sirabbey: I empathize with you and pray your daughter live a healthy and happy life. But I think you should know that sickle cell disease is no longer the death sentence it used to be because of new breakthrough in medical science. Bone marrow transplant is a cure for this disease but like all new medical innovation, it currently cost an arm and a leg at the moment. hopefully it will get cheaper and affordable as more discoveries are made.
That's just the description. Since the day my daughter was diagnosed with SS that day mark the day of fear in my life. Always wondering what will become of me if this girl is finally gone,I lived with this though for eight years.....but as the bible says,what you fear the most will finally come to you......I lost my daughter january this year. Sickle cell is terrifying.. It's excruciating.. It's evil.....
DrTee1: Sickle Cell is a terrible disease. It is like having death lurk around a person from the date of birth till the end. Death lurks around all of us, but Sickle Cell raises it to a power of two. May her soul rest in peace.
Amwitty: Oh Toktee this is so sad to read🥹 my prayers are with you dear one and I pray that God comforts you perfectly and give you His shalom peace 🫂🩷
I am not here to argue with anyone. But I want you to know that the mistake was from the lab. So please don't say that
spiceadole: It's better experienced. No matter how you advice people, they won't listen The same way you didn't listen and probably argued about it. Experience remains the best teacher.
Only death can heal me. That girl was my hand bag... She was my friend... But I thank God that He has given me three kids only one is SS...but I also thank God for the time we spent together.
The pain of sickle cell is excruciating. Caring for a sickle cell person is not easy.
Only those that have not experienced it can try it.
Amwitty: This is so heartbreaking to read. I’m truly sorry for your loss. My aunt also experienced something very painful in her marriage. She and her husband didn’t know their genotypes before getting married he was SS and she was AS. She had just given birth to their last child when her husband passed away. Sadly, she later lost her first son just a few months before his university graduation, and then lost her second son only a month after his graduation from Uni. She now has two daughters left, but the younger one is living with SS and is constantly in and out of the hospital almost every two weeks. Each time her daughter falls sick, my aunt breaks down in tears, saying, “I’m sorry for bringing this pain upon you.” It’s honestly so difficult and painful to witness. Hmmm… it is well.
I buried my daughter of 8yrs January 1...... it's been four months now yet my life is not the same again. I will soon start making videos about the experience of having an SS child.
EmperorIsaac: They will soon learn the limitations of "love". I have seen first hand the extreme suffering and pain SS people go through. There is one in Jos as we speak whose legs are decaying while she's still alive. Her parents have spent and spent and there's nothing left to spend anymore. Everyone has tried...Anytime I remember it I just pray that God shows her mercy. Please, don't bring SS souls to this world.
Sorry for the terrible esperience, but I can tell you for free that no one have been kidnapped on Abuja -Niger road,remove Niger from that list.
Teetee777: I want to use the opportunity to announce that there was a terrorist attack on Abuja - Kaduna road on the 10th March 2022 at 3 am, Many people were kidnapped, injured and killed. If you know anybody that travelled on that day to Kaduna, Zaria or Kano and he/ she has not been seen by now, he/she may have been kidnapped.
How does it happen? (I was involved and witnessed)
I boarded a bus going to Kano from Ibadan on Wednesday, we left around noon. We reached Abuja, after the Dikko junction to buy fuel around 3 am. It is normal routine when those buses reach Abuja to buy fuel, they would try to move in convoy, our bus was the one in front and others followed.
We drove like 8 to 10km when we heard a gunshot, the first gunshot hit our driver in the right hand, the second hit the lady beside the driver while the third gunshot scratched the head of the driver but blood was rushing out from his head.
When we heard that first gunshot, I noticed that the speed of our bus reduce, likewise the second gunshot, after the third gunshot the bus stopped and the driver ran out of the bus, immediately, the passenger beside the door opened the door, everybody ran for the safety.
After the third gunshot, the shooting now continues unstoppable, when I rushed out of the bus, I hold my bag and my phone because I used to travel with just a small bag that contain my power bank and only one wrapper. Everywhere was dark and those terrorists have surrounded us, one bandit ran after me and he catches me when I fell, he collected my phone and left my bag and shouted at me but the only thing I heard in his language is "mallam" "mallam" because he was speaking Fulani language and I didn't hear the language.
