Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS has revealed plans to ensure skit makers, influencers, and digital content creators in Nigeria pay their tax. This was contained in a press statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media to the Chairman of the FIRS, Dare Adekambi. Adekambi added that social media content creators and influencers constituted a major block of tax evaders. According to him, the Revenue Service will first set up a meeting and discuss with the entertainers why they should voluntarily pay their tax, but if the appeal fails, they will move to use enforcement. “Skit makers, influencers, and other…
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The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has said it has sent a bill for the regulation of social media to the national assembly. It is seeking to repeal and reenact the NBC act, CAP L11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. NBC’s director-general, Balarabe Ilelah disclosed this when he hosted the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the commission’s headquarters on Tuesday, October 10, describing the ills of social media as a monster. Ilelah stated that the current law does not give the NBC the right to regulate social media. “We want to tell you that a bill for…
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has said he sacrificed his monthly security vote for the development of the state. Adeleke made this known at the First Interactive Session with the people of the state in Osogbo, the state capital on Thursday, October 5. The governor said the N600 million is a huge amount of money but decided to channel it into funding other projects in the state rather than keeping it as a personal benefit. “Development of Osun is paramount to me and hence decided to take huge sacrifice by adding my security vote to fund the project…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has ordered payment of the outstanding electricity bills of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in the state. The commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu disclosed this during the state’s Executive Council meeting, saying “The state is moving with the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to reconnect all government offices in Aba and parts of Umuahia by paying off the accumulated bills owed the EEDC by previous administrations in the state. “For many years, government offices in the state have been functioning without public power supply, except for those operating occasionally with mini-generators popularly…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday, October 6, swore in members of the reconciliation committee created to resolve the political conflict between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. This is coming barely 24 hours after the deputy governor wrote the Chief Judge of the state to disregard any motion of the state’s House of Assembly to set up a seven-person panel to investigate him. Aiyedatiwa is under the threat of impeachment by the assembly over allegations of gross misconduct and has been served with notice of allegations…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has disclosed plans by his administration to extend the service years of teachers in the state. In getting this done, the governor has forwarded the Harmonized Retirement Age Bill for the extension of the retirement age for teachers in the state to the State’s House of Assembly. Obaseki disclosed this in his address to teachers in the state during the 2023 Teachers’ Day ceremony held in Benin City, the state capital. According to the governor, the bill is to harmonize the present service and retirement age of teachers, which provides for the extension of…
The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, has made known his wish that another northerner emerged as the President of Nigeria. Adamu said although he is glad about President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the 2023 general elections, as a core northerner, he initially moved for the emergence of a candidate from his region and had no apologies for his action. He also said that it was those who wanted to win favours with President Tinubu that alleged that there was cold war between him and the president. The former APC chairman spoke on the…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has announced the renaming of the Anambra International Airport after the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe. Achebe was a renowned Nigerian novelist and poet who died in 2013 at the age of 82. Soludo disclosed the decision to rename the state’s airport after him on Sunday, October 1, 2023, during the Independence Day celebration in Awka, the state capital, pronouncing that the airport will now be called, “Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri.” Explaining the rationale behind his decision, Soludo said, “We must say that you don’t have to hold a political position to…
The Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has said it will spend about N160 million to vaccinate 1.8 million goats and sheep in its livestock vaccination campaign in different parts of the state. This was announced in a statement through the spokesman for the KSADP, Ameen Yassar, on Wednesday, October 4. The project, funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihood Funds, will aim to enhance livestock health and improve the livelihoods of herders and livestock breeders in the state. In the statement, it added that KSADP project coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammad stated this during the kick-off of…
The Senate has moved to probe the alleged killings and imprisonment of over 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia. This followed a motion, titled, ‘Urgent need to investigate the unlawful killings and incarceration of over 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia,’ and sponsored by the Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon, representing Plateau North, and Victor Umeh, representing Anambra Central. Mwadkwon while presenting the motion, urged the Senate to direct the Committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs to work with the Federal Government to immediately constitute a committee to visit Ethiopia to investigating what is happening to Nigerians in the country. He also called on the…