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‘Five Alive’ kids… one year, four months after
DO you know Five Alive? Yes; the popular packaged juice. No; you are wrong; damn wrong.
Even though they were found at a Lagos party yesterday, these “Five Alive” are no drinks; they are five kids born same day by same mother.
The Shofunlayo quintuplets were nicknamed “Five Alive” because they survived —against normal expectations — at birth in 2011.
They were part of the 1, 200 babies conceived through Assisted Reproduction at Nordica Fertility Centre, which made its debut in 2003. Its 10 years anniversary party was held at the prestigious Civic Centre, Victoria Island.
The quintuplets are: Eyitayo, Eyitope, Eyitomini, Eyimofe and Eyidayo. They are one year, four months old.
They and their parents — Olayemi Victoria and Wale Shofunlayo — stood out in the crowd.
Their birth was unique; it was the Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s (LUTH’s) first quintuplets.
An inexperienced doctor would have sealed up or terminated the fifth baby, but the experience and skill of a consultant in the Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, Prof Godwin Ajayi, and his medical team, turned the hitherto fertility challenged couple to parents of quintuplets – 17 years after their marriage.
Recounting her experience, Mrs Shofunlayo said: “I thought they were four. But they turned out to be five. After a CS, which lasted about 25 minutes, I found out they were five. I was sedated; so, I didn’t know what was happening. I thank God for the bundles of joy.”
Mrs Shofunlayo was on bed rest for seven of the nine months that she carried the pregnancy.
She was delivered of the babies through Caesarian Section (CS).
Mr. Shofunlayo, who hails from Ogun State, said: “The doctors only care, but God heals.”
Narrating how the babies were born, she said: “We were only aware they were going to be quadruplets. Right from the start, even the last scan showed I was carrying four babies. The doctors also prepared for four, but when I heard the babies were five, I felt elated that God has blessed us even more. I just smiled; I know God did it.”
According to Mr. Shofunlayo , during surgery, Prof. Ajayi said there was something remaining, which he thought was a fibroid. But, it turned out to be another baby. For about seven months my wife was admitted at the LUTH for bed rest and I was able to pay.
The lucky husband said: “I will say kudos to the doctors and nurses for their efforts and consistency. They have really shown that Nigeria is not lagging behind in the preservation of human lives. I am satisfied with the services rendered by the hospital staff before and after delivery.
“The nurses really tried. The only thing the doctors did was to get their hand gloves and get going. None of them requested for any gratification. I commend Prof Ajayi for his effort and for the way he handled his job, like a true professional. He is like a father.”
He praised LUTH for the provisional assistance given to his wife before the delivery.
“This is my first experience in a public hospital and it is the best place for anybody to come for treatment. All the nurses cared and supported my wife,” Shofunlayo said.
Asked if he would like to have more children, he replied: “The first child is a boy of about two years and the quintuplets just arrived. So I don’t think it is necessary to start thinking of another baby. However, I am a Muslim and I am not scared of having children. But, I want to be very modest and live within my limits.”
The lawyer was advised to take his wife to India for safe delivery, but he had faith in Nigerian doctors. “We can do lots of things in Nigeria, if we believe,” he said.
In Shofunlayo’s view the delivery was easy because his wife complied with the instructions of the doctor to be on bed rest.
Shofunlayo is grateful for the kids’ survival.
He said: “I am so happy that my children are normal and complete – healthwise. I thought they may have one health challenge or the other because their conception was through IVF, but to my surprise through the help of God and Nordica Fertility Centre, they are excellent children.”
Commenting on Assisted Reproduction through which the likes of Shofunlayo are now parents, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, the Managing Director of Nordica said the fertility centre was set up to put smiles on the faces of couples, reducing the prevalence of infertility.
Ajayi said: “Through the centre, about 1200 babies have been born into different families and they are doing excellently well. Many are in primary schools around the world. Families have given birth to triplets, twins and singles.”
He said the centre monitors the progress of the children and is prayerfully waiting to celebrate the first university graduate among them.
“God has been faithful through it all, as some couples who had their child/children through IVF have been able to have more children on their own” .
The clinic manager, Mrs. Tola Ajayi, said: “We want people to know that we can help with the problem of infertility. It’s not only about prayers; medical intervention can also be of help. We are very happy today; we are a decade old and we are still counting.”
The first child born by the help of Nordica, Julian Onwudinjo, nine years, prayed that God would give the centre “grace”.
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•Deploy more personnel as army chief vows to wipe out terror group
•Security beefed up at N’Assembly
Deji Elumoye and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, is under a massive security cordon following threats of attacks by insurgents and the increasing wave of banditry in the contiguous states of Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger States, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.
There has been a wave of kidnappings in the outskirts of the federal capital, notably Pegi, Tuganmaje and Kuje among others, which the police have battled in recent times.
The security situation in and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was heightened by the pronouncement of the Niger State Governor, Mr. Sani Bello, that Boko Haram fighters who he said sacked 50 villages in the state and hoisted the terror group’s flag, were about two hours drive away from the FCT.
Security has also been beefed up at the National Assembly as operatives, yesterday, thoroughly screened every vehicle approaching the National Assembly complex in Abuja.
The deteriorating security situation nationwide prompted the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, to warn that the 2023 general election may not hold, demanding the declaration of a state of emergency as well as the convocation of a national conference.
However, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, yesterday restated the Nigerian Army’s determination to annihilate Boko Haram.
But the Governor of Katsina State, Hon. Bello Masari, cautioned against declaring a state of emergency, saying doing so isn’t the solution to combat the security challenges facing the country.
The security of the nation’s airports was also in focus yesterday as the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said there was no threat to them.
THISDAY’s investigations showed increased presence of troops, police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and intelligence operatives at the three strategic entrances to the city notably, Keffi, Zuba and Gwagwalada.
