Category: Business

$103 billion debt burden:Nigeria needs help with debt burden- Adesina, AfDB President

…Says ‘We can’t run up a hill carrying bag of sand’ Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says Nigeria needs help from the...

FIRS cautions MDAs: Stop contracting tax assessment, collection, enforcement to consultants

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has cautioned Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government (MDAs) against the appointment of consultants and...

NCC asks Zoom users to update software after vulnerabilities found

      The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised users of videotelephony platform,...

Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNCDF sign African Youth Entrepreneurship Agreement

  The Tony Elumelu Foundation and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today signed an agreement to support youth entrepreneurship in Africa, with a specific...

Sanwo-Olu presents N200m interest-free loan to 37 film makers

Sanwo-Olu in New York,sells Lagos to investors

  Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu played the quintessential salesman on Monday, reeling off his administration’s achievements in the past three years to...

NCC targets N500billion revenue from 5G sale

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) says it plans to generate over N500 billion as revenue for the Federal Government from the auctioning of two 5G spectrums in...

Sanwo-Olu to wld-be investors: Lagos ready for you

    Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu played the quintessential salesman on Monday, reeling off his administration’s achievements in the past three...

Access Bank ‘W’ initiative to impact 5,000 women

  As part of efforts to accelerate the achievement of SDG 3, which focuses on good health and well-being, the Access Bank ‘W’ Initiative is set to embark on the...

Inflation: FG to review minimum wage-Ngige

The Federal Government, on Monday, said there are plans to increase the N30,000 minimum wage in the light of inflation raving the world. The Minister of Labour and...

Our mandate is to collect taxes,  not to grant tax waivers to taxpayers – FIRS

  The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has disclosed that the mandate of the Service is to collect taxes that are due...