Late Bukky Ajayi Had Cancer Of The Breast, Diabetes & Was Hypertensive - Children

On Wednesday, July 6, Nollywood was thrown into mourning when the news filtered out that veteran actress and broadcaster, Ma Bukky Ajayi has passed on. It was a rude shock but not one too difficult to understand given that the legendary thespian has been battling ill-health for sometime. What will however be difficult to appreciate is the vacuum she has left behind. Because, she was undeniably one of the best and greatest talents to have ever graced the Nigerian creative arts screen.

As a Muslim, she was buried the same day she died. In fact one of our neighbours confided in Potpourri that she gave the instruction that she should be buried same day she dies. But she wasn’t born a Muslim, she converted to Islam in 1965 and adopted the name ‘Zainab’.

Since the news of her death broke, there have been nothing but ovation for the late actress. Actors Guild of Nigeria declared two-day mourning, just as her colleagues, friends, neighbours and well-wishers are full of praises for her.

Woman Wins Battle To Use Her Dead Daughter's Frozen Eggs To Give Birth To Her Own GRANDCHILD

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A WOMAN has won the battle and right to give birth to her own grandchild using her dead daughter's frozen eggs.

The grieving 60-year-old begged the Court of Appeal to help her to fulfil the last wishes of her "much-loved and only child", who lost a battle with bowel cancer in 2011. 

The landmark ruling - believed to be the first in British history - allows the grandmother to travel overseas and use a sperm donor. 

And it overturns an earlier High Court decision to dismiss the case.

Lawyers for the woman and her husband, referred to only as Mr and Mrs M, told how the eggs would be allowed to "perish" if they were not allowed to carry out their daughter's desperate last wish. 

Family Took In Friend’s Six Children After Their Mother Died of Cancer

A mother had so much love for her friend that she that she adopted all six of her children after she died of cancer.

Stephanie Culley and her husband Donnie, from Virginia, already had three children of their own, but when Beth Laitkep realised she wasn’t going to survive her illness, they knew what they had to do.

They told her yes, they could raise her six, aged between two years old and 15 – and let her pass away last month in peace, knowing they would be looked after.

‘I wanted her to live so much. No mother ever deserved to live and raise their kids as much as her,’ Stephanie told CBS. ‘I mean, they needed her.’

Scientists Develop Bra That Can Detect Breast Cancer

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According to Fusion, scientists in Colombia have developed a bra that can help detect breast cancer. How you ask?

Well, it will be equipped with infra-red sensors that will track the temperature of your breasts, and if abnormalities pop up, a warning signal is delivered to encourage you to see a doctor. 

Maria Camila Cortes, an engineering student at Colombia’s National University who has been working on the bra explained the reasoning for the sensors to Fusion. She said, “When you have cells in your mammary glands that are anomalous, the body needs to send more blood to that specific part of the body, and the temperature of this organ increases.” Increased temperature equals a possible sign of a problem.

Archbishop Caught Faking 'Miracle' Olive Oil As Cancer Cure

A FAKE "Archbishop" has been caught flogging olive oil from Aldi as a mystery cure for cancer and HIV.

Gilbert Deya is also fleecing church-goers with cash-for-miracles scams.

The 63-year-old, who refers to himself as the Archbishop of Peckham, was caught selling the £1.99 product from Aldi for £4.99 as a cure for disease when used on food.

According to The Sun, who carried out an undercover investigation, Deya claimed to have anointed the oil while his associate handed out leaflets detailing his "mystical powers".

Journalists working for the newspaper posed for two months as a husband and his cancer-hit wife to investigate the church.

Dying Zoo Worker With Cancer Gets Goodbye Kiss From Giraffe

ABC News reports: A terminally ill zoo worker got a goodbye kiss from a giraffe after he was wheeled in to see the zoo animals one last time.

The 54-year-old mentally handicapped man named Mario had worked as a cleaner at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands for approximately 25 years. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted to say goodbye to the animals.

After Mario was brought to the zoo on a stretcher by the Dutch Ambulance Wish Foundation, one of the zoo’s giraffes reached down and nuzzled Mario for a goodbye kiss.

