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The Senate on Monday called for the provision of mandatory health insurance scheme for all categories of Nigerians. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe made the call in Abuja at a one-day public hearing to consider two health bills. The bills are Bill for an Act to repeal the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Act 2004, and to enact the National Health Insurance Commission Bill 2019. The second bill is a Bill for an Act to provide for the Enhancement and Regulation of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Protect Persons with Mental Health Needs. The bill…

Monday, February 17, 2020 Latest: 140 Niger Delta youths win Shell’s N56m Livewire grant National Security Coordination: Monguno Battles Abba Kyari CBN to partner FCTA to Boost Dairy Industry in FCT Klitschko Wants Joshua To Become World’s No 1 Boxer Ligue 1: Osimhen Rues Lille’s Home Loss To Marseille Prompt News Delivering Nigerian Breaking News, Sports, Security, Economy, Governance $ Politics promptly Health  Covid-19: ECOWAS ministers of health to strengthen regional preparedness  February 17, 2020  Admin  0 Comments coronavirus Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have agreed to support member states for a regional preparedness and response…

Facebook is working to enable external reviews on its content moderation systems, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a comment piece on the Financial Times on Monday. The tech giant has been criticised for being too slow to remove hate speech and terrorist propaganda from its platform, but has also been accused of suppressing right-wing voices. In the article, Zuckerberg repeated his appeal for government regulation on issues such as electoral advertising, harmful content and data portability. “Companies like mine need better oversight when we make decisions, which is why we’re creating an independent Oversight Board so people can appeal…

A Federal Court in Lagos on Monday, granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to introduce a new witness in the ongoing N2.2bn fraud trial against Ayo Fayose and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke dismissed an interlocutory summon by defence, challenging the evidence of the fifth witness Johnson Abidakun, the Head of Operations of a branch of a bank in Ado-Ekiti,  on the grounds that it lacked merit. In his ruling, Justice Aneke first addressed the issue of hear-say as raised by defence and held that the oppositions are matters of fact. The court consequently, held…

The Police Command in Osun said on Monday that it had arrested a female suspect in possession of a dry human hand. According to SP Folashade Odoro, the command’s spokesperson, the suspect was arrested at about 10:40 a.m. at Centre Area, Ikire, Osun. She explained that on a tip off, the police intelligence unit accosted the suspect and she was found in possession of a dry human left hand, which was concealed in a bag. Odoro said the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Johnson Kokumo, has directed thorough investigation into the matter and warned against dealings in human parts.…

The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, said, on Monday, that the commission had secured 1,266 convictions from January 2019 till date. Magu disclosed this at a press conference marking the passing out parade of the Detective Inspector Course Five of the EFCC, at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. He explained that the commission secured 1,218 of the convictions in 2019 and 48 this year. Magu said that in the last four years, EFCC had secured an unprecedented number of convictions. He said that the commission also recovered billions of naira, millions of…

By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The out-going Permanent Secretary, Budget and National Planning, Mr Ernest Umakhihe has handed the mantle of leadership to Mrs Olusola Olayinka Idowu, urging her to take the Ministry to a higher pedestal of achieving its vision and mandate for national cohesion and sustainable development. Mr. Umakhikhe gave this charge to his colleague and successor during the hand-over ceremony which held recently at the Ministry in Abuja. The out-going Permanent Secretary expressed his sincere gratitude to the Management and staff of the Ministry for their support during his short stay. He added that although the Ministry of…

No fewer than 140 young and talented people from eight states of the Niger Delta have graduated from the special Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria entrepreneurial training programme, which provides business and financial support to enable them to establish small and medium scale businesses. Drawn from Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Imo, and Rivers states, the beneficiaries, 20 of whom are under the Oporoma Special LiveWIRE Nigeria category in Bayelsa State, got N56 million grants from The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) Joint Venture at the recent graduation ceremony in Port Harcourt. SPDC’s General Manager External…

ABUJA – The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has restated the need for States in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be self-sustaining and economically viable, promising that the Bank will support projects and programmes that will help them realise this desire. Mr. Emefiele stated this in Abuja on Monday, February 17, 2020, when he led a team from the CBN and three major dairy companies – FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, Nestle Nigeria Plc and L& Z – on a courtesy call on the Minister of the FCT, Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bello. The…

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the Presidency has no power to stop any peaceful protest by aggrieved Nigerians who are calling for the replacement of the service chiefs. Mr Falana, while responding to a statement credited to a presidential spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, on Sunday, said Nigerians have the fundamental right to demonstrate for or against the Federal Government. The senior lawyer quoted Mr Shehu: “The Presidency wishes to caution a section of the political class against misleading the public and inciting protests against the heads of military institutions. “This has become necessary in view…