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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon introduce electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (e-TCC) system to help reduce fraudulent certificates. Mr Kola Okunola, Director ICT, FIRS, said this in a presentation at the ongoing training by Journalism.com Ltd., in collaboration with FIRS on Thursday in Abuja. He said...

The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Tunde Fowler, on Tuesday in Abuja, disclosed that it generated N3.3 trillion in tax revenue for the country in 2016. He said this at training for finance journalists on tax reporting, stressing that the figure was commendable judging from the scorching...

The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said that the repair work at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, is now 96 per cent completed. Sirika gave this assessment when he visited the site on Tuesday, one week ahead of the proposed reopening of the airport....

In keeping with its commitment to creating an enabling environment for small businesses to thrive in Lagos State, The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) will hold a two-day workshop on export for its beneficiaries on Wednesday and Thursday, 12th and 13th of April 2017. The workshop which will be...

The Acting Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Mr Victor Shidok, on Monday in Abuja said there was no plan to increase the pump price of petrol. Shidok said this at a joint news briefing with the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), Alhaji...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dismissed as false information on various social media platforms alleging that the Federal Government has put in place necessary measures to monitor and record all phone calls and social media posts made by the citizens. The Minister, in a press...

No fewer than 154 million Nigerians are now active subscribers of the General System on Mobile Communications (GSM), the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has said. Speaking at the weekend during the NCC day at the ongoing Enugu International Trade Fair, Danbatta said that...

Shell, which operates facilities like this one, in the Bonga oil field off Nigeria’s coast, is entangled in a bribery investigation centered on a 2011 deal. Just hours after the Dutch police raided the offices of Royal Dutch Shell last year as part of an investigation into a controversial $1.3...

Following the recent increase in the bridging allowance to transporters from N6.20 to N7.20, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that it will not lead to an increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from the prevailing price of N145 per litre. The increase in...

The House of Representatives on Thursday quizzed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and Budget and National Planning Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma over N302.4 billion pension arrears. The lawmakers demanded to know what the Executive was doing to offset the outstanding pension liabilities under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) and...