In pictures: Press briefing by the Minister of Health on the government response to wild polio virus outbreak in Nigeria

Photo News: Nigerian children receiving emergency Polio vaccine

Following the recurrence of the Polio Virus in Nigeria after vanishing for over two years,  the government has had to embark on mass vaccination for millions of children.

Nigeria rolls out emergency mass polio vaccination for five million children

Nigeria has announced an emergency mass polio vaccination campaign hours after two children have been paralysed by the disease in Borno state, the BBC reports.

After being polio-free for two years, Nigeria reports two fresh cases of polio virus in Borno

The Nigerian government has reported two cases of polio – the country’s first in two years.