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Princess Omo-Oba Adenrele Ademola: The First Known Nigerian Registered Nurse in Modern Times

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The history of nursing in Nigeria is often told through institutions, regulations, and post-independence reforms. Yet long before Nigeria established a Nursing Council or formalised local nurse training, one Nigerian woman had already entered the profession under modern regulatory standards. That woman was Princess Omo-Oba Adenrele Ademola — recognised today as the first known Nigerian […]

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Think You Know the Flu Jab? Here’s what most healthcare workers won’t realise

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How It All Began The story of the flu vaccine began with a global tragedy — the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed more than 50 million people worldwide. Back then, scientists didn’t know what caused influenza. Many blamed bacteria, particularly Haemophilus influenzae, until repeated failures to reproduce the illness in the lab proved otherwise.

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