A 32-year-old woman of George Compound in Lusaka, Zambia, has dragged her elder brother’s wife to court for accusing her of being a witch and telling her husband that she would turn him into a skeleton if he did not leave her. Mwansa Sinkala has told the court that her sister-in-law, Grace Daka, 30, also […]
•Prof Jesse Otegbayo The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has stated that maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality remain significant public health challenges in Nigeria, and it is imperative that every pregnancy is a journey of hope rather than one of fear. Speaking at ...
•Pregnancy A 14-year-old Secondary School student, identified as Nicknes Ayo, has committed suicide after her mother pressured her to name the man who impregnated her. The incident happened today at Egba in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, reports Saturday PUNCH. A neighbour who identified herself as Mama Enyi told our correspon...
A 32-year-old woman of George Compound in Lusaka, Zambia, has dragged her elder brother’s wife to court for accusing her of being a witch and telling her husband that she would turn him into a skeleton if he did not leave her. Mwansa Sinkala has told the court that her sister-in-law, Grace Daka, 30, also […]
A petitioner, Chiwendu, has alleged that her husband, Emeka deliberately poisoned her drink which led to her losing her pregnancy. She made the allegation in a petition filed by her lawyer, Mr. Moses Ibe, before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Customary Court sitting in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, reports NAN. The petitioner is seeking, amon...
•An escapee Chibok girl with children (left) and Borno Governor Zulum (center) It has been nearly a year since 26-year-old Rabiat left the Boko Haram enclave she was held in for close to a decade. In her home in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city at the heart of 15 years of fighting by the armed […]
•A pregnant woman A pregnant woman, Mrs. Mmesoma Odili, from Umuosiegbo village, Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, is in a devastating mood following the loss of her pregnancy during eight days of detention at the Zone 13 Police Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra State. It was gathered that the police had to arrest […]
Cystic fibrosis is an illness best known for causing freÂquent lung infecÂtions and chronic breathÂing problems. However, it affects organs and tissues throughout the body, inÂcluding the urogenital sysÂtem. A majority of men (beÂtween 97 and 98 percent) with cystic fibrosis have a congenital bilateral abÂsence of the vas deferens (CBAVD)–the ...

