August 2021

Shareholders of Fidson approve 25 kobo dividend

By Kayode Tokede Shareholders of Fidson Healthcare Plc, the leading indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Nigeria, will receive a dividend of 25 kobo per share. This was unanimously approved by the shareholders at the 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), which…

Ogun IRS generates N17.9bn in six months

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State Internal Revenue Service says it has generated the sum of N17.936bn between January and June this year, representing over 47% performance, which is a positive variance for the corresponding period of the agency’s performance in…

WaterAid to empower communities in curbing Cholera, COVID-19

Rukayat Akanbi, Bauchi WaterAid Nigeria has said it would empower some communities with context-specific hygiene promotion tools and materials designed to protect them from infectious diseases including COVID-19. Country Director of WaterAid Nigeria, Evelyn Mere said this while launching the hygiene response…

Flood disaster: Osun government calls for calm

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Osun State Government has called for calm among citizens and assured victims of Tuesday’s flood disaster in the state that the government is already assessing the impact of the flood. The State Government made the appeal on…

PenCom deploys high tech digital platform to boost CPS

By Asishana John In a bid to strengthen the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), and make it a retirement savings account (RSA) holders and retirees-friendly and convenient platform, the National Pension Commission (PenCom),has deployed high-powered technological platform accessible to stakeholders. Disclosing…