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It will be almost impossible for Nigeria to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 if the Primary Health Care (PHC) system is not improved and if health insurance remains voluntary. This was the main talking point Tuesday when the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) met with experts, partners and stakeholders to proffer solutions to challenges hindering …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed November 2 for the conduct of governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. This was made known in a statement issued by the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, on Tuesday. According to him, the Commission at its meeting held on Tuesday approved the timetable and schedule …

Following the recent killing of a Lagos football fan, Mr. Kolade Johnson, by stray bullets fired by policemen in pursuit of suspected cultists, spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Bala Elkanah, gave a controversial insight into why many youths are falling victim to police harassment which sometimes turns fatal. Elkanah, in an interview with the BBC Pidgin Service …

As a way of achieving food sufficiency, Edo State Government said it is targeting 17,000 tonnes of rice and 11,000 tonnes of maize by the end of harvest time this farming season. It noted that crops would be harvested from 6,600 hectares of arable land scattered in the three senatorial districts of the state. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki …

Edo State Waste Management Board in collaboration with private waste managers have stepped up the Operation “Clean Up Edo’ campaign on major streets in Benin City, Edo State capital, charging residents on maintaining a clean and healthy environment. Addressing journalists during the exercise, General Manager, Edo State Waste Board, Mr Charles Imariagbe said the exercise is in adherence to the …

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says 130, 000 graduate youth have been employed to offer extension services to farmers across the country. The minister disclosed this at the 24th Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON) Annual National Conference in Abuja on Monday. Mr Ogbeh, represented by Mrs Karima Babangida, the Director of Extension Service Department in …

Edo State Government is ready to commence demolition of illegal structures, following the expiration of notices earlier served on illegal developers for contravening the state’s extant town planning laws. Such violation includes erecting unapproved structures and buildings on moats and river banks. In a statement issued in Benin on Tuesday, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Erimona Oye Edorodion …

Berlin, Germany – Conference Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2019 on Monday opened with the theme: The energy transition is the future, in Germany and in the world. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier jointly opened the fifth Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) at the Federal Foreign Office, according to a press release by the German Embassy in …

The Police in Ebonyi State has confirmed the killing of eight persons, including a three-month baby in the resumed boundary dispute between two communities in the state. While six of the victims, five from the same family, were burnt to death in a bus they were travelling in; the others were shot dead. The attacks happened along the Alex Ekwueme …

A part of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State, was on Monday gutted by fire. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the fire incident occurred around 2 p.m. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as at press time Monday evening. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria in its reaction said the fire was “curtailed swiftly …