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Following Setback Under Buhari, Nigeria Set To Be Polio Free

The World Health Organisation, WHO, Coordinator in Cross River, Dr Thompson Igbu, says Nigeria will be polio free by August 2018. Dr Igbu made this...

Nigeria Might Be Polio Free By 2019 – WHO

Wondimagegnehu Alemu, the country director of the world health organisation, WHO, has shown hopes that Nigeria might become a Polio free nation by 2019, if...

Return Of Polio: Buhari’s Gov’t To Embark On Emergency Immunization

Nigerian government is planning to roll out emergency polio vaccinations starting late August after reporting two new cases of the disease, UNICEF said Friday,...

Big Shame: Nigerian Gov’t Admits Relapse Of Polio After 2 Years Then Passes Blame

Nigeria's health minister, Isaac Adewole, has confirmed that there has been a fresh outbreak of polio in the north eastern state of Borno State. “One of...

#GoodNews: WHO Takes Nigeria Off Polio Endemic Shortlist

The World Health Organization announced Friday it has taken Nigeria off the list of polio endemic countries. In an announcement made in New York, the...

Zamfara Wins Bill Gates, Dangote’s $1 Million For Staying Polio Free

Zamfara State has won a total sum of one million dollars from Bill Gates and Dangote Foundation for being polio free state in 2013...

Insurgency: We’ll Meet March 28 Deadline – President Jonathan Tells Yoruba Elders

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, February 19, 2015 pledged that Boko Haram terror group will be considerably curbed in the next three weeks so...

110,720 Children Immunized Against Polio In Jigawa State

NAN - Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 said it immunised 110,720 children against polio during the January exercise. The Head...

With Only 6 Cases, Nigeria Gears Towards Complete Eradication of Polio

With only six cases of polio patients in the nation, Nigeria  is closer than ever to entirely eradicating polio, following successful efforts to reach...

TOUCHING: Girl Carries Polio-Striken Best Friend On Her Back To And From School For 3 Years (PICTURED)

He Qin-jiao, a 13-year-old girl from China’s Hunan Province is a prime example of what being a true kind-hearted human being is all about....

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