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Improper Abandonement Of Oil
- By Carl Collins Ogunshola Oshodi
- Published 08/14/2010
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Improperly abandoned oil wells, improperly abandoned facilities, and abandoned oil sumps are all potential sources of safety hazards. Prior to current abandonment procedures, oil wells were cut off below ground and capped...How not to roll-back malaria in Nigeria
- By Joel Nwokeoma
- Published 07/22/2010
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While Nigeria was signing up to an international MOU of some sort to “support local production of malaria drugs and products” on the one hand, it is, on another, taking actions that may undermine the same local pharmaceutical firms...Nigerian Healthcare System: A Ticking Time Bomb
- By Adepoju Paul Olusegun
- Published 07/17/2010
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Unlike past years when duly and ably qualified health professionals were at the helm of affairs at the General Hospitals, it is gradually becoming a familiar scenario, especially in South Western Nigeria, for opulent potbellied politicians to parade themselves as heads of the Hospital Management Board...The World On The Heels Of Ecological Catastrophe
- By Emmanuel Ojeifo
- Published 07/12/2010
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We have allowed technology and technological ingenuity to override our sense of moral restraint in our transaction with the natural world. Every day the global headlines are filled with portraits of how the engines of human civilization are bringing us all to the brink of annihilation...Just a Pant
- By Adepoju Paul Olusegun
- Published 06/15/2010
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Most blood transfused in our various clinics are gotten from paid donors and families of patients in need of blood. What does this say of us as citizens of this nation? We love money, and we are collectively selfish!Climate Change: time to change tactics and themes
- By MajiriOghene Bob
- Published 05/12/2010
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The sad reality of our common existence on a common platform makes it imperative to use the right terms, if only so that everyone really understands what is happening. That sad reality is that climate change is here...The Minister Of Health: Who Does The Cap Fit?
- By Felix-Abrahams Obi
- Published 04/28/2010
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If Health Professional Associations are honest and humble enough to put away professional pride and haughtiness which smacks of self-conceit and delusion, this lingering war of attrition among them will become history...The lack of drinking water and dangers of water boreholes
- By Emeka Chiakwelu
- Published 03/25/2010
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The cost and damage brought by drinking of parasite infected water with its borne diseases are very high, which mostly affect new born babies and children. This is a major contributory to the abysmal high infant mortality rate in Africa and Nigeria...Tuberculosis: Save One, Save All
- By Adepoju Paul Olusegun
- Published 03/24/2010
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It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away, then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled him, his lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., he felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of blood...Acid-Rain And Cancer Scare In Nigeria!
- By L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu
- Published 03/22/2010
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Incessant Gas flaring has introduced chemicals, particulate matter or biological materials that can cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, and damage the natural environment in parts of Nigeria...
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