{
  "id": 1731033,
  "title": "Family debunks reports of actor, Ogogo’s death amid battle with cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/family-debunks-reports-of-actor-ogogos-death-amid-battle-with-cancer",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:01:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/18/family-debunks-reports-of-actor-ogogos-death-amid-battle-with-cancer/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The family of Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan, known as Ogogo, has denied reports of his death. According to his daughter, Haleemah Taiwo, the reports are \"fake\" and she has urged the public to stop spreading unverified news.\n\nOgogo is currently battling stage 4 cancer. His daughters, including Haleemah, Lima, and Kira Taiwo, have made emotional appeals on social media for help in finding a hospital or medical personnel willing to treat him. They claim that hospitals have refused to treat him.\n\nThe family is seeking help with either herbal or advanced medical treatment, as the hospital has stopped chemotherapy treatment for Ogogo. His daughters have stressed that they are not soliciting funds, but rather looking for medical assistance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Hospitals refusing to treat our father, Nollywood actor Ogogo’s daughters cry out over stage-four cancer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hospitals-refusing-to-treat-our-father-nollywood-actor-ogogos-1576372",
        "published": "2026-08-17T22:30:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}