Food security and the expansion of made in Nigeria products, according to the Federal Government, are two of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) administration’s lasting legacies that have been widely understated. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made this statement on Thursday in Abuja at the ninth instalment of the “PMB Administration. Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, received the “Tourism Amazon” of the year 2022 award from the Association of Tourism and Travel Writers of Nigeria (ATTWON) on Wednesday. She and the other recipients of the award received it in Lagos at the ATTWON quarterly tourism parliament and awards ceremony. Read More…
The Senate passed the second reading of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) (Establishment) Bill, 2022, on Tuesday. Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi (PDP-Kebbi North), the bill’s sponsor, gave the lead debate on the bill’s fundamental ideas at plenary. Abdullahi, who presented the debate, stated that the bill aimed to alter the FIRS (establishment) Act, No. 13, Read More…
In a case that has delayed the corporation’s sale of its onshore assets, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday permitted Shell Plc’s local business to appeal a decision ordering the company to pay $1.8 billion in damages for an alleged leak. Until the court issued a decision regarding an appeal filed by its subsidiary Shell Petroleum Read More…
According to the presidency, between 1999 and 2021, nine oil-producing states will have earned a total of N625.43 billion in 13 percent oil derivation, subsidies, and SURE-P refunds from the Federation Account. The impacted states that received the reimbursements spanning from 1999 to 2021 were Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo, and Read More…
Mr. Wasiu Adesina, the chairman of the Ikorodu Local Government, has reassured the locals of his administration’s commitment to bringing them more development projects and democratic dividends. At the stakeholders meeting for the local government’s 2023 budget held on Friday in Lagos at the council secretariat in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Adesina made the guarantee. In Read More…
To prepare tax authorities for the enforcement drive before 2023, the Federal Capital Territory’s Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has started tax enforcement capacity and simulation training. This was said in a statement made in Abuja by Mr. Mustapha Sumaila, Head of Corporate Communications for the FCT-IRS. According to Sumaila, the training is centred on an Read More…
Aero Contractors, one of Nigeria’s oldest private aviation businesses, has announced the resumption of regular flights on ten routes around the country. Capt. Ado Sanusi, the newly appointed Managing Director, said this during the re-launch of the airline’s services in Lagos on Thursday. On July 20, 2022, Aero Contractors halted scheduled services in order to Read More…
The lead director of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), Mr. Eze Onyekpere, has demanded that Nigerian subsidies be gradually eliminated. At the Public Policy Dialogue and Unveiling of Partnership for Amplified Voices (PAV) in Abuja, Onyekpere made the announcement. The director stated it was time for drastic action to be taken on subsidy. The Read More…
Nigeria aims to stop importing petroleum products before or around the third quarter of 2023, according to oil minister Timipre Sylva. Sylva stated that a rebuilt refinery in the oil-producing Niger Delta city of Port Harcourt will start providing 60,000 barrels per day of processed crude by the end of December. The minister also stated Read More…
