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Bridging the Vaccine Gap in Nigeria With AI

Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated children in Africa. Now, a novel AI-driven vaccination programme is showing the way to boosting vaccine uptake by up to 90%. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Mariam Haruna has been struggling to keep up with her six-month-old baby’s vaccination appointments at the …

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Putting pen to Nigeria’s polls

How Africa’s media covered Nigeria recent general elections and why it matters for the next coverage COMMENT | Azubuike Ishiekwene | Between February and March 2023, Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new President and parliament. This was the seventh national vote since Nigeria’s transition from military rule in 1999. …

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Nigerian and Burundian detained over Uganda passport forgery

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two foreign nationals and a Ugandan are in trouble for fraudulently acquiring Ugandan passports. Simon Mundeyi, the Internal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, identifies the suspects as Ishime Gabriel alias Aime, a Burundian national, and Saunders David Joshua alias Damba from Nigeria, and their Ugandan accomplice Gibson Sseruwajji. The …

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The kingmaker is now king

Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria, has been declared winner of the country’s keenly contested presidential election. The 70-year-old former governor of Lagos State and Nigeria’s political kingmaker will inherit a Nigeria that is …

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