He was leading me to the bush when I noticed that his gun was hung at the left hand while he hold torchlight with his right hand, I just used my hand to drag his right hand that hold me from me and I ran back to the highway, he ran after me, before I reached the highway, I fell for the second time and he catches me, I did it for the third time and I fell again and I couldn't stand up again because I have weak already.
After I fell, he wanted to carry me up, when he saw one woman running toward our side, it was dark, the woman didn't see us because the guy wearing a black shirt and trousers and I also wore black cloth too, the bandit just left me and ran to the woman, he kidnapped her and before he came back I have struggled to stand up and ran away.
During that time, the shooting continued, no vehicle coming on both sides of the road, I struggled to run like 3km before I saw some people from our bus, the lady beside the driver, her hand was condemned with gunshot, the driver also lie down with the blood all around him, no first aid, no vehicle to carry him to Kaduna because Kaduna still very far to the spot
Some people need to walk down to the military settlement because the military settlement was about 8km from the incident. The army came to confront that bandit, when the daybreak, we go back to the scene, we saw 6 to 8 bus that was attacked by terrorists, I saw my bag beside the bush but no phone.
The army came to us, they helped us stop a bus to carry our driver to Kaduna, we used an army vehicle to towed our bus to their settlement before I travelled back to Kano.
In the bus I entered to Kano, I met one northern man inside the bus that said 3 people were killed inside their bus and they kidnapped some people.
My observation as a lesson. 1. If you have anything to do within Niger state, Abuja, Kaduna, Kano state, that require you to travel, please take a flight.
2. Please when you are travelling to those states by road, prepare your mind for any attack from bandits,
3. If you are trying to travel to that state with commercial buses please make sure that the passenger door can be easily open from inside. Don't enter buses that only the driver will come down before he can open the passenger door.
4. Kano state is very safe but the roads to enter Kano state are not safe. The only road that remains to enter Kano is Abuja - Kaduna road is now taking over by terrorists.
5. No doubt about it, security of Nigeria has failed, protect your life by yourself.
6. You must prepare your mind for two options if you want to plying Abuja - Kaduna road is either Ransom or Death.
Iran and Putin supporters are programmed to think,act and reason alike. Let him be.
ElevationD: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. That aptly describes you and all those like you who live in illusion, believing that the despicable regime in Iran has the power that it pretends to show.
There was no such thing as drones attacking any American ship. Oga, if that happened, the war would have resumed immediately.
“ Iran has responded by describing the attack and hijack as an act of “piracy”, and threatened retribution. On Monday, hours after the attack and capture, Iran said it had no plans to send its negotiators for talks with the US in Islamabad.
The above is from Al Jazeera, your Iran supporting news channel.
That’s all Iran could do. Call Trump a horrible name, while their cowards leaders are not able to e tire into street, talk less of traveling to Pakistan for the peace talk.
The Iranians just talked and no drones fired. You very well encourage them to restart the war.
And to exploit us since we are going to monopolized them just the way rice producer are exploiting us today.
teadrake: You need to understand all the aforementioned drugs are being produced/manufactured in Nigeria by our indigenous Pharm companies. This policy is just to encourage them and improve local companies so as to make them competitive.
Nobody need to claimed anything..... Tinubu opponents will not waste time campaigning against him cos his achievements are already campaigning against him.
Cyberterror: Just watch as obedients will claim that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu paid this pastor to campaign for Obi and Peter obi is only good enough as vice to Atiku in order for Jagaban to be defeated. I have never seen a confused bunch like supporters of the agulu fraudster.
When you accused someone without evidence you sound and looks stupeed. Accused with evidence or forever remained mute.
Cyberterror: Kwankwaso who will eventually step down for Atiku. Only supporters of the agulu fraudster can be so deluded to think Kwankwaso will want to be running mate to a man he is older than in age and politics.
