Baby stolen at birth in Benue; Police nab 11 suspects
At about 11a.m. in Gboko, one Aondofa Chia said his baby had gone missing shortly after birth at a healthcare facility in Gboko
Chinese baby tests positive for coronavirus 30 hours after birth
A Chinese baby has been diagnosed with coronavirus just 30 hours after a woman who had tested positive for the deadly disease gave birth in the epicenter city of Wuhan, according to state media. Doctors at the Wuhan Children’s Hospital on Wednesday cited the case as evidence that pregnant women infected with the virus may […]
German nurse ‘poisoned babies with morphine’
A nurse in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning five newborn babies with morphine, officials said Thursday, adding that the infants had survived. The woman was taken into custody on Wednesday after investigators found an oral syringe containing breast milk mixed with morphine in her locker at Ulm University Hospital in southern Germany. […]
Dumped day-old baby rescued in Niger
Hajiya Fatima Adamu has rescued a day-old baby girl dumped by an unidentified mother by the roadside along Kuta Road, opposite Central Mosque in Minna, Niger
Dying baby rescued from parents who rejected blood transfusion
By Evelyn Usman A two-week-old ailing baby has been rescued from her patents who refused doctors from carrying out blood transfusion on her, on religious ground. The baby girl (names withheld) who was delivered prematurely on December 18, 2019, in a private hospital in Surulere area of Lagos, to Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Onokpise of […]
2020: Sanwo-Olu’s wife welcomes first babies in four Lagos hospitals
By Juliet Umeh Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, today, welcomed and presented gifts items to the first babies of the year in four state-owned health facilities. The facilities include Ijede General Hospital, Agbowa General Hospital, Ketu-Ejirin General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity Hospital. A baby boy who weighed 2kg delivered at exactly […]
