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 […]
Akwa Ibom seeks increased patronage for local contracting firms
THE Akwa Ibom State Government is demanding that International Oil Companies (IOCs) increase their patronage of the oil and gas contracting firms whose operational bases are domiciled in the state, noting that the trend would go a long way in addressing unemployment as well as grow the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
FG signs $5.792bn contract for 3,050MW Mambilla power project
THE Federal government has described the 3,050megawatts hydro power project worth over $5.792 billion (about N2.096 trillion) in Taraba State as a new dawn in the nation’s power diversity and energy needs.
Bulk electricity users to buy directly from GENCOs
ELECTRICITY consumers, especially bulk users now have an option as the federal government has approved a new policy to enable them buy power directly from the electricity generating companies, GENCOs.
FG, others plan to generate 14,000mw from hydro
Plans are underway by the Federal Government and other stakeholders to generate additional 14,000 megawatts, mw of power from water (hydro).
Chevron contributes $5m to HIV fund to in Nigeria
Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), an affiliate of Chevron Corporation (Chevron), announced the disbursement of US$2.5 million donated by Chevron to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), for the implementation of the Chevron-Global Fund Anti-Retroviral Treatment Service Maintenance Program (ART Program), in Delta, Bayelsa, Ondo and Lagos States.
