Bottlenecks threaten National mobile health insurance programme
The National Mobile Health Insurance Programme, NMHIP, launched last year under the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, is being undermined by series of bureaucratic bottlenecks and disagreements between identity managers over exorbitant administrative charges demanded and Mobile Network Operators.
The minority as underdog
YOU may agree or disagree, like it or not, the truth is that the foundation of all of Nigeria’s problems is injustice. This is further compounded when those who have taken advantage of others will not enjoy their spoil quietly but will, as they say, ‘piss in the face’ of their victims.
Giants of Africa basketball camp starts in Lagos
The Giant of Africa basketball camp started off on Monday at the National Stadium, Lagos with foreign and Nigerian coaches teaching 50 teenage boys the fundamentals of the game.
Akwa Ibom ex- councillors task Buhari on maritime academy
The Association of Former Councillors of Oron Nation (AFECO), Akwa Ibom State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give priority attention to the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, which, it claimed, has been under funded, in addition to the failure of not being accorded the status befitting a special institution
First locally fabricated pressure vessel debuts
PORT HARCOURT: The first locally fabricated thickest walled pressure vessel has been unveiled in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The asset also known as a separator was designed for Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, SPDC’s, Soku Field Development plan and is internally cladded with 316L stainless steel, with internal proprietary separation devices and weighs 83 tonnes.
Biometric Verification Number: Reality and benefits (2)
The immediate benefit of the Biometric Verification Number (BVN), is that, it allows banks to be sure of who they are dealing with. The second benefit is that it reduces the possibility for fraudsters using bank accounts and services for fraudulent purposes.
