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Dec

14

2021

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FINANCE BILL 2021: “Our Tax System Must Work For Every Nigerian” — FIRS Executive Chairman

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FINANCE BILL 2021: “Our Tax System Must Work For Every Nigerian” — FIRS Executive Chairman The 2021 Finance Bill must be tailored towards enabling an efficient tax system that works for every Nigerian. This was the position of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) disclosed by its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami to journalists after a stakeholder engagement on the Finance Bill 2021, today at the House of Representatives, Abuja. “Our laws and policies must first and foremost work for the Nigerian people who we have either been elected or appointed to serve.” Nami stated. “Whatever proposals that have been submitted…

Nov

15

2021

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Despite Rising Food Prices, NBS Says Nigeria’s Inflation Drops To 15.99%

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Despite Rising Food Prices, NBS Says Nigeria’s Inflation Drops To 15.99% The National Bureau of Statistics has said that Nigeria’s inflation rate declined for the seventh consecutive month to 15.99 per cent in October The Statistician General of the Federation, Simon Harry disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while presenting the details of the Consumer Price Index report for October. The claim by the NBS contradicts the current economic realities in the country where the prices of food and services have been trending upwards. In recent times, the skyrocketing food prices in major cities across the country are being reported…

Nov

12

2021

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FIRS Boss Promises To Tackle Global Challenges To Taxation

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The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, a renowned tax administrator has been elected by the 47 member countries of the Commonwealth Tax Administrators Forum (CATA) as its 15th President for a three-year tenure. The newly elected President of CATA brings in decades of experience in taxation and administration both in private and public sectors. In his acceptance speech read during the virtual conference of the Forum, Nami thanked all members of CATA for the confidence they have reposed in him by electing Nigeria as President, noting that it is a call to duty. He…

Oct

28

2021

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First Bank Holdings GMD, U.K Eke, Resigns Amid Leadership Tussle Between Otedola, Hassan-Odukale, May Join Abia Guber Race

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First Bank Holdings GMD, U.K Eke, Resigns Amid Leadership Tussle Between Otedola, Hassan-Odukale, May Join Abia Guber Race The Group Managing Director of First Bank Nigeria Holdings, Urum Kalu (U.K) Eke, has resigned from his position before the end of his tenure amid a leadership tussle at the lender. U.K Eke was appointed in 2016 as the GMD of FBN Holdings. He has however tendered his resignation to the company since August 10, 2021, but expected to exit his position by December 31, 2021. First Bank claimed retirement led to Eke’s resignation, while also stating that he has served two…

Sep

21

2021

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President Buhari orders deduction of tax from all digital transactions in Nigeria

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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered deployment of technology to tax all digital transactions carried out across the country. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha disclosed this at the 17th General Assembly and 10th anniversary of the West Africa Tax Administration Forum, WATAF, in Abuja on Tuesday. The assembly is a high-level policy dialogue on taxation of the digital economy, organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. Mr Mustapha said the President gave the order to tax authority to ensure digital transactions were taxed digitally, and the goal of their efforts was to achieve seamless…

Sep

19

2021

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BREAKING: Buhari Orders Incorporation of NNPC, Appoints Senator Ifeanyi Ararume As Chairman

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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, the State House has announced. A statement on Sunday issued by Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, said the president gave the order in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum. “This is in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause for the incorporation of the NNPC Limited within six months of commencement of the Act in consultation with the Minister of Finance on the nominal shares of the Company,” the…

Sep

17

2021

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CBN declares AbokiFX founder wanted over naira collapse

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Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the apex bank will track Oniwinde Adedotun, the founder of AbokiFX and the firm over posting of illegal naira-dollar rates. AbokiFX is a web platform that reports movements in the foreign exchange market since as early as 2014. On the platform, naira is quoted at 570 to the dollar at the parallel market, though the apex bank had described it as an illegitimate market. “The only exchange rate remains the I&E window, which is the market we expect everybody who wishes to procure or sell forex to get…

Sep

08

2021

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Wike blows hot, threatens to shutdown banks, other businesses that pay VAT to FIRS

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The governor of Rivers State has threatened that the state government will shut down the premises of any bank or business organisation in the state that continues to pay Value Added Tax (TAX) to the federal government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service. (FIRS). The governor stated this in Port Harcourt on Wednesday during an interactive session with corporate organizations in the state. He lamented that the federal government has purposely turned the states into beggars, by making them congregate regularly in Abuja to beg for funds, instead of utilizing their potentials to develop their respective states. The warning from…

Jun

16

2021

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How Buhari administration pushed 7 million Nigerians into extreme poverty in 2020 – World Bank

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How Buhari administration pushed 7 million Nigerians into extreme poverty At least 7 million Nigerians were pushed into poverty in 2020, according to the World Bank. In the latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU), titled “Resilience through Reforms”, the World Bank said in 2020, the Nigerian economy experienced a shallower contraction of -1.8% than had been projected at the beginning of the pandemic (-3.2%). “Although the economy started to grow again, prices are increasing rapidly, severely impacting Nigerian households.” “As of April 2021, the inflation rate was the highest in four years. Food prices accounted for over 60% of the total…

Jun

07

2021

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Onion Marketers In Northern Nigeria To Stop Supply Of Spice To The South

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Ethnic tension grips Nigeria and trade wars have become par for the course. The north of Nigeria has concluded plans to stop supply of onions--a widely consumed seasoning and spice--to the south of Nigeria, as ethnic and religious tension continues to grip Africa's most populous nation. According to Aliyu Isa Umar, National President of Onion Producers, the blockade is a reprisal to the violence being unleashed on northerners and their businesses in the nation's south. The police in Imo, southeast Nigeria, had disclosed that a truck laden with onions was looted and vandalised after hoodlums gunned down APC politician Ahmed…