The New CCMAS And The Teaching Of Medicine In Nigeria

As part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Vice-President of the country, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, GCON,on Monday December 5, 2022, launched the new Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) for 17 programmes covering various first-degree courses that are offered in Nigerian Universities. The CCMAS documents, of […]

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AE-FUNAI: Vice Chancellor Pays Homage To New Pro-Chancellor

On Thursday, August 6, 2020, Vice-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu- Alike, Ebonyi State, Prof. ChinedumNwajiuba, accompanied by the Registrar, Odisa Okeke (Mrs.) and some officers of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, were at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, home of the newly appointed University Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Prof. Nimi Dimkpa Briggs, to pay homage and […]

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You Are Invited To A Zoom Webinar

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Date/Time: Jul 9, 2020 12:00 PM West Central Africa Topic: HEALTH ISSUES AFTER COVID-19 Register in advance for this webinar: https://lnkd.in/gNyt7bU Webinar Speaker Professor Nimi Briggs (Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology @University of Port Harcourt) Professor Briggs is a Commonwealth scholar. Three times vice-chancellor, University of Port […]

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Dans la poursuite de la justice et de l’équité : ENRACINEMENT POUR LA SANTÉ DES PAUVRES

COLLEGE ouest-africain de chirurgiens. 20e mémorial de SIR SAMUEL MANUWA. Dans la poursuite de la justice et de l’équité : ENRACINEMENT POUR LA SANTÉ DES PAUVRES. Par Nimi Briggs. Professeur Emeritus, Université de Port Harcourt, Nigéria. Pro-chancelier et Président du Conseil, Université Fédérale, Lokoja, Nigeria. Banjul, la Gambie.  Mardi 27 février 2018. Préambule. Être invité à présenter […]

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8th International Conference and Workshop on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Nigeria Communique

The Report and Communique of 8th International Conference and Workshop on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Nigeria Communique. BACKGROUND After the 7th International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa (ICQAHEA) held in September 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria, there have been several notable developments in the promotion of quality in higher education in […]

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Life Depends On Birthweight

Life Depends on Birthweight – by Professor Nimi Briggs (November 2003) – A Keynote address in honour of Late John Bateman Lawson, at the 36th Annual Conference of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON). INTRODUCTION An unstoppable admirer of the late Horatio Oritshejolomi Thomas once asked him when he was Dean of the Medical School […]

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WHO IS A MANAGER?

A Short Address by Professor Nimi Briggs on the Occasion of the Commissioning of the NIM Office and Project. On Wednesday, 17 December, 2014. “One who manages” was the answer I gave to my self-imposed question, “Who is a Manager?” But I quickly realised that the answer was of poor quality; it was begging the […]

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