Barely Two years into the Buhari era, the Nigerian government has reported two cases of polio - the country's first in two years.
Report has it that two children had been paralysed by the disease in the north-eastern Borno state, a part of Nigeria where Boko Haram militants are active. Polio vaccination centres in the country have also been attacked by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
A UN immunisation programme in Nigeria has had to contend with rumours that the vaccine was a plot to sterilise Muslims.
The development is seen as a major setback for the country, being on track to be declared polio free in 2017.
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