Nigeria, March 6 -- Dear Reader,

As the global battle against cancer continues, the Nigeria Nuclear Radiation Authority (NNRA) has said only eight certified radiotherapy centres are available for the nation's estimated 220 million population.

The agency's Director General, Yau Idris, also disclosed that Nigeria has only seven linear accelerator machines for cancer treatment while South Africa with less than 60 million population has 92 of such and Egypt has 76.

Meanwhile, Nigeria's National Cancer Prevention and Control Plan (2018-2022) revealed that cancer is responsible for 72,000 deaths in the country annually, with a reported 102,000 new cases each year.

Worried by the dire situation, the government announced plans to establish si...