At about 11 am, on Friday, November 12, 2021, there was a buzz among tax aficionados: Muhammad Nami, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) boss had been elected the President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA). He is the first Nigerian in the history of CATA to be …
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15 States Set To Go Bankrupt,as Lagos emerges Nigeria’s richest state
A report has said 15 states in Nigeria may go bankrupt as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2015 were far below 10% of their Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in one year from June 2015 to May 2016. An investigation by the Economic Confidential, further indicates that the IGR of …
Read More »Charts That Show Why MTN’s Fine Matters So Much to Nigeria’s revenue base
MTN is the market leader in Nigeria’s mobile-phone marketMTN Group Ltd.’s biggest market is now its worst headache.Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator (NCC) last week slapped the mobile-phone operator with a $5.2 billion fine, wiping almost 20 percent off its market value over the space of four days. There is a lot …
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