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Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Senate has disclosed that no fewer than 60 federal government agencies failed to remit over N3 trillion generated revenue into the Federation Account from 2014 to 2020. This is just as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said that some of the affected parastatals have started crediting government coffers with the outstanding revenues they generated in the last six years. The Senate Committee on Finance headed by Senator Olamilekan A...

Should mothers work? The U.S. government has an answer A better question is: What is it worth to the U.S. to have mothers in the workforce? By Kathryn A. Edwards Should mothers work? For many women, this question is surely quite personal; the answer may depend on the ages of her kids, their health, the state of her career, her salary and other factors. But it’s also a public policy question that America started wrestling with 80 years ago. Marital status, work status, household income, presen...

Detroit Mayor Duggan’s State of the City 2021: Open for business Democratic Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave a virtual State of the City address on Tuesday, March 9. As the site for the speech, the seven-year mayor and former medical center CEO chose the new $1.6 billion Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant on the city’s east side to highlight the success of his administration’s pro-corporate policies. Democratic Party Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivering his State of the City presentation on Mar...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which large part of the population is poor and miserable. – Adam Smith The 2007 Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) has been kind to all government tiers by allowing them to borrow cheap money as long as markets are happy to provide, subject to legislative approval. The Act provided Kaduna state with the opportunityto agree a record $350 million loan from the World Bank to finance part of el-Rufai’s development plan. The loan’s twointerest ra...

On Tuesday, the National Assembly will resume from its Christmas vacation to attend to pressing national issues, including the outstanding bills, writes Udora Orizu The two chambers of the National Assembly, which have been on Christmas break since December 22 2020, will resume plenary on Tuesday, February 9 for the commencement of the 2021 legislative calendar. The lawmakers, who were initially billed to resume plenary on Tuesday, January 26th postponed their resumption by two weeks to enable ...

A. OVERVIEW President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Finance Act 2020 into law on December 31, 2020. The new legislation followed hot on the heels of the Finance Act 2019 1 which amended several tax statutes. The Finance Act 2020 was enacted in furtherance of the Federal Governments progressive reform of the business climate in Nigeria, and the need to constantly restructure the tax system to align and conform same with international best practices, and make it respond effectively to the changing ...

Bill could allow Southeast Asian American deportees to return Agnes Constante © Provided by NBC News Asian American community advocates say a new immigration reform bill reintroduced in Congress on Tuesday can become a pathway for Southeast Asian Americans who have been deported to return to the U.S. or who are in deportation proceedings to stay in the country. The New Way Forward Act, co-sponsored by 34 Democrats in the House and endorsed by more than 300 organizations, seeks...

Opinion – Keith Rankin I recently watched Season Four of ‘The Crown’. Yes, it’s a drama, not a documentary. The two dominant characters outside of the Windsor bloodline were Princess Diana and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Both characters were probably overplayed, … I recently watched Season Four of ‘The Crown’. Yes, it’s a drama, not a documentary. The two dominant characters – outside of the Windsor bloodline – were Princess Diana and Prime Minister Margaret Thatche...

Thursday, 17 December 2020, 4:07 pm I recently watched Season Four of The Crown. Yes, its a drama, not a documentary. The two dominant characters – outside of the Windsor bloodline – were Princess Diana and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Both characters were probably overplayed, but only slightly. Diana was a social but shallow girl ("younger than her biological age" according to Princess Anne in The Crown), the diametric opposite to Prince Charles austere and detached persona. We know...

Fund? >> its poses the question if they have been in the state that long and paying taxes, at what point do you say weve been here, paying taxes, why dont we go through the process of becoming legal citizens of the united states. that seems the obvious rather than lets ignore this and we will get the same in state tuition rate as everyone else. they are still violating the law and its still technically rewarding law breaking. >> i imagine some people, in state tuition still is a hefty price tag....