Tag: SICKLE CELL
Sickle cell: Association presents Bill to Kebbi House of Assembly
The Kebbi State Sickle Cell Association (KESCA) has presented a draft bill on sickle cell aimed at curbing sickle cell disorder circle in...
My wife and I committed adultery, have illegitimate children – Pastor...
Senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Joshua Iginla, has confessed that he and his wife had extramarital affairs which produced "illegitimate" children.
The Abuja-based cleric...
Tosyn Bucknor died from sickle cell complications, sister confirms
Beloved broadcaster, Tosyn Bucknor, died as a result of complications from sickle cell anaemia, her elder sister has confirmed.
CEO of Zapphaire Events, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe, made...
75% of sickle cell children in Nigeria die before 5th birthday...
The Sickle Cell Support Network, an NGO, says Nigeria records about 150,000 sickle cell births annually but 75 per cent of this number never...
Nigeria’s Ayobami Adebayo shortlisted for £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize
Stay With Me, a book by Nigeria’s Ayobami Adebayo has been shortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize
The book, Adebayo’s debut, offers an insight...
Eucharia Anunobi loses son to sickle cell anaemia
Actress turned evangelist, Eucharia Anunobi, has lost her only son, Raymond Ekwu, to sickle cell anaemia.
The 15-year-old reportedly died on Tuesday a few days...