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🏆 6. 1998 African Women’s Championship (AWCON)
The Super Falcons lifted the trophy, beginning their reign as queens of African football.
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This wasn't won under Abacha. The tournament took place in October. Abacha died in June. Someone has rightly pointed out the 1993 FIFA Under 17 World Cup was one under Sonekan and not Abacha. The tournament began on August 21st while IBB was still in power. He handed over to Sonekan on August 26th. The final was played on September 4th. Abacha took over on November 17th.

The first Nigerian keeper to export his talent for trade. In 1985, Rufai signed a contract with Dragons Oueme FC of Benin Republic.

In January 1988, the freckle faced Lagos born, signed a professional contract with first division KSC Lokeren of Belgium to open yet another chapter in the history of Nigerian football: he became the first Nigerian goalkeeper to play for a European clubside.

He achieved another first in Nigeria and Africa on 24th July 1993, when he became the first goalkeeper to score in open play as he converted a penalty kick during regulation time for the Super Eagles in a 6- 0 defeat of Ethiopia during the last qualifying game for Tunisia 1994 African Cup of Nations.

Ademulegun's first name was Samuel and not Johnson as wrongly stated in the write up.

Update: Omo!🙆🏿‍♂️ Mikel Is A L!ar... He Did Not Pay For Any Flight Ticket - Siasia Blows🇳🇬🦅

According to BSNsports, Nigeria coach to 2016 Rio Games, Samson Siasia has refuted claims Mikel Obi paid for players flight ticket to Brazil.

According to manager, Mikel Obi may have gone broke and is looking for free money. Recall Mikel recently claimed the executives of NFF is yet to reimburse expenses he made enroute to Rio 2016.

Reacting, Siasia said that: "Mikel did not pay for any flight tickets for the team. I say this as the head coach of the team then. He should bring the receipt if he paid. Maybe he is broke and looking for money. He should try other means to make money.

"We only had issues in the hotel that we needed to sort out the bill. I think he did pay for some of the hotel bills, but the flight to Rio, Mikel didn't pay for it. Delta Airlines was the one that flew us to Brazil. Mikel should stop talking about it. If he has a receipt to that effect, let him show us that he was the one who paid."

SmartPolician:
Well, Nigeria used Nigerian pound in 1960 which was equivalent to one naira or one pound. Technically, it means Nigeria used the naira. It's just a difference in name but the value remains the same.

You are not entirely correct. When Naira was introduced on 1st January 1973, both the legacy currency and the new one were used simultaneously for sometime and the exchange rate was 1 Nigerian pound to 2 Naira.

A FEW OF THE DOCUMENTED CASES OF LATE GENERAL ABACHA'S DIRECT STEALING FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
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Following General Sani Abacha’s death on June 8, 1998, General Abdulsalami Abubakar assumed power. A month later on July 13, 1998, apparently having seen evidence of monumental looting of the treasury by his late predecessor, then Head of State instituted the Special Investigation Panel to establish “cases of swindled public funds and recover same back to the federal government coffers”.

Within a matter of days, the panel had secured records from the apex back which revealed that between November 1993 when he took over and June 1998 when he died, Abacha had taken from the CBN funds totaling $2,263,520,497(TWO BILLION DOLLARS............) in cash withdrawals, travelers cheques and telegraphic transfers, in the name of “security vote”. However, the job of the panel was made easy by the fact that one of the Abacha family associates, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu (currently Governor of Kebbi State) was ready to cooperate by returning some of the loot.

On May 26, 1999, just three days before handing over power, General Abubakar promulgated Decree 53 of 1999 on forfeiture of assets by certain persons which listed the monies returned by the Abacha's family.

Abacha’s contempt for accountability commenced less than two weeks after he took power from Chief Ernest Shonekan. In a memo reference NSA/A/320/S/46 dated 30th November 1993, the then National Security Adviser, Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo, requested for $100 million to combat “an economy that was deflected and distorted through the black market.” In the same memo, Gwarzo also undertook to pay back the naira equivalent into government coffers. Having apparently been briefed by Abacha, the then Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Dr Paul Ogwuma released the money in the following sums: $95 Million and 3.2 million Pounds Sterling, all in cash.

However, the import of that first transaction was that Abacha had realized just how easy it was to directly take money out of the CBN and that became a perfect scam for him. All that was then needed was a letter from Gwarzo seeking approval for any sum of money in the guise of “security” and the CBN would release such demand in cash. So primitive was the whole arrangement that the principal job of some security officials was to be bagging and re-bagging millions of Dollars and Pound Sterling. The following are a few of the documented transactions:

On February 13 and 15, 1995 Gwarzo collected US$200,000 and US$600,000 respectively (totaling $800,000) from the CBN. This was sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 15th February, 1995 in which he requested for US dollars $4 million and GB£ 2million “to take care of some developments in a number of areas…” The $800,000 was part payment for the approved sum of US $4 million while the balance was paid in Travellers’ Cheques.

