In this report, VICTOR AYENI examines how the pursuit of lighter skin drives some Nigerians to swallow handfuls of supplements, use whitening creams and undergo vitamin infusions, amid concerns of health risks
On September 29, as many people scrolled through X (formerly Twitter) to catch up on missed updates, a surprising video popped up.
In the 20-second clip that went viral the next day, a woman in a deep blue native outfit and gold chain sat in what appeared to be a beauty parlour, with a large banner bearing her photo in the foreground.
The woman, later identified by Saturday PUNCH as Divine Adedayo, the founder of a spa in Orile Agege, Lagos, was seen holding a bottle of water in one hand and a handful of pills and capsules in the other.
In two separate sequences, she tipped the multicoloured tablets and capsules – about 22 in all –
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