Nigerian Surgeons Build New Bladder for Cancer Patient, Save His Life

The life of Saidu Ibrahim, an 18 year-old student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, who has been passing blood in his urine due to cancerous cells in his bladder, has been saved by a team of surgeons at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.

The surgeons carried out a procedure that led to the removal of the bladder, and constructed a new bladder (neobladder reconstruction) which replaced the old bladder.

His life was saved.

The team, which included Dr. Makama Salihu, the head of surgery, ATBUTH Bauchi, was led by Haruna Liman.

Ibrahim had a five-year history of passing blood in his urine as a result of the cancer of the bladder, Liman said.

“The aim of this procedure is to give him the best option because there is no cure for cancer. What we did for him was to control the tumour from spreading and increase his chance of survival and that we have achieved so far. The second part of the procedure was to remove the bladder and refashion a new bladder for him,”‎ he said.

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Pastor Adeboye: True Prosperity Doesn’t Mean Having a lot of Money

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A. Adeboye during the July Edition of the Holy Ghost service, stated that true prosperity doesn’t mean just having a lot of money.

Pastor Adeboye said prosperity is a decree of the Lord for every true child of God, stressing that the God of Nigeria is wealthy.

According to him, there are two types of prosperity—true prosperity and false prosperity. True prosperity, he argued, does not necessarily translate to abundance of wealth that you have, but definitely it includes money, contentment, good health, freedom, fruitfulness, joy, peace of mind and spiritual well being.

“We are not poor because we are already in the business of lending to nations. We are buying churches and establishing institutions in all these countries,” he added.

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Catholic Church Stages Protest Against Herdsmen Attack in Enugu

Three Catholic Church Dioceses in Enugu State, today, held protest rallies across the State over the incessant attacks by herdsmen.

DAILY POST reports that the protest, which held simultaneously in Nsukka, Awgu and Enugu, attracted ‎thousands of the church members, including priests. Protesters moved round the streets in Nsukka and Awgu Dioceses, while in Enugu where they held a prayer procession at the Holy Ghost Cathedral.

Governor Ifeanyi Ug‎wuanyi, members of the State Executive Council and all the Security Chiefs attended the prayers in Enugu to forestall to forestall any breakdown of law and order.

Catholic Bishops led by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Rt. Rev. Callistus Onaga, issued a statement during the protest.

Parts of the statement read, “the free grazing of cattle in our area has now become a threat not only to the growing of crops, which is the mainstay of our sedentary people, but also to our lives. That the nomadic lifestyle makes policing and the pursuit of criminals much more complex and hazardous, while providing terrorists like Boko Haram operatives with ready cover for penetrating every nook and. Cranny of our country.”

“In the light of this, therefore, we call on the Federal Government to drop, without further delay, the so-called ‘Grazing Bill’, which is quite capable of tearing apart the fragile unity of our country.

”We urge all our local community leaders to refrain from entering into agreements with herdsmen or with any other group of persons that would create room for tension and crisis. We would advise that all such agreements already in existence be renegotiated in a way that would ensure justice for all the parties”,

10 Countries With The Highest Marijuana Consumption in the World

According to a 2015 report on global marijuana consumption, Nigerians consume marijuana, a lot, but not as much as Ghanaians, or Cambodians.

Ghana’s Upper East Regional Minister, Albert Abongo, announced this during this year’s celebration of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Marijuana, also called Indian hemp, is one hard drug that medical experts say could cause infertility in some people and mental disorder in others.

Here’s a list of 10 countries with the highest marijuana consumption:

1. Democratic Republic of Korea

2 Cambodia

3 Ghana

4 The Netherlands

5 Uruguay

6 Iceland

7 Czech Republic

8 Nigeria

9 Jamaica

10 Portugal

Osun hijab crisis: ‘CAN is challenging the directive of Allah’

The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), has urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Osun state chapter, to embrace the ruling of a court on hijab wearing for female student or take the matter to another court.

