[Nigeria Report] Antibiotics, other drugs used in West Africa found failing quality test
![[Nigeria Report] Antibiotics, other drugs used in West Africa found failing quality test](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2FWest-African-map.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Nigeria Report] Antibiotics, other drugs used in West Africa found failing quality test")
A new study on the use of anti-malaria, antibiotics and tuberculosis drugs in African countries indicate that they are failing basic quality tests, raising fears that many of such drugs may not be having the desired impact on patients. Up to 15 percent of all drugs tested in African cities and 7 percent in Indian cities […]
[Nigeria Report] Nigeria, West Africa bid farewell to industrialization
Rightly considered, the wide-ranging implications of signing the Economic Partnership Agreement between West Africa and the European Union as it currently stands may mean that Nigeria and West Africa are bidding farewell to the lofty idea of industrialization, self reliance and genuine economic prosperity. This is because the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as is being proposed is […]
[Nigeria Report] UN Model conference helps nurture global consciousness
On June 26th, about six hundred Korean university students gathered in Solbridge International School of Business, Woosong University in Daejeon for the 2012 Korean Students UN Model conference. It lasted for three days and it was a huge success. In this conference, students in Model UN conference adopted the role of delegates to the United Nations, […]
[Nigeria Report] Expert group: ‘Dana Air pilot acted unprofessionally’
![[Nigeria Report] Expert group: ‘Dana Air pilot acted unprofessionally’](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2FDana-Air-crash.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Nigeria Report] Expert group: ‘Dana Air pilot acted unprofessionally’")
WITH the release of the preliminary report on the cause of the Dana Air crash at Iju/Ishaga, Lagos, all concerend people including the Concerned Aviation Professionals (CAP), Captain Tito Omaghomi said Tuesday (Aug. 7) that the pilot of the ill-fated aircraft acted unprofessionally. Nigerian Tribune reported that Omaghomi, a former pilot with the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL), […]
Ndi Egwuregwu okwu Nke Koria Merili Ndi Egwu okwu Nkem Great Britain
Ndi egwuregwu okwu nke Koria na nke Great Britain ga azo okwa echiechi imara ndi gabaye na uhere nkem izo maka ola edo na olimpiks nkem enwere na London. Ndi Great Britain gbara ndi mbu na mgbakota ha nkem anokpor group A. Ndi Koria gbara ndi abuo na mgbakota ha nke anokpor group B. Ndi […]
Amb. Oh Joon: Korea Needs to open and connected to world
Oh Joon, Korean Ambassador to Singapore, said that Korea needs to emulate Singapore in opening up and getting connected to the world. In an exclusive interview with The AsiaN, he noted that both Korea and Singapore have come a long way from their penury ridden stature in the sixties (60s) to this stage that they are among […]
[Nigeria Report] Cause of Nodding Syndrome has yet to be known
![[Nigeria Report] Cause of Nodding Syndrome has yet to be known](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2Fnodding.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Nigeria Report] Cause of Nodding Syndrome has yet to be known")
Nodding disease or nodding syndrome is a recent, little-known disease which emerged in Sudan in the 1960s. It is a fatal, mentally and physically, disabling disease that only affects children, typically between the ages of 5 and 15. It is currently restricted to small regions in South Sudan, Tanzania, and northern Uganda. Prior to the […]
Han Bi-ya: Education is basis of achieving goals
Han Bi-Ya is a traveler, writer and relief worker. She is from Seoul, South Korea. She was born in Seoul in 1958. She grew up in a wealthy family. But she had hard time after her father’s sudden death. She failed in the exam for the college entrance and she eked out a living by […]
[Nigeria Report] Soccer, a vehicle to unite people in Nigeria
![[Nigeria Report] Soccer, a vehicle to unite people in Nigeria](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2F1414.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Nigeria Report] Soccer, a vehicle to unite people in Nigeria")
Nigeria is a heterogeneous country with about two hundred and fifty (250) ethnic nationalities and speaks about seven hundred and twenty languages (720) although Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba are the dominant three languages that are spoken in Nigeria. Religion wise, Nigeria has an equal Christian and Muslim population. Such complicated ethnic and religious concoction have […]
[Nigeria Report] “Former president’s death could have been avoided”
![[Nigeria Report] “Former president’s death could have been avoided”](http://www.theasian.asia/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasian.asia%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2Fmis.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "[Nigeria Report] “Former president’s death could have been avoided”")
Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings has said that President John Mills’ death could have been avoided, the News agency of Nigeria reported. Rawlings said he was shocked about the death, but not surprised adding that, “he’s been battling the cancer for quite a while. Speaking from Congo Brazzaville where he and his wife, Nana, are […]
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