On 29th December 1995, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sum of US $5 million based on Abacha’s approval of his letter to deal with “situation at hand”!

The reasons given in many of the letters seeking approval to take money out of the CBN beggar belief but having “started small”, Abacha apparently became more emboldened with time.

On 23rd August, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $30 million from the CBN following Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 20th August 1996, requesting for the said money to “assist our immediate neighbours and others within this sub-region”.

On 18th December, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $ 66.5 million and GB £20 million following Abacha’s approval of his letter to meet “some requests from Heads of State of some Francophone countries, and to cultivate African solidarity.”

A month later on 30th September, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $50 million and GB £20 million from the CBN sequel to his letter dated 24th September 1996, requesting for the money to “prop some African and other Third World countries” to assist in Nigeria’s “democratization and economic recovery”.

On 28th April, 1997, Gwarzo collected US $60 million GB £30 million sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 22nd April 1997, in which he requested for the said sums for “public relations to international communities and organizations”.

On 9th July, 1997, Gwarzo collected US $ 5 million from the CBN following Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 23rd May, 1997 to meet all “demands and commitments as directed”.

A month later on 8th December, 1997, Gwarzo collected US $120 million and GB £50 million sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 26th November 1997. And on 19th January, 1998, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sums of US $100 million and GB£ 50 million to “counter insinuations that (Lt. General Oladipo) Diya’s coup was not real, and the government framed them to remove and replace the coupists with stooges.” The interesting thing about this particular transaction was that while re-bagging the money, “four cartons containing a total of about US$ 8 million were set aside” in Gwarzo’s own residence, while the balance of US $57 million and GB£ 30 million were delivered to the late Head of State through Mohammed Abacha.

On 25th October, 1997, Gwarzo collected US$ 80 million and GB £40 million “to sponsor military intervention in Sierra Leone, and garner support for same in the West African Sub-region.”

On 30th April, 1998, a few weeks before Abacha died, Gwarzo collected US $ 80 million, GB £50 million and N250 million based on his letter dated 29th April 1998 for the conduct of an enlightenment campaign on the “virtues” of an “Abacha Presidency”.

On 5th July, 1996, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sum of US $8.1 million and GB £ 5.2 million based on his request dated 14th June 1996, to support five presidential aspirants in the Niger Republic general elections.

On 21st February, 1997, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sums of US $60 million and £20 million for “pro-Nigeria propangada” abroad.

On 1st April, 1998, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sums of US $65 million and GB £30 million for “Public Relations at home and abroad, to counter the European Union campaign against the transition programme.”

On the 8th of May, 1996 Gwarzo collected US $3 million and US $9 million respectively from the CBN. Out of this sum, he reportedly sent US $ 7 million (on behalf of Abacha) to then President Matthew Kerekou of Benin Republic as “assistance to the country to pay outstanding workers’ salary” while US $2 million was for Kerekou himself.

On 13th November, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $5 million and GB £3 million from the CBN based on his letter dated 7th November, 1996 “to take care of foreign dignitaries who will attend the burial ceremonies of the first President of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.”

On 10th September, 1997, Gwarzo collected US$ 60 million and GB£ 30million from the CBN “to finance a campaign for a seat on the Security Council of the United Nations Organisation.”

On 9th December, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $5 million from the CBN sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 21st November, 1996 in which he requested the said sum “to finance the purchase of ten Toyota Land Cruisers, and ten Peugeot 505 saloons for the Republic of Mali”.

A FEW OF THE DOCUMENTED CASES OF LATE GENERAL ABACHA'S DIRECT STEALING FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
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Following General Sani Abacha’s death on June 8, 1998, General Abdulsalami Abubakar assumed power. A month later on July 13, 1998, apparently having seen evidence of monumental looting of the treasury by his late predecessor, then Head of State instituted the Special Investigation Panel to establish “cases of swindled public funds and recover same back to the federal government coffers”.

Within a matter of days, the panel had secured records from the apex back which revealed that between November 1993 when he took over and June 1998 when he died, Abacha had taken from the CBN funds totaling $2,263,520,497(TWO BILLION DOLLARS............) in cash withdrawals, travelers cheques and telegraphic transfers, in the name of “security vote”. However, the job of the panel was made easy by the fact that one of the Abacha family associates, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu (currently Governor of Kebbi State) was ready to cooperate by returning some of the loot.

