The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter.

The Federal Government may file a fresh action against Yoruba secessionist agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (also know as Sunday Igboho), following the judgment of Oyo State High Court which awarded N20 billion in damages in his favour.

Olayiwola Afolabi, is Senior Partner, Olayiwola Afolabi and Co. He is one of the vocal lawyers in Edo State. In this interview, he spoke on the Value Added Tax, VAT war which has shifted to the courts, the recently passed Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, amnesty for repentant Boko Haram members, the introduction of stamp and […]

By Bashir Bello The Member representing Albasu, Gaya, and Ajingi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has described the death of Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulqadir as a loss of promoter of peace and unity. Gaya who expressed grief and sadness over the death in a condolence message issued to […]

By Sola Isola, Ibadan The Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), and the apex Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), have said that they have nothing to do with the Yoruba nation rally planning to hold from October 1-3, 2021 in the US. In a statement jointly signed by Otunba Shade Olukoya, Vice-Chairman, […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped a pregnant woman and two others in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, demanding a ransom of N30 million. Vanguard gathered that the three persons were kidnapped on Sunday evening along Igbo-Ora-Sokoto road in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was […]

The suspects, Akingbala Olakunle, A.K.A ALL STAND, Owoniyi Segun, A.K.A, Agbede, Daramola Muideen, A.K.A Ede, and Shina Adeyemi, according to the Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode were principal suspects in the killings.

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has faulted ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of the fresh borrowing plans of President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying in spite of the debt cancellation secured by the Obasanjo administration, there is now more fiscal prudence than obtained under the 16-year rule of […]

THE Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has taken over the mansion of   former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, over N5 billion indebtedness

Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) has won an appeal judgement in the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division against a consulting firm, Mazars Consulting, over N567.7 million claims.

The House of Representatives has abandoned the probe it initiated into capital projects by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, and Rivers states.

Apex Igbo socio-Cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, disagreed with the plan by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to lock down the South East for one month, if its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not brought to court on October 21, 2021.

PALPABLE tension has gripped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as members of its zoning committee begins deliberation on zoning the party’s National Working Committee, NWC offices across the six geo-political zones.

There are indications that the insurance sector has shaken off the impact of COVID-19 on its performance recording 15.7 percent Year-on-Year, YoY, growth in contribution to gross domestic product, GDP, in the second quarter of 2021, Q2’21.

The  Senate yesterday passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP, with the approval of N13.98 trillion as aggregate Federal Government expenditure for 2022, based on oil price benchmark of $57, exchange rate of N410.15 to the US dollar, and 1.88 mbpd crude output.