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As the new year begins, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) wishes its esteemed taxpayers a prosperous 2022. The agency also reminds businesses and employers of labour of their statutory obligation to file annual income tax returns pursuant to section 81 (2) of the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) Cap …

  With a combined wealth of about $20.1bn, President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and Chairman of Globacom Mr Mike Adenuga, have been discovered to be richer that 63 million Nigerians put together. This is based on a report released by Oxfam in Nigeria, which states that the wealth …

A staff of the National Assembly on Monday collapsed and died while ascending the second floor of the White House through the staircase. Eyewitnesses account said Abdul Olajide Abayomi, 34, tripped and fell on the upper rung of the staircase. He immediately rolled to the step landing before help could …

BudgIT Nigeria, a civic-tech organisation, on Monday, announced its discovery of 460 duplicated projects valued at N378.9bn in the 2022 Appropriation Act, accusing the National Assembly of padding the Federal Government’s budget, among other allegations. The National Assembly kept mum on Monday as BudgIT Nigeria, a civic-tech organisation, announced its …

The United States and the British Government have turned down a request by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to send representatives to observe the his trial holding at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division on January 18, 19, and 20. While the US said it …

Igbo Think Tank, Nzuko Umunna, has said that views prevalent among Nigerians suggest that they are eager to see President Muhammadu Buhari approve the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. This is part of the latest moves by stakeholders in the South East …

The Federal Government has established a N100 million technology fund to empower 2,000 youths in two years. President Muhammadu Buhari made this known in Ilesha, Osun State, at the inauguration of a Digital Nigeria Centre, a project of the Universal Service Provision Fund which is an arm of the Nigerian …

The Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, is projecting that the Central Bank of Nigeria will devalue the naira along the parallel market rate which may settle at N565 against the dollar by the end of 2022. The FDC boss stated that spending on political campaign …

Governor of Imo State,  Senator Hope Uzodimma, has advocated the setting up of businesses for spouses of Nigerian fallen heroes so that they can earn a living on their own instead of waiting for handouts. In his address at the Grand Finale of the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration, …

A former Acting Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador M. Dauda has asked the Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, to restrain agencies under his purview from harassing him over a subsisting National Industrial Court judgement in his favor. His lawyers, …