The Federal Government Thursday formally launched the Group, Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP), which offers citizens an opportunity to participate and benefit from health insurance, especially for those not currently captured under any form of health insuranc

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the December 5 senatorial bye-election in Lagos East, Mr Tokunbo Abiru, has filed a N1billion libel suit against the media director of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial Campaign for the elections, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse.
Abiru, in

The Ekiti State Government on Thursday said no fewer than 600 workers have been recruited to boost the state’s workforce.
The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Akin Omole who said this in a statement, 138 were recruited into the Ekiti civil service through a fair recruitm

Three persons have been sentenced to death by the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo for kidnapping a 4-year-old boy in Ikot Inyang Idung village, Uyo Local Government Area.
The culprits are a 24-year-old Victor Etim Bassey, a native of Ikot Inyang Idung; 35-year-old Aniediong Ezekiel

Combined troops of the Nigerian Army and Air Force have been reported to have taken fight to armed bandits terrorising Kaduna State on the border of Kaduna and Niger State.
The development came after the bandits attacked Kugosi and Kajari villages in Chikun local government area of Kaduna Cen

The Navy Board has approved the promotions of 203 Naval Officers to various senior ranks in the Nigerian Navy.
This was contained in a statement, Thursday, by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun.
A breakdown of the released promotion, showed that 122 Lieu

Joe Biden has broken a major record with the United States election results.
The Democrat is now the first presidential challenger to win more than 80 million popular votes, CNN reports.
He is also the first presidential candidate to capture more than 50% of the popular vote against an

US president-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday presented his future national security team to the public, highlighting their decades of experience in public service.
Biden stressed that his nominees would help return the US to its position as a global leader following the unpredictable years of the

In less than one month that two medical doctors were abducted in Kogi State, another one and the Medical Director of Peace Hospital, Ayingba, Dr Azubuike Joel Ihenacho, has been abducted by unidentified gunmen.
A statement issued on Monday by the Kogi State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Ass

The General Services Administration has informed the Biden transition team on Monday evening that the Trump administration is ready to begin the transfer of power.
GSA head Emily Murphy wrote in a letter that federal government agencies will now make resources available to the Biden team in p