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- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 20 Jun 2021
Airtel Nigeria Partners AXA Mansard to Unveil Mobile Health Insurance via USSD
Airtel Nigeria and leading service provider in the healthcare sector, AXA Mansard, have announced a strategic partnership to deepen access, participation and enrolment in health insurance for more…
- 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…
- 8 Apr 2024
FG Taps SecureID to Manufacture AfriGo Card, First National Domestic Card Scheme
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has appointed SecureID, a Lagos-based company as first manufacturer of AfriGo Card, the national domestic card scheme, an innovative identity solution…
- 8 Jun 2022
Lagos Chamber Says N90Bn Telecom Tax Will Hike Cost of Doing Business
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has stated that the new telecom tax in Nigeria meant to raise N90 billion revenue annually as contained in the new National Health Insurance…
- 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…
- 12 Oct 2025
NHIA, NIMC Ink MoU to Boost Universal Health Coverage Drive with Digital ID
National Health Insurance Authority of Nigeria (NHIA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to make the National Identification Number…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Oct 2017
Reps seek Harmonisation of Biometric Data of Nigerians
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to initiate measures for the harmonisation of the biometric data of Nigerians that have been captured by different agencies. The call was…
- 18 Jun 2019
FG Pledges to Provide Identification for All Nigerians in 5 Years
The Federal Government has declared its determination to provide a lifelong unique identification for every individual physically residing in Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora within the next…
- 12 Feb 2016
IFC, NSIA Map out Strategies to Increase Investments in Nigeria
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), managers of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, have co-hosted a hospital sector focused roundtable to foster…
- 21 Jun 2010
NIA Reiterates Opposition to Workmen’s Compensation Bill
The proposed bill on employee compensation presently pending in the National Assembly has continued to generate intense oppositions from professionals, especially the Nigerian Insurers Association…
- 15 Oct 2012
Nigeria Gets Committee on Unifying Demographic Database
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Committee to midwife the streamlining of a centralised demographic database for the country. Namadi Sambo, the Vice President while inaugurating the Committee…
- 1 Jan 2025
90 Percent of Workers to Pay Lower Taxes in Tax Reforms- PACFTR
Taiwo Oyedele, chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform (PACFTR) has said that contrary to speculations, individuals earning about N1.7 million or less per month will…
- 26 Jul 2018
Insurance Firms Get N15b Recapitalization Mandate
Insurance companies willing to play at the highest level in the country yesterday got an order from the regulator to recapitalise to the tune of N15 billion. The National Insurance Commission…
- 9 Apr 2019
AIICO Unveils Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
AIICO Insurance Plc has launched a free Entrepreneurship Development Programme as part of its contribution to nation building through empowering Nigerians with the requisite knowledge and skills for…
- 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…
- 22 Jun 2015
No Going Back On NIN September Deadline- NIMC
The issuing authority for National Identity, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has put 1st September, 2015 in which all transactions involving the identification of individuals must…
- 1 Oct 2025
Cornerstone Insurance Takes over Annuity Business of Defunct Niger Insurance
Cornerstone Insurance Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading insurance providers has taken over the annuity business of defunct Niger Insurance Plc, and will continue to pay its customers on the scheme. Niger…
- 11 Sept 2015
Understanding Data 'Openness' Impact in Nigeria’s Health Sector
Of all the public sector issues in Nigeria, that of health has grown quite notorious. The government, resident doctors and other public healthcare personals in several health institutions have…
- 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…
- 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…