•NAFDAC director-general, Mojisola Adeyeye, and alcohol in sachets The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has linked banditry in Nigeria to the indiscriminate consumption of alcohol. The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, stated th...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lamented the current hardship in Nigeria, stressing that “young Nigerians should be building careers, not selling their kidneys. In a post on his official X account, Atiku criticised Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis under President Bola Tinubu, highlighting reports of desperate young people sellin...
Experts in kidney care have urged Nigerians to be aware of their kidneys and to check early that their kidneys are okay. They stated that this is important because sometimes with kidney disease, a person may not be aware that he has kidney disease but only discovers it when the disease has reached an advanced […]
•Kidney Kidney disease is rapidly becoming a major health concern in Africa, with Nigeria bearing a significant impact. As kidney disease cases continue to rise, raising awareness, improving healthcare infrastructure, and promoting preventive measures to mitigate its impact are important, reports The PUNCH. While substance abuse is often cited...
In Hoske, a remote village in Nepal, some residents have been tempted into selling their kidneys under the false belief that the organs would grow back. The village is notorious as being the “Kidney Valley” or the “village with a single kidney” in the world because someone from almost every household has sold a kidney, […]

