The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has advised heathcare service providers to respect the rights and privileges of enrollees for improved healthcare delivery to Nigerians. The NHIS General Manager/Zonal Coordinator North Central B Zone, Mrs Monica Saror gave the advice…
The 2022 appropriation estimate presented before the Bauchi State House of Assembly by Gov. Bala Mohammed, has scaled the second reading. The budget proposal was presented before the House of Assembly at 10:00 am on Thursday. The development followed a…
An NGO, on Thursday conducted free eye surgeries for 131 indigent patients in North-Central zone in its ongoing free eye outreach in Jos, Plateau. The Coordinator of the Initiative in North-Central, Dr Valle Lohdip, said that the first batch of…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday inaugurated mass vaccination campaign against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the territory. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, inaugurating the exercise at the Old Parade ground, Abuja said the…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Paullen Tallen, on Thursday, drummed support for census and population control to achieve Demographic Dividend. Tallen, represented by Dr Olufunsho Adebiyi, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, made the call at the Annual…
Commodities Exchanges has been described as critical to enabling investment diversification, risk management, price discovery and transactional efficiency which will in turn create jobs and facilitate economic development among other benefits. The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC),…
A seven-man Host Communities Oil and Gas Conflict Resolution and Peaceful Coexistence Committee from Kogi, Anambra and Enugu States on Thursday charged youths in the states to embrace peace. The group’s Chairman and Coordinator, His Eminence, Bishop Simeon Ojoka, made…
Uthman Salami The United Nations has revealed that countries globally spend $423 billion of taxpayers money to subsidize fossil fuel usage annually. The head of the United Nations Development Programme, Achim Steiner made this disclosure on CNBC. He said that spending $423 billion a…
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said the oil and gas exploration at Kolmani River at Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will reverse the narrative of poverty and underdevelopment in…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has promised to collaborate with the two oil and gas industry unions, for industrial harmony and smooth operations of the sector. The unions are the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
