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About 51,000 residents of Nasarawa State comprising orphans, almajiri children and the aged have been enrolled in the State’s Health Insurance Scheme.  Executive Secretary of the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency, Dr GAZA GWAMNA, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen on the agency’s programmes in Lafia, the state capital.  He explained that the...

The six persons abducted from the University of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have regained freedom. They were rescued about three days after gunmen attacked the staff quarters of the university in Gwagwalada Area Council of the nation’s capital. In a statement today, the spokesman for the FCT Police Command, JOSEPHINE ADEH, confirmed that the victims were res...

NIGERIAN champions, Rivers Angels finally departed Lagos for Cairo, Egypt yesterday, where they will take part in the first-ever CAF Women’s Champions League, which begins today. The Angels were initially billed to travel to Cairo on Tuesday but the team could not as visas were not issued to some of the players. The travelling team comprises 24 players and nine officials.&nb...

Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has said that only 19 names of missing persons have been registered by various families since the Ikoyi building collapse. The Governor said this while updating the press on the steps being taken to rescue the victims. He also noted that the ongoing corona inquest on the bodies evacuated from the site was expected to be concluded today afte...

The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria says it is ready to partner the Ogun state government in the enforcement of compulsory insurances to achieve its economic goals. This was made known by the president and chairman of the institute, MUFTAU OYEGUNLE, who led members of the council on a courtesy call to the state governor, DAPO ABIODUN in his office at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta M...

Candidates in the Anambra governorship election has signed a peace accord in Awka, the state captial. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU, was present at the ceremony, which was facilitated by the National Peace Committee. The election which is slated for Saturday has seen Anambra, as in much of the South-East, witness several...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has pledged that Nigeria will cut its emissions to net zero by the year 2060. The President made this known in a speech delivered at the United Nations COP26 Leaders’ Summit held in Glasgow, Scotland. According to a statement signed by his spokesman GARBA SHEHU, President BUHARI noted that attaining national and global climate change goals will req...

Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, has directed the indefinite suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, GBOLAHAN OKI. His suspension comes about 24 hours after a high-rise building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor, in a statement signed by Commissioner for Information, GBENGA OMOTOSO, described the suspension as a &...

The Senate Committee on Health has refused to consider the 2022 budget proposal of the Ministry of Health, citing inconsistencies in its 2021 budget performance. During the budget defense session of the Ministry, committee members observed anomalies in the documents presented by the Minister of Health, Dr OSAGIE EHANIRE as regards capital releases and information on the implementation of the basic healthcare provision fund....

Lagos state Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, has ordered a probe of the collapsed building which happened in the Ikoyi Area of the state. According to a statement signed by the state commissioner of Information, GBENGA OMOTOSO, the Lagos state governor has ordered an investigation, while calling for calm on the part of residents. GBENGA OMOTOSO, added that the state Deputy Governor O...