Nigerian twin girls conjoined at the chest and abdomen are now living normal lives, weeks after being successfully separated at the state-owned National Hospital. Medical experts say the operation was the most complicated case of conjoined twins separation in Nigeria. Timothy Obiezu reports from Nassarawa, near Abuja.
Nigerian twin girls conjoined in the chest and abdominal regions are now living normal lives, weeks after being successfully separated at the state-owned National Hospital. Medical experts say the operation was the most complicated case of conjoined twins separation in Nigeria. Timothy Obiezu reports from Nassarawa, near Abuja.
Medical experts say operation was the most complicated case of separating conjoined twins ever performed in the country
Security experts say it's a decoy by militants to trigger religious tensions
Widows currently do not receive payments from the government
Nigeria marked Armed Forces Day by remembering the soldiers killed in the battle against Boko Haram
In an editorial published early last month, the Punch newspaper said it would refuse to ignore what it called illegal detentions and attacks on civil society groups and journalists
Press freedom advocates think the government punished The Punch for a strongly worded editorial against President Buhari in December
Last year, besides anxieties ahead of the general elections in February, the West African nation endured security challenges on multiple fronts. President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that his cabinet will address these issues
Media advocates say Omoyele Sowore's release from prison does little, given Nigeria's long anti-media track record
The two bills would regulate speech on the internet and in social media
Numerous fighters have died from kicking-punching sport known as dambe
While Nigeria launches online sex offender register, activists say perpetrators rarely face justice
Nigerian authorities this week launched the first nationwide register of sex offenders and held a candlelight procession in the capital, Abuja, to raise awareness and work to prevent violence against women. While they welcomed these as steps forward, women's rights activists and victims of gender-based violence note Nigeria has a poor record of prosecution. Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja.
In October a survey by the UN Children's Fund named Nigeria as the country with the most people practicing open defecation, passing India, which outlawed the practice
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