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- 18 Jul 2018
NHIS Accuses Banks, CEOs of Hiding N720Bn
Professor Usman Yusuf, executive secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has indicted banks, former executive secretaries of NHIS, select management staff and interest groups in a fresh…
- 19 Dec 2021
NHIS Proposes 1k/Sec Telecoms Charge for Poor Nigerians
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has proposed one kobo per second call from telecommunications for full coverage of vulnerable Nigerians. Prof Mohammed Sambo, executive secretary of NHIS, in…
- 24 Sept 2019
Husband, Wife in Police Net for Allegedly Hacking into NHIS to Steal N60m
Mr. Tunde Ogunseye and Funmiayo Oyelaja, his wife, have landed in trouble for allegedly hacking into the Federal Government’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) account and stealing N60 million…
- 25 Jun 2014
NHIS Plans to Digitalise Health Insurance
Dr. Femi Thomas, executive secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), yesterday said the body had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to digitalise health insurance in Nigeria. He said…
- 13 May 2021
e-NHIS: NIGCOMSAT Delivers Mobile Biometric
The operation of health insurance using contemporary information and communication technology (ICT) equipment has received a significant boost with the delivery of 37 customised Mobile Biometric…
- 24 Jul 2014
History as MTN Nigeria, NHIS Launch First Mobile Health Insurance Scheme
In further confirmation of its leadership position as Africa's foremost telecommunications company of choice, MTN Nigeria has entered into a strategic partnership with the National Health Insurance…
- 28 Apr 2014
Salt & Einstein, MTN Partner on Mobile Health Insurance Scheme
Salt & Einstein MTS, Mobile insurance services aggregator, MTN Nigeria and Nigerian National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), have announced a strategic partnership to launch a mobile-based…
- 28 Apr 2015
Glo Unveils National Mobile Health Insurance Product
Globacom, has moved to boost access to quality health care among the Nigerian population with the unveiling of a National Mobile Health Insurance Product. Officials of the company and the National…
- 3 Nov 2014
Technology, Foundation for 21st century Effective Healthcare-Oracle
Adebayo Sanni, Oracle country director has highlighted that the global healthcare industry is under constant pressure to provide more and better access to care, while managing ever-increasing demands…
- 31 Aug 2015
NIMC Extends Mandatory Use of NIN to January 2016
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the ssuing Authority for National Identification Number NIN, has shifted the date for the commencement of the mandatory use of the National…
- 5 Mar 2021
Okereafor, Nigerian Makes History with Book on ‘Cybersecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic’
Kenneth Okereafor, a United Nations trained cybersecurity and biometric expert, has made history with Cybersecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic , the first book to demystify Cybersecurity concepts using…
- 22 Jul 2015
Distinguished Speakers as NCS Int’l Conference “Akure 2015” Begins Today
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has scheduled prominent IT/ICT experts as speakers at the 12th International Conference “Akure 2015. The Conference which starts today is intended to provide a…
- 24 Jul 2015
National Identity Management System is now Functional, says D-G
Mr. Chris Onyeneme, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the National Identity Management System (NIMS) “is now functional’’. Oneymeme, who made this…
- 21 Dec 2009
Capdan Joins Hygeia Community Health Plan
Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association (CAPDAN ) has embraced the Hygeia Community Health Plan (HCHP ) which offers healthcare coverage to selected communities in Lagos and Kwara states.…
- 1 Aug 2017
No Nigerian Passport without NIMC in 2018 -Presidency
Federal government has said that anybody that does not have identification number from the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), from 1st January 2018 will not be issued with the…
- 29 Aug 2014
Airtel Insurance Records 130,000 Customers in 2 Weeks
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecoms operator has said that over 130,000 Nigerians have subscribed to its groundbreaking Insurance offer, Airtel Insurance, two weeks after launch. The mobile…
- 27 Aug 2014
President Jonathan to Launch National e-ID Card Tomorrow
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, will tomorrow launch the National Electronic Identity Card, a remarkable milestone in the National Identity Management System (NIMS) and a huge achievement in the…
- 20 Nov 2019
Banks Refund N3Bn, $1.7m Excess, Unauthorised Charges
Bank customers who complained of excess/unauthorised charges, frauds, guarantees, dispense errors and funds transfers; demanded and received some N3.093 billion and $1.724 million respectively from…
- 5 Jan 2020
eClat Healthcare, Edo State to Drive Health Improvement Programme
Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other countries in Africa, has announced that eClat Healthcare Limited, an Interswitch…
- 18 Jan 2010
N12trillion Premium Projection by 2020 - How feasible?
Can the Nigerian insurance industry achieve the projected N12trillion premium base by the year 2020? This is the million dollar question agitating the minds of stakeholders as industry…
- 29 Mar 2021
NIMC Launches New Mobile App for SIM-NIN Linkage
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has launched a new Mobile Web Service (MWS) Application and improved National Identity Number (NIN) slips for public use. This is coming ahead of…
- 6 Feb 2012
National Health Insurance Commission Bill Passes Second Reading
Following the yearnings for a change in the health insurance sector, a Bill for an act to repeal the National Health Insurance Scheme, (Act No 35 of 1999) and to re-enact the National Health…
- 25 Jul 2021
CBN Gov, Others Risk Arrest over Alleged Financial Violations
House of Representatives may issue a bench warrant against Godwin Emiefele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 53 other heads of government agencies for gross violation of the…
- 4 Aug 2021
Leadway Assurance Launches HMO to Deepen Health Insurance Penetration
Leadway Health Limited, a new health maintenance organisation (HMO) established by the Leadway Assurance, has unveiled a range of healthcare service offerings targeted at improving and fostering…
- 27 Aug 2021
NIPR Recognises GovSanwo-Olu’s Contributions, As Delegates Discuss Healthcare at Annual Conference
The organisers of the annual Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders’ Conference on Thursday recorgnised the contributions Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to healthcare in Lagos State as part of the…
- 19 Sept 2021
NIGCOMSAT to Launch 2 Satellites to Replace NigComSat 1-R Satellite
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), will launch two new satellites, NigComSat-2 and NigComSat-3 in 2023 and 2025 respectively to replace the current NigComSat 1-R, which is…
- 4 May 2015
Okoroji, COSON Chair Enrols With NEIHIS
Chief Tony Okoroji, foremost music administrator and chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has joined the ranks of highly influential personalities to enroll on the Nigerian Entertainment…