More checkpoints were also mounted around Gwagwalada and Keffi.
THISDAY also observed increased intelligence deployment at the entrance and the borders of FCT with contiguous states.
Beyond the borders, there were more deployments and police patrols inside the city and increased intelligence deployments as well.
Security sources told THISDAY: “There are deployments here and there but they are routine. Alertness is key to a secure environment.”
It was also learnt that security agencies were involved in frenzied meetings throughout yesterday.
The meetings, coordinated by the office of the Chief of Defence Staff under the new joint operational strategy of the armed forces, were aimed at coordinating a joint response to possible threats of attack to the FCT.
“I understand the security teams have been meeting for some days now and if you look around you, you will notice that there are increasing patrols and numbers of security personnel. The threats are not been taken lightly,” a source said.
National Assembly workers, lawmakers and visitors also had a harrowing experience accessing the legislative complex due to heightened security in the area.
Security operatives thoroughly screened every vehicle approaching the National Assembly complex in Abuja, impeding both human and vehicular traffic.
The Sergeant-at-arm of the National Assembly and other security agencies supervised the operations, leading to huge traffic build-up inside the complex.
Legislative staff, visitors and lawmakers were seen patiently waiting for their cars to be searched so that they could go ahead with the business of the day.
Some staff and visitors at some point got tired of waiting and were seen alighting from their cars to trek from the gate to the complex.
Meanwhile, the ONSA has said there is no threat to the nation’s airports.
A statement by the Head of Strategic Communication, Mr. Zachari Usman, said the reports of threats to the airports were an internal correspondence of security threat assessment misconstrued as security threat to the airports.
PDP Demands State of Emergency
In a related development, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday demanded the declaration of a state of emergency, warning that the 2023 general election might not hold if the federal government failed to tackle insecurity.
He called on the federal government to summon a national conference to address the spike in insecurity.
Secondus added that the national caucus of the party will meet today to discuss the state of the nation.
Addressing members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja, Secondus said: “We are worried Abuja is not even safe. It is no longer politics. We got alert of plots to bomb and burn down our airports.
“We urge the federal government to declare a national state of emergency in security. There is the need to call a national conference to discuss the insecurity in the country.
“There may not be any election in 2023 in Nigeria due to insecurity. This government must listen to the people. The Buhari government should call a national confab to discuss security and state of the nation. It is no longer politics. This time we are not playing politics. Let’s keep politics aside and move the nation forward.”
He said the country had been grounded, regretting that there had been no matching response from the federal government.
Secondus said in the past, terrorism in the North was confined to the North-east, but with the report of Boko Haram occupying villages in Niger State, terrorism had spread to the North-central
“Herdsmen are also menacing in the West; gunmen causing havoc in the East; and the militants in the South; all killing, looting, raping, maiming and burning down homes. The situation is bad; Nigerians all over are living in fear,” he said.
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said the problem of Nigeria was outside of the PDP headquarters, while pledging the support of the Senate to the declaration of state of emergency in security.
Abaribe said he deliberately decided not to speak on the floor of the Senate but to allow the APC senators to speak so as to avoid being accused of giving a partisan colouration to the issue of insecurity.
He stated that only electoral reforms would give victory to the opposition party in the 2023 general election and ensure a democratic defeat of the APC-led federal government.
Also, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, commended the NEC and the PDP leadership for their collective efforts at resolving the House leadership crisis.
The NEC meeting adopted the position of Secondus, calling on the federal government to convoke a national conference to discuss the state of insecurity in the country, according to a communiqué read by the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan.
Army Chief Vows to Wipe Out Boko Haram
The army yesterday reiterated its commitment to wipe out Boko Haram.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, told reporters in Maiduguri, Borno State that Boko Haram had been defeated in many encounters and would continue to be defeated until it’s annihilated from Nigeria.
“We will take on Boko Haram decisively, and we are committed to the focus of the operations, which is the total annihilation of Boko Haram from Nigeria,” he said.
The COAS, who was visiting the headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri for the fifth time since his appointment four months ago, said the visit was to boost the morale of the troops, reassure them and listen to any issues affecting them.
Earlier, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Farouq Yahaya, lauded the visit, which he said had continued to boost the morale of the troops.
“We are honoured, we are grateful, we are encouraged by those visits. You provided us guidance, logistics and other things we required. We are most grateful for those visits,” Yahaya said.
State of Emergency Won’t Solve Security Challenges, Says Masari
Katsina State Governor, Hon. Aminu Masari, has, however, said declaration of a state of emergency won’t solve the security challenges facing the nation.
Masari, who spoke yesterday with journalists after meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the State House, Abuja stated that he was against the recent call by the House of Representatives for the declaration of a state of emergency in the security sector as it would not solve the problem.
According to him, declaring a state of emergency will not achieve the desired effect as the security structure and personnel to be used to execute the emergency are already overstretched in a bid to safeguard lives and property.
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Kamaru Usman has raked in a mammoth £1.1million, about N584.2 million after his impressive knockout victory over Jorge Masvidal on Saturday night, Sportivation.com.ng reports.
The Nigerian Nightmare has been handsomely rewarded for his stunning performance and he was the best-paid fighter on the card which was witnessed by 15, 000 fans in Florida.
According to Daily Mail, Usman earned £538,000 to show up, £459,000 pay-per-view bonus, a £43,000 sponsorship bonus and a well deserved £35,000 Performance of the Night bonus.
Jorge Masvidal also earned £358,000 to show, £186,000 in pay-per-view money and a £28,000 sponsorship bonus.
This is the biggest payday of Usman’s career so far and the Welterweight champion also benefited from the fact that Masvidal is also a top draw for the fans.
Kamaru Usman is a Nigerian-American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler.
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