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Nurse Finds Abandoned Baby Outside, Things Get Worse When They Lift His Blanket

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July 17, 2024

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Being born with a deformity is one thing but being rejected by your mother because of those deformities is a whole other matter. That was exactly what happened to little Gabe. He was just a few days old when he lost everything.

He was born in Brazil, and when he was only two days old, his mother left him at an orphanage. When the mother saw him, she was disappointed and decided to abandon him…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

There he was, lying alone in a hospital bed all day. Gabe’s condition meant that his chance of being adopted was merely nothing. But one mother would soon change everything. 19 years ago Gabe was born in Brazil, without any arms or legs.

The doctors soon realized that he had a rare condition called Hanhart syndrome, characterised by underdeveloped limbs, mouth and jaw. In Gabe’s case none of his limbs grew at all.

According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, the Hanhart syndrome is a rare birth defect with no known cause.

Gabe’s birth mother didn’t want him, so she left him there at the hospital.

Gabe’s future looked bleak. He seemed destined to a lonely life confined to a hospital bed. The chances of him being adopted were very small, because he didn’t look like the other children at all.

But one day in the United States, Janelle Adams saw Gabe’s picture in a supermarket and decided that she wanted to help him.

Many people who passed the picture must have felt the same way, but Janelle couldn’t get the toddler out of her mind.

Instinctively, Janelle knew she wanted to give this child a home.Janelle and her husband, who live in Ohio, already had 13 children, adding Gabe to the family wasn’t an easy decision.

“We had our concerns, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the sweet little boy so far away without arms, legs or a family,” Janelle told Today.

But finally, Janelle managed to track down the oprhanage where Gabe lived and set the adoption process into motion.

The adoption didn’t move quickly, but after the paperwork was finished, Janelle and her husband, Ron, were finally able to go the airport and pick up their long-awaited son.It was love at first sight. Gabe arrived when he was an infant and absolutely thrived with his family.

From a young age Gabe started using a wheelchair but his parents were determined that their son would be as independent as possible.

When he was 12 years old, Gabe could do almost everything that other children his age could do, despite his disabilities.

He could dress himself, walk, eat, and swim. And he could even walk up stairs without help.

“I can do it, and I can do it with a smile”, says Gabe. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

At school Gabe tried out for the dance team as a way of making friends – discovering he could use his limbless body to his advantage in the art of break dancing.

After graduating from high school Gabe has continued to prove his independence, moving out of the family home and embarking on a career as a motivational speaker.

The boy’s parents wanted him to become independent and not need to depend on others his whole life.

“It has always been our goal to allow Gabe freedom and choices, that we know it will only come if he can independent,” says Gabe’s father.

But it hasn’t been easy.

While his siblings experience of school was more atypical – proms, sports teams and dating, for Gabe it was a daily onslaught of cruel comments and bullying.

“I was in the art class one time and our art teacher told us to critique our neighbour’s artwork. This kid said to me: ‘It looks like God made a mistake on you’. I went home that day and I was crushed. I couldn’t get that out of my head”, Gabe told Barcroft TV.

When the Adams family adopted Gabe, they thought they were just saving him from a lonely life in a hospital bed.

But they quickly realized that it was Gabe who saved them. He’s taught them about what’s actually important in life. And he’s taught them to work harder and never give up.

“I hated my parents for making me going through all that hard work, but now I look at them and celebrate that they pushed me to be independent and be the person that they knew I could be”, Gabe said.

From the beginning, Janelle and Ron treated Gabe as their own. And the more the boy learned to manage himself, the more independent he became.Since becoming a part of his high school dance team, Gabe has gone on to compete in a dance competition, placing second and even appeared on the Maury Show.

And as his confidence as a dancer has grown, Gabe is now pursuing a career as a motivational speaker.

“I’ve been doing speaking for almost four years now and it’s pretty crazy with all the places that I’ve been able to go to and meet so many amazing people and hear their stories and hear how I’ve been able to help them”, he said.

Gabe is a real fighter who spreads joy to everyone he meets. This remarkable young man has become an inspiration to everyone he meets.

Please share Gabe’s story with your friends on Facebook if you were also inspired by his winning attitude!

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Story of Bode Thomas, the Nigerian Lawyer Who Barked to Death After Insulting Alaafin Of Oyo

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36 minutes ago

November 23, 2024

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Chief Olabode Akanbi Thomas

Who was Bode Thomas?

Olabode Akanbi Thomas, popularly known as Bode Thomas, was born on October 1919 into the family of Andrew Thomas, a wealthy and influential Yoruba trader. He attended C.M.S. Grammar School, Bariga, a missionary school founded by the Church Missionary Society on the 6th of June, 1859

Bode Thomas studied Law in London alongside Chief FRA Williams and Remi Fani-Kayode (Femi Fani-Kayode’s father). Later on, Bode Thomas, FRA William and Remi Fani-Kayode established the first Law firm in Nigeria named Thomas, Williams and Kayode in Jankara Street, Lagos…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

Chief Bode Thomas rose to prominence at a young age. He became a member of the Regional House of Assembly in 1951. He represented the Western region as Minister of Transport under the Macpherson Constitution.

He was astute, workaholic, thoughtful and forward-looking. He was also a founding member of the Action Group. Prior to joining Action Group, he was a successful Lagos lawyer and was a member of the Nigerian Youth Movement.

Bode Thomas Vs Alaafin of Oyo

Reports claimed that Bode Thomas was a brilliant but very arrogant lawyer. He was said to be so arrogant to the extent that sometimes, people labelled him a bully. Judges hated the way he comported himself in court. They saw him as a brash and arrogant man.

Bode Thomas died in a controversial circumstance after his unfriendly encounter with Alaafin Adeyemi II, father of the current Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi III. Both Alaafin Adeyemi II and Thomas (who was the Balogun of Oyo in 1949) were members of the Oyo Divisional Council. At a time, the respected Alaafin was chairman of the council before Thomas took over. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

OldNaija gathered that on November 22 1953, when Chief Bode Thomas arrived at a meeting of the council, all the other councillors, except Alaafin Adeyemi, stood up to welcome him. He rudely said to the king “why were you sitting when I walked in? Why can’t you show me respect?” Bode was 34 years old while the Alaafin was in his 60s.

Alaafin Adeyemi II felt very embarrassed and he said to Bode, “shey emi on gbo mo baun? Emi ni ongbo bi aja mo baun? Ma gbo lo” which translates as “am I the one you are barking at like that? Am I the one you are barking at like a dog? Keep barking.”

Bode Thomas edited — Bode as Transport Minister, 1952.

It was alleged that Bode Thomas got home and started barking like a dog. He barked and barked throughout the night till he died the following day – November 23 1953. There were rumours that the Alaafin had Bode Thomas poisoned. He was survived by his wife, Lucretia Shobola Odunsi and children. Among his children are Abimbola, Eniola and Dapo.

Bode has a street named after him in Lagos. He served as a colonial minister of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria and privy counsellor of the historic Oyo clan of Yorubaland. He was a brilliant and successful man whose pride, they said, led to his fall.

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(Opinion): If You See A Coca-Cola Bottle With A Yellow Cap, This Is What It Means

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40 minutes ago

November 23, 2024

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Coca-Cola is likely to be sold everywhere from South Africa to Ghana. This well-known red-and-white color scheme makes it easy to see what you’re getting in any area. But when you get back home and go to the corner store, you might notice that some of the Coke bottles look a little different. What do those yellow cases hide? In other words, they had never been there before. But those strange containers aren’t a mistake; they’re trying to say something to customers. Only people who know what’s going on will get the real message…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

Coke bottles now have colored tops, so you might be wondering what makes these yellow ones stand out. Most drink packaging shows what flavor the drink is, like a beige cover for a vanilla drink. But the bright yellow ones are different. Also, it’s not always possible to get these storage units. You’ll only have the chance to do this within a certain amount of time. Yellow book covers are a sign of spring, and you can find them in stores now. Look out for each other, or you might end up staring each other in the face.

But the yellow lids on the containers are a strange thing to happen. They are limited, just like the colorful jars. If you compare this recipe to the one used to make regular Coca-Cola, you’ll see that the ingredients are just a little bit different. High-fructose corn syrup is not in Coca-Cola that comes in the bright yellow bottles, but it is in regular Coca-Cola. These drinks use sucrose, a type of sugar that can be found in beet sugar and natural sweeteners. When you read it on paper, that may seem a bit random. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Why change one small part when the rest is fine? It was made clear. This change was made to help people who celebrate Passover. Corn syrup is forbidden during the Jewish holiday, just like many other foods. But sucrose isn’t against the rules for Passover, so people who follow the rules can still drink a Coke with a yellow lid.

