Nollywood actress Cynthia Anijekwu has spoken out about her fight with cancer and asked Nigerians to help pay for her medical care.
In a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday, the actress made the request.
Anijekwu disclosed that this is her second cancer diagnosis and that the illness has since spread to other areas of her body.
She urged Nigerians to provide her with financial support, claiming that the expense of therapy had become unaffordable.
She said, “I have cancer in 2023 . I did my surgery and took chemotherapy, but later it came back again. I’ve been in and out of the hospital. The doctor recently told me it has reached my bones, and the treatment is now much more expensive,” she said.
“I need to live. I need to survive. I’m asking Nigerians to please help me. Anyone that can help, please, I need help. Even my hands have swollen. The cancer has affected both breasts. I need to live. Please help me. I need to survive.
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“Your one naira, your two naira can add up to something reasonable for me to get the proper treatment for this cancer. I’m begging you, please help me.”
In June 2026, Kanya King, a British businesswoman who started the MOBO Awards, passed away.
After fighting colon cancer, Kanya King allegedly passed away on June 3, 2026. She was 57 years old.
In a formal statement posted on Instagram on Friday, the MOBO Organisation revealed the depressing news.
“It is with immeasurable sorrow that MOBO Organisation announces the passing of its Founder and CEO, Kanya King CBE, on 3 June 2026 after a courageous battle with colon cancer,” the organisation wrote in a lengthy post.
Kanya King established the yearly British music awards programme Music of Black Origin, or MOBO, in 1996.
On February 12, 1969, Kanya was born in Kilburn, north London, to an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father.