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Angelina Jolie To Undergo More Preventive Cancer Surgery

Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has revealed she's in the process of going under the knife again as a preventive measure against the spread of cancer.  
The mother of six who had both breasts removed last year after tests showed she carried a gene which increased her chances of contracting both breast and ovarian cancer, told Entertainment Weekly the new operation is to prevent ovarian cancer

"Wherever I go, usually I run into women and we talk about health issues, women issues, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. It makes me to feel closer to other people who deal with the same things and have either lost their parents or are considering surgeries or wandering about their children. There is still another surgery to have which I haven't yet. I would get advice from all these people whom I have been talking to, to get through that next stage. " She said

Angelina's mum, Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian and breast cancer at the age of 56 in 2007.

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Karen Igho is Back, Tweets that She's Cancer Free

BBA winner and actress Karen Igho announced that she had cancer. She left Nigeria shortly afterwards to the UK for treatment. She took to twitter this afternoon to announce that she's cancer free.

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Karen Igho Is Currently Undergoing Cancer Treatment in The UK

The BBA winner and actress, in December of last year tweeted that she had cancer and not much has been heard from her since then. At the time she was awaiting results that indicated she had breast cancer. It's been confirmed and she is currently undergoing treatment in a UK hospital. 

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Fairly Tale Shrek Wedding: Going Green For Cancer Charity

A couple painted themselves green and dressed as movie characters Shrek and Princess Fiona to get hitched in a fairytale wedding. Amanda and Nathan Gibbs used their big day to raise money for charity.

The pair had planned a small ceremony but after losing several friends to cancer, they decided on the Hollywood theme to increase awareness of the disease.

Instead of wedding gifts, the couple - who have been together for eight years - asked people to donate money to Cancer Research.

Man Locks Head In Metal CAGE To Help Him Quit Smoking

A TURKISH man has locked his head in a metal CAGE in a bid to give up cigarettes. Ibrahim Yucel, 42, decided to kick his 40-a-day habit after his dad died of cancer. 

When his attempt to go cold turkey failed, he decided to build the bizarre medieval-style headgear from 130ft of copper wire. Every morning his wife and 14-year-old daughter who each have a set of keys seals him inside the cage.

Once locked up, Ibrahim can only eat crackers and sip water through a straw.

In a bizarre instructional video posted online, Ibrahim explains why he went to such drastic measures to beat the addiction. He said: "I have been smoking since high school. I have tried to quit every year, but I could not.

Angelina Jolie to Remove Ovaries Next

Angelina Jolie‘s double mastectomy was apparently just the beginning. The Oscar winner's ovaries are coming out too, according to People magazine. She implied as much in the New York Times op-ed in which she revealed she had a double mastectomy after learning she carries a “faulty” BRCA1 gene.

That trait could dramatically increase her risk for breast and ovarian cancers, which she is determined to prevent, no matter the physical toll.

“I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex,” the star wrote. But her medical odyssey is not done.

She still faces a high risk of ovarian cancer, which claimed her mom's life at age 56, and which her doctors say she has a 50 percent chance of getting. Some doctors recommend patients undergo the surgery by age 40 or when a woman is done having kids, though it may trigger early menopause.

Angelina Jolie Undergoes Double Mastectomy to Prevent Breast Cancer

Angelina Jolie has gone public with her choice to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.

In Tuesday's New York Times Op-Ed section, Jolie revealed the difficult medical decision she made after discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene which leads to an increased risk in breast and ovarian cancer.

Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, passed away at the young age of 56 after battling cancer for over a decade. As Jolie said in her article, We often speak of “Mommy’s mommy,” and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me."

It Was Cancer – Governor Sullivan Chime

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Monday night, told the story of what led to his long vacation that sparked off controversy, saying he was actually hit by cancer of the nose, which treatment and healing period lasted for four and a half months.

Chime, broke his silence on his prolonged absence while speaking with some newsmen at the Governor’s Lodge, Enugu. He said those who tried to fuel crisis in the state on account of his vacation failed woefully because they were acting in ignorance, adding that he owed nobody any apology for what he did because he observed the laid down principles before travelling out of the country.

Describing his critics and their vituperations as unfair, Chime said he believed he was not under any obligation to tell the public about his ailment before he travelled and even while undergoing treatment as, according to him, he was free to do anything personal during his vacation more so when he had duly handed over governance to his deputy, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi and could stay outside for as long as he wanted.