Baby Factory
16 Sep
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 64-year-old man in connection with running an illegal baby factory and engaging in child trafficking in Aba, Abia State. The suspect, identified as Mr Nnanna Michael, a native of Obinkita Arochukwu in Aba, Abia State was arrested on Saturday at Abanafo Street, Ariaria, where…
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Taraba State Commissioner of Health, Dr Bordiya Buma, has said that plans are in the pipeline for the Governor Agbu Kefas-led administration to pay a N100 million counterpart fund to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to combat severe malnutrition among children in the state. The sum of $3.4 million under the Child Nutrition Fund…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has raised alarm on the proliferation of baby factories and increasing incidences of buying and selling of babies. Director-General, NAPTIP, Professor Fatima Waziri–Azi, made this known in a statement signed by the agency's Communication Officer, Vincent Adekoye, in Abuia. She said "In recent times,…
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