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Article written by former presidential aide, Reno Omokri. Read below... I have been appalled reading about the raids on so called 'Baby Factories' in the media lately. These raids are a throwback to the Salem Witch Trials and I cannot believe that in Nigeria of the 21st Century we are stigmatizing what is an acceptable world wide culture that has brought hope to childless couples all over the world. For the avoidance of doubt, these women are surrogate mothers who have children for childless couples. Every civilized nation accepts and promotes this practice as a humane option for childless couples.   The main reason many childless couples prefer a surrogate mother is because they want to know about the family history and genetics of the mother of their unborn child.   In many cases, when you adopt a child without knowing who the parents are and there arises a need in future for a blood transfusion or an organ donor, many adoptive parents get stuck. Other m...

The mother of a newborn baby who was abandoned in a stroller on a Los Angeles street has been arrested.   Belen Ramirez, 20, of Long Beach was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of a felony count of child endangerment, police said. The one-day-old boy's umbilical cord was still attached when a passerby found him in stroller near a church Tuesday afternoon, not far from the University of Southern California.  Alex Diaz who is a father of 2 children called emergency services with a report of child abuse after first seeing the 'dirty' stroller at the corner of Vermont Avenue and Dana Street on Monday night. When he passed the same spot the following day around 1pm he decided to look inside, and to his disbelief saw the baby, wearing pajamas and covered in sweat, inside. 'You took your time to dress him up, but you couldn't take your time to take him somewhere safe,' Diaz said.  'You just left him out on the street - thr...

Here are more photos of Nigerian refugees who were repatriated from Cameroon. They are pictured above being profiled and given mattresses, bucket, clothes,bBlankets and soap on their arrival at NYSC camp, Damare Adamawa state this morning. More photos below

The Director of Media in the Office of the Wife of the President, Zakari Yau Nadabo, says there are arrangements being made to launch a pet project for Mrs. Buhari but that the first step to achieve this will be to identify where she will be focusing her attention on “It is not about initiating a pet project alone. The first step is to identify the area. The plan is already in the pipeline. Issues are just beginning to take shape. We do not want to rush. We want to take our time to do a careful analysis so that we can intervene in critical areas.”he told Punch Mrs Buhari who says she doesn't want to be referred to as the first lady, is said to be operating from the office of the first lady in the villa where her other predecessors operated from. The office is said to be beside the official residence of the president.

Actor Osita Iheme aka 'Paw Paw' announced on social media that he lost one of his vehicles in his transport business in an accident yesterday. Eya...but thankfully, no life was lost! 

They attended the opening of Dangote cement in Zambia last week. Beautiful couple. Pic credit: Dele Momodu

Governor Fashola joined other members of his family to celebrate the 1 year birthday of his niece, Ameerah Inumidun Fashola...