Ogun State Health care Delivery: Raising The Bar Part II

By Badero Olusola


...Continued

“Health is capital intensive and a social contract between the government and the people. Efforts by private organizations is just complimentary to the government and should not be seen as another alternative. Healthcare cannot be left in the hands of the private sector for fear of exploitation. Where this exists, the government serves as a regulator with appropriate health care financing." Dr. Edward Jagun, NMA Chairman Ogun State

PHOTOS: SEE How Buhari Got Soaked To The Skin In Paris

It rained earlier today (yesterday)  Monday, September 14,2015, when Muhammdu Buhari’s jet landed at the Orly International airport in Paris.

Buhari was met by Thierry Leleu, the governor of Val de Marne province

Nigeria: Chibok girls: FG has opened negotiations with Boko Haram – Buhari

By Levinus Nwabughiogu

PARIS–President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in France stated that his government has kicked off negotiations with Boko Haram to secure the release of over 200 Chibok girls.

Nigeria: FG planning zero-based budget for 2016 – Osinbajo

President Buhari and V.P. Osinbajo

By Levinus Nwabughiogu

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo disclosed in Abuja on Tuesday that the federal government was planning to use a zero-based budgeting format for its 2016 budget planning.

Ogun State: Judge detains seven journalists for hours, free them after snake threat

Court in session

By Daud Olatunji

Seven journalists were yesterday, arrested and detained at the Ota High court premises for three hours on the order of a judge attached to the state High Court 1, Ota, Ogun state, Justice N. I. Agbelu.

Nigeria: Aso Rock Chapel to be relocated because it is too close to Buhari's Room

* Children’s church partially shut

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor

VP Osinbajo and Wife

INDICATIONS emerged last night that despite denials by top officials of the administration, the Presidency had come under pressure to relocate the Villa Chapel, where Christians have been worshipping on Sundays.

Nigeria: Ambode Indicts Fashola, Calls His Administration ‘Abysmal’

Ambode and Fashola

The frosty relationship between the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, further degenerated yesterday as a letter indicting the previous administration of abysmal implementation of the 2015 budget was read on the floor of the state House of Assembly.

How Calabar pastor’s family lived with python for 10 years

•It’s not an ordinary snake—Mallam Rabiu, snake charmer
•How it was discovered, killed; Area boys turn it to delicacy

By Ike Uchechukwu

Senior Pastor of the Mega Faith Ministries, Calabar in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Rev Tony is said to have seen numerous miracles in his life and undeniably, the Almighty God has used him to do the extraordinary even for others.

All the same, the messenger of the Most High did not plan for the unusual that he witnessed, last weekend, at his 10 Ekpiken Close domicile.

Rev Tony Amba

Mafia boss caught having sex in his cell with 'human rights activist'

An inmate at a Russian jail has allegedly been caught having sex with a woman who said she was a human rights activist.

This Physically Accurate Tube Map Will Change The Way You Think About London

This will change the way you think about transport in London. 

You will no doubt be familiar with the standard London Underground map, based on the classic design first created by Harry Beck in the 1930s.

tfl.gov.uk

That map’s great innovation was to ignore the physical layout of the city above ground and just focus on the train lines and stations – just like an electric circuit board, all that matters are the connections.

CRIME: Police parade ‘fake soldiers, car thieves’

•‘Suspect threatened to blow up command headquarters’ 

I’m “reasonably satisfied” with Buhari so far — Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he is “reasonably satisfied” with the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari since his coming into office on May 29, 2015.

We can’t jam Radio Biafra’s frequency — Police

Nnamdi Kanu, Founder Radio Biafra

The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, Mr. Joshak Habila, has said the force is depending on members of the public for information on the location of Radio Biafra.

Ten UK universities made it into the world’s top 50

King’s College London (Picture: PA)

Hurrah! Brainy UK is home to 10 of the world’s top 50 universities.

Football: José Mourinho tells journalists: ‘Google instead of asking stupid questions’

• Manager denies that third season is when everything goes wrong

• ‘Nobody can steal our history - we know we are champions of England’

Football rumours: José Mourinho and Chelsea ban ‘banter’?

This OTT anti-marijuana satire is the best thing ever

Stay away from weed drugs. (Picture: MMYV on Facebook)

This satirical anti-marijuana page is the funniest thing we’ve seen in a long time.

Disclaimer: we’re not advocating breaking the law.

Nigeria: Student union leaders budget N1.8m for phone calls

Student Union executives and legislators at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have budgeted N1, 837, 550 to make official phone calls between August, 2015 and January, 2016.

