Eight prominent Nigerians who died of cancer ..
The World Health Organisation has stated no fewer than 80,000 Nigerians die from various forms of cancer annually.
On World Cancer Day celebrated every February 4, here are prominent Nigerians who have died of different forms of cancer:Former President Umaru Yar’Adua fell victim of the disease in May 2010 after years of battling with it. The ailment kept him away from his constitutional duties for a long period of timeSecond Republic Senate Leader, Dr.
She had to leave behind her Better Life Programme for Rural Women which launched many co-operatives, cottage industries, farms and gardens, shops and markets, women’s centres and social welfare programmes.The doggedness with which renowned activist and social crusader, Gani Fawehinmi fought successive and oppressive military dictators was not enough to survive the monster called cancer.
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