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How Complainant Turned To Accused In N170million FIRS Contract Fraud Involving Zinox Joseph had filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, to challenge the ruling of a high court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, acquitting and discharging the defendants in a case where a crime was allegedly committed. by Saharareporters, New York Mar 07, 2021 It was a case of the hunter becoming the hunted, when the nominal complainant, Benjamin Joseph, in the alleged N170 million contract fraud in...

Petitioner-turn-accused testifies on alleged N170million FIRS contract fraud Mr Joseph gave details of the eight allegedly manipulated documents used to hijack the contract from him 5 min read Benjamin Joseph, a petitioner-turn-accused, appeared before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Nyanya, Abuja, defending his petition over his loss of a N170million contract to an alleged fraud. Mr Joseph, who is the managing director of an Ibadan-based IT retail firm, Citad...

Macadamia researchers are breeding thinner shells for bigger kernels and tougher husks for resisting pests. The University of Queensland’s Professor Bruce Topp said these combined attributes would boost Australia’s $270 million industry, which earns $190 million in export income annually. “Two thirds of every harvested kilogram is in the weight of the macadamias’ extremely tough shells. That’s a lot of wasted productivity,” Professor Topp said. “The goal for many growers is to pro...

The LPG is for companies that are looking to optimise land use through either domestic or overseas relocation. The LPG helps to defray part of the costs that arise from the relocation, such as relocation cost, third-party consultancy fees and manpower costs. Grant amount: Ranges from 10 per cent to up to 70 per cent of the qualifying costs.This grant amount is also dependent on the amount of land freed up and the remaining lease term. Eligibility criteria: Company has to be currently situated o...

An important change to how Development Levies are charged in Fingal will help address and unintended penalty on families building larger homes to accommodate children with disabilities. Fingal County Council as a Planning authority, apply a Development Levy charge to every Planning permission it grants. That is with a few exceptions. The adopted scheme runs for a period of five years. The Scheme was before the council last Monday and it was expected that the Managements recommendation would be...