LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH NEWSRANGERS)-More sponsors have supported the hosting of the eighth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) from October 2 to October 3, in Lokoja, Kogi State. Leading the pack of sponsors are the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Delta and Lagos State governments, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), and…
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has clarification on the report of payment Of $27.5m To FIRS As 2016 Revised Corporate Income Tax. In a statement Re: ‘Tax Tribunal Orders NLGN To pay $27.5m To FIRS As 2016 Revised Corporate Income Tax’ signed by General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Andy Odeh sighted by NewsRangers, the…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria collected a record 5.5 trillion naira ($7 billion) of revenue in the first half as the government improves the tax-collection process in Africa’s biggest economy, the head of the Federal Inland Revenue Service said. The amount surpassed the 5.3 trillion-naira target set by the government for the period, and collections are…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Policy Advisory Council has recommended the declaration of a state of emergency on revenue generation in the country. The council also proposed the merger of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigerian Customs Service, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the Nigerian Revenue Service in order…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs of the Federal Government under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, known to have abused their offices through corrupt tendencies….
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, has been killed by gunmen who attacked the vehicle in which he was traveling in the Saminaka village of Lapai local government area of Niger state on Sunday night.Another staff of the FIRS whose name was not known was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former State Coordinator of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), for Delta, Edo and Rivers States, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has called on Nigerians protesting police brutality and extortion with hashtag #EndSARS to discontinue the protest before it further degenerate. It will be recall that tens of thousands of Nigerian youths have been…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank, has reacted to the statement making the rounds that the Federal Inland Revenue Service would sue him, insisting on his allegation against the service. Frank in a statement in Abuja in response to a riposte…