Kidney

Ekweremadu and wife found guilty of organ trafficking

Ike Ekweremadu, former vice president of the Senate, and his wife, Beatrice, were found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, the couple, along with their daughter, Sonia, and a medical practitioner, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were convicted guilty of aiding a young man’s journey to Britain... Read More

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Governorship candidate of the PDP, Senator Gyang Nyam Pwajok is dead | YNaija.com

October 29, 2015

PDP governorship candidate, Senator Pwajok dies in India

A governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Gyang Nyam Pwajok is dead. Senator Pwajok, represented the PDP, in the 2014 gubernatorial election in Plateau State. National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Olisa Metuh and Chuwang Dung, the Head of his media team during the election campaign, confirmed his death. Pwajok reportedly died on Wednesday night, in... Read More

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Help! 19-year-old Ernest is in need of a kidney transplant

by Chinwe Okafor Ernest is a young 19-year-old who is going through one of the toughest oddities of life. He has the trio of sickle cell anaemia, sickle cell nephropathy and at 13 was diagnosed with stage 5 chronic kidney disease. In addition to this, he suffers from avascular necrosis, generalised tonic clonic seizures and Todd’s hemiparesis... Read More

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Nigerian billionaire’s son donates kidney to a dying lady – guess who

by Chinwe Okafor Israeli media is awash with the touching tale of how the son of a Nigerian billionaire braved all odds against him to donate his kidney to a dying lady he had never met. The Jerusalem Post in an article titled, ‘The Human Spirit: Love, Give, Live’, reported that the story of Smith Jadesimi, son... Read More

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January 21, 2015

Charles Novia is not pleased with rumours surrounding Muna Obiekwe’s death (READ)

by Anike Jacobs Barely 24 hours after Nollywood actor Muna Obiekwe, several reports have surfaced attributing his death to ‘constant smoking and drinking’. Movie producer, director and critic, Charles Novia is however not happy with the filtering reports. According to Charles Novia, Muna was a good actor who kept his life private and his habits... Read More

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She’s a cheerful giver: This woman has donated her kidney, eggs, part of her liver and now offers her lung (PICTURED)

by Zara Mustapha 47-year-old Sue Gianstefani who has already given away a kidney, eggs and part of her liver to complete strangers is now trying to donate a lung. The mother-of-one gave her kidney to an elderly man in the US, her eggs to a childless couple in Australia, and part of her liver to a 12-year-old in... Read More

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January 26, 2014

No kiddin’: Husband dumps wife who gave him her kidney… now she wants it back (PICTURED)

by Oge Okonkwo They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This is the case of Samantha Lamb who is insisting she wants her kidney back after she donated them in a live-saving operation for her husband who later dumped her. Andy Lamb was dying of renal kidney failure and was only... Read More

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September 15, 2013

Perfect match: Navy veteran donates a kidney to dying woman after hearing her husband’s street appeal for donor

A devoted husband who spent a year walking the streets with a sandwich board appealing for a kidney donor for his wife is a very happy man after his wife successfully underwent surgery on Wednesday. Larry Swilling’s extraordinary appeal came to fruition earlier this month when 41-year-old retired Navy lieutenant commander Kelly Weaverling came forward... Read More

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September 1, 2013

Grave mistake! Nurse trashes kidney donated by man to save dying sister

An Ohio man intended to save the life of his older sister by donating a kidney to her — a sacrifice on his part that ended in vain when a nurse mistakenly threw away the donated organ. Paul Fudacz Jr. and his sister, Sarah, say the University of Toledo Medical Center “utterly botched” their kidney... Read More

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August 28, 2013

Ailing producer, OJB Jezreel in India for kidney transplant surgery (PHOTO)

by Oge Okonkwo Treatment has already begun for Nigerian singer/producer OJB Jezreel, as he is pictured in a hospital in India. OJB left Nigeria for India on Friday, August 23, for a kidney transplant after donations were made to facilitate his medical treatment. We wish him a speedy recovery.

