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News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi Assembly moves to guarantee free healthcare for pregnant women, newborns

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/news/article/kogi-assembly-moves-to-guarantee-free-healthcare-for-pregnant-women-newborns-2/
Published on: Tuesday 02 June 2026

Kogi State House of Assembly has given second reading to a bill seeking to provide free maternal and neonatal healthcare services ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi enrolls 200,000 in health insurance scheme

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/kogi-enrolls-200000-in-health-insurance-scheme/ar-AA1FEKHz
Published on: Wednesday 28 May 2025

No fewer than 200,000 Kogi citizens were said to have enrolled in the state health insurance scheme. This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi leads in health insurance coverage, expands affordable care for workers, retirees

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/kogi-leads-in-health-insurance-coverage-expands-affordable-care-for-workers-retirees/
Published on: Thursday 07 August 2025

Kogi State has emerged as Nigeria’s top-performing state in insurance coverage for adults, with 11% of its population enrolled, according to new 2023 data from StatiSense and EFInA. This figure places ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi health student dies in tragic road accident after final exams

News channel or source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/05/25/kogi-health-student-dies-in-tragic-road-accident-after-final-exams/
Published on: Sunday 24 May 2026

A young man identified as Ismail AbdulKarim, who had just completed his final examination at the Community Health Department of the Kogi State College of ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi First Lady Advocates Greater Access To Sanitary Products For Girls, Women

News channel or source: https://leadership.ng/kogi-first-lady-advocates-greater-access-to-sanitary-products-for-girls-women/
Published on: Sunday 31 May 2026

The Wife of Kogi State Governor, Hajia Sefinat Usman Ododo, has called for increased efforts to make menstrual hygiene products more accessible and affordable ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Health Insurance: FG disburses N26b as Kogi enrolls 73,583

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/health-insurance-fg-disburses-n26b-as-kogi-enrolls-73583/
Published on: Wednesday 13 March 2024

The Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Kelechi Ohiri, has described the enrollment of 73,587 residents of Kogi state under various health insurance programmes as a ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi to get 2.2 million mosquito nets to ward off disease

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/malaria-kogi-to-get-22-million-mosquito-nets-to-ward-off-disease-2024080217535777214
Published on: Tuesday 07 March 2017

The nets were provided by the USAID, in collaboration with the Presidential Malaria Initiative, Federal Ministry of Health and the Kogi State Government. Mr Godwin Aidemagbon, Team Lead, National ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi pledges support for CUSTECH Teaching Hospital accreditation drive

News channel or source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/04/12/kogi-pledges-support-for-custech-teaching-hospital-accreditation-drive/
Published on: Saturday 11 April 2026

The Kogi State Government has expressed its commitment to strengthening medical education and healthcare services by pledging full support for the Confluence University of Science and Technology ...

News Nigeria » Kogi » Health: Kogi Deputy Gov Dismisses Rumor Over Wada’s Health

News channel or source: https://www.informationng.com/2014/10/kogi-deputy-gov-dismisses-rumor-over-wadas-health.html
Published on: Saturday 25 October 2014

The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Arc Yomi Awoniyi, has described the rumour making the rounds over the health of Governor Idris Wada as baseless and the handiwork of mischief makers. Speaking in ...