Tag: Pregnant women
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Anambra Govt. suspends health worker for refusing to attend to pregnant women
The Anambra Government has suspended a health worker, Mrs Njideka Ezeihejiofor, for refusing to attend to a pregnant woman who delivered a stillborn baby outside the health facility on Tuesday. The suspension of Ezeihejiofor was approved on Friday by the disciplinary panel chaired
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Why pregnant women should stop eating calabash chalk
A General Physician, Dr Agnes Nwoke, on Monday advised pregnant women against consuming “Calabash chalk’’ popularly called ‘Nzu’, to avoid lead poisoning. Nwoke, who works in St. Charles Clinic in Urum gave the advice in Awka that Nzu contains high level of lead which could poison the unborn baby. Nzu (calabash chalk) is an edible…
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Police uncover baby factories in Lagos; rescue 19 pregnant women, four babies
…Babies sold between N300,000 to N500,000 depending on their sexes The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it had rescued 19 pregnant girls and four kids suspected to have been abducted by persons engaged in child trafficking. The Command, in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Bala Elkana, on Sunday,…
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11 pregnant women, 130 other Nigerians return from Libya
No fewer than 141 Nigerians including 11 pregnant women have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU). Segun Afolayan, chief planning officer, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.…
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SHOCKING! Two pregnant women caught stealing plasma Tv sets
The Police on Thursday arraigned two pregnant women, Mimi Abbas, 21 and Sofia Sulaiman, 25, in a Karu Grade I Area Court in Abuja for stealing four plasma Tv sets. Abbas and Sulaiman who reside at Masaka, Nasarawa State, were arraigned on a two-count bordering on joint-act and theft, the offence they denied committing. The…
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Pregnant women stage protest against Akeredolu [Photos]
Apparently worried over the outrageous childbirth medical bills in Ondo under the administration of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, pregnant women on Thursday staged a protest, grounded activities at Ondo State Specialist Hospital, in Akure. According to a witness, who spoke to TheNewsGuru.com on the peaceful demonstration, the protesters reportedly demanded that Akeredolu reverse the new ₦25,000…
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Four pregnant women, 140 other Nigerians return from Libya
No fewer than 144 Nigerians, which included four pregnant women, were on Thursday repatriated from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU). The returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10.30 pm. They returned aboard a chartered Airbus 320…
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Over 3,027 pregnant women living with HIV in Nigeria – NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Friday 3,027 out of 121,396 pregnant women tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) during the first round of the Maternal and Newborn Child Health (MNCH) Week. A representative of the Agency, Victoria Azodoh, disclosed this at a three -day seminar on Reproductive, Maternal, Child,…
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Children’s Day: U.S. provides N3bn grant for 175,000 pregnant women, children in Borno
The United States Government has provided an additional 9.5 million dollars (about N2.9 billion) to the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) to ensure good health for pregnant women and children under five years in Borno. The U.S Embassy in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the fund was to ensure that more than 175,000…