{"id":229046,"date":"2025-03-24T18:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/concerns-over-popularity-of-skin-bleaching-creams-in-nigeria-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:04:44","slug":"concerns-over-popularity-of-skin-bleaching-creams-in-nigeria-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/concerns-over-popularity-of-skin-bleaching-creams-in-nigeria-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns over popularity of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/djTyHf-7oxo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Concerns over popularity of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djTyHf-7oxo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>More than three quarters of people use skin-whitening or lightening creams, commonly known as bleaching creams in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the country with the highest use in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. It\u2019s even become more common for women to bleach their children\u2019s skin.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is so bad that Nigeria&#8217;s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control declared a state of emergency in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s Madina Maishanu has visited Kano state, one of several major hubs for skin bleaching in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Nigeria\u00a0 #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than three quarters of people use skin-whitening or lightening creams, commonly known as bleaching creams in Nigeria. It\u2019s the country with the highest use in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. It\u2019s even become more common for women to bleach their children\u2019s skin. 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