10 Nigerian Celebrities Who Died From Cancer and Kidney Failure Including Babangida {With Photos As Their Souls Continue To Rest In Peace}

AHMED MAYOWA SHUKURAT:

Ahmed Mayowa Shukurat died Sunday, August 21 2016 in South Africa after battling ovarian cancer for a while.

She was was flown to South Africa on the August 11 for treatment unfortunately, she died a few days later.

Mayowa’s plight had gone viral after Nollywood actress pleaded with Nigerians to help raise money for Ahmed’s treatment and over N100 million was raised in no time.

MARYAM BABANGIDA:

Nigeria’s First Lady between 1985 and 1993, Mrs. Maryam Babangida died on Sunday, December 27, 2009 after battling cancer of the ovaries for years.

She gave up at the University of California’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Los Angeles, United States.

Her health was reported to have worsened about seven months ago after she attended the wedding of President Umaru Yar’adua’s daughter Nafisat to the Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda.

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Maryam died aged 61 from ovarian cancer on 27 December 2009 in a Los Angeles, California hospital. Her husband General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, was at her side as she died.