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Trending News: Conflict Resolution: Shettima Wants AU To Renew Focus On DiplomacyBREAKING: 10 Persons Dead In Zamfara As Mining Site CollapsesNigerian Soldiers On Delta Operation Lament Poor Feeding, Allowances, Demand Removal Of CommanderNTAC: No More Exploitation of Nigeria Through ‘Japa’ SyndromeHouse Committee on Downstream Sector Wade into Dangote, NUPENG Faceoff, Vows to Ensure PeaceTinubu Arrives Lagos On Working VisitOba Ladoja Achieves Lifelong Dream, Crowned 44th Olubadan, Pushes for Ibadan StateProvidus Becomes 9th Largest Bank By Assets as It Combines with Unity BankNNPC Remits N8.86trn to Federation in 7 Months, Records N539bn Profit in AugustTinubu Preaches Tolerance Ahead of Nigeria’s 65th Independence CelebrationIkota, Lekki Residents Count Losses, Say Every Rainfall is a DisasterEXCLUSIVE: Tinubu Government Pays Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram N1000 Per Meal As Army Commanders Pocket Feeding AllowancesBREAKING: Tears, Anger As Five Worshippers Killed In Zamfara Mosque Attack Are BuriedEXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram Paid Only N20,000 Out Of N100,000 Approved Monthly AllowanceBREAKING: Bandits Kill Farmer, Critically Injure Brother In Fresh Attack On Kwara CommunityBREAKING: Bandits Kill Worshippers In Zamfara Mosque During Early Morning PrayersEXCLUSIVE: Two Months After Pledge, Tinubu Yet To Deliver Automatic Jobs, Scholarships To 201 Ex-Corps MembersBREAKING: Abuja Court Dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s No-Case Submission, Orders IPOB Leader To Open DefenceEXCLUSIVE: Prof. Joash Amupitan Emerges As Likely Successor To INEC Chairman Mahmood YakubuThe Sahara Centre Launches Mangrove Sessions to Spark Dialogue Through Film, LiteratureObasanjo’s ‘Third Term’ NightmareIsi-Uzo Women Drum Support for Gov Mbah as Enugu First Lady Distributes PalliativesKwara Begins Construction of Roads in Southern Region Gateway Airport: Value Jet Begins Lifting Passengers October 7AGF Takes over Prosecution of River Park Estate DisputeWorld Bank Backs FG’s Groundbreaking Ward InitiativeJonathan Begins Consultations Ahead of 2027, Meets David Mark and Other ADC LeadersNUPRC Approves TotalEnergies’ $510m Oil Asset Sales Deal with Shell, AgipWhen Airlines Fail: The Plight of Nigerian TravelersUNICEF Expert Calls for Stronger Stakeholder Action to End Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria by 2030Ibori Mourns Oskar IbruRep. Aguocha Commends DSS, Attorney General for Lifesaving Medical Support to Nnamdi KanuTHISDAY, Arise TV, Others Emerge as Partners of 2025 Onitsha Ofala Festival Ondo Appoints Thugs Who Attacked Sowore, Others During June 12 Protest As ‘Keke’ Riders’ CoordinatorsBolt Celebrates Top Drivers with Special RewardsTowards a Peaceful Future, Institute Leads National Dialogue on Ending Conflict in NigeriaBagudu Calls on World Bank to Back Ward Development ProgrammeEXCLUSIVE: How Kwara Nursing College Provost Manipulates Exams, Alters Results, Forces Students To Pay N100,000 Bribe To PassNiger State Judicial Service Commission Sacks Four Officers For Repeated Promotion Exam FailuresLagos Lawmakers’ Vehicles, Assembly Renovations, Generators To Cost N65Billion, Nearly Double Flood Control BudgetAdieu, Egbon Mouftah Baba-AhmedAdieu, Egbon Mouftah Baba-AhmedNigeria’s Aggregate GDP Moves Towards Diversified, Sustainable Economy, Says GroupNigeria’s Aggregate GDP Moves Towards Diversified, 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AwardsEXCLUSIVE: How Convicted Former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye Was Duped Of $290,000 By Fake Watch DealersBREAKING: Tinubu Directs INEC Chairman Yakubu To Immediately Proceed On Leave For ‘Betraying APC,’ Set To Nominate SuccessorBREAKING: Bandit Attack Leaves One Dead, Another Injured In Kaduna CommunityBREAKING: Nigerian Police Summon 49 Metallurgical Agency Workers Over Social Media Posts On Newspaper Corruption Exposé, Alleged ThreatsSanwo-Olu Seeks Stronger Climate Adaptation in State PlansSule Mourns Ex-Nasarawa Deputy Gov, EwugaBreaking: Olorogun Oscar Ibru is DeadNSIB Blames Abuja-Kaduna Train Derailment on Malfunctioned Switch MechanismCommunity Seeks Oborevwori’s Intervention in Alleged Incursions by Ogbe-Ijoh MonarchECOWAS Parliament Warn against Hasty Adoption of AIKaduna, Gates Foundation Deepen Collaboration Through Mutual Accountability Framework to Transform Dev’t Youths Assembly Commends Bauchi Gov for Devt StridesFamily Seeks Delta’s Protection Against Land Grabbers Otu Receives Holcim Group, Assures Investors of Favourable Investment ClimatePAP Deploys 161 for Foreign Post-graduate ScholarshipKano Gov Announces Minor Cabinet ReshuffleNGO Empowers Rural Women, Supports Children with Trauma Management, Learning MaterialsEXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army Surveillance Room Captures Moment Boko Haram Terrorists Invaded Borno Base, Fails To Alert SoldiersBREAKING: Nigerian Police Detain TikToker Ishaq Major In Abuja For Alleged Defamation Of Senator Shehu BubaUNGA 80: Shettima To Deliver Tinubu’s National Statement WednesdayOkwuosa: Cross-border Collaboration, Data Accuracy Key to Unlocking Africa’s ProsperityBenjamin Sisima Ofuru: Trailblazer in Innovation, Leadership and Statistical ExcellenceConcerned Citizens Demand Audit, Transparency in Enugu GovernanceMonetary Easing Begins as CBN Cuts MPR to 27%, Cites GDP Growth, Falling InflationReuters: Approval for TotalEnergies’ $860m Asset Sale to Chappal Revoked by NUPRCHistory as Enugu Transitions to Smart Green SchoolsUNIOSUN College of Education Inducts 147 New Teachers, Champions AI as the Future of the ProfessionUN Insists Peace, Dialogue, Reconciliation Keys to Sustainable GrowthGov Yahaya Partners Michigan State University to Establish Top-tier Agric Faculty at Gombe State VarsityEU Urges Nigeria to Focus on Provision of Livelihood Opportunities to Cage Sources of Terrorist RecruitmentWithheld LG Funds: Court Hears Jurisdiction Issue September 292027: Gbenga Hashim Stands Out as Only National Candidate, Says PDP ChieftainNHIA Expands Maternal Health Initiative to Neonatal Care in KanoBill Gates Pledges $912 Million to Global Disease FightAfenifere Raises Concern over Unabated Killings, Seeks Quicker Economic ReformsWe Will Not Tolerate Unprovoked Attacks on Our Men Anymore, IGP Reads Riot ActFG Reiterates Commitment to Building Effective, Responsive Justice SystemNYCN Congress: Diri, IGP Seek Youth Empowerment, Sukubo Re-elected PresidentAt UNGA 80, Tinubu Wants Africa To Finance Its Mineral Assets, Wield Power In Global SupplyOgijo Pollution: NESREA DG Meets Recyclers, Threatens Revocation of LicencesProsecution’s Absence Stalls Emefiele’s Trial on Alleged Procurement FraudNHIA Expands Maternal Health Initiative to Neonatal Care in KanoDrug Abuse Threatens Nigeria’s Future, Marwa Warns YouthsTinubu Approves 600-Capacity Hostels for Abuja Law School 
Sat. Sep 27th, 2025

FG to cut Nigerians’ out-of-pocket health spending from 70% to 20% to ease financial burden 

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to reduce Nigerians’ out-of-pocket healthcare spending from 70% to 20% in a bid to ease the financial burden on households and expand access to quality health services. John Ataugba, Executive Director of the Africa Health Economics and Policy Association, disclosed this during his presentation on the state of healthcare […]

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