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BusinessTaxationSoludo Orders Registration of Wheelbarrows, Others To Increase IGR In Anambra

PilotnewsJune 17, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — In what could be described as a move to increase the Anambra State’s internally generated revenue, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has ordered all wheelbarrow pushers, tricyclists, and motorists operating in the State to register with the state government. Soludo also directed all private motor park owners in the state to revalidate/recertify their parks before June 28 or face prosecution when enforcement would expectedly commence. This was contained in a...

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EconomyNewsTaxationFG Waives Three Years Tax for 33 Companies, Bans 10 Other Firms

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 4, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government approved the application of 33 companies seeking pioneer status under the Industrial Development Income Tax Act in 2021. This was contained in the quarterly PSI reports released by the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission. The reports also revealed that investments made by the 33 companies during the year amounted to N543.88bn. It also noted that the government declined the applications submitted by 10 investing firms including the popular FinTech, Flutterwave, during...

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NewsTaxationTransportationMr. Macaroni Revolts Against Resumption Of Tolling Activities At Lekki Toll Gate, Gets Death Threats

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 1, 2022

LAGOS — Residents of the Lekki area of Lagos under the aegis of Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA) have rejected the reopening of the Lekki Tollgate and subsequent resumption of tolling. The decision of the residents was disclosed by the Nigerian comedian and activist, Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, in a tweet via his official Twitter account on Wednesday, March 30. The Lekki Concession Company, LCC, Limited in a newspaper advert...

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BusinessNewsTaxationMC Oluomo Tells Followers to Issue Lagos Government Tickets to Motorists and Not NURTW Tickets

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

LAGOS — The embattled chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Chapter, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has ordered his lieutenants to stop issuing the NURTW tickets to motorists in the state. The suspended Chairman also directed his foot soldiers at bus stops and parks in the state to only issue a certain N800 daily ticket to each commercial vehicle as ordered by the Lagos State Government in January...

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BusinessNewsTaxationAdamawa State Government Review Upward Livestock/Grains Fees

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 9, 2022

YOLA — Adamawa State House of Assembly has granted approval to the executive to review the rates payable on large and small animals as well as grains in Adamawa state. The approval followed a request letter forwarded to the house by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in pursuant to section 128 of the Adamawa state revenue administration law number 12 of 2020 to reviewed the rates for produce inspection and livestock control fees. The Speaker, Aminu...

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NewsTaxationTax Evasion: Borno State Govt To Confiscate UN Properties

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 26, 2022

MAIDUGURI — The Executive Chairman Borno State Board of Internal Revenue Service (BO-IRS), Mohammed Alkali said that the government would commence the confiscation of seven properties belonging to the United Nations agencies which are domiciled in the state over tax evasion. Alkali while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri on Wednesday said the affected properties are the World Health Organisation (WHO), World Food Programme(WFP), United Nations High Commission for Refugees(UNHCR), United Nations International Children Emergency Fund(UNICEF), United...

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EconomyTaxationCITN Applauds FCT-IRS For Generating N118bn in 2021

PilotnewsJanuary 23, 2022

ABUJA — The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has commended the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) for generating N118 billion revenue in 2021. The Head, Corporate Communications FCT-IRS, Malam Mustapha Sumaila made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. The President of the Institute, Mr. Adesina Adedayo commended FCT-IRS when he paid a courtesy visit on the Acting Executive Chairman of Service, Mr. Haruna Abdullahi. Adedayo, who led a...

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TaxationTransportationLagos Sets to Collect N800 Daily Levies from Danfo, Taxi, Others from February 1

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 19, 2022

LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has said that danfo, taxi, and other commercial vehicles in the state will begin to pay N800 levy daily from February 1, 2022. This is after the state government and transportation stakeholders in the State on Tuesday signed an agreement and officially unveiled the ‘Consolidated Informal Transport Sector Levy’ to harmonise dues collected by the government from commercial motorists at parks and garages across the State. This was made...

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TaxationJOMSAN Decries Multiple Taxations On Roads

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 17, 2022

ABUJA — The Joint Mobile Sanitation Agency of Nigeria (JOMSAN) has decried multiple taxations and blocking of Federal roads by miscreants collecting purported government revenue. Dr. Nnamdi Ogbogbo JOMSAN, President made the appeal in Abuja at the unveiling of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) 2022 Seal, urging Federal, State, and Local Governments and security agencies to stop the illegality. He stated that hooliganism associated with collecting revenue has negatively impacted Nigeria’s image...

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EconomyTaxationVAT collection: Rivers Not In A Fight With FG – Wike

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 25, 2021

ABUJA — Rivers’ Nyesom Wike, has said the state is not in a feud with the federal government over the collection of value-added tax (VAT). Governor Wike said this on Sunday in Abuja at a public lecture to mark the 60th birthday of Ahmed Raji, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and some state governments are currently embroiled in a legal tussle over VAT collection. But Wike who was...

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