World Breastfeeding Week: Making A Case For Workplace Breastfeeding Facilities

File photo: A mother breastfeeding her child

By Judith Ukoh It’s officially World Breastfeeding Week! World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from the 1st- 7th of August. EDITOR’S PICKS Kayokayo Festival: Epe Ogunmodede Club Defeats Epe Club In Thrilling Novelty Match Epe Kayokayo Coordinator Otunba TJ Abass Announces Plans To Step Down Keep Hope Alive; Tinubu Will Turn Nigeria’s Economic Fortunes … Read more

Photos Of Afghanistan Mothers Throwing Their Babies Over Barbed Wire Fences

He said that as he was speaking, troops were loading 120 families on to a plane to depart, with another 138 set to leave a few hours later.   Touching photos of desperate Afghanistan mothers throwing their babies over barbed wire fences at the Kabul airport and begging British paratroopers to take them to safety have surfaced … Read more

Mothers Deserve Better Treatment Than Anyone – Don

Mothers

Prof. Abdulrafi Omotosho of the Department of Islamic Law, University of Ilorin, says mothers are more deserving of good treatment than anybody in the world. Omotosho made the submission in his research paper entitled: “She has the lion share under Islamic Law”, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Sunday. He … Read more

See WHO’s Message To Breastfeeding Mothers Infected With COVID-19

See WHO's Message To Breastfeeding Mothers Infected With COVID-19

New mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health Organization said Friday, stressing that the benefits outweighed the risks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference that the UN health agency had thoroughly investigated the risks of women transmitting the new … Read more

Queens College: Nigerians React As Parent Engage School Guard In A Fight

Queens College

A mother of a Queen’s College student was spotted in a viral video fighting the security guards of her daughter’s school. According to reports, the student wore make up and faux lashes and was denied entry to the school, an action her mother stood against. Ekohotblog captured some twitter reactions, see below. Gross indiscipline from … Read more