Seven more bodies of children have been recovered, six days after a devastating flood swept through Mokwa town, the headquarters of Mokwa Local Government Area in Niger State. According to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), four bodies were retrieved on Monday evening, while three more were found yesterday, bringing the offic...
Ten children conceived using the sperm of a single donor in Europe have been diagnosed with cancer. This development has sparked urgent calls for tighter fertility regulations and international limits on donor usage, reports CNN. Between 2008 and 2015, sperm from one man was used to conceive 67 children from 46 families across eight European [...
•Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State Panic has gripped the Mbutu community in Aboh Mbaise Local Council of Imo State following the deaths of six children, aged between one and six years, due to an outbreak of a mysterious disease. The Executive Chairman of the council, Mr Henry Alaribe, disclosed the development in a press […]
The US will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced today, calling it a “common sense” decision grounded in sound science. The change follows last week’s announcement by Food and Drug Administration officials that they would limit approval of Covid shots — ...
•Fire outbreak The International Federation of Women Lawyers, Abia State branch, has condemned the recent alleged incident of domestic violence and child abuse in which a father set himself, his wife, and their one-year-old daughter ablaze in Onicha Ngwa community in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred between 1am...
•Troops Family members of soldiers killed during recent battles against insurgents in the North-East have mourned the death of their loved ones, urging the government to put an end to the bloodbath in the region. The relatives, who spoke to our correspondents in separate interviews, also called on the federal government to demonstrate genuine ...
•Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital, Lagos Panic gripped staff, patients, and residents today after a fire broke out at the Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital in Lagos. The fire temporarily halted medical services and destroyed property worth millions of Naira, reports Vanguard. The inferno began around 3:00 p.m. and was said to have started from the nu...
•Rain wreaks havoc in Calabar Several persons, including children, were severely injured, while more than 200 houses were destroyed after a downpour accompanied by heavy storms hit Calabar, the Cross River State capital, yesterday evening. After two hours of intensive rains, vehicular movements were also disrupted, trees were brought down, roo...
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria now stands as the country with the highest burden of malnourished children in Africa. The international agency disclosed this on its website today, adding that only two out of every 10 children affected currently have access to treatment. It said with an estimated two million children in [&he...
•King Sunny Ade Some children of the legendary juju musician, Sunday Adegeye, a.k.a. King Sunny Ade, are currently at loggerheads over his well-being and whereabouts. A daughter of the singer and guitarist, Damilola Esther, took to social media to accuse her step-brother, Dayo, of holding their father hostage, and also booking him for events w...
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