A mother of two has been left looking permanently pregnant after apparently suffering a rare reaction to a contraceptive. Cassie Edwards, 27, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, has been forced to wear maternity clothes for the last six months after getting a coil fitted following the birth of her second child, Tyler. She looks like she is carrying twins and is often asked by well-meaning passersby when she is due to give birth.
The single mother, who works as a dinner lady at a local school, took only five months to drop her baby weight and return to a slim size 10 after giving birth to her son earlier this year. She then took the decision to not have any more children and went to the doctor's to get a coil fitted. But almost immediately after the fitting, her stomach began to balloon up and it is still growing. "Doctors haven't got a clue what's going on - my belly is growing and growing and I'm stuck in maternity clothes now," Ms Edwards said. "I told doctors it must be down to the coil, but they aren't sure. "They keep needing to run further tests, but all the time my belly is growing.
"I feel embarrassed and scared of the big babyless bump. "If it gets any bigger, people will think its twins." Doctors have confirmed via ultrasound that Ms Edwards is not pregnant. They are currently waiting to perform a colonoscopy on the mother, and are looking further into her condition. In the meantime, Ms Edwards is dealing with the symptoms of pregnancy daily. She suffers from a sore back, aching, swollen Bosom s, and a constant urge to urinate. "My body thinks I'm pregnant again. It's so odd. I have a larger bump than I did when I was actually pregnant," she said. "It all happened after the coil was fitted, so I can only put it down to that. "I can't go out the house without someone asking me when I'm due. I lost all my weight for nothing." The coil, also called an intrauterine device (IUD), is a small T-shaped plastic and copper contraceptive. It is inserted into a woman's womb by a specially-trained doctor or nurse. It can prevent pregnancy for five to 10 years. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has disclosed that he will not make public the ministerial list submitted to him by President Muhammadu Buhari until next plenary.
Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser to the Senate President, said the list was submitted in a sealed envelope by Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari and Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legislative Matters (Senate).
He said his boss would open the envelope and read out the names out to his colleagues on Tuesday, October 6.
Some senators under the umbrella of the PDP had on Tuesday expressed disappointment with Buhari’s failure to unveil his ministers as earlier promised.
However, the president beat the September 30 deadline by submitting the list towards the tail end of the day. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
Towards the celebration of the Nigerian 55th Independence day, Naij.com brings you pictures of the Nigerian President late wife, Safinatu Buhari.
The Nigerian President got married to his late wife, Safinatu Muhammadu Buhari in the year 1971 at age 18, she was born on the 11th December 1952, of Fulani descendant and related to the late Shehu Usman Danfodio. She originated from Mani Local Government in Katsina State, schooled at the Tudun Wada primary school in Kaduna between 1959 and 1960. She left for Lagos because her father, late Yusuf Mani was transferred to Lagos to work as a Private Secretary to the late Musa Yar’adua who was commissioner for Lagos affairs in the Federal cabinet of the first republic.
After her Primary School, she attended women teachers college Katsina, and she obtained her grade II teachers certificate in 1971 and got married the same year just two days after her graduation. Buhari divorced her in 1988 and got married to Aisha Buhari in 1989.
The marriage produced five children, namely, Zulaiha (Late), Fatima, Musa, Hadiza and Safinatu Buhari. In 1998 Hajiya Safinatu was diagnosed of diabetes and after living with it for eight years she succumbed to the ailment and give up the ghost on the 14th of January 2006.
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Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart in Lagos, Babatunde Fashola were among the names in the much anticipated ministerial list forwarded to the senate, Vanguard reports.
Others in the list are former governors, Anambra, Chris Ngige; Abia State, Ogbonaya Onu, Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi; a one time APC governorship flag bearer in Taraba, Aisha Alhassan, Also said to be on the list are Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti State; a former Governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige; and a one-time Governor of Abia State, Ogbonaya Onu; Amina Mohammed; A former commissioner of Ogun State, Kunle Adeosun; Malami Abubakar (SAN) and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Ibe Kachikwu.
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“October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians, whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of colonialism and began our long march to nationhood and to greatness.
“No temporary problems or passing challenges should stop us from honouring this day. Let us remind ourselves of the gifts God has given us. Our Creator has bequeathed to us Numbers – Nigeria is the ninth most populated country on the planet. We have in addition arable land; water; forests; oil and gas; coastline; and solid minerals
“We have all the attributes of a great nation. We are not there yet because the one commodity we have been unable to exploit to the fullest is unity of purpose. This would have enabled us to achieve not only more orderly political evolution and integration but also continuity and economic progress.
“Countries far less endowed have made greater economic progress by greater coherence and unity of purpose. “Nonetheless, that we have remained together is an achievement we should all appreciate and try to consolidate. We have witnessed this year a change in our democratic development.
