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Malami Urges Media Practitioners To Avoid Partisan Politics In Their Reportage

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FMIC: The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (HAGF), Abubakar Malami SAN, has urged the Media Practitioners to be above board by avoiding Partisan Politics in their reportage. He said this at the occasion of Annual Conference of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, theme: “The Role of the Judiciary in […]Continue Reading
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African Union Must Revive ‘African Railway Union’ (ARU)- Rail Society

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The only continent wide railway union in Africa is enmeshed in crisis, its activities paralysed. Now is time to get African Railway Union functional again. Abuja/Kinshasha-Jan 20th, 2021-@AfroRail: Against the backdrop of African Continental FreeTrade regime, a railway advocacy group, African Railway Roundtable has appealed to the incoming Chairman of African Union to Continue Reading
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Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Gets new Head

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Fonteh Akum takes the helm of an agile organisation well-versed in confronting the human security threats facing the continent. Pretoria, South Africa – The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has started the year under the leadership of new Executive Director, Fonteh Akum. He takes the organisation into its 2021-2025 strategy, building on three decades of Continue Reading
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#Buhari Orders MDAs, Others to Grant Access to #FIRS for Tax Collection

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President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated ministries, departments, agencies and business enterprises to grant access to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to their systems for the purposes of tax collection nationwide. President Buhari issued the mandate on Thursday while delivering his address as the Special Guest of Honour at the First Annual National Tax Dialogue Continue Reading
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#AFDB President Proffers Options to Widen #Nigeria’s Tax Base

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The President of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has listed measures and policy options to widen Nigerian Tax base and cushion the effect of increasing revenue shortfall. He was speaking today at the Presidential Tax Discourse held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. Adesina who commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the management […]Continue Reading
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UK/Africa Investment Conf: Africa is the World’s next Frontier, says AfDB’s Adesina

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African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina said on Wednesday that Africa remained fertile ground for investment, but much hinged on the continent’s ability to boost its healthcare sector. Adesina spoke during the Africa Investment Conference, a virtual one-day event organized by the UK Department for International Trade, which brought together UK and African Continue Reading
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Borno Adopts new Taxes

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The Borno State Government has introduced three new taxes in the transport and business sectors of the local economy. According to the State Government, the taxes are on consumption, entertainment and presumptive tax (CEPT) to raise more internally generated revenues (IGR). While announcing the adoption of new taxes Wednesday in Maiduguri, Borno State Board of […]Continue Reading