MATERNAL INSTINCT: Woman Dived Out Of Window To Save Her Baby From Bus Crash...

A 59-passenger luxury bus on its way from Aba, Abia State, which plunged into a canal at Owode Elede, Lagos, killing three passengers and injuring 23 others.

One of the passengers in the bus, Kenneth Ohai, said as the bus hit the median around 3am on Friday morning and veered off the road, nosediving into the canal in the process, the little child his co-passenger was carrying on her lap bounced off the window and fell into the water. He said the woman immediately dived out of the window to save her baby.

It was confirmed from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency that the unidentified woman and her child were unharmed, as they were both rescued after. According to LASEMA, the child could not have been more than one year old.
Ohai, who was also one of the unharmed passengers rescued at the scene, explained that he believed that the driver must have been momentarily distracted before the crash.

“It was not as if there was a tyre blowout. Truly, if it had slowed down in that part of the road, the bus would not have hit the concrete demarcating the road.

“When it hit the median, the speed was too much for the driver to put the bus right and it went the other way again and hit the side of the canal. We were all screaming as it went down. The way it fell,

I thought a lot of people would have died.”
Another survivor, Kelechukwu Ese, said many of his co-travellers escaped through the windows of the bus, adding that he could not explain how he found himself beside the canal.

He said, “I boarded the bus from Enugu State. I wanted to attend an event in Yaba, (Lagos). I sat by the window side and was asleep. Screams of other passengers woke me up. I thought I was dreaming. People started jumping out of the windows. And before I knew what was happening, I landed on the ground with my knees.

“I didn’t feel the pain initially and that was why I declined to be taken with others to a hospital after we were given first aid treatment. I am now feeling some pains.”

One of the three fatalities of the bus crash was the bus conductor, who was said to have fallen into the water because he sat beside the door. A LASEMA official said that as he fell, the bus might have fallen on him.

The rescue operation at the scene of the accident was carried out by officials of LASEMA, Lagos State Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Rapid Response Squad and operatives from the Owode Police Station.

Nine passengers with more serious injuries were rushed to the Lagos State Trauma Centre at the tollgate for treatment, while 14 persons were reportedly treated on the spot by men of the Lagos State Ambulance Service and luggage of the victims were handed over to the police.

One of the residents, Atolagbe Akande, a local diver, who assisted emergency officials in the rescue operation, said he was woken up by the impact of the crash.

He said, “My house is not far from the canal. Around 3am, I heard a loud sound of something falling. I initially thought I was dreaming.

Subsequently, I heard cries for help. That was when I realised something terrible had happened.
“I called some neighbours and went to the scene. The emergency officials also arrived the scene a few minutes after.”

The wreckage of the vehicle was removed from the canal with a LASEMA crane and towed to the Owode division.

“One of the deceased was identified as Yahya Sidi, a driver, aged about 40 years."

FATHER'S ENTIRE BODY COVERED IN TUMOURS THAT FRIGHTEN CHILDREN AWAY.

A father suffering with a genetic condition has ‘bubble-like’ tumours covering his entire body. Believed to be suffering from Neurofibromatosis, Shadot Hossain is in a race against time to secure surgery to remove the tumours – and save his sight.

Without an operation to slice away at the overgrown tumours on his face 47-year-old Shadot could permanently lose his vision. Covering the entire length of his body, the tumours are so severe Shadot cannot wear clothing on his top half and struggles to feed himself.

The father-of-three who lives in Shajadpur, North Bangladesh, said: ‘It is very difficult to live with pain like this. I also suffer a lot with itching on the body and the neck. My body feels heavy.’

The discomfort Shadot lives with on a daily basis makes eating certain foods difficult because they require more chewing. He said: ‘If I eat chapattis, my neck hurts so I eat rice.’

And his extreme appearance means even Shadot’s own 12-year-old-son Abdullah Hossain shies away from looking at his father. The stares and comments from passers-by hurt Shadot as much as the physical pain he endures.

Shadot said: ‘The moment anyone sees me they try to move away from me. The kids when they see me they just freak out and start running. They’re afraid of me.

‘I cannot go outside because children are afraid of me. They call me ‘Monster.’ I wasn’t always in this condition. I was handsome in my young age.

‘Nowadays Abdullah doesn’t talk to me. I understand why he feels like that. I can’t do anything for my son or family.

‘I feel very bad, at night I don’t sleep because I feel afraid.’

