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The House of Representatives has called for inputs from the public to assist in the enactment of the Infectious Disease Bill into law. Consequently, the whole house has mandated its Joint Committee on Health Care Services, Health…

The Senate Thursday began moves to amend the National Health Insurance Scheme  Act 2004 as it seeks to upgrade the office to a commission for better coordination that would allow poor Nigerians access to quality healthcare. …

Nigeria’s Health Insurance Agency, NHIS, has reacted to a trending report that its corporate account was recently hacked. Several publications including Daily Trust reported how two persons, Tunde Ogunseye and Funmilayo Oyelaja, were…

Owing to the rates prevalent in the banking sector, the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris has cautioned the management of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) against investing in banks. Ahmed Idris at a…

Competition is expected to start in the Nigerian health sector that has been dormant as Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) veered in, pioneering its entrance with its Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) that…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to make the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) compulsory for all Nigerians. The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Francis Faduyile, said only a compulsory NHIS will…

The axe finally fell on Usman Yusuf last week Monday to herald an end of a stormy three-year stint as Executive Secretary (ES) of Nigeria’s health insurance scheme, NHIS. Fettered with crisis and controversies, Mr Yusuf’s reign at the…

Mohammed Sambo has become the sixth substantive head of Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), after his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari following the sack of Usman Yusuf. Mr Sambo was still serving as the provost of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Gambo Gumel Aliyu as the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA). The appointment is for an initial term of four years in line with the provision of…

On Tuesday, an official of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) announced that the agency has received ‘the larger part’ of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). His statement added a new layer to the momentum trailing the…