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The Chairman and founder of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has said that an average business concern in Nigeria pays 48 taxes. He noted that with this trend Nigeria would be unable to keep its [...]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it seeks to increase the nation’s crude oil reserves to 40 billion barrels and production capacity to four million barrels per day by 2025. [...]

Mr Lanre Osibona, Senior Special Assistant to the President on ICT, says Federal Government plans to enact policies that will encourage innovation and dynamism in the financial technology space. [...]

A research has linked work stress and impaired sleep to a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in employees with hypertension. The finding was published in the European Journal of [...]

It was another four-day trading week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Monday 22nd April 2019 (Easter Monday) as Public Holiday in commemoration of the Easter celebrations. Meanwhile, [...]

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigeria’s debt which currently stands at about N24.3Tn is still within sustainable limit. She said that the country’s debt, which is about [...]

The Society of Women in Taxation (SWIT), yesterday Tuesday 23rd of April 2019, raised concern that 70 per cent of the N5.2 Trillion taxes collected in 2018, came from Lagos State alone. The [...]

Obviously, Africa as a continent faces serious challenges arising from population explosion and rising unemployment. This portends danger for the continent if not addressed, says the President [...]

The Nigerian Senate, during plenary on Wednesday, rejected a bill seeking to phase out the use of petrol-powered cars in Nigeria and adopt those powered by electricity. Sponsor of the bill, [...]

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that the current policy of multiple exchange rates for the Naira is working well, and as such the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is unlikely to [...]