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PenCom to sanction PFAs as only 17% of RSA holders recaptured

PenCom to sanction PFAs as only 17% of RSA holders recaptured

By Rosemary Iwunze The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has threatened to sanction  Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) that fail to meet prescribed targets under the ongoing Retirement Savings Account (RSA) data recapture exercise. PenCom, in its first-quarter 2026 report, disclosed that only 17.03 per cent of the industry’s legacy RSA holders had completed the mandatory data recapture […]
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Oil market to stabilise on increased OPEC cut, swells FG’s excess revenue

Oil market to stabilise on increased OPEC cut, swells FG’s excess revenue

The global oil market was very unstable in 2017, as a result of many factors, especially over-supply, speculation and politics, thus causing anxiety in major oil producing nations such as Nigeria, Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirate and Venezuela.

FIRS generated N4tr tax revenue in 2017

FIRS generated N4tr tax revenue in 2017

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, said it generated N4 trillion from tax revenue collected in 2017. This represents 20 percent or N800 billion increase when compared with N3.3 trillion generated in 2016. The Executive Director, FIRS, Mr. Tunde Fowler disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos yesterday.