By Godswill Odiong Hot on the heels of oil majors either exiting or cutting back their activities in West Africa, comes news of other players moving to fill the gap – in the coastal countries of Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Ghana, for instance. In other West African coastal countries – Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has urged Justice Ringim Tijjani, a vacation judge of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the application of one Hamza Koudeih seeking leave of the Court to travel to Lebanon for psychiatric treatment. Koudeih is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside one Kayode Phillips,
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged the banks to investigate their customers’ sources of income. Addressing members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria, ACAEBIN, who visited him in Abuja, Abdulrasheed Bawa, EFCC chairman, said: “I will like to urge you to know your customers, know the kind
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Tax Evasion: Tribunal Orders DSTV To Pay 50% Tax Backlog Before Hearing Appeal The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos on Tuesday, 24th August 2021 ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of popular cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 percent of N1.8 trillion which the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has determined through a
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The Department of Petroleum Resources has faulted the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that it was partly responsible for the continued smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol, which has been subsidized by the Federal Government. The Head, Downstream Department, DPR, Bashir Sodiq, said filling stations along the land borders now get less
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2023: Osinbajo not aspiring to succeed President Buhari By OUR CORRESPONDENT The Office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the Vice President has not declared interest to contest the forthcoming 2023 Presidential election. Apparently debunking speculation, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President,
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FG to take 100m Nigerians out of poverty by 2025 – Minister Mr. Clem Agba, Minister of State, Budget, and National Planning has said that the Federal Government’s new Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021-2025 is targeted at lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Agba
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CBN insists on blocking accounts of 18 companies By OUR CORRESPONDENT The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has ordered banks to place a post-no-debit on the bank accounts of 18 companies, meaning that debit transactions, including ATMs and cheques, on the accounts, have been blocked but can receive deposits. In a circular, signed by
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By Eyo Nsima The World Bank Group (WBG) Africa 2022 Fellowship Program, targeting young talented African nationals with Ph.D. will close on August 23, 2021. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, the bank, stated: “The World Bank Group (WBG) Africa Fellowship Program targets young talented African nationals who are completing or have recently
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VAT: Continue to pay it to us — FIRS By Eyo Nsima The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has urged taxpayers in Nigeria to continue to pay their Value Added Tax (VAT) to it. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, in Abuja, weekend, the FIRS noted that the directive became necessary following a recent
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