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…
23 May
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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