Following the suspension of the former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Mallam Attahiru Ibrahim as the Acting Secretary of the Scheme.

A new research suggests that people who drink coffee have a lower risk of dying from a host of causes, including heart disease, stroke and liver disease. The study adds that it is unclear whether the health boost is down to the brew itself.

Information reaching vigil360 indicates that the auditor of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Zakari Mohammed Sada, has been kidnapped by gunmen along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

On Tuesday, during plenary, the Senate passed the Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Bill.  The Bill was forwarded to the Red Chamber by the House of Representatives for concurrence seeks to compel healthcare givers across the country to treat persons with gunshot injuries before reporting the matter to appropriate security agencies or obtaining Police report.

A new study of more than 14,000 people has shown that those who received meningitis vaccine in New Zealand had a reduced chance of contracting gonorrhea compared with unvaccinated people.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced a surgical intervention scheme for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the IDP camps at Bama, Dalori and Banki, all in Borno State, the NAF Directorate of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI).