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Sep 21, 2024 | 
tribuneonlineng.com | Cai Nebe |Ben Shemang
Illegal organ trafficking is growing across Africa. The sophisticated operation is worth over $1 billion annually and targets the vulnerable. Lack of regulation and huge demand for organs drive the trade. The rising trade of human organs “has reached an epidemic level, yet it is receiving much of public silence,” Nigerian human rights lawyer Frank Tietie told DW.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
nairaland.com | Mansur Oladunjoye |Tume Ahemba |Chika Amanze-Nwachuku |Ben Shemang
The Origin Of The Lekki Refinery by naptu2: 1:48amThe origin of the Lekki refineryI have heard talk that the government wanted to build a seaport in the Lekki area since the 1980s. I also heard talk that the government wanted to build an airport in the Lekki area since the early 1990s (at that time some people were debating about whether the noise from planes would disturb people that lived in Lekki Phase 1. They didn't realise how big Lekki was). However, all this talk was just that, talk.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
dw.com | Olisa Chukwumah |Ben Shemang |Isaac Kaledzi
08/02/2024August 2, 2024The worst economic crisis in decades in Nigeria has citizens sacrificing to get by. Medicines, food and other basic commodities are priced beyond the reach of many. https://p.dw.com/p/4iGjOPolice in Nigeria have used tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kano as thousands of people in cities across the West African country joined rallies to protest the high cost of living.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
msn.com | Olisa Chukwumah |Ben Shemang |Isaac Kaledzi
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
dw.com | Olisa Chukwumah |Ben Shemang |Isaac Kaledzi
Toyin Ogundeko, a resident of Lagos and a caterer by profession, lives with asthma. Her son has the condition too. Medicines have become so expensive in Nigeria that they can't afford the inhalers they need. Amid a worsening economic crisis, Ogundeko isn't sure how they will get by. "With the way the economy is going things are really getting tough. You're struggling to buy foodstuff and you're also trying to stock up on your medication," she told DW.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
dw.com | Okeri Ngutjinazo |Ben Shemang
06/05/2024June 5, 2024Nigerian unions have suspended a nationwide strike to allow for more wage talks with the government after their protests brought Nigeria to its knees, disrupting flights and shutting down the national power grid. https://p.dw.com/p/4gdflNigeria's largest trade unions, the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday suspended nationwide industrial action for a week to allow consultations with the government.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ben Shemang
CriminalidadeNigéria21/03/202421 de março de 2024Criminosos sequestram meninas e mulheres jovens, as levam para locais isolados e as engravidam. Quando elas dão à luz, seus bebês são vendidos a casais sem filhos. Prática existe há anos no país. https://p.dw.com/p/4dz1wAs chamadas "fábricas de bebês" são instalações na Nigéria para as quais meninas e mulheres jovens são atraídas, engravidadas e mantidas contra sua vontade até darem à luz.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ben Shemang
En Nigeria, las llamadas fábricas de hacer bebés son pequeñas instalaciones ilegales, que se venden como clínicas privadas, donde niñas y mujeres jóvenes embarazadas viven hasta dar a luz y posteriormente venden a sus bebés. En algunos casos, son retenidas en contra de su voluntad y violadas antes de que sus bebés acaben en el mercado ilegal. Esta práctica es frecuente en los estados del sureste de Abia, Lagos, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu e Imo.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Ben Shemang
Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babies are sold to childless couples. The practice has existed for years in Nigeria. So-called baby making factories are facilities in Nigeria to which girls and young women are lured, impregnated and held against their will until they give birth.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
dw.com | Ben Shemang
So-called baby making factories are facilities in Nigeria to which girls and young women are lured, impregnated and held against their will until they give birth. The "factories" are usually small, illegal facilities parading as private medical clinics and other facilities that house pregnant women and subsequently offer their babies for sale. In some cases, young women have been held against their will and raped before their babies are sold on the black market.
