FG TARGETS N1TRN REVENUE FROM STAMP DUTIES …FIRS to go after MDAs keeping stamp duties …N66bn stamp duties remitted to federal between Jan and May
The Federal Government has charged the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to ensure it recovers all stamp duties collected on behalf of the Federal Government but yet to be remitted…
AKK GAS PROJECT IS KEY TO ACHIEVING NEXT LEVEL AGENDA -Buhari …says Nigeria committed to project completion
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, emphasised Nigeria’s commitment to the timeline delivery of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AAK) pipeline project, within projected budget. To this end, he had charged the partners in…
ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE: BUHARI SUPPORTS SUSPENSION OF PLAN -NASS Leadership
President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to suggestions by National Assembly leadership to prevail on electricity distribution companies in the country to suspend their planned electricity tariff price hike. The the…
IMO GOVT VOWS TO PROSECUTE PAYROLL FRAUDSTERS AS ABIA DISCOVERS 5,666 ILLEGAL WORKERS
The Imo State Government has disclosed that it was ready to prosecute, confiscate and recover all property acquired by payroll fraudsters in the state’s civil service. The Commissioner for Information…
POWER GRID HAS COLLAPSED 108 TIMES AFTER PRIVATISATION -TCN ▪National Assembly halts electricity Tariff Hike
The nation’s electricity grid has collapsed 108 times after the power sector was privatised, data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria have shown. The TCN, which manages the national grid,…
AKK GAS PROJECT: A BOOST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline Project, christened AKK Project, is a major project that will enhance natural gas supply through pipe from the southern to the northern part of the country.…
OVER 1M NIGERIANS APPLIED FOR N-POWER IN LESS THAN 48 HOURS
The federal government says more than one million applications have been received on the N-Power portal since it opened on Friday night. This was disclosed in a statement signed by…
BUHARI SET FOR VIRTUAL FLAG-OFF AJAOKUTA-KADUNA-KANO GAS PIPELINE
President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow perform the flag-off of the building of the 40-inch x 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project. The project, expected to be completed within 24-months, is…
EASE OF DOING BUSINESS: FG MERGES CAC, TAX ID REGISTRATIONS
Business owners who register their organisations with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) would no longer need to approach the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for a tax identification number. In…
POWER CONSUMERS, MAN KICK OVER 100% TARIFF HIKE
A WAVE of opposition at the weekend greeted the 100 per cent electricity tariff increase, which takes effect from Wednesday. Minister of Power Sale Mamman on June 15 said Nigerians…