Our Angels 32

Horns were blaring as the pink convertible driving towards him stopped inches from his car. The front airbag had inflated, saving his chest from hitting the steering. A mousey-brown-haired man in a male nurse’s uniform jumped out of the Fiesta which was now at the foot of the mammoth NHS sign. The man took quick strides to the car. Richard opened the door. His head had stopped spinning but his heart was yet to stop propelling against his chest.

He stretched out a shaky hand when the younger man got closer.

The story is told of a servant boy who was fond of saying "It is good!"

The story is told of a servant boy who was fond of saying “it is good”. His master and others around him never really understood him, and soon enough he rubbed the master the wrong way.

 On that fateful day, he followed his master, a hunter, to the forest to hunt. After a few hours of stalking and catching nothing, the master was ready to give up but the servant boy kept saying “it is good”. Soon, the master sighted a deer. He aimed the gun at the heart of the deer and fired.

 The hunter fell to the ground shouting, he had forgotten to remove the safety from the gun in his haste and the bullet had blown his fingers. While the master was mourning the loss of his fingers, the servant boy consoled his master and said “it is good”

Oma Nnabuihe of Olanma Makeovers

Uloma Nnabuihe, whom everyone calls Oma is the owner of Olanma Makeovers. They specialize in Bridal Makeup and also offer Bridal Makeup Classes. Oma has a Nursing degree from the Lagos University teaching hospital and a Certificate in Communications from PEFTI Film Institute, Lagos. She interned at the Voice of Nigeria (VON) after that and is currently with the Silverbird Group. In her spare time however, Oma pursues her love of makeup through her growing business. Enjoy our exclusive interview with Oma

The world's biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren

He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed'  to have his 39 wives. 

Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. 

They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.

The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members

Fola Daniel Adelesi: Throwing Opportunities Away

When a man or woman is myopic, one of the things that happen to such people is that they end up throwing opportunities away. Many people are looking for opportunities today but are unconsciously losing the ones they have because of the limitations in their minds. Are you looking for opportunities today? Have you checked the self imposed limitations that you have which may be working against those opportunities?

I once shared the story of a grandma who was cutting her fish in a certain way because of the size of her frying pan. Her children followed suit not knowing why she did what she did. I am not sure if it is the same story told in another way but there was another fish related story. A young man would go to the stream to catch fishes. Each time he caught a fish he would measure them and if they were longer than a given length he would throw them back into the water. When he caught a small one or the ones that were the exact length he was working with he would keep that one. A man who stood by and was watching what he did eventually approached him and asked why he threw the bigger ones back into the water.

His answer amused the man. He had been throwing the longer

Indonesian man with tumour all over his body after doctors remove one from his waist

An Indonesian man whose body is covered by hundreds of tumours has made a final plea for help as the rare condition robs him of his sight. 

Slamet, from East Java, is believed to be suffering from neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition which causes uncontrollable growths along the nerves. According to his brother Suwadi, the 59-year-old had a tumour removed from his waist in 1991. But six months later tumours began to form all over his face and body. 

What is god doing?

No god I know is still alive -

All five thousand and seven

Appear to have died.

The great god Huitzilopochtli

Pic of Naomi Oni's attacker following her moments before dousing her with acid

The eerie pic above was shown in court today to jurors in the Naomi Oni acid bath case. It's a CCTV image allegedly showing her friend Mary Konye dressed in Muslim veil and walking closely behind Naomi, just moments before she doused her with acid and destroyed her looks forever!

That same night, the jealous and obsessed student posted a pic of Nightmare on Elm Street horror character Freddie Krueger on her WhatsApp profile pic & wrote 'Who looks like Wrong Turn now?'

A friend of Mary Konye told the police that Mary planned to attack Naomi and ruin her looks "so she would know 'how it feels' to feel bad about her appearance', after Naomi told her she looked like something out of a horror movie. Continue...

Sentiments of the New Year

Lately, my thoughts have been dominated by the sentiments of the ‘new year’. I ask myself, is the year really new?

 To me, it is just but yesterday. The sun did not shine differently, nor is the sunrise any more dramatic than yesterday. So what makes it new; the fact that we recycle the same numerical numbering?

 We pick the days of the year and attach numbers to them and when it reaches the last number, we start all over again, and then we term that ‘new year’.

 We are going around in circles, because the world itself is going around in cycles.