“The fact that an opposition party replaced an entrenched government in a free and fair election is indicative of the deeper roots of our democratic system. Whatever one’s views are, Nigerians must thank former President Jonathan for not digging-in in the face of defeat and thereby saving the country untold consequences.
“As I said in my inaugural speech, I bear no ill will against anyone on past events. Nobody should fear anything from me. We are not after anyone. People should only fear the consequences of their actions. I hereby invite everyone, whatever his or her political view to join me in working for the nation.
“My countrymen and women, every new government inherits problems. Ours was no different. But what Nigerians want are solutions, quick solutions not a recitation of problems inherited.
“Accordingly, after consultations with the Vice President, senior party leaders and other senior stakeholders, I quickly got down to work on the immediate, medium-term and long-term problems which we must solve if we are to maintain the confidence which Nigerians so generously bestowed on us in the March elections and since then.
“As you know, I toured the neighbouring countries, marshalled a coalition of armed forces of the five nations to confront and defeat Boko Haram. I met also the G-7 leaders and other friendly presidents in an effort to build an international coalition against Boko Haram.
“Our gallant armed forces under new leadership have taken the battle to the insurgents, and severely weakened their logistical and infrastructural capabilities. Boko Haram are being scattered and are on the run.
“That they are resorting to shameless attacks on soft targets such as I.D.P. camps is indicative of their cowardice and desperation. I have instructed security and local authorities to tighten vigilance in vulnerable places.
On power, government officials have held a series of long sessions over several weeks about the best way to improve the nation’s power supply in the safest and most cost-effective way.
“In the meantime, improvement in the power supply is moderately encouraging. By the same token, supply of petrol and kerosene to the public has improved throughout the country. All the early signs are that within months the whole country would begin to feel a change for the better.
“Preliminary steps have been taken to sanitize NNPC and improve its operations so that the inefficiency and corruption could be reduced to a minimum.
“Those of our refineries which can be serviced and brought back into partial production would be enabled to resume operations so that the whole sordid business of exporting crude and importing finished products in dubious transactions could be stopped.
“In addition to NNPC, I have ordered a complete audit of our other revenue generating agencies mainly CBN, FIRS, Customs, NCC, for better service delivery to the nation. Prudent house-keeping is needed now more than ever in view of the sharp decline in world market oil prices. It is a challenge we have to face squarely. But what counts is not so much what accrues but how we manage our resources.
“We have seen in the last few years how huge resources were mismanaged, squandered and wasted. The new APC government is embarking on a clean up, introducing prudence and probity in public financing.
“At an early stage, the federal government addressed the issue of salary arrears in many states, a situation capable of degenerating into social unrest. The APC government stepped in to provide short-term support to the debtor states and enabled them to pay off the backlog and restore the livelihood of millions of Nigerians.
“Fellow Nigerians, there have been a lot of anxiety and impatience over the apparent delay in announcement of ministers. There is no cause to be anxious. Our government set out to do things methodically and properly. We received the handing over notes from the outgoing government only four days before taking over. Consequently, the Joda Transition Committee submitted its Report on the reorganization of Federal Government structure after studying the hand over notes. It would have been haphazard to announce ministers when the government had not finalized the number of ministries to optimally carry the burden of governance.
“Anyway, the wait is over. The first set of names for ministerial nominees for confirmation has been sent to the senate. Subsequent lists will be forwarded in due course. Impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed. Careful and deliberate decisions after consultations get far better results. And better results for our country is what the APC government for CHANGE is all about.
“I would like to end my address this morning on our agenda for CHANGE. Change does not just happen. You and I and all of us must appreciate that we all have our part to play if we want to bring change about. We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices. To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens.
“Happy Independence Celebrations. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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34-year-old Nelson who is allegedly known as a drug addict , who stabbed his father, Sunday Oamen, to death and took his heart, in Abesan Estate, in Ipaja, Lagos has been arrested and detained at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba,
Sunday said he had smoked four wraps of Indian hemp before committing the crime and confessed that he killed his father because he always scolded him. He blamed his parents for not giving him enough training, adding that he hated them for always been condescending towards him.
On Wednesday, the suspect voluntarily turned himself in to the police. Nelson said he surrendered himself to the police because he lost his peace after killing his father.
He said: “I am the fourth child in a family of eight children. I have had several fights with my dad in the past. There was a time I confronted him that I had been going through a lot of challenges in life and I needed help, but he said I should sit at home and he would be feeding me. I was angry because he wanted me to be dependent on him and I needed to fend for myself. “My parents knew that I smoke hemp and it sometimes affected my behaviour. They asked me to quit it, and I did for some time. People advised them to take me for medical care, but they said they did not have the money. “I became addicted to hemp about six months ago. On Thursday night, a day preceding the incident, I had gone to a joint where I smoked four wraps of hemp. I bought each for N50. “On Friday, around 11am, I was sitting outside the house when I started feeling restless and a spirit told me to go inside and kill my father. I went in through the window and when I got to where he was lying, I stabbed him in the neck and chest.”
