daily in the US. Early reports already show that the shooter’s parents were divorced since September 2009 and the mother had custody of the shooter. The mother had exposed the shooter to guns!
 With the unprecedented divorce rate in the Nigerian community in the US, Nigerian families in the US are increasingly becoming engrossed in all the family related patterns and miasma leading to these kinds of incidents.

Early this year, I wrote an article in an African Abroad newspaper that was widely published in the New York area. This writer has been disturbed for some time now about the state of the Nigerian marriage and family in the United States. Below is the original article:My phone rang. It was a call from my buddy that we started life together in the US. We talked about those early days when we just immigrated. Those are the days that will remain etched in our minds and indelible in our memories. Like so many Nigerians, we worked and went to college full time non-stop for many years concurrently as if we were machines. The impetus to achieve the American dream and not disappoint our families was the catalytic enzyme running through our veins. Till this day, we still cannot fathom how we did it. But we did anyway. It’s one of those kinds of experience that you can only say “if not God”.
We were in our twenties with all the Adrenaline and testosterones running wild. The stories of Nigerian men that have been messed up by “child support” because they got married to “akata” were sufficient enough for us to respect ourselves and control our sexual drives. My friend would always say “I go just die or go back to Naija than for me to find myself in a child support situation. Akata no go fit cook Naija food and then she go come still take me to child support? Over my dead bodi”. These concerns (or should I say fear?) were reasons my buddy did not go into any relationship with some of his college female friends who were not Nigerians. He wanted a Nigerian woman as a wife so they can speak pidgin English together, eat Egusi and Okro soup yanfuyafu (otherwise with Akata wife, na Burger King go kill am!). It was all too common a joke back in the days.

Many years have since passed. My guy is married now with a degree attached to his name and has a middle-class job. Obviously, you can say he’s living the American dream. As we reminisced and laughed about those Kodak moment days, in a split second unguarded moment, he suggested that there was nothing special anymore about getting married to a Nigerian woman in the US. “They are now even worse than the so called akata”, he said. The comment struck me and I pushed a little for him to elucidate. I listened in awe as he told me what he’s experiencing at home. While he poured his heart to me, he kept asking me “do you think say Akata or even Caribbean woman go behave like that”? Apparently, it appears his expectations have been dashed.

One that struck me most was the story of a young Nigerian teenage girl living in the shelter. Her Nigerian parents are now divorced. According to her, her parents’ marriage broke after her mother systematically stopped cooking for the family, became increasingly narcissistic and disrespectful to her dad. As if that was not enough, her dad was infuriated when he discovered that her mom had secretly bought a piece of property in Nigeria without his knowledge. Two years later, the parents divorced. Unfortunately, the young lady became pregnant while still in high school. “I just could not stand my mom and live with her. If my parents were still married, I would not have fallen for this stupid crap”, she was quoted as saying, as tears rolled down her eyes.

Although I understand that these narratives might be loop-sided but it seems to typify what most Nigerian men are complaining about lately behind closed doors. There are numerous cases of marital fuss and upheaval that have permeated Nigerian families in the US in recent years. Some people say it is the American culture shock that is rocking the boat of traditional Nigerian family structure in the US. Others claim that it is Nigerian women narrow-mindedly over stretching the American provisions.  While some lay blame on Nigerian men refusing to wake up to the realities of the disparities between the American and Nigerian approach to marriage.

It is heartbreaking to hear a Nigerian man refer to his wife as my “baby mother” and a Nigerian woman says my “baby father”.  Just some couple of years ago, this was a taboo terminology in the Nigerian marriage. It was actually used to surreptitiously mock the so called “akata”. Now it’s becoming a common mantra in the Nigerian community as single mothers and fathers balloon to an alarming and astronomical rate.

This is no time to pass blame or point fingers or to clamor over who is right or who is wrong. The hand writing is on the fall. This writer is whole-heartedly concerned and perturbed by the downward spiral of our marriages and families in the US. The younger generation is watching, confused and scared to death of what to expect from taking that marriage bold step.

In the spirit of finding a solution, I will proffer the following suggestions to reduce this scourge that is eating deeply into the fabric of our families:

1.    Each spouse should not think that the world revolves around you only –Either my way or no way mind set is a recipe for marital failure.
2.    Think twice “welu welu” before you let loose the heavens and lock that door against your spouse – you might be endangering your children’s future for life!
3.    Marriage is a symbiotic and not a parasitic relationship.
4.    At life’s end, the fight over dollars will be no more. Your spouse and your children will become more important than anything else.
5.    There is no perfect woman or perfect man. The only perfect marriage is one that the man and woman have learned how to resolve their differences and work together through thick and thin.

