The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, on Thursday, stated that the senate has passed a bill that will make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians. Oloriegbe disclosed this at the inauguration of Group Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP) in Abuja. “We have passed it in the Senate. Two Committees on […]
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The Chief Medical Director of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Darlington Obaseki, has disclosed that stroke patients respond better to treatment when they are treated in a dedicated ward, rather than in an open ward. He made the disclosure on Thursday in Benin, at the commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of the […]
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The Bayelsa State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the shooting of two women and a teenager by a trigger-happy policeman. According to a statement by the spokesperson for the command, Asinim Butswat, the incident took place in the Edepie-Etegwe area of Yenagoa, the state capital, on Tuesday. Butswat identified the victims as Ebinipiri Onojamadu, 46; […]
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Diego Armando Maradona died on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was reportedly undergoing rehabilitation after undergoing surgery to remove blood clots from his brain some weeks ago. Diego Maradona’s Life In 10 Key Dates From his birth in 1960 to Argentina’s World Cup triumph in 1986 and his positive drug […]
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Liverpool wasted a chance to book their place in the Champions League last 16 as Atalanta earned a shock 2-0 win at Anfield on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp’s side could have guaranteed qualification from Group D with a victory, but they produced a poor display that was deservedly punished by the impressive Italians. Two goals in […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Wednesday, revealed that it has reached out to the British Government over the threat by the UK Parliament, to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials over their roles in the End SARS protests. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this while fielding questions from State House reporters at […]
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa-Ibom State, Mike Igini has described local government elections in Nigeria as nothing but organised crime. Igini who disclosed this during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused state governors of interfering in the conduct of the polls at the grassroots. “Local government elections are nothing but organised crime. […]
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Stunned Argentines were plunged into grief Wednesday by the death of the country’s favorite son Diego Maradona, a sublimely gifted sporting hero they saw as “the most human of gods.” The news fell like a hammer blow a nation beaten down by months of economic crisis and the health pandemic, but one where soccer is […]
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Chelsea sealed their progress to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage on Tuesday with two games to spare in Group E with a 2-1 victory at Rennes. Frank Lampard’s side dominated the first half of the game in France, with Callum Hudson-Odoi’s opener in the 22nd minute, after he had been sent clear by a […]
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The family of Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, a newspaper vendor, who was shot dead by a security aide to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has written a the speaker, demanding N500 million. The letter dated November 23, 2020, was signed by the family lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria, according to […]
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