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.
Internship Is An Important Component of Medical Education, by Prof Nimi Briggs
Over the years, I have had the good fortune of receiving invitations from educational institutions, university departments, academic organisations, professional associations and structured societies to deliver one lecture or the other in memory or honour of a member or someone who, in the opinion of that body, has impacted society positively.1-6 As much as time […]
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 […]
Brief Enlightenment Talk on the Prostate Gland, by Prof Nimi Briggs
KENGEMA MINA OGBO OF ABONNEMA BRIEF ENLIGHTENMENT TALK ON THE PROSTATE GLAND HELD AT ITS AUGUST 2016 MEETING. I thank the president for the invitation to deliver this brief enlightenment talk. Most of you will remember that when you studied the biology of the urinary system in man in secondary school, you were taught that […]
2016 Baltic Sea Cruise
Eleven-day boat cruise on board the Regal Princess Hamilton of the Baltic sea visiting 7 countries: Denmark ( Copenhagen), Norway (Oslo), Germany (Berlin, Rostok), Estonia (Tallin), Russia (St Petersburg) and Sweden (Stockholm) before returning to Copenhagen from where we disembarked and took a Scandinavian Airline flight (SAS) to London for our two days. Click To […]
Hospital Named in Honour of Professor Nimi Briggs
In recognition of the contributions of Professor Nimi Briggs to the development and advancement of good health, and towards the Rivers State, the state government, under the leadership of Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi named an hospital after him. The hospital, sited in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology was renamed PROFESSOR NIMI DIMKPA BRIGGS […]
Ibina, Ibina, A Tribute to Late Professor Emeritus Tekena Nitonye Tamuno
Ibina, Ibina, A Tribute to Late Professor Emeritus Tekena Nitonye Tamuno (28th January 1932 – 11 April 2015) Please CLICK HERE to read or to download.
Address of His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, at the Inauguration of the OOPL-CHS Special Committee on Health
Thank you for honoring my invitation to be part of a think-tank to undertake a critical analysis of the health care delivery system in Nigeria and on the bases of such empirical analysis, offer farsighted and practicable suggestions for remedying the generally-perceived poor state of the sector. By way of brief background, it was my […]