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By Philip Yatai The Kaduna State Government has begun the review of its Health Insurance Scheme under the State Social Security Law, 2023, to align with the National Health Insurance Authority Act (NHIA), 2022. Malam Abubakar Hassan, Director-General, State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA), said at the four-day reviewContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Turkish Students Alumni Association has called on well-meaning and well-to-do Nigerians to show love and kindness to the less privileged in the country to alleviate their sufferings this year end. An Alumnus of the Association, Godwin Aghahowa, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Joshua Olomu ‘Face To Face’, star-studded Nollywood’s thriller, emerged Best Film while Kenneth Okolie won the Best Actor in the film at the grand finale of the 2023 edition of the Zuma Film Festival (ZUFF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ZUFF 2023 Jury madeContinue Reading
By Priscilla Osaje/Joshua Olomu The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has described the annual Zuma International Film Festival (ZUFF) as a catalyst for economic growth in the Territory. The minister stated this at the closing ceremony and award night of the 13th edition ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will disburse $4.5 million World Bank grant to 12,283 famers and upgrade 17 Wet Market under its Fadama programme. The amount is out of the $15 million allocated to the FCTA under the World Bank-supported Covid-19 Action RecoveryContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue/Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has called on the Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications Industry, to sensitise Nigerians to the various economic opportunities emerging around them. Idris stated this at the National Advertising Conference (ARCON) on Thursday in Abuja. HeContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has tasked the National Assembly to amend the establishment bills of some security agencies in Nigeria to make them gender sensitive. Prof. Shedrack Best, an official of the institute said this at a validation workshop on theContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, a coalition of 124 civil society organisations, commended the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike in Abuja on Thursday on his efforts to resuscitate the Abuja master plan. It declared in a statement that Wike’s actions as minister soContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has inaugurated Phase II of the rehabilitation and resurfacing of roads in FCT, towards making Abuja a befitting capital city. Wike explained during the inauguration in Abuja on Thursday, that the Phase II would cover 49Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai The FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has urged the newly inaugurated House Committee on FCT Area Councils and Ancillary Matters to promote local governance in the federal capital. Mahmoud made the call during the inauguration of the committee at the National Assembly complex inContinue Reading
