VIDEO: Nigeria close to eradicating polio

Until recently there were three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria - where polio was endemic, now there remain just two.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Nigeria election 'too close to call'

The BBC's Peter Okwoche visits Maraba in Nasarawa state to gauge the mood of voters ahead of Saturday's general election.

 

9 years ago

BBC

Nigeria reaches polio 'milestone'

The World Health Organization is set to remove Nigeria from the list of polio endemic countries, a 'milestone' on the path to eradicating the paralysing viral infection.

 

10 years ago

BBC

24 Jul

Nigeria reaches polio-free landmark

Nigeria makes a vital step towards being declared polio free in 2017, after marking a year without a recorded case of the disease.

 

5 years ago

BBCSwahili

19 Feb

Polio: 'Sikuiamini chanjo mpaka mtoto wangu alipopata polio'

Mwanaume aliyekuwa anawafukuza wahudumu wa afya nyumbani kwake nchini Nigeria, sasa amekuwa muhamasishaji wa chanjo

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: New global fight against polio

Battle to prevent polio spreading from Somalia

 

10 years ago

BBC

Count begins after close Nigeria vote

Counting is under way in Nigeria's presidential election, which has been praised by the UN despite technical problems and violence.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Onazi's close call with Nigeria blasts

Nigeria international Ogenyi Onazi says he left the scene of last week's deadly bombings in the Nigerian city of Jos only 15 minutes earlier.

 

9 years ago

BBC

24 Dec

Boko Haram 'close to defeat' in Nigeria

The Nigerian army is close to defeating Boko Haram militants whose military capabilities have been reduced, President Mouammadu Buhari tells the BBC.

 

10 years ago

BBC

15 Jul

Nigeria vows to close Radio Biafra

Nigerian's government says it will shut down an illegal radio station operated by people sympathetic to the breakaway state of Biafra.

 

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