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3-year-old Boy Needs N3m To Operate Cancer Of The Eyes

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Mr. Felix Amedu, father of a 3-year old Caleb Amedu who suffers from cancer of the eyes (Retino Blastoma), has appealed to government, philanthropists, and well-meaning Nigerians to come to the aid of his son before he completely loses both sights

While speaking to INFO DAILY in an exclusive interview, Mr. Amedu said he has spent all his life savings, sold properties and borrowed huge amount of money just to ensure his son stays alive, lamenting that now UBTH doctor’s said there is risk of the cancer spreading to his brain which may cause great damage and eventually result to his death.

According to him, Dr. said his little son needs N3m (three million naira) for him to be operated on and live, as he passionately appealed to government, philanthropists and well-meaning Nigerians to save little Caleb from death.

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He said the eyes cancer has unfortunately cost his boy one sight which has been so far removed as a result of the illness while the other eye is on the verge of been removed.

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“We are using this medium to appeal to Government, philanthropists and well meaning Nigerians to come to the aid of Caleb Amedu and help save his life, as the sum of N3 million (Three Million Naira) is required to ensure Caleb stays alive”, he lamented.

Little Caleb was diagnosed December 2018 with cancer of the eyes (Retino Blastoma), and has lived with this condition for almost two (2) years.

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If you are touched by this little and promising boy story and interested in rescuing him from the hand of death, please kindly pay to the account details below. No amount is too small to save Caleb.

Account Details:

Account number:
2010715891

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Account name:
Felix Amedu

Bank: UBA

Mr. Amedu leaves at No. 9 Omokpia Street, Off Igbinaduwa Street, Off Siluko Road, Benin City.

You can call reach Mr. Amedu for confirmation and enquiries: 08078924184, 07030222949.

NOTE: This is one of the social responsibilities of the media, and Info Daily, after coming across this young boy, was touched and interested in raising funds to save the life of this promising young child. No any other link or relationship apart from this responsibility.

God bless.

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[JUST IN] Cable Cut: Call, Data Services Restored -NCC

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The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced that voice, and data services affected by undersea cable cuts have been restored.

A statement on Monday issued by the Director of Public Affairs in NCC, Reuben Muoka said services have now been restored to approximately 90 per cent of their peak utilisation capacities.

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How Soldiers Were Ambushed, Killed In Delta Community, Ex-General Speaks

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Major General Cecil Esekhaigbe (retd.) has revealed how 16 military personnel were murdered last Thursday in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Esekhaigbe stated that the unsuspecting soldiers were ambushed by residents of the community.

He disclosed this when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief breakfast show on Monday.

No fewer than 16 Nigerian soldiers were killed while on a mission to douse clashes between two communities in the South-South state of Delta on Thursday.

The Defence Headquarters said the personnel consisted of two Majors, one Captain, and 12 soldiers.

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According to a statement by the Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, the troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion were deployed in the Bomadi region and were on a peace-keeping mission in the Okuoma community when they were killed on Thursday.

The killings have been condemned by many stakeholders with President Bola Tinubu vowing that the perpetrators will not go unpunished.

Reacting to the killings, Esekhaigbe said the soldiers were in the coastal community to find out why their colleagues who were on a peacekeeping mission to the village were held hostage and not to fight.

He added that the soldiers would not have been killed if they had been prepared.

He said, “It is unfortunate that we have spent a lot of money on a thing we called amnesty programme which was designed for those militia groups to lay down their weapons.

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“If after the amnesty and the purported surrendering of weapons, we still have local communities that have sophisticated weapons like this, it calls for a re-examination of the entire process.

“Now, don’t forget you called it a peace mission, the mindset of these officers and men was to go and find out what the problems were and to find out why their men were kept behind. So, their mind was not to go and fight and that is what we must understand. So, they were not going with the mentality of going for an attack, if they, even as few as they were, they would not have been able to surround and dastardly murder them the way they did.

“So, what played out here is that they fell into an ambush because these militia groups have sophisticated weapons and when you are ambushed, no matter how sophisticated you are, you will definitely have the consequences of an ambush. That calls to mind the need for training and retraining because you must know the local environment in which you are operating.”

Speaking on the insecurity in the state, Esekhaigbe listed the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, drug abuse and lack of governance as contributory factors.

He, however, called for the rejig of the institutions rather than just renaming them.

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“We have what we call institutional failure in all sectors. Let me tell you the contributory factors of this insecurity that is everywhere, one is the proliferation of small arms and light weapons all over the place.

“Two is the menace of drug abuse, and three is the lack of governance in this state. I heard they have small arms and light weapons centre domiciled in the NSA office. what are they bringing on board? You don’t domicile something and just be in an office like that. they are supposed to go out and retrieve these arms.

“We must rejig our institutions not just by giving them names and domiciling them somewhere. Two, what is the National Orientation Agency doing if not to re-orientate our psyche? This hatred and unnecessary and unwanted killing of people without any meaningful reason should be duly addressed.

“Three, some of these governors have humongous security votes. What do you do with this humongous security vote if the lives of your community are the community is continuously threatened and communal clashes abound everywhere without a meaningful response from the government? Let’s get serious.”

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JUST IN: Soldiers Bar Journalists As Delta Gov Visits Troubled Community

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Four days after the killings of military officers and civilians in the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, on Monday, visited the troubled community to assess the extent of the destruction.

The military Joint Task Force, however, barred journalists from covering the governor’s assessment tour of the troubled community.

The JTF operatives barricaded the major entries to Okuama with an armoured personnel carrier tank, thus preventing vehicular and human traffic, including media men, from gaining access to the community.

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But Oborevwori, who was received by the leader of the military JTF, General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigeria Army, Major General Jamaal Abdulsalam.

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They went for a closed-door meeting that lasted for about one hour.

Details later…

 

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