The ediot is afraid of dislodgement....he thinks the indegens are weak and silent enduring the nonsense from them now that Sunday came he will dislodge them. Government need to investigate his reason for been insecure now.
Pootle: he should be arrested and questioned, my friend a trucker drove through that axis and told me that place is desolate that most of the resident left for the city out of fear, he said towns he buys honey from no one is there for hundreds of miles
The north knows pretty well that this is the right time to force tinuyto buy the idea of repentant terrorists cos they are way aware that he will buy the idea to be sure of northern support. Just like Akume with the killings in benue state, during the owo killings by this Muslims terrorists Tinubu was silent...unto this day no one of his supporters can be bold enough to point to what he said about owo killings. Hw was afraid to condem it or even speak about it cos his ambition to become president. Do not expect anything from Tinubu.
So for ur mind US and Israel cannot invade Iran? The way you guys hyped Russia na the same way una the hail Iran,but what have Russia achieves in Ukraine 🇺🇦 so far?
erico2k2: Where did you lot get this from? this losss and no oil nah why dem agree for the hold fire matter,U think say US for gree? dem nor fit enter Iran, and the EU people no support them.The UK openly talk say dem nor dey go a ny war wey oil nah the issue. so this one hang them for throat, Pakistan dey do the negotiotion like a boss.
The USA will use Iran oil to compensate for all the money spent on the war.... remember that trump is a business man. Don't mind those elements arguing blindly.
mayor1814: USA has the money and wealth to fund any warfare they engage in... And despite huge amount war spending, USA is prospering economically , militarily, et al. The most powerful country in the world for a reason.
Who dares capture a defiant sitting president in his place of residence? Who dares kill supreme leader and commanders of defiant country? Who dares leave his mainland and travel far to the gulf to teach a stubborn regime a hard lesson by controlling the Strait of Hormuz? The answer is USA...
If he cannot handled Ukraine 🇺🇦 without army and air force what made you think he will take on Germany?
Mattswaggz: Lol...stop over hyping those European countries they've grown weak over the years....Israel is the biggest threat here...those one's are good at talking mostly.
The warning came after Ukraine reached a new series of agreements with European defence companies this week.
“We consider this decision to be a deliberate step leading to a sharp escalation of the military and political situation on the entire European continent and creeping transformation of these countries into a strategic rear for Ukraine,” said a statement from the Russian defence ministry on Wednesday this week.
Russia warned of “unpredictable consequences” and said that “the moves of European leaders are increasingly dragging these countries into the war with Russia.”
It published a list of addresses of European companies involved in joint weapons production with Ukraine.
Dmitry Medvedev, a former president of Russia and deputy head of its National Security Council, later clarified that this amounted to “a list of potential targets for the Russian armed forces”.
The previous day, Germany agreed to invest 300 million euros ($355m) in Ukraine’s long-range strike capability and would separately invest in 5,000 mid-range attack drones to be used against Russian battlefield supply lines.
Norway also signed an agreement with Ukraine that will lead to joint production of drones, and donated 560 million euros ($661.5m) to support the Ukrainian front lines with drones.
The Netherlands announced 248 million euros ($293m) in drone support, and Belgium pledged 85 million euros ($100m).
PUTIN'S MISSING MILLIONS According to reports, the world’s 100 biggest oil companies, including Russia’s Gazprom, have made a $23bn windfall profit in March as a result of the Iran war, which has triggered a global oil supply crisis.
But Russia has seen much of that windfall evaporate as a result of Ukraine’s strikes targeting its oil export terminals and inland infrastructure.
Reuters reported that Russia had missed out on 40 percent of its potential bonanza because Ukraine had destroyed its ability to export at least 2 million barrels of oil a day.
Those Ukrainian strikes have hit a range of targets, from drilling platforms to pipelines and their pumping stations, offloading terminals and refineries.
In the past week alone, Ukraine struck two drilling platforms in the northern Caspian Sea and two oil pumping stations in Volgograd and Krasnodar Krai; an oil depot in the city of Tver northwest of Moscow; the Cherepovets Azot ammonia plant in the Volga region; the Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant in the Republic of Bashkortostan; and the oil export terminal and refinery at Tuapse on the Black Sea.
