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11 Mar
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced the launch of a new self-registration module on its Tax Administration Solution platform, TaxPro-Max.
11 Mar
Keni is a 300-level student of the University of Abuja. As the first of a five-child family to gain admission into the university, the Chemical Engineering undergraduate is on the verge of not registering for the current first semester except a miracle happens. This is because her reliance on the federal government’s student loan to pay tuition fees, which the university authorities have increased by 75 per cent, may not see the light of the day.
8 Mar
Hon. Esosa Iyawe has continued to promote decisive legislative actions on the floor of the House of Representatives, after moving a motion to compel the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to recover over N5.19 trillion worth of taxes unrecovered by the agency from individuals, companies and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government. Iyawe, who…
15 Feb
The chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zaccheus Adedeji, has said that the N2.59 trillion Tax Credit Scheme introduced by the Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2021 is not working.
9 Feb
MultiChoice Group, owner of satellite television services DStv and GOtv, has agreed to pay N35.4 billion as part of its tax obligations to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
6 Feb
The House of Representatives is set to hold the second edition of its Sectoral Debates/Dialogue on Tuesday, February, 6, 2024, as part of its periodic Policy Brief Series.
1 Feb
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed banks to remit electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) on foreign currency transactions to the Federal Government. "Financial institutions are to deduct a levy of N50 on all inflows (both cash and electronic deposits) of N10,000 and above and equivalent in foreign currencies, and remit the same to…
31 Jan
Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, yesterday, called for the strengthening of the relationship between FIRS and the Armed Forces in the country.
26 Jan
The plan by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to spend a combined N8.7 billion on software alone this year has received mixed reactions from stakeholders.
25 Jan
The National Assembly is set for a fresh amendment to the constitution – an exercise that has routinely cost the country an average of N1 billion yearly.
25 Jan
The federal government said its target is to achieve a 25 per cent revenue to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio in the 2024 fiscal year.
24 Jan
A fellow of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, (CITN), Mr Francis Uzoma Ubani, has said some provisions of Finance Acts 2021 and 2022 are unconstitutional.

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The Nigeria Police high command has dimissed allegations of nepotism and ethnic sentiments by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun.
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Director General, the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, (IPCR), Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, has condemned recent killing of 16 army personnel including a commanding officer and two majors, describing the act as one perpetuating violence instead of peace.
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I am not too sure politicians would want to line up to the courts in 2027, particularly when you already feel cheated by the kind of judgments we were getting. If you cannot beat them, you must join them.
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President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the path to victory in the September 2024 gubernatorial election in Edo State. The President spoke while presenting the party's flag to the state gubernatorial candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Hon. Dennis Idahosa at the Presidential Villa,…
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The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought before it by Jude Chidiebere, a former husband to Nigeria's envoy to Argentina, Chikerenwa Cordelia Anyatonwu over joint ownership of property in Abuja. Justice Okon Abang in a judgement delivered on Monday, dismissed the appeal for want of merit. Chidiebere had sued…
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The Nigeria Police High Command has dismissed allegations of nepotism and ethnic sentiments by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. A story on the IGP’s tribal inclinations had gone viral on social media. Police spokesman, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi who said there is no truth in the allegation noted that there was a need…
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Nigeria said internet and data services disrupted by an undersea cable cut last week have been restored. Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that services have now been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilisation capacities as of Monday evening. "All operators who were impacted by the cuts have taken recovery capacity from submarine cables,…
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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has presented a whooping N1.5 Billion insurance money to widows and next-of-kins of policemen who died in the line of duty. The cheques were presented at the police headquarters, Abuja by the IGP and his lieutenants. The benefits, according to IGP were given to the relatives of…
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The Nigerian Army has condemned the alleged resort to propaganda by Okuama community in Delta State following the gruesome killing of troops who were on a peace mission. Sixteen soldiers of troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army were said to have been murdered while on a peaceful and mediatory mission after a…