{"id":861180,"date":"2026-08-19T19:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861180\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:58:11","slug":"taiwo-hassan-ogogo-stage-4-cancer-alexx-ekubo-banky-w-karibi-fubara-sunday-akinola-and-oda-actors-wey-bin-battle-wit-cancer-as-ogogo-family-search-for-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861180\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwo Hassan Ogogo stage 4 cancer: Alexx Ekubo, Banky W, Karibi Fubara, Sunday Akinola and oda actors wey bin battle wit cancer as Ogogo family search for treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/92963430-9bb1-11f1-ae8a-8d57110c5ba6.png.webp\"   alt=\"Nollywood actors\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1600 \/ 900\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-nyj3yn\" role=\"text\">Wia dis foto come from, Karibi Fubara\/Sadiq Daba\/Ify Onwuemene\/Michelly Rall\/WireImage via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Published 9 hours wey don pass<\/p>\n<p>Read am in 5 mins<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Di health issue of ogbonge Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan wey pipo sabi as Ogogo still dey cause tok-tok online and offline as Nigerians dey pray for am to defeat cancer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Dis dey come few months afta di death of Alexx Ekubo, anoda ogbonge actor wey pipo like well well.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Di tin be say cancer dey in different form, while some na prostate cancer, some na skin cancer, some na blood cancer and plenti oda types.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">For dis tori, we put togeda few Nollywood actors and actresses wey die from cancer and dose wey fight am and still dey kampe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">For im Instagram page, Banky W share one long post wit title &#8220;Final Score &#8211; Christ 4 &#8211; Cancer Tumors 0&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Dat na di popular singer anoda successful surgery afta seven years. Na skin cancer Banky get dat time and e survive am and still dey alive till today.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Skin cancer dey shele wen skin cells dey damaged, for example, by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from di sun, according to Cancer Council for Australia.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Banky W bin tank im wife Adesua wey also dey im side for di hospital for one video wey di singer release dat year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">One of im sisters, Stella Fubara wey be di Director of International Operations for Dubai Tourism post for Instagram dat time say, &#8220;E be warrior, now e be angel for heaven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Wednesday 15 December, 2021 na im Stella Fubara confam say di Nollywood actor die.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Di actor bin dey diagnosed wit cancer for 2020 and for im Instagram post afta di surgery, e say e bin receive di news say im get large mid-stage kidney tumor\/cancer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">And on 3rd May, 2021, e say im do successful surgery to remove about 90% of di tumor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Months later, e die sake of cancer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Na her colleague Gloria Anozie-Young, announce di news of her death for her Facebook page afta she battle wit endometrial cancer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;Dem diagnose her wit endometrial cancer. Dem remove her womb, but she don dey battle wit di sickness for many years now.&#8221; Na wetin she add put.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8216;For 2019, even afta eight sessions of chemotherapy, di doctors tell her say she don reach stage 4.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;But we no dey sure if dem bin give her wrong diagnosis or dem bin treat her wit di wrong chemo, becos she bin still dey feel pains for her upper abdomen and her tummy dey bloated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">For May 2021, Onwuemene die.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Alexx Ekubo die for May 2026 and many of im colleagues and fans pay tribute to di talented actor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Dem make di informate on di actor official Instagram page on Wednesday, 13 May, wia dem officially announce im passing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;Afta brief but courageous battle, Alexx pass away for Evercare Hospital sake of complications wey arise from advanced metastatic kidney cancer,&#8221; di family tok.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Wen cancer develop for di kidneys and spread to oda parts of di bodi, e dey known as metastatic kidney cancer &#8211; no mata wia di cancerous cells end up, according to Moffitt Cancer Center.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Sunday Akinola na talented Yoruba actor, wey dey popular for im role as Ayo Mogaji for &#8216;Feyikogbon&#8217;, di TV series, but she also pass away for January, 2023.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Akinola death come come few months afta e mark 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Im death also come few years afta e reportedly endure long battle wit kidney failure &#8211; cancer of di kidney.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Popular Nollywood actor, Tom Njemanze, bin fight for im life afta e dey diagnosed wit prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Im Nollywood colleagues try run around for funds to help am.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">By July 2025, Tom Njemanze kpai afta e battle wit prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Sadiq tell BBC News Pidgin say afta im hear say im get prostate cancer for di first time for im life, im go Redeem Camp for one week pray to God make e heal am and promise God say im go serve am for di rest of im life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Sadiq bin join campaign enta streets for Abuja to create awareness about cancer and to raise money for poor Nigerians wey dey suffer from di disease.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Sadly for March 2021, Sadiq Daba die at di age of 69.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Di death of di Nigerian actor and broadcaster shock many pipo, as tributes enta for im pesin, work and legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wia dis foto come from, Karibi Fubara\/Sadiq Daba\/Ify Onwuemene\/Michelly Rall\/WireImage via Getty Images Published 9 hours wey don&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-861180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}