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The governing council of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has suspended the Executive Secretary of the scheme, Usman Yusuf, indefinitely. According to the council, his suspension followed allegations of infractions. It has, therefore, set up a panel to investigate the allegations. The panel is expected to submit the report in three months. Meanwhile, Yusuf […]
Senate has stood down consideration of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for third reading and passage, until Tuesday. The bill, which was captured on the Order Paper, was stood down at plenary for more legislative work. Announcing the development, SenateLeader Ahmad Lawan said In view of the sensitive nature of the bill and its […]
Nigeria’s inflation rate has again risen for the second time in a row. Data from the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS)on Tuesday showed a slim margin of 0.05 per cent to 11.28 per cent in September, compared to 11.23 per cent recorded in August. According to the NBS, the composite food index rose to 13.31 per […]
Nigeria survived a late scare to beat Libya 3-2 in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E match on Tuesday in Sfax, Tunisia. The Super Eagles got off to the best possible start as they took an early goal through their in-form marksman Odion Ighalo 13 minutes into the game. Ahmed Musa doubled […]
A new five man credential committee has been inaugurated by the national union of journalist Imo chapter to begin the process of conducting fresh elections into various offices of the council. The new Committee was inaugurated at the Council secretariat, Owerri, after a motion was unanimously moved to dissolve the old credential committee since the […]
The bill seeking to amend the provisions of the Electoral Act has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill scaled through for the second time when the lawmakers deliberated on it on Tuesday at the lower house of the National Assembly in Abuja. According to the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says he expects the forthcoming general elections in 2019 to be free and fair. President Buhari in a statement, stated that his belief on the fact that the country had so far organised five general elections since the return to democracy in 1999. Buhari said the 2019 general elections will usher the country […]
Pierre Kompany, the father of Manchester City captain and Belgian international defender Vincent, became Belgium’s first black elected mayor on Monday after his party topped the poll in the Brussels suburb Ganshoren. Pierre Kompany, 71, arrived in Belgium in 1975 as a refugee from what was then Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has since […]
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr says he expects a challenging Africa Cup of Nations qualifier rematch against Libya on Tuesday despite trouncing the north Africans at the weekend. Odion Ighalo, the former Watford striker now at Chinese club Changchun Yatai, bagged a hat-trick as Nigeria thrashed Libya 4-0 in the southern town of Uyo on Saturday. They will square up […]
The World Health Organisation will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to decide whether Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak constitutes public health emergency of international concern. The organisation noted in a statement in Geneva that the meeting, which would involve committee of independent experts, may make recommendations on how best to manage the outbreak. […]
