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WHO: Polio no longer endemic in Nigeria

Only two countries - Pakistan and Afghanistan - remain endemic to this paralysing disease The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that polio is no...

‘Nigeria must not miss 2017 Polio-free certification’

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...

UN agencies launch plan to curb pneumonia, diarrhoea

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have launched a new action plan, tackling for the first time two...

Rotary commits $75 million to end polio

Rotary International has announced plans to contribute $75 million over three years to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as part of a worldwide effort to...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open...
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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an electronic system that will simplify the process of obtaining physical...

Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed...

Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an...