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How Four Nigerian Teens Hijacked A Plane Conveying China’s Vice President and Others ‘Because of MKO Abiola’ In 1993

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November 23, 2024

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Background

The clamor for democracy heightened after President Ibrahim Babangida annulled the June 12 1993 presidential election which proclaimed M.K.O Abiola as the winner.

Babangida annulled the election on the grounds of “electoral irregularities”. Before he stepped down from power on the 26th of August, 1993, he set up an interim government that would oversee the transition of power to a democratically elected government…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

The Earnest Shonekan-led Interim National Government had no plan whatsoever to cede power to Abiola, and this earned it opposition from Abiola and his loyalists.

During its short stay, the Interim National Government witnessed many pro-democracy protests in the country one of which was the hijacking of Nigerian Airways Airbus A310 by four Nigerian teenagers.

How It Happened

On the 25th of October, 1993, a domestic Nigerian Airways airbus scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked by four Nigerian teenagers who claimed to be acting for the Movement for the Advancement of Democracy (MAD). The teenagers – Richard Ogunderu, Benneth Oluwadaisi, Kabir Adenuga and Kenny Rasaq-Lawal cleverly smuggled toy guns into the plane and began operation mid-flight.

OldNaija gathered that there were 159 people on the hijacked Airbus 310. As soon as the plane reached about 30,000 feet above sea level, the boys sprang into action. They gained access to the cockpit and one of them announced,

“Ladies and gentlemen, this plane has been taken over by the Movement for the Advancement of Democracy, remain calm, we will not harm you. You will be told where the plane will land you.”

Their initial plan was to divert the Lagos-Abuja flight to Frankfurt in Germany but decided to land in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic after the pilots insisted there wasn’t enough fuel to reach Frankfurt. The plane had sought to land in Ndjamena, Chad, for refueling but was denied permission and diverted to Niamey.

In 2009, Richard Ogunderu, one of the four hijackers, recounted his role in the incident; he recalled that “the air hostesses were almost stone-dead, gripped by fear. We wanted change. Our action confirmed that when a system is inhumane, it could produce the extreme in all of us.” READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

He added, “I walked into the cockpit and seized the process, and then the others followed me. Two of us stayed back to intimidate the passengers. We took over the plane and asked the pilot to head for another country.”

The young hijackers stated the need to restore democracy and actualize the annulled June 12 election as the reasons for the hijack. Among other things they demanded were press freedom in Nigeria, the trial of all those who collaborated with the military regime, and the dissolution of the present interim government which they described as “illegal”.

Richard Ogunderu with the late Pa Anthony Enahoro, when he (Richard) returned from prison

During the operation, they separated men from women and government officials from ordinary citizens. On getting to Niger Republic, they freed 34 hostages. Those freed included Vice President Rong Yiren of China, said Souley Abdouleye, Niger’s transportation minister in 1993. The Interior Ministry said the people held included Nigerian Government officials and six crew members.

OldNaija gathered that the hijackers gave the Nigerian government a 72 hours ultimatum to meet their demands or else, they would blow up the plane with the hostages. Local and international media were amazed that such an incident could happen in Nigeria, considered an aviation safe haven.

The Rescue

The four teenagers had control of the plane for three days until the military stormed the premises. On the 28th of October, 1993, after Nigerian authorities gave the order to storm the aircraft, the hostages were rescued. The rescue operation left one dead (a member of the crew) and five injured, including one of the four captured hijackers, Richard Ogunderu. With their arms cramped on their backs, they were handcuffed and taken to prison.

Richard and a colleague inside Niamey prison

Lawal, one of the four hijackers said they were taken to a prison in a community with day temperature in the range of 55 degree centigrade. “We were poorly fed. We could neither speak Hausa nor French and nobody spoke English to us.”

The hijackers spent nine years and four months in Niamey prison without family contact whatsoever. They were later released in 2002.

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