When this roller coaster opens it will smash ten world records

This terrifying piece of thrill-seeking machinery will smash ten world records when it opens.

Just look at what the ride will look like when it’s done:

The new coaster will smash ten records (Picture: Cedar)

11 Things Smart People Won't Say

These phrases carry special power: They have an uncanny ability to make you look bad even when the words are true.


IMAGE: Getty Images

There are some things you simply never want to say at work.

Ranking Every U.S. President By Net Worth; Richest to the Poorest American Presidents.

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Alex Greer


Credit: Associated Press

There’s no doubt about it: being the U.S. president is a hard and often thankless job. Richard Nixon famously said, “Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.”

Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington drops biggest hint yet about Jon Snow’s fate in season 6

(Picture: HBO)

WARNING: Spoilers are on the way

Nigeria: ’Ooni to be picked next month from Giesi family’

•Kingmakers: Giesi house to produce monarch

The 16 Ife kingmakers yesterday named Giesi as the only ruling house qualified to present candidate (s) for the vacant Ooni stool.

They said the new Ooni would emerge in the next 40 days.

Nigeria: Dickson’s aide resigns over non-payment of salaries

Dickson

Chief Chinedu Mba, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seriake Dickson on Non-indigenes, has resigned his appointment citing non-payment of his salaries and allowances for over a year.

Nigeria: Why do the Igbos hate Buhari?

Buhari

Forget about the lies and hateful propaganda against the person of President Muhammadu Buhari from some noisy, frustrated, hypocritical and angry persons and groups from southeast Nigeria. They churn out all manner of lies that Buhari “hates the Igbos” and that’s why he has not considered, or does not consider them for appointments into plum positions in his government.

Prince Harry just got told off during Battle of Britain inspection

Prince Harry got told off this morning (Picture: PA)

Prince Harry was today told off during an inspection of a historic fleet of planes during Battle of Britain aircraft.

Family poses with dead heroin addict father to teach us all a lesson

A mother has shared a controversial photo of her and her children posing next to their dead father.

Politics: APC slams Gov. Okorocha, says he never campaigned for Buhari

Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor and chairman, Progressive Governors Forum

The South East chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, did not campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari in the zone during the presidential election.

Photos: Inside Pastor TB Joshua's $60 Million Gulfstream G550 Private Jet

Pastor T.B. Joshua

How disabled Nigerian drug trafficker died in Ghana

Ambrose-Okeke

Fifty-five-year-old, physically challenged Nigerian, Ambrose Okeke Ifedilichukwe, who was arrested last Thursday, at the Kotoka International Airport, Ghana, for swallowing pellets of powdered substances suspected to be cocaine has died.

Breaking: DSS releases names of President Buhari’s ministers who passed the anti corruption test (See List)

President Buhari 

The Department of State Service (DSS) recently received a much awaited list of 36 ministerial nominees for security screening. While DSS carries on the screening indications appeared that three immediate past governors, Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi and Kayode Fayemi, have supposedly failed. 

Nigeria: Amaechi is “clean, spotless”, APC tells Buhari

Rotimi Amaechi and other members of the Nigerian delegation on their departure to the US

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress said on Monday that the immediate past governor of the State, Chibuike Amaechi, was clean and untainted by corruption while in office.

Nigeria: Amaechi Paid N8.45b For Non-Existent Hospital Project

By Daniel Abia

Former Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi allegedly sunk N8.45billion on the failed Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte 1000-bed specialist Hospital.

Steve Nwosu’s wife abductors demand N100m ransom.

How my wife was abducted, by The Sun Deputy MD

Mrs Toyin Nwosu and Steve Nwosu

Gunmen, in the early hours of yesterday, stormed the Okota, Lagos residence of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr Steve Nwosu and abducted his wife, Toyin.

Cabbie sent the Queen £50 for a special cup of tea- but she sent it back

David Vaz with the £50 note he had returned by the Queen (Picture: SWNS)


What do you get the queen who has everything? A new lead for one of her Corgis? A new handbag? Or £50 for a (expensive) cup of tea?

This is what London could look like if the ice caps melt…

The Palace would get an interesting new moat (Picture: Getty)


Global warming is set to have a huge impact on the international landscape.

North Korea – the surfing capital of the world?

Kim loves to ride those waves

Want to get away from it all and tear up the waves on a surfboard, man?

Look no further than the shadowy despotic state of North Korea – after portly megalomaniac Kim Jong-Un approved plans for a surfing camp to be established on the country’s east coast.

