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Surrogacy legislation overdue — AJAYI

Surrogacy legislation overdue — AJAYI

Worried about the proliferation of unregistered fertility treatment outlets that are posing as surrogacy centres, a fertility treatment expert and endocrinologist, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, has called for urgent legislation on the practice of surrogacy in Nigeria.

Baby seeks N1m for multiple hole-in-heart surgery

Baby seeks N1m for multiple hole-in-heart surgery

By Chioma Obinna A distressed mother of one-year-old baby,  Folakemi Ogunsusi,  is desperately seeking N1 million for an open-heart surgery for multiple holes in the heart of her baby, Mofeoluwa Ochoche-Samuel Baby Mofeoluwa was diagnosed with a heart defect at six months old. The medical report from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, showed that […]

How lack of toilets puts Nigerian women, girls at risk

How lack of toilets puts Nigerian women, girls at risk

For some privileged Nigerians, access to toilet facilities is not a big deal. But for millions of Nigerians, toilet access is a luxury. For these Nigerians, each time nature calls, it comes with fear spanning from being attacked or exposed to dangerous animals or snakes or diseases.

Our father warned us against HPV vaccination, 13-year-old girl claims

Our father warned us against HPV vaccination, 13-year-old girl claims

Maryam Audu, like some other members of the Ado Community in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, had come out to receive the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccination, after the formal launch of the vaccine by the federal government on October 24, 2023.