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Onyekwere E. Akwari, M.D., F.A.C.S, F.R.C.S. (C.) (June 5, 1942-April 14, 2019) a Nigerian-American, was Duke University’s first African-American surgeon. His academic career involved laboratory research, complex general surgery, teaching and advocacy from the undergraduate through postdoctoral levels, and contributions to Duke University and American surgery.
Undergraduate medical education in Nigeria started in 1948 in Ibadan, based wholly on a British curriculum.Since then, medical schools expanded across the country, and medical universities now exist in almost every state, including federal, state and private universities.
In 1968, a group of students founded NiMSA to represent Nigerian medical students in Nigeria and the diaspora, bringing the Nigerian medical students together as one body to discuss ideas, share information, and voice opinions and concerns.
Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria [4] Al-istiqama University, Sumaila [5] Azman University, Kano [6] Baba Ahmed University, Kano State [7] Capital City University, Kano [8] Attanzil University, Kano; Annahda International University; Sa'adatu Rimi University of Education Kano [9] Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu University [10] Al-Muhibba Open ...
University of Ibadan, main gate. This is a list of universities in Nigeria.Nigeria is organised into 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary level of education was expanded to reach every sub-region of Nigeria.
College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) also known as Medilag is the medical school affiliated with the University of Lagos. It is located in Idi-Araba, Lagos beside its sister institution, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. [1] The college has a total staff of 1,850 in 32 departments. [2]
The WAAMC continued to provide such services until 1956— as African nations in the region were becoming independent; Nigeria became independent in 1960—when the Nigerian Military Medical Service (NMMS) was made an independent organisation, headquartered at Apapa. Most of the WAAMC doctors had been foreigners, and they were gradually ...
The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) is distinguished by its unique academic programmes such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiology, therapeutics and toxicology and postgraduate programmes. It is the only state university in Nigeria with an accredited dental programme.