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Dying wish: I just want to die and donate my organs – Terminally ill woman

Imprisoned by her own body and slowly dying, Sherri Muzher wants to choose when to exit this life so she can help others to live. The 43-year-old Michigan woman has launched a one-woman campaign from her wheelchair to get her home state to reconsider its ban against physician-assisted suicide because she wants to donate her... Read More

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“I was scared of dying” – OJB Jezreel opens up on lessons learnt from kidney ailment

by Akan Ido Popular producer, OJB Jezreel, who was recently been in the news soliciting a sum of $100,000 to undergo a kidney surgery in India has received a financial lifeline from the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi. In an interview with Entertainment Rave Newspapers, the producer opened up on the lessons learnt and other... Read More

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Pound of flesh: Woman fired after donating a kidney to help her ailing boss sues for discrimination

Deborah Stevens is suing a former employer, who she says didn’t accommodate her after she developed post-operative complications from donating a kidney. A Long Island woman who was fired after donating a kidney to help her ailing boss is seeking her own pound of flesh from the ungrateful employers at Atlantic Automotive Group. Deborah Stevens... Read More

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Living large: Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson flaunts her new Lexus SUV, visits ailing OJB Jezreel (LOOK)

by Akan Ido Mercy Johnson-Okojie was recently seen at ailing music producer, OJB Jezreel’s residence in Gbaja, Lagos and the Nollywood actress reportedly came in her newly acquired Sports Utility Vehicle bearing a customised number plate. The car was given said to have been given to her by her husband, Prince Odi Okojie, a few... Read More

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Heartbreaking: “Right now, my two kidneys are gone” – Ailing producer, OJB Jezreel speaks out

by Isi Esene Popular producer, OJB Jezreel recently granted an interview to the Encomium, a soft sell magazine revealing that he has about eight weeks left to get his operation done. OJB, who is suffering from a kidney condition is soliciting for money to enable him travel out of the country for a kidney transplant which... Read More

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Opinion: Why Nigerians should save OJB Jezreel

by Vincent Nwilo Anyone can be OJB. Anyone can need financial assistance. This man has not been lazy. He has worked. He has paid bills. He has not looted treasuries… Saving a planet starts with saving a man, a single soul embedded in one man. He lives, procreates and then a new world is in... Read More

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A heart of gold: MAVIN boss, Don Jazzy donates N1 million to OJB Jezreel for kidney surgery

by Akan Ido Celebrities are reportedly responding to the call for donation by friends of artiste and producer, OJB Jezreel who needs about N15 million to undergo a kidney transplant surgery in India. Prominent among the donors is super-producer and boss of MAVIN records, Don Jazzy who has reportedly made a donation of N1 million... Read More

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Ailing music producer, OJB Jezreel gets kidney donor, requires funding for transplant surgery

by Akan Ido Veteran music producer, OJB Jezreel, who is said to be suffering from a kidney condition has reportedly found a donor. OJB, also known as Babatunde Okungbowa, has been undergoing dialysis treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) but would need more funds to enable him travel abroad for a kidney... Read More

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Huh?! Student rushed to hospital with urine infection discovers she has FOUR kidneys (PICTURED)

A woman who underwent surgery on one of her kidneys was stunned to be told by doctors she had actually had four of them. Jessica Curphey, 20, was rushed to hospital after she developed excruciating pain on her right side. Just weeks earlier, her GP had diagnosed a urine infection, prescribing her antibiotics. But scans... Read More

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“God was with me”: Woman stabbed 40 times by stranger who attacked her with rusty steak knife (PICTURED)

A woman stabbed 40 times by a stranger wielding a rusty steak knife miraculously survived – despite the blade piercing her heart. Alyssa Wilcynski, 35, who lives in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, was attacked by an unknown man wielding a rusty knife as she entered her apartment complex. The 35-year-old only survived... Read More

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February 27, 2013

Nollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu flown to the UK for medical treatment (SNAPSHOT)

by Akan Ido Actress Ngozi Nwosu who has been nursing an ailment for quite a while now was yesterday flown out of the country to the United Kingdom for proper medical attention. Reports say Nwosu, who was accompanied by her publicist, Seun Oloketuyi, will undergo kidney and heart surgeries while in Europe. We wish her... Read More

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January 30, 2013

#HopeIsAlive: First successful kidney transplant in Nigeria recorded in Abuja

Gabriel Onogwu, 20, from Benue, has become a symbol of hope for patients with failing kidneys across the country, after successfully undergoing a transplant. His surgery in December is the first recorded in Abuja, done by a team of surgeons at View Point Hospital, a private clinic in the suburb of Gwarimpa. Gabriel’s transplant was... Read More

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Lend-a-Hand: Help save George

At the University of Ibadan, George Chimezirim Egbuchulam was one of the finest brains the Department of English has produced in his recent times. Those who know him can attest to his brilliance. Like everyone else George has hope, dreams, and aspirations, but those ideals is being threatened by a kidney disease which makes it... Read More

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