These strikes have all been confirmed by geolocated video footage or by Russian officials.
“Today, our deep strikes are no longer a sensation,” said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, articulating how routine its ability to reach deep inside Russia had become.
His deputy defence minister, Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov, pointed out that Russia could not produce enough air defence systems to protect its vast territory, and posted photographs of Russian improvised air defences, including truck-mounted R-77-1 air-to-air missiles.
“Russia does not appear to have fully developed or deployed mobile fire teams, drone interceptors, or other low-cost distributable systems to defend against repeated massed Ukrainian drone strikes,” wrote the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.
Ukraine’s strikes, on the other hand, are a capability it did not have until it received Western-supplied kit last year.
Zelenskyy released a video on Tuesday this week, now named Arms Makers’ Day, showcasing 56 types of Ukrainian-built weapons, including 31 types of drones.
“Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the capabilities of the Ukrainian defence industry have increased by more than 50 times,” said former Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, who was instrumental in building up drone production during 2025.
UKRAIN'S DEVASTATING TOLL. Ukraine’s most devastating damage on Russian oil infrastructure came in the last 10 days of March and the first 10 days of April, with Russia’s oil terminals at the Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga particularly hard-hit since March 22.
Satellite photography suggested that Primorsk had lost 40 percent of its storage facilities and Ust-Luga, 30 percent. Market sources also said Russian energy company Novatek had suspended gas condensate processing and exports at Ust-Luga.
The two ports were still unable to handle oil shipments on April 3, industry sources told Reuters. Finnish maritime officials told the agency in early April that shipments from the two ports were sharply down to “individual vessels” instead of a weekly average of 40 to 50.
When an Aframax tanker did dock at Ust-Luga on April 5 – the first ship to attempt loading crude oil there in many days – Ukraine struck the port again the same night, setting alight three 20,000-cubic-metre (706,300cu-foot) storage tanks.
That same day, Ukraine also struck Primorsk and oil loading facilities at the Sheskharis oil terminal on the Black Sea, which is operated by Russian oil major Transneft. Geolocated footage showed fires at oil tanker berths there.
Satellite photography suggested offloadings had still not resumed on April 14.
In the attack, Ukraine also damaged a Kalibr missile-carrying frigate, the Admiral Makarov.
At least $200m of oil had been burned in Primorsk, according to an industry source.
On April 8, Ukraine hit Russia’s largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea at the port of Feodosia. Ukraine has targeted the terminal before because it is used to supply front lines.
During the first 10 days of April, Ukraine also hit Russian refineries in Bashkortostan, 1,200km (745 miles) from its borders and in Nizhny Novgorod.
“Only significant financial losses force Russia to consider a scenario of abandoning this war,” said Zelenskyy, justifying the attacks.
This is the ediot that's threatening Israel and Ukraine 🇺🇦 at the same time yet he's stagnated in the same Ukraine 🇺🇦. Just
When international anayst like me said Russia made a strategic mistake for invading Ukraine 🇺🇦,many elements always come after. Before the invasion took place Ukraine 🇺🇦 army were almost nonexistent yet Russia could not overrun kyiv. After invasion Ukraine rose from nowhere to become one the biggest army in Europe with almost a million strong army and the best weapons in Europe. Putin lost. Putin never wanted NATO at their borders yet during this period two of her neighbors join NATO.
Putin lost again .. It is also during this period Ukraine 🇺🇦 resumes the productions of long range missiles. Putin lost. During this period also brought about the productions of combat drones of which Ukraine 🇺🇦 have become the power house in Europe in combat drones production. Putin lost again. I cannot count Russia's casualties in Ukraine 🇺🇦. In the four years of the full-scale Russia's invasion of Ukraine,I will like to know what Russia have achieved in Ukraine,when you takeout Crimea and part of the Donbass which was captured in 2014 by the Russia's backed separative you can be able to see that Russia achieves nothing in Ukrain.
donleo92: This Russia and Ukraine war, just humble Russia