Business
September 4, 2019
IGP orders police to protect Shoprite, MTN, warns Nigerian “miscreants”
Nigerians are free to demonstrate against South Africa's recurring xenophobic attacks as long as they do so peacefully.
August 26, 2019
CBN orders banks to settle loans from debtors’ other bank accounts
If you think you can stop saving money with the bank account you used to obtain a loan, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has bad news for you.
August 26, 2019
FIRS: Fowler says VAT charges on online transactions begin January 2020
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that it would start charging Value Added Tax on online transactions, both domestic and international, with effective from January 2020.
August 1, 2019
FIRS: Buhari government wants to tax everything you buy online
Payments for such purchases are often made using bank debit and credit cards, and could soon attract the five per cent tax being considered by the FIRS.
June 27, 2019
Lagos seals “unsafe” Chinese firm after Nigerian teenager electrocution
Speaking on the incident, the Commission’s Director-General, Mr. Hakeem Dickson stated that the firm was shut because it is not safety compliant as it lacks basic safety equipment and poor wiring system among other workplace safety violations.
June 10, 2019
Buhari government drags NNPC to court
A legal battle has begun to recover huge funds lost to alleged under-remittance and diversion of oil/gas royalties and taxes by some major oil companies.
June 6, 2019
Buhari government revokes MKO Abiola’s oil license
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revoked five Oil Mining Licenses (OML) and one Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) belonging to five companies.
May 31, 2019
Nigeria: Suffering will multiply in Buhari’s second tenure – The Economist
The Economist has predicted “more misery ahead” for Nigerians in President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term.
May 27, 2019
JUST IN: Buhari signs 2019 Budget into law
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and members of the federal executive cabinet witnessed the signing in Abuja.
May 22, 2019
ALERT: That cooking gas cylinder will no longer be yours
The Federal Government is coming up with a policy that will remove the ownership of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) cylinders from consumers.