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Lagos, Nigeria

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WEST AFRICA: Hopes for

WEST AFRICA: Hopes for "re-eradicating" polio

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Health specialists are increasingly optimistic that growing acceptance of the polio vaccine in northern Nigeria offers hope that an upcoming...

Nigeria tests drug after deaths of children

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7754027.stm
Friday, November 28, 2008
All paracetamol-based drugs prescribed in Nigeria are being tested after the deaths of 29 children, who had taken contaminated medicine, officials...

'Bad syrup' kills Nigerian babies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7750464.stm
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Nigeria's food and drug agency says that 25 children aged between three months and four years have died after taking a contaminated teething syrup....

No HIV test - no marriage

http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81573
Friday, November 21, 2008
Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present:...