A Nigerian Facebook user, Babangida Ruma, has raised alarm over alleged illegal organ harvesting in Kaduna and other states. Mr Ruma, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Sunday, February 4, 2024, claims that some persons kidnap children, call their parents to inform them that they would …
Read More »Alleged organ harvesting: Father, two pastors arrested in Rivers after his disabled son died during attempt to remove and sell his hunchback for N10m
Men of the Rivers State-based vigilance group, ONELGA OSPAC, have arrested a father, Ejike Wilson and two pastors, over the death of a his 24-year-old disabled son in the Port Harcourt area of the state. The young man identified as Lucky Wilson reportedly died after an operation to remove …
Read More »The booming business of organ harvesting, trafficking in Nigeria
Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is booming due to hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since humans only need one kidney for survival, they can donate the other to a sick person. In recent years, there has been an increase …
Read More »‘Black Harvest’ trailer takes you into the dark world of organ harvesting
The upcoming movie exposes this thriving, yet often overlooked business. For his next project, titled Black Harvest, James Amuta takes on the underground world of illegal organ harvesting and trafficking.
Read More »Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast
Eronildes da Silva proudly stands next to a bunch of bananas on his farm, whose large size is the result, he says, of the effective fertilizer of reusing waste water. In addition to farming, he drives a school bus and builds rainwater tanks in Afogados da Ingazeira, in Brazil’s semiarid …
Read More »Two arrested as NAPTIP busts human trafficking syndicate that specializes in luring Nigerian girls to India for sexual exploitation and organ harvesting
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has busted a human trafficking syndicate and arrested two suspects. The suspects, Waukomis Chidiebere Chukwu and Joseph Okoi Nka, were paraded at the agency’s Headquarters on Friday, June 16, 2023. In a press briefing, the Director General …
Read More »Rainwater Harvesting Brings Hope for Central Americas Dry Corridor – Video
One of the rainwater harvesting systems installed in rural settlements in eastern El Salvador, in the Central American Dry Corridor. It is based on a system of pipes and gutters, which run from the rooftop to a polyethylene bag in a rectangular hole dug in the yard. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala …
Read More »Police parade medical doctor arrested for murder of women and organ harvesting in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded a former Chief Medical Director (CMD) of government-owned Kaiama general hospital, Kaiama local government area of the state, Dr. Abass Adio Adeyemi, for murder and organ harvesting. It would be recalled that the decomposed bodies of two missing women were found …
Read More »An organ harvesting ring is thriving in Nigeria – BBNaija’s Leo DaSilva raises alarm after a loved one almost became a victim
Big Brother Naija star, Leo DaSilva has raised an alarm about an organ harvesting ring thriving in Nigeria. The reality show star who was reacting to a report on missing Nigerians, said he was pushed to go public with the claim after someone close to him almost fell victim to the …
Read More »Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh
Lalita Roy now has access to clean water and also provides a service to her community by working as a pani apa (water sister), looking after the community’s rainwater harvesting plants. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (khulna, bangladesh) Friday, September 23, 2022 Inter Press Service KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 23 (IPS) …
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