Newborn Baby With Placenta Abandoned In Jos Mining Site

A newborn baby boy, with his umbilical cord still attached, has been abandoned in an uncompleted building along Ardo Lane, a mining site in Narkuta community, Jos North local government area of Plateau State.
The baby was discovered on Sunday after children playing around the building heard him crying and alerted members of the family of Lukman Yusuf Wayas, who subsequently informed security operatives.
It was gathered that the security operatives took the baby to a hospital, where he was attended to by health workers.
Lukman said he had heard the baby crying at about 11pm on Saturday but assumed that it was from a newborn in a neighbouring family.
He said, “When the children hear...