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Evelyn Murray-Bruce, wife of Ben Murray-Bruce, entertainment entrepreneur and former senator representing Bayelsa east, is dead. Bruce, who announced her demise on Friday, said she died of cancer. The businessman said he is broken and devastated by the passing of his wife of 41 years. He described her as a "blessing" who "touched the lives of everyone she met". "I’m broken. Just lost my beautiful wife to [...]
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Alison Amaechina Madueke, Diezani's husband, says when his wife took up a ministerial appointment he advised her to maintain the family's good name and not to focus on money. Diezani, former minister of petroleum resources, is facing charges of money laundering to the tune of $153 million. Though she has not been arraigned. A federal high court ordered the forfeiture of jewellery [...]
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says he has successfully concluded his cancer treatment. The literary icon was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 when he went for a routine checkup. In an interview with BBC,Soyinka had recounted his journey battling the disease, which was discovered in its early stage. Many had reacted to the reports on the scholar's experience with cancer. But in s statement [...]
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The federal ministry of health says Nigerians living with cancer will now save up to 50 percent of treatment cost as it launches a pioneer chemotherapy access treatment (CAP) programme. Speaking at the launch at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Tuesday, Olorunnimbe Mamora, minister of state for health, said the programme will increase access to high-quality essential cancer drugs and enable [...]
Mohammed Sambo, executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says the scheme now covers some levels of cancer surgeries and chemotherapy. Sambo made this known while receiving Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, the first lady of Kebbi state, who was on a working visit to NHIS head office in Abuja, last Wednesday. He expressed delight that the scheme used the opportunity of reviewing [...]
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