Category Archives: Right to life

Measles kill 20 children in Sokoto

No fewer than 20 children have been killed by measles outbreak in 18 Local Government areas of Sokoto State in the last 23 days, a health official has revealed. Dr. Sani Labaran, Executive Secretary, Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, disclosed this in an interview in Sokoto, yesterday, describing the situation as an epidemic. He said …

FIRE OUT-BREAK: How 80-year-old man lost 7 children, wife

Double tragedy struck in the early hours of Friday last week when an 80-year-old man, Pa Sylvanus Nwefuru lost his wife and seven children in an early morning mysterious fire at Ohufu village, Ogboji community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.  On the same day, 16 shops were completely razed by fire, this time  in Abakaliki, the state …

INCREDIBLE: Woman gives birth after 14 years pregnancy!

A woman – Mercy James miraculously gave birth to a baby girl after 14 years of being pregnant. The baby was promptly and aptly christined Miracle. And why not? If the mother had delivered at the expected time the child would have been a teenager by now and possibly in secondary school at the JSS 3 level. Mercy, a single parent, said of her ordeal …

Pregnant woman, 7 children drown in Delta

About eight persons including a pregnant woman and seven children are feared dead as they reportedly drowned in the River Niger following the rise in the level of water due to incessant rainfall and opening of the Lagdo Dam in Cameroun. The victims, who were said to be missing since the current flood ravaging parts of Delta State started, were said …

Pastor’s Son Beheads 11-Year-old Girl for Ritual Purposes

Delta State Police Criminal Investigation Department has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of an 11-year-old girl identified as Aghogho Igbi by a teenager, Silas Anidi who allegedly beheaded her for ritual purposes, Sun newspaper reports. He was also alleged to have attempted to kill her sister, Favour, 13, when he was caught by neighbours. …

Car crushes woman, 3 children in Bayelsa

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Adagbabiri, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, when a Toyota Highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV) rammed into and killed a woman and three of her children along the East-West Road. Doctors at the Oghara General Hospital are, however, battling to save the life of one of the woman’s children called T-Girl. …