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Nigeria: How cancer deaths in Nollywood expose Nigeria’s health crisis — Doctor

Africa Links 24 with Israel Arogbonlo
Published on 2026-09-03 07:47:00

Recent cancer-related deaths in Nollywood have exposed the wider challenges confronting cancer patients in Nigeria, including late diagnosis, high treatment costs, and limited access to specialist care, physician and public health advocate Dr Zainab Suleiman Buhari has said.

Buhari, in a special report on cancer in Nigeria, said the death of veteran actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, actress Atinuke Remilekun Kareem and actress and producer Tope Osoba had brought renewed…

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