AXA Mansard int’l health plan covers cancer, other chronic conditions
By Rosemary Iwunze AXA Mansard Health’s International Healthcare Plan, iMED, offers Nigerians access to comprehensive medical coverage for cancer, as well as critical medical procedures such as organ and bone marrow transplants, and international emergency medical assistance at leading healthcare facilities in Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom and Dubai. According to estimates by […]
Liquidity returns, share value rises by N136bn
The era of illiquidity in the Nigerian capital market may have been over, as investors in the secondary segment of the market have jettisoned their fear of collapse of the market, staking their funds in the exchange of equities in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
African tourism to grow 2-3 % in 2009 — UN tourism body
Tourism to Africa will grow by a slower 2-3 per cent in 2009 from around 47 million arrivals last year because the global economic slowdown is making travellers cut costs, a U.N. tourism body said on Tuesday. Tourism has become a key source of foreign exchange for many African nations, and in countries like Mauritius and Seychelles it makes up over 30 per cent of gross domestic product.
Nigerians embrace National ID infrastructure upgrade
Nigerians across all ages, creeds, groups and both sexes have wholeheartedly embraced the on-going national ID infrastructure upgrade being implemented by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.
Is another naming ceremony on the way for ZAIN?
IF Middle East and Africa mobile operator Zain Group finally agrees to sell its Celtel Africa unit to a bidding French media conglomerate, Vivendi SA this week, the Nigerian operation of the company may be heading for the 6th time name change.
Textile workers raise the alarm over job losses
Textile workers on Mon day in Lagos urged the Federal Government to intervene in the dwindling fortunes of the sector. The workers under aegis of the National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGWN), expressed worry about imminent job losses in textile industries across the country.Mr Issa Aremu, the union’s General Secretary, told […]
