Court remands suspects over murder of Offa Health College student
04 Feb
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Court remands suspects over murder of Offa Health College student

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By Saka Laaro, Ilorin The Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Monday arraigned seven suspects in connection with the murder of Mojisola Awesu, a student of the State College of Health Technology, Offa, whose tragic death occurred last year. However, the court was unable to take their pleas as the two principal accused persons, Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole, were not represented by legal counsel. Presiding over the case, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf ordered that Adebayo and Kolawole be remanded in a correctional facility pending their proper arraignment on February 24. Investigations revealed that Awesu was allegedly lured to Ilorin by Adebayo and Kolawole, where she was murdered and her body dumped at a dumpsite in the city. Adebayo and Kolawole have been identified as the prime suspects accused of conspiring and causing Awesus death on August 9, 2024. Also, Adebayos...
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EFCC arraigns former NHIS Boss, Usman Yusuf over alleged N90m fraud
04 Feb
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EFCC arraigns former NHIS Boss, Usman Yusuf over alleged N90m fraud

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By Matthew Denis and Austine Agbo Emmanuel, accompanied The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, on Monday, February 3, 2025, arraigned a  former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance scheme, NHIS, Professor Usman Yusuf before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako Kuje. This was contained in a statement signed by Head Media and Publicity of the Commission,  Dele Oyewale on Monday. The statement said, “Usman was arraigned on a five count-charge bordering on embezzlement, conferring undue advantage, and fraud to the tune of N90, 439,178.00( Ninety Million,  Four Hundred and Thirty Nine Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy Eight Naira only. “That you, Prof Ismab Yusuf sometime between 2016 and July 2017, whilst being Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and...
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‘It’s Out of Control’: UnitedHealth Group and Peers Charged Americans 1000% More for Drugs
22 Jan
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‘It’s Out of Control’: UnitedHealth Group and Peers Charged Americans 1000% More for Drugs

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UnitedHealth Group, the American insurance giant recently in the spotlight due to the tragic death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has landed in yet another controversy—this time involving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). A newly released government report has uncovered that UnitedHealth Group, along with other major healthcare companies, has been charging exorbitant markups on prescription drugs, sometimes exceeding 1,000%, even for generic brands.Profiting from Sky-High MarkupsAccording to a recent report from the FTC, UnitedHealth Group's online pharmacy, OptumRx, together with CVS's Caremark Rx and Express Scripts, imposed markups of thousands of per cent on various specialty generic medications sold through their affiliated pharmacies. Many other drugs reportedly saw price increases of several hundred per cent, further inflating costs for consumers. With that finding, FTC stated that the 'Big 3' pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organisations collectively generated...
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