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By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Jan. 21, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and related government agencies to plug all revenue leakages by ensuring strict compliance of tax payments by foreign companies operating in Nigeria. The president, who gave the directive at the virtual First National Tax Dialogue held at the Conference Hall of the State House, Abuja, also stressed the need for deployment of more digital platforms and seamless connections. Th...

Buhari stresses the need for deployment of more digital platforms and seamless connections between agencies.

Read more about Budget 2021: Special window for big-ticket foreign investments likely on Business Standard. Facility to be available for FDI proposals worth over Rs 3,000 cr

Vanguard News Akpabio unveils development plans for Niger Delta region On Rolls out other completed projects By Chris Ochayi   Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has declared that notwithstanding the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry under his watch has achieved milestone by completing some ongoing projects in the region. Senator Akpabio, who assumed duty in august 2019 at the ministry made the declarations while appraising the achievements of the Minis...

BUSINESS/Energy With the on-going bickering between Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Rivers State Government that has caused huge economic losses in the last eight days of 2020 and looming environment hazard, it is expedient that the concerned parties come to the table to resolve the issues once and for all. Kunle Aderinokun reports On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Rivers state, Prof. Zaccheus Adangor, SAN addressed journalists....

+ Ghana’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is expected to exceed one billion dollars, Mr Yofi Grant, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has said. He explained that although countries around the world were now looking inwardly to develop their economies following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana’s FDI remains attractive. He stated in an interview with TV3 on Monday, that “Our FDI numbers had gone above a billion US dollars which compar...

Farmers protests result in a daily loss of Rs 3,500 crore: Assocham Top Searches This story is from December 15, 2020 Farmers protests result in a daily loss of Rs 3,500 crore: Assocham Jaideep Shenoy / TNN / Updated: Dec 15, 2020, 16:14 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail (Representative image) UDUPI: Urging the government and farmers’ organisations to resolve the impasse over the new agriculture laws, the Assocham on Tuesday said, the ongoing protests are dealing a big blow to the interconnect...

By Babajide Komolafe Foreign Investment into Nigeria (capital importation) rose by 12.86 percent, quarter-on-quarter (q/q) to $1.46 billion in the third quarter of the year (Q3’2020) from $1.29 billion in Q2’2020. Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its Foreign Capital Importation report for Q3’2020. The Bureau however stated that the $1.46 billion foreign investment inflow recorded in Q3’2020 represents a 74 percent decline when compared with the $5.62 billion recorded...

Mainstream Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 52, New Delhi, December 12, 2020 Crises in the Congress Party and the Total Loss of the Self | Murzban Jal Friday 11 December 2020 by Murzban Jal As for the individual, everyone is a child of its time; so philosophy also is its time apprehended in thoughts. It is just as foolish to fancy that any philosophy can transcend its present world, as that an individual could leap out of his time or jump over Rhodes. If a theory transgresses its time, and builds up a ...