In the views of UNICEF Health Specialist with the Lagos field office, Dr Ijeoma Agbo, health insurance is a gateway to achieving UHC, adding that in 2021, almost 1 billion people spent more than 10 percent of their household budget on out-of-pocket health expenses in 2021, and more than half a billion were pushed into…
Nigeria grew by 22.16 per cent from N528 billion in 2019 to N645 billion in 2023, latest figures from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has shown. With the Commission projecting N1.6 trillion as electricity subsidy for 2024, total subsidy in the past 10 years is expected to hit N4.993 trillion by the end of the year….
Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, yesterday, blamed the mass exodus of health practitioners overseas on poor hospital equipment and remuneration, even as he said the Federal Government is making concerted efforts to address the challenge. Adeyemo, who spoke at a press conference to mark his one…
THE President, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Mr. Oladapo Olatunbosun, said the prices of cooking gas would continue to leap as the domestic market continues to be impacted by foreign exchange crisis. This is even as the report of the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Price watch for February 2024 showed…
In a move to consolidate on the gains recorded in the removal of illegal check/extortion points and shanties which hitherto led to traffic gridlock on Tincan Island Port access road, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resumed rehabilitation work on the Port access road. Speaking on the sidelines of the unscheduled spot check, Managing Director /CEO…
Members of an Igbo socio-political group, Ndigbo Buru’Otu Association, has raised the alarm over the indiscriminate demolition of houses carried out by officials of Federal Housing Authority in Ijeododo Community, Ijegun area of Lagos State. They stated that they were shocked over the demolition of their property, last Thursday, by the authority and described the…
IN a very personal and proactive move, President Bola Tinubu has pushed for the increase of the pay of judicial officers nationwide. An Executive Bill sponsored by him to that effect was passed by the House of Representatives last week. The Bill seeks to amend aspects of the Certain Political, Public and Judicial Officers (Salaries and Allowances,…
ATANI, his hometown, is the headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government in Anambra State. Atani is also the hometown of my favourite musician, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe(March 17, 1936- May 11, 2007). In 2004, I was in Atani when my friend, Chief Chris Nwabueze Ngige (71) from Alor in Idemili South Local Government, was the Governor of…
ON Thursday, February 15, 2024 at its 109th legislative sitting, the House passed into Law, the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Bill repealed the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission (Amendment) Law, No. 3 of 2006 and further amended the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Law of 1999. The…
Nigeria’s quest to achieve regular power supply has received a boost with a 1m pounds investment on mobile power by All-On, a leading impact investment company focused on scaling up renewable energy sector in the country.  This brings All-On’s total investment in MOPO to £2 million. The new investment will support the expansion of MOPO’s…
Zegtel is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) licenced by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) with a focus on providing the underserved market a whole new experience beyond data and voice capabilities. What most subscribers know and have enjoyed primarily is voice and data operations. Zegtel is a future-thinking company driven by advanced technologies.As such,…
The introduction of State Health Insurance Schemes to complement the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and extend coverage to residents, especially the vulnerable groups. However, these state-level schemes vary in scope, coverage, and implementation effectiveness, impacting overall progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) but some Nigerians, particularly women and children under the scheme are reaping…