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Special Report: How persistent blood shortages, poverty drive blood black-market in Nigeria

Jun 14, 2022

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by

Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu

in TNG investigations, Top Story

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria needs at least two million pints of blood annually, a far cry from the 25, 000 it currently generates. Three months ago, a Federal Civil Servant residing in Abuja Louis Obafemi, was in search of blood for his wife who was due to have their baby in March.…