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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Gabriel Olawale ibadan—The Oyo State government has concluded plans to take the healthcare delivery in the state to next level with N50 billion Healthcare Endowment Fund initiative aimed at ensuring access to quality healthcare in the state. Disclosing this to Vanguard, Consultant to Oyo State Healthcare Endowment Fund, Dr Bola Olaosebikan said that considering the economic challenges in the country and the fact that healthcare delivery requires a substantial amount of money, informed the state government’s decision to raise N50 billion through the support of individuals, local and international organisations to bridge the gap. He said: “Governor  Abiola Ajimobi has identified the need to improve hospital infrastructure in the state and he didn’t want to increase the fee of accessing healthcare hence the idea of the Healthcare Endowment Fund which will be launched in July this year.” Olaosebikan said that such novel idea which is the first of its kind i...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO was thrown into mourning yesterday, following the death, Sunday night, of Malama Shatu Aminu, one of the surviving wives of late Malam Aminu Kano. Family source in Kano told Vanguard that the matriarch of Aminu Kano political dynasty died at the age of 89. Shatu’s death came 34 years after her husband, Aminu Kano, a radical politician and founder of Northern Elements Progressive Union, NEPU, passed on in April 1983. Vanguard learned that late Shatu disappeared from public view two years ago, following a strange ailment and had remained incommunicado till her death. She was buried at 2p.m. yesterday, after public announcement by the family on select private stations. The post Shatu, Aminu Kano’s wife dies at 89 appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qQiC8B

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Owei Lakemfa THE seasonal hurricane, ‘Military Mutiny’ is tearing through Cote d’Ivoire, while the more devastating Hurricane Trump has again touched down in the American White House tearing through the American society and world politics. The epicentre of the latter hurricane is that President Donald Trump, the American Commander-in-Chief and Twitter-in-Chief, revealed classified information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and that country’s ambassador to the United States, US, Sergey Kislyak. Some tremor followed with sacked FBI boss, James Comey claiming that at a meeting in the White House on February 13, Trump had asked him to shut-down a federal investigation into former National Security Adviser, NSA, General Michael Flynn’s liaison with the Russians. The alleged disclosure of classified information which may be injurious to American interests and put its agents at risk, raised a firestorm in the country especially amongst exasperated Republ...