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The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami, on Thursday said effective from next week Monday, June 7, TaxPro-Max, a stress-free solution to tax filing encumbrances becomes the new channel for filing Naira denominated tax returns. The introduction of the new solution to tax filing, the Chairman assured will also help eliminate the bottlenecks and drawbacks associated with tax administration in the country. Nami, who underscores that this is part of the Service's efforts at modernising tax administration, said TaxPro-Max enables seamless registration, filing, payment of taxes and automatic credit of withholding tax as well as other credits to the taxpayers' accounts among other of its features. He added that the new solution also provides a single-view t...

Towards tackliong insecurity and armed banditry head on, the  Senate, has taken further steps towards strengthening the legal status requirement for the country’s National Emergency Number 112, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) through its Emergency Communication Centres (ECC). The Committee on Communications recently organised a one-day public hearing where stakeholders gathered to make valuable contributions and observations on two bills by the Senate Committee on Communications. These are the Nigerian Postal Service Act (Repeal and Establishment) Bill, 2021 and the Nationwide Toll-Free Emergency Number (Establishment) Bill, 2021, being sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State.  The emergency number bill passed the second read...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari, on Niger Delta Affairs Senator Ita Enang, has said that Nigeria is adopting the best practices of sustainable loan debt management. According to him, the repayment plan of the debt is tied to the projects for which the loan is taken. As at December 2020, however the Debt Management Office (DMO), said the combined indebtedness that is the debt stock of both the federal government, State governments including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stood at N32.915 trillion. The Chief Press Secretary to the   Senior Special Assistant to the President, Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Edet Ekpeyong, in a statement quoted his boss Senator Ita Enang as making the disclosure in a key address at the Chartered Institute of Tax...

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday commissioned 20 new basic life support ambulance buses, seven state of the art firefighting trucks even as he acknowledged that senior officers pulled out of the service. Speaking at the ceremony, he said the equipment are part of the N10.4 billion infrastructure upgrade approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in March which comprises of 44 firefighting engines, 15 water tankers, 15 rapid intervention fire engines (not conventional ones) that can go into any nook and cranny to respond to distressed calls and 20 basic life support ambulances. The Minister added that the ambulances in particular are an innovation to fire fighting and the first time in the history of this country. He said: “It has become clear that ...

By Franklin Alao The attention of the Management of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has been drawn to some write-ups, especially on Twitter and Instagram by some persons alleging extortion by the new Courier regulations. NIPOST Management was taken aback by this action given the level of engagements of all stakeholders within the postal services industry in Nigeria, particularly in recent times. The decision to step up engagement was aimed at ensuring that all stakeholders have the opportunity to have input in decision-making, understand why NIPOST is introducing new measures and to promote transparency in the sector. NIPOST Management was, therefore, surprised that some stakeholders chose to ignore the windows of opportunity for sharing their ideas or grievances with the...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has arrived in New York, United States, where he is billed to attend the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Session against Corruption, UNGASS. The events which kicks off on Wednesday June 2, 2021 will end on June 4, 2021. The UNGASS will among other things, examine measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation, pursuant to the General Assembly resolutions 73/191 and 74/276 as well as decision 74/568. The special session is expected to adopt “a concise and action-oriented political declaration agreed upon in advance by consensus through intergovernmental negotiation under the auspices of the conference of the state parties (CoSP) to UNCAC. The E...

The Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) has stressed the need to protect migratory birds. The group said it would be done in collaboration with Nigeria Civil Society Framework on Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (NCSFPAS). This was contained in a statement by CSDevNet in Abuja on Monday to mark World Migratory Day 2021 with the theme: Sing, Fly, Soar- Like a Bird. Pius Oko, Project Officer, CSDevNet noted that the annual campaign was to raise awareness on migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them and their habitats. Oko said migratory birds lifted our spirits and reminded us of nature, as it connects people and the ecosystems. Oko, therefore, said the 2021 theme appealed to people around the world to use ...

It was the gathering of who is who in the federal capital territory, Abuja on Sunday as friends, associates, admirers and relations of the former Presidential aspirant of the defunct National Republican Convention, NRC, assembled at JD Leisure Event Center, in Maitama to pay tribute and bid farewell to the great icon, Dr Joe Nnabuchi Nwodo.  The night of tribute organized by friends and relations of the late constitutional lawyer attracted prominent heads from political and corporate community across the country. The prowess of the late politician/ lawyer during his active days  especially during the third republic was the highlights of the tribute from speaker after speaker with most of them insisting that he was the best President Nigeria never had. The National Chairman o...