•Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State The Bauchi State Government is considering legislation to control the increasing rate of childbirth at home, which poses danger to the health of mothers and babies. According to data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), only three out of 10 women deliver in hospitals, representing 31 per cen...
•Late Mrs Akubo Lovelyn John The family of Mrs Akubo Lovelyn John and the management of Gynescope Specialist Hospital, Lagos are now at loggerheads over the death of the woman some hours after giving birth at the health facility. The John Family is accusing the medical personnel in the hospital of negligent in the handling […]
When people say the woman has the baby, and so she’s fine, it’s time to go home. The women, too, assume the same and say, smiling, “Oh, because I feel better now I’ve had the baby, I want to go home.” Even when she feels tired and weak, she is told, “Once you get home, […]
•TikToker Bankyroy family picture Nigerian TikToker, Bankole Ridwan Ishola, popularly known as Bankyroy, recently lost his wife to the cold hands of death shortly after she gave birth to their first child. To say that the 26-year-old has endured more pain in the past two years than many could imagine would be an understatement, reports [&helli...
•Olayinka Solomon, husband and their baby boy Nollywood actress Olayinka Solomon, popularly known as Ogo Mushin, has shared her personal experience with postpartum (postnatal) challenges, opening up about the emotional and physical changes she faced after childbirth. Postpartum refers to the period following childbirth when new mothers undergo...
•Late Temitope Iwute A 32-year-old Nigerian woman, Temitope Iwute, has died during childbirth in the United Kingdom. Iwute died shortly after receiving her Master’s degree at York St John University. Announcing her death yesterday, the official X account of the Community of Nigerians in the UK made a post seeking to raise money to support [&he...

