Africa is still a difficult region for paying taxes – PwC
Kyle Mandy, Tax Policy Leader for PwC South Africa —Tax compliance gets easier for companies, but new data highlights post–filing challenges across the world Economies around the world continue to...
View ArticleFG Uncovers N450b Unremitted By CBN, NCC, Agencies
A Federal government audit on Thursday said Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and several agencies has not been remitted N450 billion to the federal account....
View ArticleNigeria’s Trade Balance Appreciates 16.3% In Q3
Nigeria’s trade balance improved on Thursday to N4.721trillion or 16.3 percent in third quarter (Q3) 2016, according to a new data released by the Bureau of Statistics. The.data show that total trade...
View ArticleYobe state governor orders commissioner sleeping to go home
A commissioner who dozed off during a 2017 Budget presentation in Yobe state, has been sent home by the state governor, Ibrahim Gaidam. The governor warned that any public officer caught sleeping...
View ArticleData Hike: FG, SENATE AND NCC DESERVE COMMENDATION
The Trade Union Congress Nigeria (TUC) on Thursday applauds the Federal Government, upper chamber and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for being sensitive to the yearnings of subscribers, who...
View ArticleBenue Government Begins Campaign To Increase IGR
The Benue state government has flagged off its tax and informal sector business enumeration exercise across the state with a view to shore-up its internally generated revenue by 30%. The move follows...
View ArticleFlour Mills of Nigeria Q2 2017 Results Review – Strong Underlying Results;...
Rolling over to 2018E; price target up 19% Although Flour Mills of Nigeria’s (FMN) Q2 2017 (end-Sep) PBT missed our forecast by 12%, the difference was mainly due to a negative surprise of N7.8bn in...
View ArticleMeeting the Challenges of Growth and Infrastructure Investment
IMF Deputy Managing Director Tao Zhang Remarks for Conference on Meeting Asia’s Rebalance and Growth Challenge Sydney, Australia December 2, 2016 Honorable Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, good...
View ArticleConflict Diamonds from CAR Entering International Markets via Cameroon
Cameroon is allowing conflict diamonds from the Central African Republic to cross over its borders and into the legal supply chain due to poor controls, smuggling and corruption, Partnership Africa...
View ArticleGov Ambode at the Memorial Service for George Starvos Coumantaros, Chairman...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), with Prof. Jerry Gana (right); Non-Executive Director, Flour Mills of Nig. Plc., Mr. Folarin Rotimi Abiola Wiliams Jr. (2nd right) and his wife...
View ArticleCourt Orders Shiites Leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky’s Release
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the leader of the outlawed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, within 45 days. In his...
View ArticleLagos pays N941m to 228 Retirees in November
Mrs Onanuga *Pays N21,929b Accrued Right To 5,027 retirees The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPC) on Friday announced the payment of another batch of 228 retirees from the Mainstream...
View ArticleCBN Says 40% Of Nigerians Do Not Have Bank Accounts
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday said about 40 per cent of the Nigerians are yet to register with any financial institution in the country. The apex bank disclosed this through a statistics...
View ArticleJournalist Jill Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye Kidnapped In Benue State
A journalist, Mrs Jill Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, has been kidnapped by five gunmen in Benue State. Mrs Tor-Agbidye is the News Editor with Radio Benue. Eyewitness said she was taken from her residence,...
View ArticleIMF and the Sveriges Riksbank Sign SDR 500 Million Borrowing Agreement to...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as Trustee of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT), and the Sveriges Riksbank, representing Sweden, have signed a borrowing agreement through which...
View ArticleSuper Falcons Wins Eight Africa Women Cup of Nations trophy
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have won the Africa Women Cup of Nations in Yaoundé after defeating the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in the final of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, making them champions...
View ArticleEmir Sanusi Warns Against $30bn Foreign Loan
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, believes that a foreign loan of 30 billion dollars would be difficult for Nigeria to pay back before the end of President Buhari’s tenure in 2019. He has...
View ArticleSEC, Fund Managers Work on E-Transfer to Boost Financial Inclusion
The President of Fund Managers Association of Nigeria (FMAN), Dr. Ore Sofekun has said that the association is working with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on electronic transfer of funds...
View ArticleMOU signing Between NSE and Casablanca Stock Exchange
R – L shows Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Karim Hajji, Chief Executive Officer of Casablanca Stock Exchangesigned a Memorandum of Understanding...
View ArticlePhoto News: FASHOLA, SARAKI AT PUBLIC HEARING ON ROAD FUND BILLS ORGANIZED BY...
Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (right) and President of the Senate, Dr. Olubukola Saraki at the Senate Committee on Works’ Public Hearing on, “A Bill for an Act to...
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