Environment

It goes without saying that people’s lives and livelihood across the continent and Nigeria specifically will improve significantly if trade is easier, and the gap between seeing an opportunity and earning a living is reduced to the very barest minimum. Studies have shown that trade enhances economic growth and welfare. …

On repeated occasions, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has cautioned the general public to be vigilant and circumspect not to deal with scam artists who pose as recruitment agents for the Service and collect vast sums of money from unsuspecting victims with the promise to provide them employment. Again, …

Although taxes now seem to be the main revenue source of the government, it would need even more attention to become the new oil as the amount generated from the source remains low relative to government spending For the first time in nearly half a century, non-oil revenue usurped petrodollars …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has admonished Nigerians especially those in Taraba state and some parts of the South West areas to prepare for impending flood as a result of expected rainfall. This advice was given by Prof. Mansur Matazu, director-general of NiMet while urging Nigerians not to be caught unawares …

The United Nations General Assembly, in 2014, declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day. The declaration was meant to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. Since then, World Youth Skills Day has provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between …

At least six people were killed and scores were injured as a result of heavy rain in Jigawa State’s Kafin-Hausa Local Government Area. The local government council chairman, Muhammad Saminu, revealed this when he visited the families of some of the victims who had been impacted. According to him, the …

Tein Jack-Rich, a  presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the last National Convention of the party, says only an economic liberalisation strategy will help Nigeria overcome its current challenges. Jack-Rich said to achieve this, policymakers must award deep tax cuts, and promote sectoral economic stimulus through soft …

Building and structural collapses with attendant casualty figures and economic losses have almost assumed the status of recurring menace in Nigeria, to the extent that efforts of various regulatory bodies have barely scratched the surface. Nigerians have always been the worse for it as it has become a common experience, …

As part of its activities to ensure better service for its customers, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in conjunction with MOJEC International Ltd. has embarked on a meter replacement scheme to ensure that its customer meters are in line with NERC-approved regulations. The meter replacement scheme which kicked off …

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Muhammad Nami has called on professional bodies in the regulation of tax practice to lead conversations on matters of tax policy and tax laws in the country. Mr. Muhammad Nami made the call yesterday while hosting a meeting of the …