He said after committing the act, he ran away because he was overcome with guilt. Nelson, who dropped out of primary school, denied removing his father’s heart, adding that after killing his father, his eyes became remorseful.
He added: “The spirit that pushed me to kill my father began to tell me that I will not have rest until I report myself to the police. When I could no longer bear it, I decided to report to the police. “It is not my fault. Whenever I talk to my parents, they always scolded me. And sometimes, I felt they were not my parents. I killed my father because he always chastised me and because I lost control of my senses. “If I get out of this mess, I will surrender my life to Jesus. But if not, I resign myself to fate,” he added.
Even though he has been arrested, a police source said the suspect’s family are reluctant to prosecute him. He said:“Some members of the family want him to face the consequence of his action, but they are also considering the implication on their mother who had become old and might not want to suffer double tragedies.
“However, the police will prosecute him. It is a straightforward murder case.” For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
Reports say His Royal Highness Oba Adebisi Obademi, the Oba of Apaa Bunu in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, was kidnapped at Gun-point at Akiso Aba Ebira, near Agbadu Bunu.
An eyewitness who narrated the story to Vanguard Newspapers said “We just heard gunshots around Akiso and we saw the royal father dragged on the tarred road before they bundled him into his vehicle and also carried a sack owned by the royal father. We don’t know the content of the bag."
Adding that “We couldn’t identify them because they were masked and probably trailed the royal father to that point. The sporadic gunshots scared everyone in Agbadu as we scampered to safety. So we couldn’t rescue the Oba." For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
This MFM Pastor Tunde Tolulope Ajayi and his embattled wife Yemisi Abiose Ajayi have been locked in a battle of wits and punches and she says he beat her to a pulp today at Casso area of Alagbado.
Photos of the battered lady and husband was shared on Facebook by Violence against Women activist Ify Onyegbule, adding that she just got of the phone with Yemisi who said to me that she had taken in all the maltreatment for 17 years they had been married but couldn't take it anymore when one of her 3 children died and the man won't give her peace. What will drive a man to this extent? As we speak, Yemisi has moved out of her matrimonial home...and is at a loss of what her next line of action should be because according to her "he won't rest but will continue to make trouble with me."
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It was a huge mix of class yesterday at the premiere of Omoni Oboli’s highly anticipated movie, The First Lady. People from political, corporate, business and entertainment industry all converged at The Silverbird Galleria to watch the hilarious movie, "The First Lady"
Former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, immediate past MD of AMCON, Mustafa Chike-Obi, official of Arik Airline, Tara Fela-Durotoye, join entertainment celebrities such as Uche Jombo, Desmond Elliot, Toyin Aimaku, Alexx Ekubo, Joseph Benjamin, Ynonne Jegede, Mary Lazarus, Foluke Daramola, Toni Tones, Ufuoma McDermott, Yaw, Audu Maikori, Sasha, Bolanle Ninolowo, Chigul, Deyemi Okanlawon, Kene Mkparu, Moses Babatope, Julius Agwu, Blessing Egbe, Emem Isong, Tosyn Bucknor, Dimeji Alara, Udoka Oyeka, Sammie Okposo, Uche Nnaji, Yomi Fash-Lanso, Segun Arinze, Orezi, Yaw, Emmanuel Ikubese, Yomi Casual to walk the red carpet.
The First Lady will be showing in all cinemas from Thursday, October 1.
Synopsis: In a classic Cinderella like story, a prostitute, Michelle, is stuck in a world she couldn't escape from. Her hope that one day a Prince Charming would rescue her from it all, seems lost. An heir to an empire, Kenechi, is transformed into a child by an overly ambitious uncle who wants the empire to himself.
Bound by a shared destiny, Michelle finds that she might be doing the rescuing until she realises there's no escaping her pimp (Obama), who would do anything to keep her as his First Lady.
In the aftermath of lull performance for Nollywood movies in cinemas, The First Lady, has been described as a movie that will do Nollywood proud at the box office by the cinema stakeholders that saw the movie. With the hilarious twists and turn at the that was greeted with loud bust of laughter at the cinema hall yesterday, the stakeholder might just be right.
Afrocandy said she got her hair done green since Monday for the Nigerian Independence Day Celebration & she's so ready to rumble. See more pics after the cut.
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So how does that change the report we just read? Do you think the women and children should be left there? For goodness sake this area is a war zone cut off from government attention for years and any innocent women and kids found there are termed rescued".
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