On May 26, 1999, just three days before handing over power, General Abubakar promulgated Decree 53 of 1999 on forfeiture of assets by certain persons which listed the monies returned by the Abacha's family.

Abacha’s contempt for accountability commenced less than two weeks after he took power from Chief Ernest Shonekan. In a memo reference NSA/A/320/S/46 dated 30th November 1993, the then National Security Adviser, Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo, requested for $100 million to combat “an economy that was deflected and distorted through the black market.” In the same memo, Gwarzo also undertook to pay back the naira equivalent into government coffers. Having apparently been briefed by Abacha, the then Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Dr Paul Ogwuma released the money in the following sums: $95 Million and 3.2 million Pounds Sterling, all in cash.

However, the import of that first transaction was that Abacha had realized just how easy it was to directly take money out of the CBN and that became a perfect scam for him. All that was then needed was a letter from Gwarzo seeking approval for any sum of money in the guise of “security” and the CBN would release such demand in cash. So primitive was the whole arrangement that the principal job of some security officials was to be bagging and re-bagging millions of Dollars and Pound Sterling. The following are a few of the documented transactions:

On February 13 and 15, 1995 Gwarzo collected US$200,000 and US$600,000 respectively (totaling $800,000) from the CBN. This was sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 15th February, 1995 in which he requested for US dollars $4 million and GB£ 2million “to take care of some developments in a number of areas…” The $800,000 was part payment for the approved sum of US $4 million while the balance was paid in Travellers’ Cheques.

On 29th December 1995, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sum of US $5 million based on Abacha’s approval of his letter to deal with “situation at hand”!

The reasons given in many of the letters seeking approval to take money out of the CBN beggar belief but having “started small”, Abacha apparently became more emboldened with time.

On 23rd August, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $30 million from the CBN following Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 20th August 1996, requesting for the said money to “assist our immediate neighbours and others within this sub-region”.

On 18th December, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $ 66.5 million and GB £20 million following Abacha’s approval of his letter to meet “some requests from Heads of State of some Francophone countries, and to cultivate African solidarity.”

A month later on 30th September, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $50 million and GB £20 million from the CBN sequel to his letter dated 24th September 1996, requesting for the money to “prop some African and other Third World countries” to assist in Nigeria’s “democratization and economic recovery”.

On 28th April, 1997, Gwarzo collected US $60 million GB £30 million sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 22nd April 1997, in which he requested for the said sums for “public relations to international communities and organizations”.

On 9th July, 1997, Gwarzo collected US $ 5 million from the CBN following Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 23rd May, 1997 to meet all “demands and commitments as directed”.

A month later on 8th December, 1997, Gwarzo collected US $120 million and GB £50 million sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 26th November 1997. And on 19th January, 1998, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sums of US $100 million and GB£ 50 million to “counter insinuations that (Lt. General Oladipo) Diya’s coup was not real, and the government framed them to remove and replace the coupists with stooges.” The interesting thing about this particular transaction was that while re-bagging the money, “four cartons containing a total of about US$ 8 million were set aside” in Gwarzo’s own residence, while the balance of US $57 million and GB£ 30 million were delivered to the late Head of State through Mohammed Abacha.

On 25th October, 1997, Gwarzo collected US$ 80 million and GB £40 million “to sponsor military intervention in Sierra Leone, and garner support for same in the West African Sub-region.”

On 30th April, 1998, a few weeks before Abacha died, Gwarzo collected US $ 80 million, GB £50 million and N250 million based on his letter dated 29th April 1998 for the conduct of an enlightenment campaign on the “virtues” of an “Abacha Presidency”.

On 5th July, 1996, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sum of US $8.1 million and GB £ 5.2 million based on his request dated 14th June 1996, to support five presidential aspirants in the Niger Republic general elections.

On 21st February, 1997, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sums of US $60 million and £20 million for “pro-Nigeria propangada” abroad.

On 1st April, 1998, Gwarzo collected from the CBN the sums of US $65 million and GB £30 million for “Public Relations at home and abroad, to counter the European Union campaign against the transition programme.”

On the 8th of May, 1996 Gwarzo collected US $3 million and US $9 million respectively from the CBN. Out of this sum, he reportedly sent US $ 7 million (on behalf of Abacha) to then President Matthew Kerekou of Benin Republic as “assistance to the country to pay outstanding workers’ salary” while US $2 million was for Kerekou himself.

On 13th November, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $5 million and GB £3 million from the CBN based on his letter dated 7th November, 1996 “to take care of foreign dignitaries who will attend the burial ceremonies of the first President of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.”

