In February 2005, a five-year-old Nigerian boy was reported to have travelled from northern Nigeria to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where he was diagnosed with the wild poliovirus after losing his
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Bill Gates, the co-chair of the Gates Foundation, says Africa and the rest of the world are not done yet with the battle to rid the world of wild poliovirus.
Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Group, has called on African leaders to invest more in healthcare. Dangote made the call at the formal certification of Wild Poliovirus Eradication in Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has fulfilled his pledge to rid Nigeria of the indigenous wild poliovirus. On Tuesday, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria and the rest of Africa
Finally, the independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for polio eradication officially declared Nigeria and the rest of Africa free
President Muhammadu Buhari says the eradication of wild polio in Nigeria is one of the dividends of his government. The
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria will soon be declared free of wild polio virus. The country has completed
Emeka Offor, a philanthropist and Rotary International ambassador, says the eradication of polio means so much to Nigeria. Offor said
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara, says it is a shame that the state recorded 50 percent of polio outbreak in
The fight against polio in Adamawa state has recorded huge success, according to Mohammed Abubakar, an official of the ministry
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