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ADVERTISEMENT How COVID-19 has affected cancer treatment in Nigeria Treating cancer is expensive and for many years even before COVID-19, cancer patients and their families in Nigeria were left to pay with their life savings or sell properties. 7 min read As Nigeria and the rest of the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, health experts and advocates say the virus has led to less attention being paid to other ailments such as cancer. While cancer patients are disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 partly because they are significantly more likely to die from the disea...

English By Ifiok Ettang Share on Facebook Print this page Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. Download File JOS, NIGERIA    - A girls’ education rights group, the Malala Fund, says most of Nigeria's out-of-school children during the pandemic are girls, and that the gap with boys is widening.     Joy Pam, 13, has had to wash the plates, cook the family meals, and sweep the compound daily since the pandemic forced schools to shut down in Marc...

The CODE’s Legal Counsel, Nnanna Oketa, said in a release in Abuja that in 2017, Babayemi transitioned from a five-year day-to-day role in the organisation to spend more time to support the governing board for CODE. Oketa said that Mr. Oludotun believes in the progression of CODE and the quest to be a renowned global movement reputable for holding the government to account, advocating participatory governance and mobilizing young people for social change. Speaking on the development, CODE’s Founder, Hamzat Lawal said, “The board and the CODE team have benefited from his leadership and v...

ON THE GO Kashimawo Laloko, ex-NFF director, dies at 76 Kashimawo Laloko, former technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is dead.Advertisement The 76-year-old was said to have died at Sacred Hearts catholic hospital in Abeokuta on Sunday, after... Resident doctors threaten fresh strike over unpaid salaries The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on April 1, if members owed salaries and allowances are not paid.Advertisement The decision was... Femi Adesina on unemployment: Cut Nigeria some slack...

ON THE GO Kashimawo Laloko, ex-NFF director, dies at 76 Kashimawo Laloko, former technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is dead.Advertisement The 76-year-old was said to have died at Sacred Hearts catholic hospital in Abeokuta on Sunday, after... Resident doctors threaten fresh strike over unpaid salaries The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on April 1, if members owed salaries and allowances are not paid.Advertisement The decision was... Femi Adesina on unemployment: Cut Nigeria some slack...