The executive secretary of MUSWEN, Professor Dawud O. S. Noibi, said this on Thursday while speaking with newsmen.

MUSWEN noted that CAN should desist from using self-help that complicates issues but should follow the advice of the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan.

He said, “Our Advice to CAN in Osun State in view of the foregoing, is to deeply consider the advice which one of the most respected Christian leaders in Nigeria, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, offered at a recent round-table on Law and Religion.”

“His Grace said the nation should adopt the policy that no law should prohibit what religion prescribes or require citizens to do what religion prohibits.”

“The Osun State chapter of CAN should learn a lesson from this advice. Besides, on purely moral grounds, one may ask: how does a Muslim girl’s wearing of hijab offend a Christian? Moreover, the court ruling does not compel all Muslim students to wear hijab. It is left entirely to the choice of the individual student who wishes to obey the order coming from her Creator.”

“The CAN leadership must be told that what they are doing in this case is challenging the directive of Allah. Do they really feel comfortable preventing people from doing the Will of God on earth as it is done in heaven? If, however, CAN still feels strongly about the judgement, let them follow the commendable example of the Muslims of Lagos State by following the path of law.”

Oshiomhole extends olive branch to his ‘younger brother’

Despite insinuation that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state had failed to back his Deputy, Pius Odubu’s, quest to emerge as the All Progressive Congress governorship candidate, the Governor has announced that he and Odubu have reconciled.

The Governor stated this on Thursday while speaking at the reconciliation meeting between members of the APC. He noted that the party would be united in the upcoming election for the state.

Oshiomole further said that the APC was ready to deal a decisive blow on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Eight other aspirants for the APC governorship ticket were present at the meeting which was also attended by some party leaders including Gentleman Amegor, Chief Mathew Ehigie and other suspended members.

Oshiomhole said, “Let me appreciate my younger brother with whom I have entrusted power not because we were the best but because God chose to use you to give us that favour. That is Pius Egberamwen Odubu, the Deputy Governor of Edo state. It doesn’t matter how the result went, I want to publicly appreciate him and I assure him I regard him as a brother”

Speaking further Oshiomhole said, “I am celebrating the fact that someone will take over my job, do I look tired, if I am not tired and I am not looking tired why I should I be celebrating my imminent retrenchment from office. I am celebrating it because, when I was elected I knew it is renewable only once. That is the beauty of democracy that you pray not for extension but finishing well and finishing strong, we have finished not the less.”

“I want to therefore thank you for all the support that each and every one of you here and millions of our people who are not here, party members and no party members, men and women, young and old that you have extended to me over the past ten years. My case has been a thing of miracle with God using every one of you to perform the miracles. I can never thank you enough.”

“They are planning now how to come back only those who died like Christ and only one born of a virgin woman can resurrect like Christ, those who died in the political scene can never be resurrected. PDP died in Sin and they remain buried and they can’t resurrect certainly not in our life time”

Hospital Finally Release Detained Mother of Triplets 7 Weeks After Delivery [PHOTOS]

Mrs Gloria Okore, the woman detained for seven weeks by Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home, Agege, following her inability to settle a debt of N35,000 after being delivered of triplets, has thanked Nigerians for coming to her rescue by paying the outstanding bills.

She said after harassing her, the hospital authorities said she was foolish to tell Vanguard that her debt was N35,000; that she should have said it was N200,000.

However, contacted by Vanguard, the hospital’s Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, said Mrs Okore was being ungrateful. She said as soon as the balance of their bill was off set, every other donation was given to the couple, including the N500,000 donated by Mutilinks Computer Services.

Meanwhile, speaking yesterday, in their one-room apartment at Aluminum village, Dopemu, Lagos, Gloria said: “I am happy that Nigerians came to our rescue after the publication of my story by Vanguard. My prayer is that every one that contributed will never be put to shame.”

Recall that one of the triplets, a female, died two weeks ago as there was no incubator to use for the babies.