Auchi (Nigeria)

Type: City

Name: Auchi (Nigeria)

Latitude: 7.08

Longitude: 6.26

population: 62,912

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Nigeria: NHIS Extends Service to Rural Communities

In its bid to achieve universal coverage by 2015, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has extended its Community Based Health Insurance Programme (CBHIP) service to six rural communities across the states.Executive Secretary of the Scheme Dr. ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Health Insurance, Communities, Nigeria

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Curbing the menace of building disasters

The news of collapsed and burnt buildings have been a reoccurring issue in Nigeria, but the sad part is that nothing seem to be changing. Tomorrow, another building might collapse or burn down and Nigerians would carry on as if nothing happened.Last Sunday, ... [Published Vanguard - May 15 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Auchi (Nigeria), Ingress and Egress, Nigeria, Pension Reform

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

S’South, S’East govs meet, chart path to regions’ growth

ASABA, the Delta State capital, Sunday hosted a meeting of the South-South governors and their Southeast counterparts, with the chief executives of the states deliberating on the way forward for the region and the country in general.The first meeting ... [Published The Guardian Nigeria - May 12 2013]

Entities: Rotimi Amaechi, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, Adams Oshiomhole

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Abuja natives need to show gratitude

It beats one’s imagination that the original inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory are today threatening the rest of the country, particularly other Nigerians living in the FCT saying that the entire land in Abuja belongs to them. One wonders why ... [Published Nigeria Punch - May 10 2013]

Entities: Abuja (Nigeria), Kafanchan (Nigeria), Gratitude, Suleja (Nigeria), Federal

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Kenyan Wins Maiden Okpekpe Race

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole (3rd R) of Edo and others taking off during the VIP Race at the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race in Auchi, Edo...SaturdayThe first ever International Amateur Athletics Federation-certified road race in Nigeria held Saturday ... [Published This Day Online - May 05 2013]

Entities: Adams Oshiomhole, Nigeria, Moses Ndiema Masai, Auchi (Nigeria), Uganda

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

We'll Continue to Train Long Distanc...

Athletes to represent the country at the maiden Okpekpe 10-kilometre race to be held on Saturday, will further be trained after the race, an official of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has said.AFN Technical Director, Navy Commodore Omatseye ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Lagos (Nigeria), Auchi (Nigeria), Nigeria

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

JTF Discovers Illegal Refinery, Arrests Seven Persons in Kogi

Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corps (NCDSC) operativesThe Joint security Task Force, JTF, in Kogi State has arrested seven persons in connection with an illegal refinery discovered in Emomo village in Okene Local Government Area of the state ... [Published This Day Online - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Refinery, Illegal, Okene, Arrests

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Gunmen Attack ACN Stalwart, Kill Brother, Orderly

A stalwart of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo state, southsouth Nigeria, Mr Patrick Akhimien, was on Wednesday attacked by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Ekpoma.The attackers killed Akhimien’s younger brother, police orderly and injured ... [Published PM News Nigeria - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Ekpoma (Nigeria), Auchi (Nigeria), Uromi (Nigeria)

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Erosion: Auchi lacks planning - Environmentalist

(NAN) An environmentalist, Mr Paul Onisuru, has attributed the perennial problem of flooding and erosion in Auchi, Edo, to the lack of a master-plan for the town.Onisuru, who teaches at the Urban and Regional Planning Department of Auchi Polytechnic, ... [Published News Agency of Nigeria - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Auchi (Nigeria), Erosion, Drainage, Flooding, Adams Oshiomhole

First reported Dec 10 2012 - Updated Dec 10 2012 - 1 reports

Computer Test to Be Compulsory for Admissio...

Benin Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, said at the weekend that the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to make computer based test a compulsory component of admission and matriculation examinations into tertiary institutions from ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Dec 10 2012]

Entities: Auchi (Nigeria), Education, Admission, Benin, First Lady

Quotes

Sambo represented by the General Manager technical operations, Dr Hope Uweje said, "The implementation of CBHIP scheme takes cognizance of community ownership, social solidarity interest of the people, culture and the various socio- economic groupings in the country"

Nigeria: NHIS Extends Service to Rural Communities [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]

...An Arab proverb has it that "victory is not gained by the number killed, but by the number frightened."

THE WRONG FOUNDATION 1 Joseph Emeka Anumbor [Published Modern Ghana - May 05 2013]

"We will continue to train them depending on how they perform at the Okpekpe race" he said

We'll Continue to Train Long Distanc... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 02 2013]