VAT: Facebook asks Nigerian customers to update records by Feb 25
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, says Nigerian customers should update their value-added tax (VAT) identification numbers by February 25. The social media giant said this in a statement issued on Thursday. The company said it made recent updates to allow some Nigerian customers to provide 11 or 12 digit VAT identification […]
Reps ask NNPC to suspend companies involved in importation of off-spec PMS
The house of representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the companies involved in the importation of methanol-blended petrol. The lower legislative chamber also asked the NNPC to provide the names of the companies to its committee for investigation. The resolution was passed during the plenary session […]
Diri: Bayelsa broke because of unfavourable federation allocation
Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state, says the state is broke owing to unfavorable federation allocation. The governor said this while speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, on his record as governor in two years. A report by Economic Confidential listed Bayelsa among the insolvent states in the […]
Newspaper Headlines: FG hints at compensation for vehicles damaged by contaminated petrol
The decision of the federal government to probe the circulation of petrol containing methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Daily COVID Tracker: Nigeria reports 37 infections — but zero fatalities in four days
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 37 COVID infections. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Thursday. WHO seeks $23bn to end COVID pandemic The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked rich countries to take action and end the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency. The WHO said wealthy nations should […]
EXTRA: Hisbah destroys 3.8m bottles of beer seized in Kano
The Kano Hisbah board says it has destroyed over three million bottles of “assorted” beer seized in the state. Speaking on Wednesday while destroying the drinks, Harun Ibn-Sina, commandant of the board, said the exercise was approved by the state government. According to NAN, the bottles of alcohol, said to be a […]
‘N5.2bn fraud’: Ojerinde, ex-JAMB registrar, faces trial as plea bargain talks with ICPC fail
The plea bargain talks between Adedibu Ojerinde, former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) have fallen through. The ICPC arraigned Ojerinde on July 6, 2021, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/97/2021, on an 18-count charge bordering on alleged misappropriation of […]
Reps mull N500m fine for public officers who use government funds for medical tourism
A bill seeking to impose penalties on public officials who receive medical treatment abroad using government funds has passed second reading at the house of representatives. Sergius Ogun, a legislator from Edo state, is the sponsor of the bill that seeks to amend the National Health Act, 2014. Section 46 of the […]
Blackout looms as IBEDC, Oyo clash over ‘unpaid bills’, power cut at state secretariat
Oyo state government on Wednesday sealed off Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over alleged failure to pay mandatory bills and taxes. Wasiu Olatunbosun, the commissioner for information, said IBEDC was sealed off over N400 million debt. Olatunbosun said IBEDC owes N139,440,000 in harmonised bills, N122,590,000 infrastructure bills, N116,516,111.41 tax audit bills and […]