THE dream of every Nigerian to have full access to comprehensive healthcare services through a realistic social health insurance scheme is set to be realised as soon as the amended Act of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is approved.

A PROMINENT member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Mr. Victor Osarenren, has called on the National Executive Committee of the party to set the necessary machinery in motion to rescue the party in the state from the abyss.

THE world without Israel was heathen, gentile, who “were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12).

The responsibility for promoting and sustaining our health should be reflection of the basic relationship between ourselves, our families and the organisations we work for.” This was the submission of the Cornerstone Insurance’s Health/Wellness Consultant, Dr. Jack Mbom, at the maiden edition of its HealthFirst Initiative in Lagos.

Akwa Ibom Government has pledged its readiness to identify with Arik Airline in the aviation business as flight operations begin soon in Akwa Ibom International Airport, Okobo.

LONG fuel queues have hit Lagos State and other major cities across the country, as the problem of logistics hinders efforts by the Pipeline Products and Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to discharge products from its imported cargoes for distribution to marketers.

FEDERAL government has been urged to adopt more effective treatment programmes to preserve women’s lives and stop preventable deaths in the country. Country Director, Population Council Dr Andrew Karlyn said eclampsia, a major cause of maternal death in Nigeria, often leads to seizures, coma and death in pregnant women and also the deaths of babies during or after childbirth.

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris wants Nigerians to improve their health-seeking habits. He says people should endeavour to report to health institutions before their diseases have advanced.

AS part of the commitment of Federal government to boost the health of all Nigerians especially the mentally ill, efforts are in top gear to integrate mental health care into the mainstream health services at the primary healthcare level.

By Wale Akinlabi ONE thing that worries a lot of people in this country is the way our leaders have always taken us for granted even in sensitive matters that have the tendency to cause a head-on-collusion in the polity. Of recent, political appointments in the country have assumed very dangerous dimension that even within […]

THE Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, the Nigerian Press Council and other media stakeholders yesterday called for the urgent removal of some clauses seeking government control of the media through various means from a Bill for Amendment to the Nigerian Press Council Act.

A former militant commander, Aduma Kirifori has urged the Amnesty Implementation Committee and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbona Onovo, to assist in the release of some of his boys who were arrested by security operatives after they had keyed into the amnesty programme.

THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has declared that the consistent attack on the former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, was a ploy to divert the attention of the people from alleged non-performance of the administration.

In as much as Mother-to-Child -Transmission (MTCT)of HIV is almost entirely preventable where services are available, infant feeding choices for the HIV-infected women remains one of the most contentious issues in efforts to prevent MTCT of HIV in resource poor countries like Nigeria.

BEFORE investigations into the assassination of Chief Funso Williams, a Lagos State governorship aspirant began, three years ago, most Nigerians felt the killers would not be found. The case is rarely mentioned these days.