Tag: Cancer
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[DETAILS]: How Pastor Taiwo Odukoya’s wife, Nomthi battle cancer before death
The founder of a Nigerian leading religious centre, Fountain of Life Bible Church, Taiwo Odukoya’s wife, Nomthi Odukoya, has been confirmed to have died after he lost the battle with cancer in the country. Rosemary, a South African of Zulu tribe, died barely two years after contracting cancer disease and battled to survive the ailment…
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Cancer may afflict 30 m people globally by 2030, says NGO
An NGO, the Dove-Haven Foundation (DHF), quoting Global Cancer Statistics (GLOBOCAN) has said that about 30 million people will be living with cancer globally by year 2030 if nothing was done. DHF is a not-for-profit, non-political, Non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area (LGA), Kogi State, Nigeria, with a focus on…
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Sad! Nollywood actress Ify Onwuemene dies of cancer
Popular Nollywood star, Ify Onwuemene, known for her role in the popular sitcom ‘Everyday People’, has died of cancer. It was gathered that the role interpreter, who died on Tuesday, had been battling endometrial cancer. Her friend in the movie industry, Gloria Anozie-Young, broke the news of her death via her Facebook page. Anozie-Young wrote,…
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COVID-19 third leading cause of U.S. deaths after heart disease, cancer
The United States Centres for Disease Control, on Thursday released an MMWR report that provides provisional data on mortality in the United States in 2020. According to it, with approximately 378,000 fatalities, COVID-19 ranked as the third leading cause of underlying deaths after heart disease and cancer. In 2020, about 3.3 million people died in…
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Rangers and Denmark great Laudrup wins cancer battle
Former Rangers and Denmark forward Brian Laudrup said he has been given the all-clear from cancer after a 10-year battle. The 51-year-old was a decade ago diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma, a slow-growing form of blood cancer. “Today, after 10 years of treatment and check-ups, I finally got the all-clear for my Follicular Lymphoma cancer diagnosis,”…
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Annie Idibia debunks cancer claim
Svelte Nollywood actress and model, Annie Idibia has refuted claims suggesting that she has cancer In a now deleted Instagram post on Wednesday, the entertainer asked the blogger to take down the false report, adding that it was a campaign she did on cancer sensitization years ago. The mother of two expressed shock…
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Natural prostate remedies – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido I promised last week that we shall take a deeper look at the prostate subsequently. Here we are. I hold tenaciously to the African saying that the stick you see should not pierce your eyes. Prostate is a stick every man should see and should not lead to cancer or other complications.…