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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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Sachet alcohol ban sparks protest as unions demand policy review

Protesters on Thursday, February 26, 2026, stormed the Isolo office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and...
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Air pollution, threat to life, productivity – Health environmentalist

A Public Health Practitioner and Environmentalist, Dr Akingbehin Akinbodunwa, on Thursday, February 26, 2026, identified air pollution as a...

Space technology key to tackling insecurity, says NASRDA D-G

Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr Matthew Adepoju, has stressed the critical role of...

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Sachet alcohol ban sparks protest as unions demand policy review

Protesters on Thursday, February 26, 2026, stormed the Isolo...

Air pollution, threat to life, productivity – Health environmentalist

A Public Health Practitioner and Environmentalist, Dr Akingbehin Akinbodunwa,...
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