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Horrors of stealth pregnancy – Victims

On August 4, 20191:23 pmIn Health, Newsby Bankole

ON June 12, 2019, a team of policemen, headed by ASP Abubakar Clement and operating under the Safer Highway Squad, arrested one Ijeoma Ibeh with a three-day-old twin in her custody along the Ughelli/Evwreni axis of the East-West Road in Delta State.

PREGNANCY FROM RAPE: Tackling the unsafe abortion challenge

On August 3, 20197:41 amIn Healthby Nwafor

Theresa was serially raped by her uncle until she became pregnant at 14. When her parents and other family members found out, they didn’t hesitate before deciding that she would not keep the unintended pregnancy.

Pregnancy: Travails of teenage mothers in Plateau State

On July 16, 201911:28 amIn Healthby Nwafor

It is no longer news that teenage pregnancies or unintended or unplanned pregnancies are commonplace in many part of Plateau State, Nigeria.

How HIV stigma, discrimination caused me unplanned pregnancy — Adeola Ajetunmobi

On June 25, 201912:58 amIn Features, Health, Newsby Urowayino Warami

RECENT findings by the Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey, NAIIS,revealed that among women aged 15–49 years are more than twice as likely to be living with HIV than men. As a result, women have been positioned as potential sources of HIV infection.
This has led to an increased stigmatisation and discrimination that also left women more vulnerable to the infection. One of those caught in this vicious cycle is 22-year-old Adeola Ajetunmobi. She speaks about her experience in this encounter with Sola Ogundipe. Excerpts

Insurgency, pregnancy others keep 441,126 girls out of school in Adamawa

On June 24, 20193:45 amIn Newsby Bankole

NO fewer than 441,126 school-aged girls in Adamawa State have been forced out of schools due to insurgency, poverty, high rate of under-aged pregnancy and apathy for girl-child education by their parents, a report has revealed.

Wife drags ex-husband to court over pregnancy

On April 1, 20192:25 pmIn Newsby Nwafor

A 28-year-old divorcee, Bilkisu Aminu has dragged her ex-husband, Muhammad Jibril, to a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over his denial of her pregnancy.

Expert attributes teenage pregnancy to poor parenting

On March 16, 20191:45 pmIn Health, Newsby Bankole

A Nursing Expert, Mrs Victoria Opakunle, has decried the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the country, saying it was largely due to poor parenting.

Nigerian women prevent 2m unintended pregnancies, 735,000 unsafe abortions

On November 19, 201812:11 pmIn Healthby Nwafor

More women are embracing the use of modern contraceptives. No less than 1,713,000 additional Nigerian women and girls that want to avoid or delay pregnancy have embraced the use of at least one modern method of contracetive according to the 2018 Annual Report on family planning, launched at the 5th International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) held in Kigali, Rwanda.

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How do you cope with the nightmare of your 15- year-old’s pregnancy?

On July 21, 20182:45 pmIn Diary of a Divorced City Girl, Relationshipsby Emmanuel Okogba

“Ajoke is pregnant,” she said bursting into tears. I guessed it was bad enough that her husband got Ajoke pregnant whilst she was in their home parading as his close relation but for her to be pregnant again less than a year after her first son must have sent Vivian round the bend. I said as little as possible. Let her work through her hurt before I gave her whatever advice I could.

FG, UNFPA inaugurate guidelines on safe termination of pregnancy

On July 3, 20185:36 pmIn Healthby Emmanuel Okogba

The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and other partners on Tuesday inaugurated three key reproductive health policies to accelerate family planning uptake, as well as reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in Nigeria.