Former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria. February 2016.
Member, Court of Governors, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, October 2015 for four years.
Child Development and Developmental Disorders in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for the 21st Century
Introduction — We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the organizers of this conference for asking us to deliver this keynote address. We are sure that the conference will achieve its aim of raising sufficient awareness on issues of Child Developmental Disorders in Nigeria so that relevant strategies can be adopted to prevent them […]
PROTEST AGAINST MALICIOUS AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL INTENT TO BALKANIZE AND EXCISE OIL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES IN KALABARI KINGDOM
KALABARI NATIONAL FORUM THE AMAYANABO’S PALACE, BUGUMA. 29th Oct, 2012. The Director General, National Boundary Commission Abuja. Dear Sir, PROTEST AGAINST MALICIOUS AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL INTENT TO BALKANIZE AND EXCISE OIL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES IN KALABARI KINGDOM OF RIVERS STATE AND ANNEXING SAME TO BE PART OF BAYELSA STATE. 1.01 INTRODUCTION We the Traditional and Cultural Rulers, […]
Outstanding Contributions to National Development
MY OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1. TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH VESICO-VAGINAL FISTUAL (VVF) AND PIONEERING THE CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE MOTHERHOOD IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. Not infrequently, girls are given out in marriage at very tender ages in some parts of Nigeria. As a result, such girls may begin childbearing at an age when their pelvic […]
Consultancy
CONSULTANCY TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: 1. Pathfinder Organisation .. 1986-1989 2. Africare .. 1988 3. Association for Voluntary Surgical – 1989-1994 Contraception (AVSC) 4. International Projects Assistance .. 1988-1991 Services (IPAS) 5. Margaret Sanger Centre of New York .. 1990-1992 6. MacArthur Foundation .. 1992 7. Carnegie Corporation of New York .. 1992-1994 8. […]
MD Thesis
MD. THESIS: Briggs, N.D., 1983. Occipito Posterior Position: Predictive indices on the outcome of labour. This thesis which was the result of a major research on mechanical difficulties in labour, was commenced in Zaria, under Professor K.A. Harrison and concluded at the University of London under the supervision of Professor Sir Jack Dewhurst. It consists […]
Articles in Learned Journals
ARTICLES IN LEARNED JOURNALS: Briggs, N.D. (1977) ‘retained Placenta – a comparison between “early” and “late” cases’, Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Developing Countries, Proceedings of An International Conference, Ibadan, Nigeria, 319-322. Adeboye, D.S., Briggs, N.D., Lister, U. (1979) ‘Cultural Examination of Female Outpatients in Zaria, Nigeria’, Nigerian Medical Journal 9, 675-678. Briggs, N.D. (1980) ‘Granulosa […]
Technical Reports
TECHNICAL REPORTS 9. “ELSSI” Expanded Life Saving Skills Initiative Manual for Doctors. FMOH WHO. ND Briggs and Adenike Grange. 10. Making the Votes Count – Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission 2010 11 Enhancing the Electoral Process Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission 2011 12. Briggs ND, Babatunde S, Ikimalo J, Obunge OK, Wonodi C, Odu NN. Baseline Status […]