The story of North Korean leader feeding his uncle to 120 dogs was the imagination of an impostor blogger

Oh dear. An impostor blogger with a wild sense of imagination has deceived the world, if the article from BBC today is to be believed. The story culled from Chinese newspaper Wen Wei Po and carried by a lot of the major online news sites, including Daily Mail, NYTimes, and LIB (hehe), claimed that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un stripped his 'traitor' uncle naked and fed him and six others to a pack of 120 dogs that had been starved for three days. (If you missed the story, read it HERE)

Acid victim Naomi Oni's alleged attacker finally nabbed. It was her friend!

21 year old acid victim Naomi Oni was disfigured for life after an unknown person wearing a Niqāb threw acid in her face as she walked home from work on Sunday December 30th 2012 in Lodge Avenue Dagenham, east London, (If you missed qit, read about it HERE)

Naomi only described her attacker as a woman wearing an Islamic veil. Over a year later, police has been able to identify the person behind the veil. It was her jealous 21 year old friend, Mary Konye.

According to new reports released by police and tendered in court, Mary, a student at Hertfordshireuniversity, disguised herself in a Niqāb, which showed only her eyes and closely followed Naomi home and allegedly poured the acid on her when they got to a deserted area. She fled the scene immediately after.

Naomi suffered horrific burns on her face and chest and was left scarred for life. Continue...

True life story of a Nigerian whose kidney was stolen in Malaysia(Must read)

Wow friends...I met this young man by chance and he told me his true life story and I just had to share with you all..I had to beg him to let me share it but remove names and all....It's touching and shocking and I hope we all learn

Death And Pain

I never thought death would make me weep
Never imagined pain could cut so deep
I never knew what it means to be hurt
Never understood what it feels like to be boiling in a pot
Now my life is in a mare’s nest
Dear God please rouse me from this nightmare

Our Angels

When his wife snapped at him for the second time that week, Richard guessed he’d done something wrong. What worried him was that he couldn’t undo what he’d done. She had become frosty with him after finding out about the baby. He had enough on his mind and the last thing he wanted was the silent treatment now being dished out like cold pap.

To thaw the ice, he left work after his morning therapy sessions on Friday, and drove back to his house with a box of her favourite white chocolate selections and cupcakes. He found her upstairs in their bedroom surrounded by the contents of his bottom drawer.

A Shadow from the Past 13

I wondered why Laura would come to see me especially without Mabel.
I should have known Frank would never knock if he were the one at the door. Laura had an urgent demeanor and she went straight to the point.

“I am sure you are wondering why I am here. We need to do something about Mabel. I don’t trust Sam and his brother,” she said.

“Woah easy Laura! What are you talking about?”

The Spirit of Christmas

Yesterday was marked all over the world as Xmas Day. People went shopping days before Xmas and they rushed to church in the early morning of Xmas, most of them listening halfhearted to the sermon for the day.

While most people used the day to party and eat all the goodies they can get, there was a mini argument on the true Origins of Xmas and if we should celebrate it. While Revd. Kumuyi seem to infer that it was unscriptual and should not be celebrated, Catholics stood up and said that they will celebrate it.

A turn in the path (A true life experience.)-MUST READ

Below is a lovely writeup and true life experience by a Miss Petite Nigeria reader.I know you all would enjoy it ...merci

BEEP! BEEP!! BEEP!!! Aaarrrggghhh!!!! that damned alarm clock just goes off again,sometimes I think it sounds extra loud just to rile me up,well, it has achieved its purpose already since I’m now wide awake and

A Second Chance: Part 2

Ever since I was a little girl, my mom told me I was beautiful, but she never told me the power I held with such beauty. I remember when I was in high school; our head teacher would always ask me to meet him immediately after school time was over for extra assignments. I was 14, all I could say was “yes sir.” But on that faithful Monday, he took it too far. I tried to convince my mom that I don’t like the way Mr Femi looked at me, but she would say, “Bisi, you know that it is because of his likeness for you, and his kind heart that you have not been driven home from school. If you want to keep making accusations, be ready to say good bye to school.” I love my mother, and she loves me too, but you see we had nothing.

Stay in Berlin: Part 2

Both Remi and Kayode had been in the same circles since they were children. Both of their fathers were contractors and they were family friends. But, Remi had been in several relationships, which turned out

The Old Man and the Dog

  

The Old Man and the Dog
  
     "Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!" My father yelled at me.   "Can't you do anything right?"