Nigerians To Pay More For Phone Calls, Browsing As FG  Set To Implement 5% Tax

LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians will soon start paying 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services as the federal government plans to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. The Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this at a stakeholders’ forum on implementation of excise duty on…

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FG Moves To Checkmates Media, Allocates N4.8bn To Monitor WhatsApp, Phone Calls

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of N4.8 (4,870,350,000) billion has been allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, text messages, among others. Of the figure, N1.93 billion was earmarked for “WhatsApp Intercept Solution” and N2.93 billion for “Thuraya Interception Solution” – a communications system used for monitoring voice calls…

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