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With Cooperation, We Can Improve Revenue Mobilization For Our Two Nations – Nami Tells Niger Tax Authority

With Cooperation, We Can Improve Revenue Mobilization For Our Two Nations – Nami Tells Niger Tax Authority

With Cooperation, We Can Improve Revenue Mobilization For Our Two Nations - Nami Tells Niger Tax Authority The revenue mobilization of Nigeria and Niger Republic can be improved if the revenue authorities of both countries work together to deepen their relationship, share tax information and engage in mutual administrative assistance, Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated. Mr. Nami stated this while receiving his Niger Republic counterpart, the Director General of the Niger Tax Authority, Mallam Ousmane Mahamane and his delegation at the Headquarters of the FIRS, during a cooperation visit to the Service…
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MultiChoice raises DSTV, GOTV subscription rates

MultiChoice raises DSTV, GOTV subscription rates

Pay TV company, Multichoice, has announced new rates for its offerings in Nigeria, the firm’s latest price increase that is bound to irk its customers. The firm said from April 1, subscribers will pay more for all its bouquets and its premium package on DSTV will cost N21,000, no longer N18,400. Compact Plus which cost N12,400 before will now go for N14,250, while Compact will cost N9,000 instead of N7,900. Confam will cost N5,300 and no longer N4,615, while Yanga subscribers will pay N2,950 and not N2,565. The firm blamed “rising costs of inflation and business operations” for the increase…
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Soludo Suspends All Revenue Contracts For Onitsha Markets, Parks, Others

Soludo Suspends All Revenue Contracts For Onitsha Markets, Parks, Others

Soludo Suspends All Revenue Contracts For Onitsha Markets, Parks, Others. The former Central Bank of Nigeria governor said this on Thursday during his inauguration as the governor of the state. The newly sworn-in Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has banned the activities of revenue collectors in the state. The former Central Bank of Nigeria governor said this on Thursday during his inauguration as the governor of the state. Soludo said, “As a new order, many unproductive system will give way. There will be new and better ways of managing our parks, managing our markets, different and better ways of…
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Biden announces ban on all Russian energy imports over Ukraine invasion

Biden announces ban on all Russian energy imports over Ukraine invasion

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will target "the main artery of Russia's economy" by banning the import of Russian energy products. "We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at U.S. ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine." The president warned that the move would probably increase gas prices in the U.S., but that it was necessary to ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia's economy for its war on Ukraine.…
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FIRS Offers Concession To Taxpayers With Outstanding Foreign Currency Tax Liabilities

FIRS Offers Concession To Taxpayers With Outstanding Foreign Currency Tax Liabilities

FIRS Offers Concession To Taxpayers With Outstanding Foreign Currency Tax Liabilities Taxpayers who have outstanding foreign currency tax liabilities can now take advantage of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) one-month window to settle these liabilities in Naira, with effect from the 1st of March, 2022, to 31st March, 2022, this is according to a Public Notice released by the Service and signed by the Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami. The FIRS stated that it had received requests and enquiries from taxpayers on challenges being encountered in sourcing for foreign currencies to offset their outstanding tax liabilities. “In view of the…
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Mayor Of Ukrainian Town Shot Dead By Russian Soldiers While Distributing Food To Displaced Persons

Mayor Of Ukrainian Town Shot Dead By Russian Soldiers While Distributing Food To Displaced Persons

Mayor Of Ukrainian Town Shot Dead By Russian Soldiers While Distributing Food To Displaced Persons A statement by the Hostomel council said he "died as a hero", adding that it was impossible for a funeral to immediately be held due to the war. The mayor of Hostomel town in Ukraine has been shot and killed while out distributing aid, according to Ukrainian officials. The town is close to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and is home to the Hostomel airfield, a key strategic point at the centre of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Sky News reports. The town council said…
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30 killed, over 60 injured in Pakistan mosque bombing

30 killed, over 60 injured in Pakistan mosque bombing

30 killed, over 60 injured in Pakistan mosque bombing Senior police official Ijaz Khan confirmed that at least 30 had been killed and that it was a suicide bombing. A suicide bombing at a Shi'ite mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 30 people, police and hospital officials said. The death toll is expected to rise substantially as many of the injured are in critical condition, police and hospital officials said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the deadliest in years on Pakistan's Shi'ite minority which has long…
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BREAKING: Shakhtar Donetsk coach killed in Ukraine during fight with Russia

BREAKING: Shakhtar Donetsk coach killed in Ukraine during fight with Russia

Shakhtar are one of Ukraine's most successful clubs - winning 13 league titles, 13 Ukrainian Cups, nine Ukrainian Super Cups and the UEFA Cup. A SHAKHTAR Donetsk coach was tragically killed by a Russian shell as the football club issued a heartbreaking plea to Moscow to "stop the madness". The death of the youth coach was confirmed last night by the club's boss Serhyi Palkin as the Russian assault on Ukraine rages on for a ninth day. Palkin said in a statement: "One of our employees was killed yesterday. Kids coach. "He was killed by a fragment of a Russian…
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Russian Businessman Announces $1M Bounty For Putin’s Arrest

Russian Businessman Announces $1M Bounty For Putin’s Arrest

Russian Businessman Announces $1M Bounty For Putin's Arrest A Russian entrepreneur, Alex Konanykhin, has placed a one million dollar bounty for the arrest of his president, Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine. In a post on his Facebook page, he shared a wanted poster with Putin's face on it. He said, "I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws. "Putin is not the Russian president as he came to power as the result of a special operation of blowing up apartment buildings…
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Andrei Sukhovetsky: Top Russian General Dies In Ukraine Invasion

Andrei Sukhovetsky: Top Russian General Dies In Ukraine Invasion

Ukrainian defense forces killed Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky in combat earlier this week, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian media. The circumstances of the 47-year-old’s death were not immediately clear, but the Kremlin-backed Pravda said he was killed "during a special operation in Ukraine." According to Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Sukhovetsky deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District last year. He was also the head of the 7th Airborne Division, had served in Syria and received two commendations for bravery from the Kremlin. "The fact is, we…
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