(SOUNDBITE OF HORN HONKING) AKINWOTU: Skin whitening or skin bleaching is a major industry around the world, but especially in Nigeria. More than 77% of Nigerian women have used skin whitening ...

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, on Wednesday decried the increasing use of skin-lightening products among Nigerians and Africans. Salako said despite the well ...

"Nigeria may have been called 'the world capital of skin bleaching'...potentially due to its recognition as having the highest usage rates of SLPs [Skin Lightening Products] across the globe put ...

This comes despite the warnings from Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti in his satirical Afrobeat song Yellow Fever, where, he criticised the widespread practice of skin bleaching; "You dey bleach ...

THE Federal Government has raised concerns as Nigeria has the highest usage rates of skin-lightening products globally, with a staggering 77 percent of Nigerian women using these products.

“Nigeria may have been called ‘the world capital of skin bleaching’, or ‘the skin-lightening hothouse of the world,’ potentially due to its recognition as having the highest usage rates ...

The Nigerian government issues new warnings against the dangers involved in using skin whitening products, in a country that has often been called the " world capital of skin bleaching" ...