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  A woman suffered organ failure after a chemical used in hair straighteners caused her kidney to shut down.      The woman, who was not named, felt nauseous and suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and back pain just after regularly using products with glyoxylic acid, according to Mail Online.  …

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 …

Men of the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department have arrested one Igwe Gift Okechukwu, pictured above, involved in criminal conspiracy, organ trafficking ,fraud, cyber crime, stealing, impersonation, deceit cheating and identity theft that was reported at the Force Criminal Investigation Department by one Anita Chinwe Mathias ‘fʼ.     …

The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Development, Prof. Ali Pate has assured Nigerians that decisive action will be taken to combat criminal activities in health practices.   This is in reaction to a DailyTrust report, titled “Inside Abuja’s Kidney ‘Market’” which exposed a shadow economy of illegal kidney trade …

A 20-year-old man, Aondoaseer Agbadu, has been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State for allegedly harvesting and selling the kidney of a 17-year-old boy, Terungwa Swati, in Abuja.    The state Police Command arraigned the suspect on Thursday, September 14, 2023,  over conspiracy on organ harvesting. …

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 …

People ask so many questions when it comes to organ donation. They often wonder how they’ll stay healthy without the body part they want to give away, and which body parts can be given to help others without causing harm. In this article, we’ll explain everything you need to know …

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 …

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.

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 …