On 10th September, 1997, Gwarzo collected US$ 60 million and GB£ 30million from the CBN “to finance a campaign for a seat on the Security Council of the United Nations Organisation.”

On 9th December, 1996, Gwarzo collected US $5 million from the CBN sequel to Abacha’s approval of his letter dated 21st November, 1996 in which he requested the said sum “to finance the purchase of ten Toyota Land Cruisers, and ten Peugeot 505 saloons for the Republic of Mali”.

There are three aspects of the “subsidy fraud”. One, a fuel importer could bring in 2000 metric tonnes and claim subsidy for 8,000 metric tonnes. “The mark-up will be shared down the line.” The money is just too much. Imagine the billions of naira available to be shared on a regular basis. So, the regulatory system is compromised and weakened.”

Two, NNPC always imports more than it has storage facility for. “So, the product is stored at private tank farms. If NNPC stores 30 million litres with your farm, you don’t have to account for 30 million litres. There is a process by which you can account for only 5 million litres as long as you know how to share the proceeds of the remaining 25 million litres with those who matter.” Ask yourself: how come our refineries have not been working for ages? Name another country that has four refineries that hardly work. Do you know how many emergency billionaires we have produced through turn-around maintenance contracts in the last 30 years?”

The third aspect of the fraud: “When they tell you the landing cost of petrol is N1,000 and the pump price is N800, it means the importer will get subsidy payment of about N200 per litre. Now, that is another fraud. There are different grades of PMS (petrol). They do not go for the same price. In the UK, for instance, the price of leaded petrol is different from that of unleaded. In Nigeria, we don’t distinguish between grades. We pay the same price. So, the landing cost of the lowest grade may be N900, but the importer still gets a subsidy payment of about N200 instead of N100 per litre. Do the math. Multiply that by millions of litres everyday and you will understand the fraud. Remember too that the importers get paid for demurrage even if they don’t incur it. I can go on and on.”

To cap it all, I can tell you authoritatively that our daily PMS consumption is not as high as officially quoted. It is the biggest fraud ever. We keep calculating subsidy on the assumption that we consume 60 million litres a day. Remember to always discount the official figures. It is good for your health.”

IPIGSRSHALLOW:
Everyone thinks that they have a good idea until they get into the the real seat.
How many advice should he listen to?

Bakare should go and run for the office if he think he can do better.

He did run fun office but the dollar induced APC delegates did not vote for him.

Seeck:
Omoh not yet o! Steady refreshing and refilling the form like my life depends on it😂

Have you succeeded?

Vecuten Cream will do the magic.

Fisayo Dele Basiru scores on his debut for Nigeria. Recall that Finidi George also scored on his debut for Nigeria against Burkina Faso in 1991.

NiRfreak:
I watched this broadcast live.....on ITV Benin
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I was home alone..Dad and mom had gone to work.......

29th May 1999 was a Saturday, Your parents worked on weekends?

This incident happened in November 2023.

Danielnicks:
This statement a flawed statement. Infact for someone who claims to be sexually experienced, it a very myopic statement. First of all, you can't ever generalise the boxes that have to be ticked to sexually satisfy a woman. Different things stokes different people. I know a lady who orgasms mainly with the suckling of her nipples, I know another who orgasms when her clit is sensually titillated, and I know another lady who achieves climax through continuous hard pounding erectile thrusts. So saying a hard, wild and sustainable erection doesn't equate climax is totally wrong. It's only correct when you say it's not true for most cases. Lastly, I put it to you, most women respond to hard, fast, sustainable erectile sex. I can say this confidently because I am a guy, I definitely have had more sexually encounters with women than you have. Thank you.

No two women experience orgasm in the same way. For some women, orgasm can occur from kissing alone, while others may take several minutes of intimacy. Some women report that no matter the duration or skills involved, they are simply unable to achieve orgasm.

Additionally, women experience different types of orgasms. For some, sex results in a single, powerful orgasm that is deeply satisfying. However, subsequent attempts may not result in additional orgasms. Others can achieve milder orgasms about every 10-15 minutes, but the sensations are not as intense as the initial experience and diminish with each occurrence.

Some women enjoy the physical intimacy of sex and are able to achieve orgasm regularly, such as every 4-7 minutes, resulting in multiple orgasms during a single encounter. Though less intense than a single, standout orgasm, the cumulative effects can be equally gratifying. Additionally, their orgasms may occur subtly and not be obvious to their partner.

Different women's experiences have advantages and disadvantages. A discussion among women themselves would likely provide further insights into these nuances and a better overall understanding. This analysis is based solely on my own observations.

A man can cheat and still be good to you. A woman will cheat and treat you like trash.

