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July 8, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Raises Committee On Tax Reforms

President Bola Tinubu has established a presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. In a statement on Friday, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Dele Alake, revealed that the committee will be chaired by Fiscal Policy Partner...

July 7, 2023 No Responses

NECA Lauds Tinubu’s Tax Reforms, Seeks More Modifications

The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended steps taken by President Bola Tinubu to create conducive business climate in Nigeria through strategic tax reforms. Director-General, NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, mad...

July 6, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Backs $5b Floating LNG Project

Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has pledged support for the implementation of a $5 billion floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in the country. Tinubu gave the backing on Wednesday when he received a group of joint venture partne...

July 4, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Receives Shell’s Global Upstream Director, Other Stakeholders

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured the business community of his government’s commitment to policy consistency and better business climate to attract investment. The President spoke Monday while receiving the delegation of the Shell Petroleum Develo...

July 3, 2023 No Responses

SEC Holds Capital Market Awareness Programme For FRSC In Lagos, Benin, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, Osun

In a bid to ensure that more Nigerians are educated on the activities of the capital market and thereby developing the market and attracting more investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to hold an awareness programme tagged “Investor...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

Naira Drops Further, Exchanges At N769.25 To Dollar

Again, the Naira on Friday dropped against the dollar, exchanging at N769.25 at the investors and exporters window. The Naira depreciated by 0.82 per cent compared with N763, which it exchanged for the dollar before the Eid-el-Kabir holiday that began...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

Iheanacho To Indigenous Shipowners: Maximize Opportunities In Oil, Gas Industry

It would be most beneficial for Nigerian shipowners operating in the sub-sector to concentrate on the tanker trade than operating liner services, the Chairman of Integrated Oil and Gas Company, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, has said. Iheanacho said this in Lagos...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...

June 28, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Preaches Peace, Tolerance At Sallah

To commemorate Eid-el-Adha, President Bola Tinubu has appealed for tolerance and patience among Nigerians. In a message titled: ‘We must multiply out good deeds,’ Tinubu said“There is no greater sense of duty ever recorded in history outside the ennoblin...

June 23, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 122 Suspected Illicit Drug Dealers

Between June 2022 and June 2023, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Enugu State Command, arrested 122 illicit drug dealers. The Acting State Commander, Mr Peter Ogar, said this while briefing Journalists as part of activities to ...

June 22, 2023 No Responses

NPA Resuscitates Comatose Apapa Water Works

The Mohammed Bello Koko-led Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resuscitated the 2.4 Million Gallons Per Day Apapa Water Works that has been moribund since 2012.Speaking during handover of the resuscitated facility in Apapa on Thursday 22nd Ju...

June 21, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA, NAVY Strengthen Collaboration For Seafarers Certification

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr.Bashir Jamoh, OFR, has restated the Agency’s commitment to issuing appropriate certification to qualified men of the Nigerian Navy who undergo requisite training at th...

June 8, 2023 No Responses

FIRS, LIRS, Seal MoU On Joint Tax Audit, Investigation

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have issued a public notice on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both agencies to establish a Joint FIRS and LIRS Audit and Investigation Team aimed...

June 7, 2023 No Responses

NGX RegCo, ISSB, FRC Harp On Sustainability Disclosures Reporting

NGX Regulation Limited, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), as well as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria, have all said they remain committed to championing the drive of sustainability and climatic disclosure repor...