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Security Meeting, Lauds Operatives Amid Clearance Operation, ArrestsAllegation Of Ransom Payment Against NSA Baseless, Says Northern GroupBlasphemy: Police Yet to Arrest  Suspected Killers of Woman in NigerKano Police Apprehend 107 Criminals in One MonthDangote Cement Extends Scholarship Scheme to Kogi CommunitiesNBTS President Admonishes Political Leaders to Imbibe Fear of GodEXCLUSIVE: Emir Of Lafiagi Threatens Journalists For Constantly Reporting Terrorist Attacks In Kwara North, Warns Them To Stop ‘Embarrassing’ Governor AbdulRazaqAmerican Varsity Matriculates over 300 Students40th Anniversary: Ecobank Nigeria Launches New Edition of Super Rewards CampaignNHRC Urges  FG to Tackle Insecurity in NigeriaEXCLUSIVE: Crypto Fraudster, Jesam Michael Wields Power From Kuje Prison, Bribes Police To Detain Former Lawyer Accused Of Leaking InformationCourt: Jonathan Can Run For Presidential ElectionNigeria Hails Finland’s Conviction of Simon Ekpa on Terrorism-related CrimesTinubu: No Nigerian is Second-class Citizen, Reiterates Every Region Being Carried Along in His GovernmentTinubu Assures Colombia of Prompt Implementation of All Bilateral AgreementsKekere-Ekun Reassures on Speedy Dispensation of Financial Crime Cases21,971 Admission Seekers Jostle for 13,000 Spaces at UnilorinUBEC, DLN Distribute 47 Milliion Laptops, Tablets to Students, TeachersNUPRC Oversees Concession of First Deepwater Oil Blocks Under 2024 Licensing RoundObi: Life Expectancy in Nigeria Worse Than War-torn Ukraine, S/SudanTrain Derailment: Damaged Tracks to be Restored in 10 Days, Says FGOsun Monarch Jailed in U.S. Over $4.2m Covid-19 Loan FraudIndecent Assault: Rising Scourge Against Female DignityPolitical Parties, Primaries, and the CourtsTsoho, NBA President Call for Tribunals, Digitalisation, to Ease Judicial BurdenNBA Doubles Branch Remittance, Boosts Human Rights Funding at Enugu AGMNigeria Targets 1,368 Firms in Landmark Data Protection CrackdownWhether Issue Estoppel Founded on Privity of Estate Applies to Prior PurchaserKATSINA KILLINGS: TIME TO REVIEW STRATEGYBREAKING: Nigerian Police Commission Approves Promotion Of Over 900 Officers From ASP To DSP RankConviction of Simon Ekpa: Learn from Finland, NBA Tells Judges, Prosecutors Your Claim That Govt is Incentivizing Bandits False, Ribadu Replies El-RufaiUBEC, DLN to Distribute 47m Laptops, Tablets to Students, Teachers UNICEF Launches Nutrition Supplements to Combat Malnutrition in PlateauEdo School Emerges Winner of NCDMB, NGOs STEM Programme On RoboticsGroup Seeks Probe of Threats to Ojulari, Applauds Ongoing Oil ReformsKwara APC Chieftain Lauds Tinubu on Economic TransformationTinubu Government Misleads Nigerians, Lists Projects Done In Other Regions For North-West To Make Up NumbersHadiza Yaro Joins Sakata Seeds West Africa OfficeNLA Demands Urgent Action to Resuscitate Public LibrariesTop UK Boarding Schools Head to Lagos, Abuja to Recruit Nigerian StudentsTinubu: No Nigerian Is Second Class Citizen, No Region Is Left Behind In My GovtADC Faults Police on Kaduna Violence, Alleges Opposition CriminalisationAccess ARM Pensions Intensifies Sensitisation on Retirement SecurityTroops Kill 12 Terrorists, Recover Weapons in North-eastPFN Group: Christians Should Produce the Next Osun GovNigeria Hails Finland’s Conviction Of Simon Ekpa For Terrorism-related Crimes Simon Ekpa Jailed for Six Years in Finland for Terrorism, Tax FraudPro-Biafra Agitator Simon Ekpa Gets Six-Year Sentence In Finland For TerrorismAbraka Killing: Oborevwori Assures People of  JusticeEight Killed In Fresh Boko Haram Attacks In Borno As Senator Ndume Laments AssaultEXCLUSIVE: Lawless Nigerian Policemen Driving Against Traffic Kill ABU Graduate In KadunaDangote, Shekarau, Ganduje, Others to Address Kano’s Socio-economic ProblemsBREAKING: Bandits Kill Prominent Businessman, Alhaji Sani In Lafia As Nasarawa Residents Lynch One AttackerFCT Head of Service is DeadKeyamo: PDP in Legal Risk Fielding Jonathan in 2027El-Rufai: Tinubu Will Come Third in Presidential ElectionChatham House: Corruption Undermining Nigeria’s Economic Growth, Eroding Public TrustFG: North-west, Not South-west Has Lion’s Share of Tinubu’s ProjectsTinubu, Egbetokun, Makinde, Obaseki, Others Mourn as Ex-IG Solomon Arase Passes at 69Rivers LG Election: APC Sweeps  20 Chairmanship, PDP Wins 3House Dismisses Alleged Gang-up Against AbbasPDP Southwest Chairman Decries FG Withholding LG Funds as Crime to Humanity Union Bank Finalises Merger with Titan Trust BankChevron Shines at Gbaramatu Voice International Anniversary awardsExpert Tasks FG on Designing Domestic Refining Development FrameworkTinubu Mourns Ex-IG AraseFalana Calls on Govt to Extend Free Medical Services to All Indigent Pregnant WomenBREAKING: Family Of BBNaija’s Phyna Announces Passing Of Sister Ruth Otabor After Dangote Truck AccidentFG Unveils New Curricula, Sets New Subject Limits For SchoolsHouse Dismisses Gang Up Against AbbasBreaking: Former IGP Solomon Arase is DeadKatsina 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Haven to Sustain PeaceWith 13% Derivation Revenue Rising 100%, Oil-producing States Receive N620bn in Five MonthsColombian Vice President Begins Three-day Official Visit to NigeriaNorth-east Govs Raise the Alarm over Looming Flood, Food Crisis, Say Emerging Challenges Compounded Insecurity, PovertyUK Initiates Policy to Cut Net Migration, Bans over 100 Occupations from Foreign RecruitmentEmeka Ngige Urges Supreme Court to Accelerate Hearing on Rivers Emergency Declaration Case
Tue. Sep 2nd, 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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