Baby Born With Sealed Anus In Plateau State

A baby boy with this condition  has been born in
Pankshin LGA, Plateau state.
Sources say he was born on the 30th of April. His
mother reportedly noticed that her baby’s tummy kept
swelling up so she rushed him to the town hospital in
Pankshin. They were referred to Plateau state
Specialist Hospital where doctors discovered that the baby had Imperforate Anus meaning the
baby’s anus was sealed and that he cannot
defecate.
Imperforate anus is a birth defect that happens while
your baby is still growing. This defect means that your
baby has an improperly developed anus. According to
the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, about 1 out of every
5,000 babies

has an imperforate anus. It occurs more
often in boys than girls. The rectum, bladder, and
vagina of a female baby with an imperforate anus
typically share one large opening. This opening is
called a cloaca.
The president of Plateau state hospital Dr. Philemon
Golwa said the poor boy needs surgery, one his equally
poor parents can’t afford.
This is a very serious condition that requires immediate
treatment. Most babies will need surgery to repair the
defect. The outlook following surgery is very positive.

Teachers Recruitment Portal Crash In Just One Day

The federal government’s social empowerment
program to recruit 500,000 teachers may have run into
a hitch as the website for the exercise crashed on
Sunday, the first day applications were opened.
Heavy traffic due to massive applications by
prospective candidates is easily adjudged to be the
reason for the crash.
The Federal Government had, last week, announced
that the recruitment of the teachers would commence
on Sunday, directing interested Nigerians to apply
through http://portal.npower.gov.ng
Attempts to register on the portal around 6.48pm on
Sunday failed as the website was not available.
A message was displayed: “ An error occurred. Sorry,
the page you are looking for is currently unavailable.
Please, try again later. If you are the system
administrator of this resource, then you should check
the error log for details. Faithfully yours, nginx .”
However the portal seems to be fine on Monday
morning.