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NLIP Net Surplus Soars 118% in 2024 Financial Year

The Nigeria Liability Insurance Pool has recorded a 118 per cent jump in its net surplus for the 2024 financial year to N708.24m from N324.9m in the previous year. This was disclosed in its 2024 annual report, which was presented at its 15th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos on Friday. The NLIP provides reinsurance...
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NHIA Expands Cancer Treatment Cost-Sharing with Roche

The National Health Insurance Authority has revealed that more facilities have been onboarded to offer cost-sharing financing under its partnership with Roche Oncology for cancer patients. The Director-General of NHIA, Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, disclosed this at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Association of Insurance and Pension Editors, which was held in Lagos recently....
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States Clash With FG Over Right to Slash Electricity Tariffs

Enugu and other states have disagreed with claims by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission that sub-national entities cannot fix electricity tariffs because they do not generate and transmit electricity. The Special Adviser to the Enugu Governor on Power, Joe Aneke, said states have the power to design tariffs as far as distribution is concerned. Speaking...
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Caverton Marine Wins Award for Waterways Electrification Sol

One of Caverton’s talented naval architects has emerged victorious in a prestigious paper competition organised by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Western Europe Section, in the quality of resolving the waterways electrification menace in the world. Caverton made this known through a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the winning paper,...
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NEMSA, NISO Partner to Boost Grid Metering Accuracy in Niger

The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency and the Nigerian Independent System Operator have unveiled a joint action plan to strengthen safety protocols, enforce technical standards, and improve metering accuracy in the power sector. Both agencies have established a Joint Technical Team of experts from each organisation. The team will focus on metering infrastructure, regulatory compliance,...
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Governors’ Refusal to Sign Death Warrants Fuels Crime

Former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, Hon. Justice Ishaq Bello, has called on governors to sign death warrants for inmates convicted of capital offences who have exhausted all legal remedies. Speaking at the Nigeria Human Rights Conference with the theme: ‘The right to development, rule of law and Nigerian dream’,...
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UK Firm Empowers Nigerian Youth at Lagos Leadership Summit

To mark its 15th anniversary, UK-based leadership development organisation, TEXEM (These Executive Minds), convened a youth leadership workshop at Greensprings School, Lagos, aimed at nurturing the next generation of Nigerian leaders. Unlike typical commemorative events that serve as symbolic gestures, the workshop was a deeply intentional and values-driven intervention that highlighted the importance of early...
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Dangote Urges Tinubu to Ban Fuel Imports, Sparks Monopoly Fe

•IPMAN, PETROAN push back, warn against monopoly, Dangote insists on ‘Nigeria First’ policy The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has asked President Bola Tinubu to include refined petroleum products in the list of items banned under the ‘Nigeria First’ policy of the Federal Government. But this was unanimously rejected by oil marketers...
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