The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has proposed to spend the sum of N191.7 million on maternal and child health project which would cover 15, 184 lives in the country in 2021.

By Peter Egwuatu As Nigerians continue to count their losses as a result of the effect of the EndSARS, the stock market for the three consecutive days of the week gained further traction as buying interest led to the upsurge in major market indices with investors gaining N387 billion in three days. Consequently, a major […]

Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Wednesday, appealed to members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) to stop their planned attacks on oil facilities in the region. His Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga, said in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja that Omo-Agege’s appeal came on the heels of recent […]

…Says it defies conditional warfare rules …FG to unveil new cyber policy to check digital threats – NSA …Says social media escalated the EndSARS protests By Chris Ochayi Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, has declared Cyberterrorism as the most precarious challenge facing Nigeria today. Gen. Olonisakin, who spoke at the multi-stakeholders […]

Despite the wide support for her, the United States  of America, USA, said it would not support the appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, as the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Director-General, DG. A report published on Bloomberg revealed US position on the Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy. The Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Dennis Shea, purportedly […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Power, Wednesday, dismissed as illegal, President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company, NBET should be an agency under the Ministry of Finance.

By Bashir Bello The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Kano State branch has on Wednesday allayed the fear of possible petroleum products scarcity as a result of EndSARS protest which disrupted the distribution of the product. This was as it told the public (motorist and others) not to panic or engage in panic […]

Deputy Chairman House Committee on Steel and the federal lawmaker representing Eti-Osa federal constituency, Honorable Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, has sympathised with his constituents on the recent Lekki shooting and vandalisation that took place during the peaceful #Endsars protest.

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Suleiman Isa to five years jail term for being in possession of 16-kilogram cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug.

By Abdulmumin Murtala The Kano police command in the aftermath of the recent End SARS protests has arrested 59 suspects accused of looting hundreds of items belonging to members of the public at the Sabon gari quarters in Kano during the recent uncoordinated protest that took place last Tuesday in Kano. The police command in […]