Every year, thousands of people are diagnosed with colorectal (colon and rectum) cancer, from which several die. It is one of the fast emerging causes of cancer-related deaths globally affecting people more often than expected. The toll of colorectal cancer is much higher among populations with limited access to screening and early treatment die much more often from the disease.

Barely two months after her husband Rafiu Suleiman, was allegedly murdered by an Islamic cleric called Alfa Fathia in Magbon community along Lagos /Badagry express-way, the reality of losing her husband is gradually dawning on Titilope Suileman and her little children. In a chat with Crime Guard recently, the 38-year-old mother of six recounted the events that led to the discovery of her late husband’s body after five days of waiting for him to return back to his family from work.

Workers in the employ of the Akwa-Ibom State House of Assembly yesterday commenced a three-day warning strike to compel the state government to honour the agreement it reached with the union on the payment and implementation of new consolidated salary structure.

Tension is mounting in Adamawa State as the crisis rocking Kofare community and the Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Sa’ad MC Tahir over the blockage of an access road has taken a new dimension.

THERE is palpable tension in Rumuosi community in Akpor Kingdom, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers state over land sharing, and the aggrieved youths of the area have allegedly chased their traditional ruler out of the community.