StOla:
Sone Aluko's sister.

Children of late Senator Gbenga Aluko.

Grand Children of the late Economist, Prof. Sam Aluko

Their father was the only PDP Senator in the South West from 1999 to 2003 at the time AD dominated the politics of the region.

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was jailed for 12 years in 2019 over allegations of fraud amounting to N7.1 billion when he was governor of Abia state between 1999 and 2007. After spending some nights in prison, he walked free as his conviction was nullified by the Supreme Court on technical grounds — that the trial judge had been elevated to Court of Appeal before he delivered the judgment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tried to start the trial afresh, but the Court of Appeal has blocked the move — again on technical grounds, saying the record was not “properly” transmitted in line with court rules, and that it was not stamped or “properly” signed.
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Culled from Simon Kolawole's sub-article titled; TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT

aariwa:
She was best student in Queens Enugu before scholarship took her to US…Enugu the land of paradise…that have made more Nigerians than any other city in Nigeria

She attended St Anne's School Ibadan for her secondary school education.

The ivorien goalkeeper at the AFCON is named Yahia Fofana. It was boldly written on his back during the competition.
The goalkeeper in this picture keeps for ASC Diaraf, a Senegalese clubside. It is boldly written on the back of his shirt.
How difficult is it to simply fact-check before adding to the body of fake news online?

In the final of the 1988 and 1990 AFCONs, Nigeria played against teams they had earlier met in the group stage but sadly lost on both occasions to Cameroon and Algeria respectively by a lone goal.

A Potential Penalty Shootout Looms in Sunday's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Final
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Côte d'Ivoire has advanced to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament four previous times in 1992, 2006, 2012, and 2015. On each of these four occasions that they reached the final, the ultimate outcome was decided via a penalty shootout. They emerged victorious in 1992 and 2015 by converting more penalties than Ghana. However, they fell just short in 2006 and 2012 by converting fewer penalties compared to Egypt and Zambia respectively.

The South African goalkeeper; Ronwen Williams has matched a record set in 1986
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The highest number of penalty kicks saved by a goalkeeper in a shootout was four(4) by Helmuth Duckadam in the final of the 1986 UEFA Champions League between Steaua Bucharest of Romania and Barcelona. After 120 minutes of goalless encounter, the goalkeeper of the Romanian club saved all the kicks from the players of Barca.

Emerse Faé, the caretaker manager of Ivory Coast played for the French team that won the 2001 FIFA Under 17 World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago. Recall that France defeated Nigeria in the final to win the trophy.

The hotel has been reopened.

RECYCLING is what relationship is all about these days.
No one is actually Single.
You dump him and he becomes your EX.
You take over the one dumped by someone and treat him as your new man while another person takes over your own EX too.
So life goes on...

The crisis between Chief Nyesom Wike, Mr Sim Fubara, appears to be a continuation of the politics of the 2023 general election. The way people are queuing behind the combatants has shown a pattern: if you supported President Bola Tinubu, you are more likely to be rooting for Wike; if your sentiments were with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or Mr Peter Obi, you are very likely to be for Fubara. I have noticed that many of those who opposed Fubara because he was Wike’s “boy” are now fighting for him. Politics is a sweet thing to watch — especially if you don’t have a dog in the fight. Interests.

CAF and their strange ways!
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For the Women's Team of the Year, Chiamaka Nnadozie who won the best female goalkeeper award in the continent was not selected between the posts.
Similarly, in the Men's Team of the Year, Yassine Bounou who won the individual award was dropped for Andre Onana.

[quote author=Ifemelu80 post=127253080]Hi,

My ex called me yesterday, out of the blue, after 14 years of radio silence.
He was my first love and I thought we were in a relationship for 3 years only to find out I was just his side piece to the side piece.
He broke up with me by blocking me on his phone and social media and that was it.

A mutual friend reached out to me about 2 weeks ago. We had also lost contact for years. We talked about everything but him.
So I was very surprised to get a call from him. He said the mutual friend told him about our reconnection so he also wanted to get in touch. We chatted for 10-15 mn, he asked me about my life and told me to save his contact.

Now, I'm wondering, why would a man call an ex girl friend he didn't really care about, after more than 10 years ? We were never close friends and don't have any common interests, personal or professional circle anymore, so what's the point
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Chief Pius Akinyelure — Non-Executive Board Chairman was Tinubu's boss at Mobil.

Sékou Touré, the then President of Guinea died two months later while undergoing cardiac treatment in the United States, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, for emergency heart surgery. Cleveland Clinic is the same facility Kanu Nwankwo underwent surgery after being diagnosed of health malfunction in 1996.