Archbishop Emeritus, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment to ridding the country of corruption. Okogie praised Buhari in Lagos on Tuesday at a news conference organised as part of activities to mark his 80 years birthday celebration and 50 years priestly ordination anniversary. “I want to […]

Real Madrid midfielder Isco and Atletico’s Saul Niguez on Tuesday missed the cut for Vicente Del Bosque’s final 23-man Spain squad for Euro 2016 that does include Reals’ Lucas.

A bill seeking to make Federal Government to provide loan to students to pursue tertiary education passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Speaking on the bill, its sponsor, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos), said that it was intended to provide students with easy access to funds for higher education. Gbajabiamila said that a great population of Nigerian students would be enrolled for higher education if the bill scaled was successful.

Belgium coach Marc Wilmots confirmed his 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday, albeit a list depleted by defensive injuries.

Healthcare providers have warned that unless the current state of health financing in Nigeria is reversed the journey to the planned Universal Healthcare Coverage, UHC, for all Nigerians may remain a mirage. Issuing the warning in Lagos under the auspices of Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria, HCPAN, they called for immediate review of the system.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said that the Senate would debate the 2013 Audit Report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in view of the mind boggling revelations of mismanagement contained therein.

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says the Federal Government is marshalling out ways of encouraging the establishment of a National Shipping Line to ensure maximum exploitation of the potentials in the maritime industry.

AS Nigeria seeks an end to the burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, says an estimated N100 million is required annually to eradicate the seven major NTDs in the country. Adewole spoke last week at the launch of the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, ESPEN, by the World Health Organization, WHO, Regional Office for Africa, AFRO, at the opening of the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

Senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District, Prof. Sola Adeyeye has reacted to the accusation of Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray-Bruce, that operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, prevented him from “greeting” President Muhammadu Buhari at a state dinner organised at the instance of President Buhari to mark the 2016 Democracy Day.

This is why we have the eligibility criteria. Before a woman is given family planning, her condition must be measured with the method of her choice and if she is eligible, she can be given. But if she has any medical condition that makes her not to be eligible for that method, she is re-counseled to make another choice. A proficient provider is eligible to do all the checks for the woman before a method of her choice is given. A woman must have adequate information of all the methods before she can make a choice of her own.