OJB Jezreel and his partner, Mabel, talk about their 20-year-old union and why she gave him her Kidney.

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Prolific producer and musician, Babatunde Okungbowa a.k.a OJB Jezreel and his wife, Mabel, talk about their 20-year-old marriage and why she gave him her kidney

How long have you been married?

OJB: We have been married for 20 years.

Ondo subsidises dialysis for kidney patients

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ONDO State government has established a Kidney Care Centre to cater for people with kidney diseases across the country. 15 kidney dialysis machines have been installed in the centre located at the Medical Village in Ondo town.

Speaking with Sunday Vanguard in Akure, the state Health Commissioner, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, said a complete team of medical personnel is on ground in the Centre.
Adeyanju added that the facility will collaborate with the Kidney Center in Maryland to give first class treatment to patients at subsidized fees. The commissioner said the centre will not be free but the fees would be affordable.

OJB discharged from Hospital after a successful Kidney Transplant

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 After a successful Kidney surgery in far India, OJB Jezreel has been finally discharged.
The ace producer sent a launch stating that he's well, has been discharged and will soon go back to the country.

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Nigerian Man In the UK With Kidney Problem Being Tortured By the UK Government

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Innocent Chukwuma is a Christian and a kidney transplant patient, who will be 40 years old in 2014. 

The list of atrocious violations of his civil and human rights includes:
1. Sexual Torture - The Home Secretary has ensured that he does not have a sexual relationship since 2007 

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#GoodPeopleThings: "Why I Gave my kidney to save my brother's Life" - Comedian D-Don

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Popular comedian and OAP Iruvwe Okeremute aka De-Don donated his kidney to his ailing elder brother, Morris Okeremute, who urgently needed a transplant to survive. De Don traveled to India a few weeks back to donate his kidney. He explains why he did it in a new interview

"My cousin started having this kidney problem in 2009. My elder sister donated her kidney to him at the time but unfortunately in January 2013 the kidney failed because he didn't take his drugs for some weeks because the drugs he ordered from India arrived late. Se when he needed another kidney it was natural that I donate to him. It wasn't difficult making up my mind because I needed to save his life. I equally had a proper awareness about kidney donation and also the fact that nothing happened to my sister who had donated before. She even had another baby boy after the donation.

#GoodPeopleThings: Nigerian Comedian donates kidney to save brother’s life

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Popular comedian and OAP, Okeremute Iruvwe aka De Don has donated one of his kidneys to save his brother’s life. NET has reliably gathered from sources that the Delta State-born comedian who is currently recuperating in a hospital in India gave out a kidney in order to save the life of his brother who urgently needed a transplant to survive.

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Kidney Disease Is Expensive, Avoid It...Urinate After $-éx etc - Physician

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It is gradually becoming norm these days to have programmes interrupted for a few minutes, for purposes of funds’ solicitation.

Nigerians are now familiar with gaunt figures lying critically sick on the bed and plugged to dialysis machine begging for donations from government and kind-hearted members of public.

The solicited funds usually run into millions of naira to cover the cost of temporary dialysis in Nigeria and subsequent organ transplantation overseas. The latest of such is the music producer, OJB Jezreel, who says he needs about N16m to treat his kidney disease.

Physicians say when it comes to size, the kidneys are small. However, as Kidney Specialist, Dr. Mumeen Amisu opines, “The kidneys may be small, but they perform many vital functions that help maintain your overall health, including filtering waste and excess fluids from your blood.”

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UNILAG Student Sells His Kidney To Graduate With First Class

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According to a report on DeeLinkage, a 24-year-old graduate of the University of Lagos, had to part with his kidney, just so he could graduate with a first class from the institution.

Here is the full story:A University of Lagos (UNILAG) student who couldn’t swap kidneys to save his father’s life confessed in the hospital that he sold one of his kidney to graduate with a first class.

 The 24 years old boy recollected how he sold one of his kidneys to the dean of his faculty a few days before his convocation. He says he was being threatened with the reality of having to spend an additional two years to his already prolonged eight years stay in the school.