Re: National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Recovered Funds: There Are Billions More To Recover
By Prof. Usman Yusuf I have refrained from saying or writing anything about the NHIS since my exit as the Executive Secretary/CEO on 1st July, 2019. But, since the story about the recovery of the sum of N5.4b NHIS funds…
How Health Insurance Will Check Maternal, Infant Mortality – Okowa
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that health insurance for children, women and the vulnerable was a sure way of checking maternal and infant mortality in the country. Okowa stated this when he received the National Executive…
COVID-19: Gov. Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Steering Committee on Co-PREP
…Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Pandemic Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to adhere to the federal government’s guidelines and International best practices in the fight against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Gov. Ugwuanyi spoke when he…
Prevent spread of new COVID-19 variant, Lagos Assembly tells FG, State Govt
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday called on the federal and the Lagos State governments to ensure proper monitoring of immigrants into the country to prevent the spread of the third wave of COVID-19. This was…
Medical Director, Prof. Saad Ahmed Receives JACCSON Award
The impactful leadership of the Medical Director, Prof. Saad Ahmed has brought yet another huge recognition to him and the hospital last Monday by the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (JACCSON). During a courtesy call paid to the…
COVID-19: Oyo Govt Vaccinates 90,000 People
The Oyo State Government says 90,000 people have so far received Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in the state. This was revealed during a sensitization programme on COVID-19 vaccine safety for religious leaders organised by the Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace in…
Gombe Settles WAEC Fees for 15, 000 Students as SEC Approves Over N3.5b for General Hospital Projects
Gombe State Executive Council meeting, presided over by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the sum of one billion, eight hundred and ninety two million eight hundred and sixty four thousand naira eleven Kobo (1, 892, 276.11) for construction of…
African Development Bank Shareholders Decide on Bank’s Plan to Tackle COVID-19
Shareholders at the African Development Bank www.AfDB.org have shown strong support for the Bank’s proposals to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, amid possibility of a third wave of infection and poor vaccine access in the continent. This was part of the…
Buhari To Reschedule UK Medical Trip
Nigeria‘s President, Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his earlier scheduled medical follow-up visit to the United Kingdom. He was to travel on Friday, June 25, 2021. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,…
Enugu State Police Shooting: Gov. Ugwuanyi Pays Medical Bills of All Victims, Expresses Shock Over Incident
Following the unfortunate incident at Golf Estate, GRA, Enugu, on Sunday, involving a Police Inspector attached to Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9, Umuahia, Abia State, who started shooting sporadically, leaving five victims dead and four persons with gunshot injuries,…
Katsina Govt. Mobilised Enormous Resources Against COVID-19 – Gov. Masari
Katsina State Government has said enormous resources have been mobilised in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Governor Aminu Bello masari spoke this during the official handing over and commissioning of the Nigerian Center for Disease Control…
