Ghanaian Pregnant Women Take Pills To Bleach Unborn Baby Skin

THE FOOD and Drugs Authority (FDA), has warned women in Ghana against a growing trend of taking pills during pregnancy to lighten the skin of their unborn babies while they are still in the womb.According to BBC Africa, medical experts say these illegal drugs can cause birth defects, including damage to limbs and internal organs.
FDA have said using Glutathione pills for this purpose is dangerous, adding that it wants the public to know that they have not approved any product in the form of a tablet to lighten the skin of the unborn child.
The FDA also reports that this practice is growing in the African country, with pills often smuggled into inside luggage in large quantities.
“The use of these drugs has gone to an alarming stage; it is ignorance that is making people do so,” said the FDA’s head of cosmetics and household chemicals, Emmanuel Nkrumah.
“[The only things] that you take orally should be food, toothpaste and mouthwash, and not bleaching pills,” Nkrumah said.

Security agencies and the police are working together to arrest and prosecute companies and individuals in possession of the illegal drugs.

This is now a trend among pregnant women in Ghana. Due to the general fact that most Ghanaian babies are born dark, women are now taking pills while in pregnancy to lighten the skin of their unborn babies.

Medical experts however stated that these illegal drugs can cause birth defects, including damage to limbs and internal organs.
Ghana ‘s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says using Glutathione pills for this purpose is dangerous, adding it wants “the general public to know that no product has been approved by the FDA in the form of a tablet to lighten the skin of the unborn child”.
“The use of these drugs has gone to an alarming stage; it is ignorance that is making people do so,” the FDA’s head of cosmetics and household chemicals, Emmanuel Nkrumah, said at a media-sensitisation workshop on unapproved bleaching pills and products.

“[The only things] that you take orally should be food, toothpaste and mouthwash, and not bleaching pills,” Nkrumah said.

The practice is growing in Ghana, according to the FDA, with pills often smuggled into the country inside luggage at airports in large quantities.
Although comprehensive data has not yet been gathered, the body says market surveillance and stakeholder activity have helped to reveal the trend among women crosses socio-economic divides.
Security agencies and police are working together to arrest and prosecute companies and individuals in possession of the illegal tablets.

Ghana hit the headlines last month when candidates for jobs in the immigration service were disqualified from the recruitment process if they bleached skin or stretch marks, for fear they might bleed during the “strenuous” training.

Here are facts about the side effects of glutathione according to Light Skin Cure, a skincare-oriented website:

Allergic reactions – Some people may experience skin swelling or rashes on parts of the body.

Cancer-causing ingredients – Research indicates that some ingredients in most skin-whitening products, glutathione included, may cause cancer.

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‘I Was Sold To The World’ The World Killed Me – Ebony Cries To Spiritual Woman

According to a woman named Madam Adwoa Nyamekye, claims she saw the late musician Ebony Reigns’ ghost at where the accident took place and the dancehall diva sent her a message to tell Ghanaians.

In an interview on Kumasi based Nhyira fm, the woman narrated that she was on her way to church and when she got to where the accident took place—Her spirit suddenly saw that of Ebony’s and they had a conversation.

According to her, she asked what the late musician was doing there, and she replied she needs someone she can pass on a message to tell Ghanaians.

The woman indicated further that, Ebony’s spirit was crying, in pains and was just hovering around the accident scene.

“I was sold to the world and they also bought me. I died a sudden death and my spirit cannot rest but I want to rest.”Madam Nyamekye claims Ebony told her.

The woman who is in her 50’s went on to say that, she also saw the two other people who died with Ebony, Vondee and Franky Kuri, crying bitterly.

She added that Ghanaians should stop talking bad about the death and should rather be prayerful as there are more sudden deaths ahead.

Named Priscilla Opoku Kwartenng but was widely known as Ebony Reigns was born on February 16, 1997, and died Thursday, February 8, 2018, after being involved in a fatal car crash.


The incident took place on the Kumasi-Sunyani highway, with two other persons also losing their lives. Her one-week memorial comes off on Sunday, February 18, at the St. Martin de Porres School in Dansoman, Accra.

Monkey Steals N70Million Cash From Nigerian Senators’ Farm House – Shehu Sani

Mr. Sani said about N70 million belonging to the group was claimed to have been carted away by monkeys in a farm house. .
Adamu’s removal was announced in a letter read by the presiding officer, Ike Ekweremadu, shortly before the end of the plenary on Wednesday. .
The letter signed by the forum’s Public Relations Officer, Dino Melaye, noted that Mr. Adamu was removed for ‘financial mismanagement and misadministration.’ .
Responding to questions on why the senator was removed, Mr. Sani said the financial mismanagement borders on a N70 million belonging to the forum. He said the money was rumoured to have been carted away by monkeys in a farm house. .
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“There are some things some of my colleagues will not say but I’m not used to holding back. When we assumed office, Senator Ahmed Lawan tendered the sum of N70 million to the 8t Senate. .
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That N70 million was money gathered from the 7th Senate. It was handed over to northern senators of 8th Senate. .
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The rumors going round, which I don’t know whether it’s true but I believe other senators know, is the fact that there were allegations that some monkeys raided the farm house of some of the executives of the northern senators forum and carted away some of these money. .
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I think, this country is becoming a huge joke. First of all, it was the rodents that drove away the president and then we now have snakes consuming about N36 million and now we have monkeys raiding farm house. So, they don’t want this to be said but I believe that we should be very clear.”