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GOVERNOR OBIANO, WIFE CHARGE WOMEN TO IMMUNISE THEIR CHILDREN

  As part of activities marking the commencement of the 2015 National Programme on Immunization Days (NPIDs) in Anambra State, the state governor Chief Willie Obiano, alongside his wife, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has called on Anambra women to immunize their children against all deadly but preventable diseases including Tuberculosis (TB), …

How two dogs attacked me – Nine-year-old victim

A nine – year-old boy, Moyinoluwa Banwo, has narrated how he was attacked by two dogs at the Greenland Estate in Ibafo, in the Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State. Moyinoluwa, a basic five pupil, was attacked by the dogs which injured him in the leg, chest and face on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. He was said to be playing with his friend, Ezekiel, when …

THIS 1-YEAR OLD CHILD HAS MOUTH TUMOR AND BEGS FOR YOUR HELP

KAJERO OMOWUNMI This little 1-year old girl – Kajero Omowunmi was brought to our office by her mother soliciting for financial assistance. She is suffering from mouth tumor  (what medical report called Odontogenic tumor of the maxilla; Dentigerous cyst) which has made life miserable for her. Her Radiology Report is presented below. According …

SEE HOW POOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION IS IN SOME SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

  This is what is obtainable in most parts of Nigeria, particularly in northern part, at this modern age. Students studying on bare floor in a dilapidated class room, and another sitting on desks without a class room. Those sitting on bare floor are alleged to be SS1 students in a Government Secondary School located in Hardawa, Bauchi State. This …

THERE IS HOPE FOR BABY WITHOUT ARMS – Surgeon

We had earlier reported of a baby born without arms, whose father ran away, and the mother begging the government to adopt him. An orthopaedic surgeon with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Dr. Babajide Saheed, has said there is hope of artificial arms for the baby boy who was born without them at a private clinic in Ogun State. But …

RAISING BABIES INSIDE PRISONS

BY ’TUNDE THOMAS, CHIOMA IGBOKWE AND PHILIP OJO How female inmates get pregnant in prison ■ Their deliveries ■ How kids live with their mothers inside cells   Until that Saturday in January last year, Femi Adewuyi didn’t believe the story he had earlier been told of how pregnant women and nursing mothers live inside Nigerian pris­ons. …

Woman Gives Birth to Baby without Arms in Ogun, Husband Ran Away

Woman Gives Birth to Baby without Arms in Ogun, Husband Ran Away The arrival of a baby in every home heralds joy. But this was not the case for Mr. Mudashiru Sheriffdeen of Bosun Street, Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The wife, Taiwo, was on Tuesday delivered of a baby boy who had no arms. The baby boy, our correspondent gathered, …