3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (269+ words) Omotunde Ogundimu, the Nollywood actress, has thanked her colleague Funke Akindele for supporting her cancer treatment with a “huge amount of money”. Ogundimu revealed in July that she was battling cervical cancer and appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance toward…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (497+ words) Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says a laboratory test found freshly squeezed orange juice consumed by his wife, Dolapo, unfit for human consumption. Osinbajo spoke on August 28 at the Open Day for Gardeners’ Seminar, titled “Leaving the earth better than we…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (415+ words) Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education, in a statement on Wednesday, said a special prize for medicine and medical innovation is named after Stella Adadevoh, former lead physician and endocrinologist at First Consultants Medical Centre in Lagos. Alausa said her courage…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) Russian chess official, Sergei Indeikin, has died at the age of 36 after reportedly developing a severe form of malaria following a work trip to Nigeria. Indeikin, who served as an operational manager and delegate of the International Chess Federation, FIDE,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) The sudden death of veteran Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has raised questions about how someone who seemed healthy in public just weeks earlier could later be diagnosed with advanced cancer. Hassan, 66, died on Sunday, 23 August 2026, after…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) The family of the late Mary Habila, popularly known as Mara, has confirmed that she died of cardiac arrest after living with a congenital heart condition. Habila, who was diagnosed with a hole in her heart, passed away on June…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (384+ words) Ali Pate, minister of health and social welfare, told State House correspondents on Wednesday after the weekly FEC meeting that the proposed amendment would be transmitted to the national assembly for consideration and passage. According to the minister, attempted suicide…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (315+ words) The family of Taiwo Hassan, the Nollywood actor better known as ‘Ogogo’, says he has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. In a video shared on social media by Kira, Ogogo’s daughter, the family is seeking the public’s support to…...