Politics: Buhari's cabinet: Shocker awaits APC godfathers

President Buhari

SHOCKER awaits godfathers of All Progressives Congress (APC), as President Muhammadu Buhari is set to unfold the list of his ministerial nominees.

Equipment Shown During Commissioning Of Uyo “World Class” Hospital Rented – Former Commissioner

FORMER Akwa Ibom State health commissioner Dr Emem Bassey has dismissed suggestions that the state has a modern functioning hospital claiming that the facilities shown to the media by ex-governor Godswill Akpabio were hired for the day.

Fighting terrorism, oil theft challenging —Buhari

President Buhari

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration had been overwhelmed by the efforts to tackle insecurity arising from Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East and oil theft in the South South region of the country.

Senator Arrested In Saudi Arabia Over False Claims

Senator Hassan Barata

A former chairman, senate committee on Culture and Tourism, Senator Hassan Barata, has been arrested in Saudi Arabia.

Katsina begins to reap from Buhari’s presidency

Buhari

*Katsina airport traffic rises amid general decline in air passenger traffic

By Emeka Anaeto, Economy Editor

THERE are indications that the political fortunes of Katsina State which rose with Muhammadu Buhari’s election and inauguration as president have yielded massive commercial returns for the city as passenger traffic at the airport rose by 668 or 319.6 per cent, the highest year-on-year growth rate among domestic airports in second quarter (April, May and June) 2015.

62 dead, 80 injured as crane collapses in Mecca’s Grand Mosque

Scene of devastation after crane collapsed in Mecca

Riyadh (AFP) – At least 62 people were killed and 30 injured when a crane crashed into the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia’s holy Muslim city of Mecca Friday, the civil defence said on Twitter.

Obasanjo almost fainted day I shook hands with him – Alamieyeseigha

Obasanjo and Alamieyeseigha

I will expose Obasanjo

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor

TEN years after, the anger arising from the impeachment and subsequent imprisonment of former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamie-yeseigha by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration is still reverberating even though Alamieyeseigha claims he has forgiven Obasanjo.

Ex-University VC Blind, Poor, Lives In Lagos Slum

Prof Theo Vincent

Retirement is supposed to be a time of rest amid pleasure but seems to be a curse for Prof Theo Vincent, a former Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt and lecturer for 37 years who is now dwelling in a Lagos slum. ANAYO ONUKWUGHA, Port Harcourt, AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE, Abuja and George Okojie, Lagos report on the sad journey of the Rivers State-born Professor of English Language.

Prince Oyinlola in the Republic of Liars, By Wole Soyinka

How does one begin to slash through this thickening tissue of lies? Prince Oyinlola must be put to the strictest proof to substantiate several outrageous claims in his recent press statement. Failing to do so within one week from today will result in his taking his well-earned place in company of the current inmates of The Republic of Liars– next in my series of “Interventions”, a public service series published by Bookcraft, due out in the next month. For now, I categorically deny the following:

We voted for change didn’t we? By Muyiwa Adetiba

The Buhari Government recently celebrated its hundred days in office, if celebration is the word. The ruling administration was certainly not in a celebratory mood. It claimed it was in for a marathon; not a hundred meter dash and did everything to discourage any rolling out of drums.

This certainly was a change from other previous administrations that went to town celebrating real and imagined achievements. And we voted for change didn’t we? So we should not be too perturbed if someone decides not to follow the old order.

These are what Jonathan Gave while in office – Pastor Bakare speaks out

Nigerian Pastor, Tunde Bakare, has disclosed details of his meetings with former President Goodluck Jonathan, and what he benefitted from the former leader while he was in office.

Mr. Bakare, a former running-mate of President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011, said he wrote four -point letter to Mr. Jonathan, calling his attention to the level of impunity in his administration.

Inquiry launched into Mecca crane collapse as Grande Mosque death toll rises to 107

(Picture: YouTube)

An inquiry into how a crane fell through the roof of Islam’s largest mosque has been launched as the death toll rises.

Army captain jailed for raping house guest as fiancée slept next door

Daniel Howard (Picture: PA)

An army captain who raped a house guest as his fiancée slept in the room next door has been jailed for seven years.

REPORT: State Governors Sitting On Bailout

Tension is mounting in states that have collected bailout packaged for them by President Muhammadu Buhari as outstanding salaries remain unpaid there.

A total of 27 states owing several months of workers salaries applied for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) packaged special soft loan of between N250billion and N300billion. Out of the states that have collected the money, only Kwara has announced using it to settle workers salary arrears.