People, we are better than this. Let us all fine tune our dispositions and propensities to make our marriages and families happier right here in the US. We have come too far away from home to kill ourselves in a distant land. The system is ready to tear us apart if we open that door. Do you have an opinion or experience that you would like to share? Shoot me an email. May God bless you, your family and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of SaharaReporters
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Mad Woman Miraculously Regains Her Senses after Being Hit by a Car

The story has been told about the miraculous cure of a 40-year-old mentally ill woman who has been simply identified as Olubisi Aina at Sanyo area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, 11th December, 2012 after an auto accident.
According to the Tribune, which reported the story, the way and manner in which Olubisi Aina regained her sanity after about a decade or more of insanity is amazing and it could be described as a wonder. Aina had been insane for 10 years or thereabout and paraded herself, most often nakedly, on the Sanyo-Temidire-Agbamu road, her habitation for over a decade.
She usually slept on her back with her face up in drainages or on the main road close to the bridge on Damo River in the area; and come rain or shine, Olubisi was always in her habitat and is well known in the neighbourhood. Perhaps that was her saving grace on Monday, 10th December, 2012 when a car ran over her where she was sleeping at about 9a.m.
Olubisi was quickly rushed to Oore-Ofe Hospital and Maternity Home where her bruised mouth and legs were attended to. However, after being discharged, patron of the hospital, Mr Toyin Adesina, advised that she should have a bath. She was later led by acquaintances to Damo River where she was given new sponge and soap for her bath. As she raised the sponge above her head, she said “Thank you God” in Yoruba Language. Instantly, she regained her sanity and whatever question was posed to her, she answered accurately!
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Hollywood actress steps out in ‘almost-skeletal’ figure following breakup – See Shocking Photos

She’s had a difficult year following her split from fashion designer, and the father of her child, Jason Bleick.
And it seems that Selma Blair is feeling the strain following a tough few months, the results of which has led to drastic weight loss.
The 40-year-old actress displayed her shockingly thin, almost-skeletal figure as she took her son Arthur to the park in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.

Skeletal: Selma Blair displayed her incredibly thin figure as she enjoyed a day at the park in Los Angeles with her son Arthur on Sunday

Energetic mum: Little Arthur giggled with delight as his mother pushed him along in his toy car

As she ran along pushing her little boy in his toy car, Selma’s baggy knitted cardigan fell open – displaying her incredibly bony chestplate.
The Anger Management actress, who went bra-less and narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction on the energetic morning out, also looked extremely tired – her make-up free complexion only serving to draw attention to the heavy bags under her eyes.
Despite Selma’s clear stress, the actress did her best to concentrate on spending time with her 16-month-old son.

Making a dash for it: It would appear that Selma’s weight loss comes after a difficult few months for the actress, which has seen her split from Jason Bleick

Careful: Bra-less Selma nearly revealed too much as she ran along, before adjusting her jumper to ensure she avoided a wardrobe malfunction

Arthur looked adorable in a striped all-in-one, with a gilet and hat over the top to keep him warm.
And the little boy certainly appeared to be enjoying himself, beaming and giggling with delight as he explored the local area.
Selma gave her son a hand as he waded through the sticks and twigs in the local area, keeping a close eye on Arthur as he toddled off exploring.

What’s that, Mummy? Arthur appeared entirely enthralled by his surroundings as he spent the day with his mother

Cute as a button: Arthur looked adorable in a striped all-in-one, which he wore with a gilet and hat

The actress is doing her best to move on, following her split from Jason in August – just 14 months after they welcomed Arthur into the world.
The actress and her fashion designer partner, who had been dating since 2010 were alleged to have parted ways because they couldn’t stop arguing.
A source told Us Weekly magazine: ‘They were fighting non-stop.’
Selma rather vaguely commented on her relationship status in September on Twitter, writing: ‘I never announced anything. They choose to write whatever they feel. I do not have a new boyfriend. My son is it.’

What about this one? Selma caught her little boy’s attention with a twig as he embraced nature during the day out

Keeping a close eye: Selma was never more than a couple of steps behind her son, ensuring he was safe at all times
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