By Kelechi Okoronkwo Success thrills: The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Muhammad Nami, takes his message of rethinking utilisation of tax revenue to ATAF General Assembly. A major take-away from the just concluded Seventh General Assembly of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) which held in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 31 to November 4, 2022 is that tax money must be put into good use if more tax revenue is to be generated. Heads of tax agencies from 42 African countries and more than 500 other participants, comprising of 380 registered participants who attended physically, 100 registered participants who participated virtually…
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The CBN has decided, you can’t take more than 20k out of your own money from your own bank account in one day. In a country in which the majority of Nigerians have no bank accounts or smart phones, they want us all to engage in cashless transactions using bank cards and Apps. They want the transition to be immediate and seamless. They know it is impossible but the decision has been taken, the majority of Nigerians must suffer. We all know this is bad for us as ordinary Nigerians. I wonder whether it is good for the banks and…
“The gesture would also improve the agency’s eco-friendliness and carbon footprint, a positive contribution to climate change and service to humanity” The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has donated 3,000 ‘save 80 efficient cook stoves’, to widows IDPs and other indigent women across Nigera. The stove was designed and manufactured by Atmosfair, Germany in collobaration with the agency. The Executive Vice Chairman of the agency, Prof. Mohammad Haruna disclosed this at the unveiling of the stoves on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the gesture would be extended to the benefitting women in the six geopolitical zones…
The Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs Rose Oriaran-Anthony, has assured Nigerians that the members of staff of the commission would work as a team for the success of 2023 general election. Oriaran-Anthony made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja in her acceptance remark during her swearing-in on her re-appointment as secretary to the commission. She said that the staff members would work to ensure that the technologies to be deployed for the elections are successful for other nations to emulate. “I wish to state that the commission is focused to deliver an election that is driven…
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday provided 1,121 residents with free and comprehensive medical in Igboeze South local government area of Enugu. The exercise featured free health counseling, various medical tests and checks, dental checks, drugs, free eye checks and glasses as well as insecticide-treated nets given to pregnant/nursing mothers, multi-vitamin for children and referral services. Declaring the medical outreach open in Unadu community of the council area, the Commander, 82 Division Garrison, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim, said that the exercise is part of activities meant to strengthen Civil-Military-Cooperation (CIMIC) for the ongoing Exercise Golden Dawn – 2. Ibrahim noted that “the…
The 2022 National Sports Festival (NSF) 59kg weightlifting silver medalist, Adijat Olarinoye has given the reason for her movement from the lower category to upper category at the ongoing festival. Olarinoye in an interview on the sidelines of the finals of the 59kg weightlifting event on Wednesday in Asaba, disclosed that she was motivated to move up. Olarinoye a gold medalist in 53kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham settled for silver in a her new 59kg category. Olarinoye was beaten by another gold medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Rofiat Lawal. The silver medalist said she was…
Trade experts on Wednesday validated Nigeria’s implementation strategies for success under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). They spoke in Lagos at the final validation roundtable by stakeholders before presentation to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval. In his comments, Mr Francis Anatogu, a former Secretary, National Action Committee on AfCFTA, said the validation of Nigeria’s strategic choices on how to win under the AfCFTA was critical. According to Anatogu, Nigeria’s strategies had outlined deliberate choices based on its market’s location, the country’s strengths and areas of preparedness for Nigerian businesses to trade in…
By Abdulsalam Mahmud He sat calmly on his mother’s lap, fiddling with three of his tiny fingers. One can say that he is as fit as fiddle, judging from his tender skin, and very healthy look. Known as Moammadu, the seven-month-old is unaware of the ‘enclosed’ world his mother is living in, as a civilian turned inmate. Aisha Ibrahim, mother of the little Moammadu, may not have shown any visible sign of worry, but she definitely would have gotten tired of her ‘new-found’ home. She is one of the females detained at the Giwa Barracks in Old GRA, Borno State.…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia as a judge of the Federal High Court (FHC). This was made known in a circular issued by the Chief Judge of FHC, Justice John Tsoho, on Dec. 5 notifying judges of the court about the development. The NJC took the decision on December 1 during a meeting it held. Justice Tsoho’s circular reads: “Your lordships are, by this circular letter, notified that at the meeting of the National Judicial Council held on the 1st of December, 2022, the council reinstated Justice R. N. Ofili-Ajumogobia as…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized goods worth N4.88 billion between February and December 6 in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun, on Wednesday. Makinde said that the command, during the period under review, recorded a total of 842 seizures, which included 44,933 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each, equivalent of 73 trailer loads. He listed some of the items seized to include 736 sacks of second-hand clothing, 3,629 pieces of used tyres, 4,700 bags of cement, 3 bales and…