It was a compelling story – a story that showcases the best and worst in us. This story calls for genuine sober reflection on our collective consciousness and the need for a social renaissance on our cherished ethical and moral values as a society.
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In 2006, an 11-year-old girl and her parents decided to travel to their hometown of Ayingba in Kogi State to spend the Christmas holiday. As typical with festive seasons, this young woman was filled with gladness, eagerness, and expectation to meet friends and relations she had not seen for a long while. Then fate dealt her a cruel hand when the vehicle they were travelling in had a fatal accident – an accident so deadly that it claimed the lives of her parents and every other passenger on board.
Oluyemi Titilayo Showunmi is one woman of remarkable and admirable status. She is a Deputy Director in the Lagos State civil service with over 21 years in service. Her journey cuts across so many life lessons, experiences and so much more that has helped her to the height she has attained today. Oluyemi opens up to Tosin Clegg about life at 50, how she met her husband, life lessons, becoming a person of influence and much more
I thank God for the gift of life
I thank God for the challenges of life. I thank God for what I am able to surmount. I thank God that I don’t look like what I have been through and I thank God for everybody who has been around me, particularly. First, I will give glory to the almighty God, as I have said. I will thank my husband who has been very supportive. I thank my parents for the value they instilled in me, and of cause, family-friends who have become family members. I also thank everybody I have come across in life, colleagues, both juniors and senior
Mary Daniel, the physically challenged woman, who suddenly became social media sensation after her story was sold to members of the public as a single mother and orphan, who needed help urgently, had her cup full last week when the lid was blown off fake story, after raking in N25 million. Whether Daniel has case to answer or not will depend on how the Lagos State Government handles her case, reports Festus Akanbi
The drama concerning a now popular Lagos amputee, Mary Daniel, found to have connived with a syndicate to hoodwink Nigerians, especially Lagos residents and government for financial assistance, took a twist last week as lawyers picked holes in the handling of the case by the Lagos State Government.
My Grandmother Behind My Ordeal And Why I Lied That My Father Was Dead Amputee Hawker Clarifies, Begs For Forgiveness
Daniel, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Thursday, said she made a mistake by saying her father was dead because the man abandoned her.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 29, 2021
Twenty-seven-year-old amputee hawker, Mary Daniel, has pleaded with Nigerians to forgive her for lying that her father was dead.
Daniel, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Thursday, said she made a mistake by saying her father was dead because the man abandoned her.
Reacting to allegations that her story was staged, Daniel refuted such allegations stating that she had been hawking sachet water despite being an amputee because she does not know how to beg for alms but rather work to survive.
Lagos clears air on conflicting reports over amputee sachet water hawker vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.