Shadot used to work as a labourer but as his condition worsened he failed to do simple everyday tasks and had to quit his job. Without a regular income he cannot afford medicine or further treatment.

He said: ‘I don’t work anymore and I don’t take any kind of medicine.’

Shadot’s wife Tajmohel Khatun, 39, has seen first hand the impact her husband’s deteriorating condition – and lack of finances – has had on the family.

Tajmohel said: ‘He is not able to do anything alone now. We even need to help change his clothes and help with using the toilet.

‘Villagers provide us with clothes to wear as I am not able to earn a living.

‘My husband is ill and I have to accept this fact. I have gotten my two daughters married but because of our financial crisis I cannot send my son to school.’

Tajmohel met Shadot when she was 19-years-old and Shadot was 27. Although Shadot had already started developing tumours on his body he was still able to lead a normal life.

Giving birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter, five years later, the couple went on to have another girl. Both daughters have since married and left the family home.

Tajmohel said: ‘When I married Shadot he was suffering with this disease but he was fine but his condition is so much worse now; slowly the tumours have grown.’

Shadot first noticed a tumour growing on his forehead when he was just 13-years-old but it’s only in the last five years that his condition has become so acute.

He said: ‘In the last five years the tumours covered my whole body; my eyes have been closed by them and I can’t see properly.’

Without medical intervention, doctors say Shadot is at risk of permanently going blind. Dr Mahmudul Hassan says he has never seen a patient with such extreme tumours.

He said: ‘I haven’t seen any case like this before. Patient Shadat’s condition is very serious. We need to cut the layers from his eyes for the lack of visibility that he is suffering. If not cured he can lose his visibility.’

Without the money to fund the treatment themselves the family are relying on charity instead. Local social worker Mohammed Mamun Biswas has been campaigning and collecting money on Shodat’s behalf.

He said: ‘I ask the government to provide proper treatment to Shadot so he can get back to a normal life and support his family and help his boy to study.’

And thanks to Mohammed’s efforts Shadot will go to the National Institute of Neuro-Sciences & Hospital in Dhaka for a full diagnosis and potential treatment.

Tajmohel said: ‘I pray to God to cure my husband so I don’t have to live the rest of my life as a widow.

‘There is no peace in our lives.’

WAR HERO JOHNSON BEHARRY ‘humiliated’ AT US BORDER AS HE'S MADE TO WAIT THREE HOURS DURING DONALD TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION CLAMPDOWN

Victoria Cross recipient Johnson Beharry has

described his ‘humiliation’ after he was held up by US border officials during Donald Trump’s immigration clampdown.

The Iraq war hero arrived at New York’s JFK airport hours after the president ordered travel restrictions on January 27. Long delays at immigration meant he missed a veterans’ event where he was due to be a guest of honour.

Beharry, who was injured in the conflict in 2004, said he faced a wait of nearly three hours to reach the border, where his passport was further scrutinised.

The 37-year-old told the Sun on Sunday he suspected he had been viewed with suspicion because of his travel to Iraq and his appearance.

He said: ‘I felt humiliated. I think they held me because my passport showed I had been to Iraq.

‘Maybe I am a bit Asian-looking but that doesn’t mean I should be treated with the same suspicion as a terrorist.

‘I explained that I had been in Iraq fighting for the British Army but they didn’t seem to care. The officials only let me in after I kicked up a fuss. It was the worst travel experience of my life.’

Beharry said he witnessed ‘Middle Eastern-looking passengers’ being pulled aside by officials enforcing the president’s controversial executive order.

BEYONCÉ IS PREGNANT AGAIN WITH TWINS....

Beyonce and her husband Jay Z say they "have been blessed two times over", using Instagram to announce that she is expecting twins.

"We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two," the pair wrote, and "we thank you for your well wishes".

The post, signed "The Carters", has a photo of Beyonce with a baby bump, wearing lingerie and a veil.

The couple already have a daughter, Blue Ivy, who has just turned five. The announcement gave no indication of the babies' due date.

In 2011, Beyonce revealed her pregnancy to fans during the MTV Awards. She opened her performance of Love On Top by announcing: "I want you to feel the love that's growing inside of me."

During the closing bars of the song, she opened her jacket to reveal her baby bump. The camera then cut to Jay Z, who was being congratulated by Kanye West. Blue Ivy went on to inspire a song on Beyoncé's self-titled album, and appeared several times in last year's Lemonade.

Jay Z revealed in the lyrics to his track Glory that Beyonce suffered a miscarriage before the birth of Blue Ivy.