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Nigeria’s remarkable achievement has brought the country and the African region closer than ever to being certified polio-free, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, October 23 on the eve of the World Polio Day. Just three years ago, Nigeria was the reservoir of more than half of all polio cases in the world. This year, for the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that he will not tolerate any gap that might prevent Nigeria being certified polio-free by World Health Organisation (WHO) by the year 2017. He has, therefore, ordered the relevant agencies in the country to increase tempo of the fight against the polio virus nationwide. He gave the directive at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja ...