Against the multiplicity of tax regime in the domestic economy, speakers at the 8th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series have charged the Federal Government on the need to ensure an inclusive, simplified and automated tax regime in the country. The lead speaker, Adebimpe Balogun, who was the first female president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), …

The Federal Government said, yesterday, that procurement procedure and low revenue were responsible for the delay in capital releases to service the 2016 Budget. The Minister of Budget and Planning, Senator   Udoma Udoma, disclosed this, in Abuja, while briefing the Sen. Danjuma Goje-led   Senate Committee on Appropriations, on the  2016 budget implementation. He lamented the level of performance …

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the Jubilee field is set to continue its dominance in the local gas market despite the indigenous product being more expensive than imported ones. Commercial gas production from the Jubilee field, which is processed at the Ghana National Gas Company’s Gas Processing Plant at Atuabo raised the prospects of a price war in the supply …

We have all, at one time or another, had cause to hear or maybe even use this age-old saying, “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country.” These words, spoken by the Lord Jesus, aptly summarise the story of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s sojourn in the corridors of executive power in Nigeria. Our prophet (for so she must be …

The Christian Talent Community (CTC), Nigeria, is a platform for Christian talents of diverse kinds. On its whatsaap platform, the group recently engaged a Cinematographer, Producer, Director and Consultant, Uzodinma Okpechi, the CEO of Primary Productions Limited on issues bothering on talent development, filmmaking and marketing. The chat room, coordinated by the Chief Responsibility Officer of CTC, OBUS ZALEE BRODOH, …

The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a false alarm been raised and circulated on social media about Armed robbery operations going on at 4th Avenue, Festac Town, in three new generational banks and at the same time the killing of a customer today 15th day of July 2016. In a release made available this …

The controversy raging in the Nigerian Senate between Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Oluremi Tinubu has generated several comments nationwide in the past few days. Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district at the National Assembly, has come to the open to deny some of the utterances attributed to him. According to him, it is impossible for him to impregnate wife of …

Dayo Emmanuel Lagos based media NGO, International Press Centre (IPC), has produced a documentary on its community journalism initiatives. With support from the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) Canada, the documentary, is IPC’s intervention in community reporting focusing on the challenges as well as government’s developmental efforts in selected rural communities captured in the documentary. Speaking at the presentation …

Folake Sokoya Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu, member, House of Representatives on Wednesday, described the freezing of the personal account of Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose with Zenith Bank by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as an abridgement of democratic norms, ethos an practice as seen all over the world. In a release by Adebutu on Wednesday, the …

Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has received information from family members and other relatives of one Mr. David Okoro concerning his alleged extrajudicial killing by the Police and attempt to defame him in death by framing him with the allegation of kidnapping in a cover -up bid. The victim’s family members informed NOPRIN ‎that on the 12th June, 2016 the victim, Mr. David …