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. […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

 A 58-year-old woman, Mrs Dorcas Osiebo, who stopped menstruating in 2006 without a trace of pregnancy, has been delivered of a baby boy.

…says she has no means of feeding her children By James Ogunnaike Police in Ogun state arrested a 30-year old woman,  Risikatu Olabintan for allegedly throwing her one-day-old baby into a soak-away pit. According to a release by the image-maker of the State command,  Abimbola Oyeyemi,  the arrest of  Olabintan followed a distress call received […]

The police, on Wednesday, arraigned one Mr Livingstone Okpezi in a Karshi Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, over alleged cruelty to his child  

Dear Bunmi, After trying for a child for three years, my wife and I now have a four-month-old baby. As much as I love our new daughter, I didn’t expect our marriage to be affected in the way it has. We used to be extremely close and were very much involved with each other’s lives, […]

The police on Friday arraigned a cleric, Stanley Maduka,40 and his sister, Glory Uma, 50, in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing an 8-month-old baby boy. The police charged  Maduka with two counts of conspiracy and child theft. Uma, was charged with receiving a stolen baby. They however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. […]

Tragedy struck weekend in Isheri area of Lagos, after a man said to be mentally deranged, attacked a one-year-old baby, killing her on the spot. The suspect, Isiaka Ayobami, according to residents of Ayo Ijaiye street, had been suffering from mental disorder for long. It was gathered that the unsuspecting baby girl identified as Nana […]

Reddington Hospital has saved a baby delivered at 25 weeks with its state-of-the-art facilities in Lagos. The Head of Paediatrics at the hospital, Dr. Olajide Ojo, speaking on the feat, told Sunday Vanguard that all hands must be on deck to provide adequate medical facilities in Nigeria to stem medical tourism.

Seven out of the 26 pregnant girls that were recently rescued from some baby factories in Lagos, are due for delivery.

A British dad is facing a medical bill of £100,000 after his wife prematurely gave birth while in a Dubai hospital. Azhar Saleem, 26, from Birmingham, says he and Syeda Khola Adnan, 23, have been told they can’t take their daughter Amal home until they start paying the money. The tiny baby was born at […]

Ado-Ekiti- An unidentified woman has reportedly stolen a two-month-old baby from his mother.

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri A woman whose name was given as Chinaza Ukaonu has been arrested by the Imo state police command alongside two nurses for allegedly selling her baby for N500,000. The Imo state police public Relation Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed this yesterday in Owerri, said that the arrest of the woman […]