90% of cancer patients in the country die and this is mainly due to the diagnosis coming in most cases at an already advanced stage of the disease, revealed Nigerian oncologist Samuel Otene, professor at the Benue state university teaching hospital

35 children died in a crowd crush during a Christmas fair at the Bashorun district's Islamic High School in Ibadan, where around 5.000 people, mainly children and family members, had gathered for advertised cash handouts and food distributions

Armed men have abducted dozens of women and children in village of Kafin Dawa in Zamfara State, the latest in a spate of kidnappings that have plagued the region; residents reported men carrying rifles going door to door, gunfire echoing, people terrified

Nigeria joined 76 other countries to become a beneficiary of the WHO Global Childhood Cancer Initiative aimed at increasing the survival rate of children with cancer globally to at least 60% by 2030