The Federal Inland Revenue Service has appointed Sterling Bank Plc as a collecting agent to recover taxes from 2,933 defaulting companies. This was disclosed in a letter signed by the Chairman, FIRS, Mr Tunde Fowler, and addressed to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman. The letter, which was obtained by our correspondent, was titled, ‘Letter of substitution ...

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, has denied that the US has endorsed a candidate or party for the general elections. Symington revealed this during a courtesy visit to Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura in Lafia on Saturday. He stated, “The US does not have an anointed candidate or a political party for the elections. Nigerians must ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN has responded to the Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), saying that “the Ministry has searched for the requested information on details of alleged contractors and companies that collected money for electricity projects and failed to executive any projects, but we could not find ...

The National Human Rights Commission( NHRC ) has condemned in strong terms the statement credited to the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai warning that foreigners who interfere with the forthcoming elections ‘will go back in body bags.’ In a statement by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq in Abuja Friday, the Commission called on politicians to ...

Media practitioners in Nigeria have once again expressed their renewed commitments and collaboration with relevant civil society organisations toward ensuring peace and stability at the forthcoming 2019 General Election. This commitment was clearly spelt out at the 2-day National Consultative Meeting in Abuja with selected media organization on violence-free 2019 general elections in Nigeria organised by Search for Common Ground, ...

TThe Federal Government has launched a national internal security and public safety alert system for Nigerians. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He explained that the system involves a mobile app that puts information and panic buttons in one place for all the agencies under the Ministry of ...

There are fears that Cryptocurrency holders may be unable to recover a combined sum of $145 million following the death of Gerald Cotten, the Chief Executive Officer of Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX. The more troubling news is that the Vancouver-based startup indicated that it is incapable of paying the C$70 million it will owe. We have thousands of wallet addresses known to ...

The National Assembly, on February 5, transmitted the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. The Bill, which had been in Parliament since 2016, was passed by both chambers of the Parliament in 2018. Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise that has led the advocacy campaign in support of the bill, commended the National Assembly and ...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that the hugely popular do-not-disturb feature will be temporary suspended few days to the general elections. Nigeria's telecoms regulator @NgComCommission temporarily suspends the Do-Not-Disturb (DND) service on mobile phones to enable Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) disseminate voter education information for the upcoming general elections. pic.twitter.com/fZJM50z11W— Techloy (@techloy) February 7, 2019 According to the Nigerian ...

Ipas, an international Non-governmental organisation that has been working assiduously to protect, defend and promote the Women Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (WSRHR) and other related issues in Nigeria as well as other Third World countries such as Asian and Latin American countries has urged the media practitioners to efficiently deliver on their role as the watch of dog of the ...