*In 2010, a Nigerian couple made global headlines after welcoming their newborn daughter who was born with blonde hair and blue eyes. “The first thing I said was, ‘What the flip?’ ” said the father, ...

A birth injury encompasses any harm experienced by a baby or mother before, during, or shortly after the act of giving birth.

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has disclosed that 43 percent of Nigerian children were not captured in the birth registration and legally became invisible. UNICEF, over the weekend, said ...

NIGERIAN refugees give birth to 45 children every month at the Minawao refugee camp, Cameroon, aid agencies have said. Most of the children do not have official birth certificates, the Voice of ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he is not a Nigerian by birth and, therefore, not fit to be President. Atiku, the Peoples ...

(CNN) — A Nigerian woman has given birth to twins, a boy, and a girl at the age of 68. Margaret Adenuga went through three IVF procedures before finally having twins. Her husband Noah Adenuga, 77 told ...

Atiku was born in Jada, Adamawa State. Jada wasn't part of Nigeria until 1961. 74-year-old Atiku was born in 1946, way before Jada was incorporated into Nigeria from Cameroon. Malami submits that this ...

Many Nigerian Christians are presently grappling with the pain and uncertainty of loved ones still in captivity due to ongoing violence and kidnappings across the country. Terrorists on Sunday, Dec.

Dakuku is more than a technocrat; he is an apostle of what many now call ‘developmental democracy’. His philosophy is rooted ...

BACKGROUND Nigeria is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which identifies birth registration as a child’s right. However, it is unclear how much progress has been made toward ...