Congratulations are in order for a woman who recently welcomed a set of
quadruplets at a hospital in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina
State.
The new mother and her babies (three male and one female) are
said to be in good health after the delivery.
Quadruplets
are much rarer than twins or triplets. As of 2007, there were
approximately 3500 sets recorded worldwide. Quadruplet births are
becoming increasingly common due to fertility treatments.
There are
around 70 sets of all-identical quadruplets worldwide.
Many sets of
quadruplets contain a mixture of identical and fraternal siblings, such
as three identical and one fraternal, two identical and two fraternal,
or two pairs of identicals.