Tribunal orders TSKJN to pay N5.75bn to firs
The Abuja division of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) Thursday ordered TSKJN to pay N5.14 billion ($35,938,087 dollars) as tax liabilities to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Hon. Nnamdi Ibegbu (SAN), the Acting Chairman of the Tribunal made the order following an appeal by TSKJN, challenging the FIRS Tax assessments in a contract for the construction of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).
Fidelity Bank gross income up by 79% in first half
Fidelity Bank Plc has recorded a gross income of N51.9 billion for the six months unaudited results ended June 30th, 2012.
Agricultural research can eliminate poverty – Nwanze
The International Fund for Agricultural Development, (IFAD) President Kanayo F. Nwanze, has disclosed that Agricultural research has tremendous power to eliminate poverty as such should form the bedrock of Green Revolution in Nigeria.
The return of Arunmah Oteh
The Director General of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Arunmah Oteh, returned to her post lately, after the two-month suspension from duties because of the fraud-related counter allegations between her and members of the House of Representatives Committee on the Capital Market.
HOMS: Lagos intensifies housing development
In furtherance of its Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (HOMS) aimed at facilitating home ownership for residents of the state, Lagos State government has intensified the development of housing units across the state.
Diversification: Missing the boat on rubber – 3
Even, when some of the broad outlines of history appear to repeat themselves, on the whole nothing remains the same. Mankind has been repeating many errors made in the past since recorded history. Africans are the most backward people on earth because we hardly wrote our own history. We waited for Europeans to start writing our history for us. And, now in Nigeria, history has been removed from the school curriculum. That will guarantee that future generations will fall into the same traps as we.
