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Tinubu reacts to Atiku’s emergence as PDP candidate

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2022

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and frontline presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for emerging as the flag bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following the primary conducted at the

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Emefiele: CBN reacts to alleged sack by Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2022

he Central Banks of Nigeria, CBN has debunked reports that its Governor, Godwin Emefiele was sacked. Several online media platforms particularly blogs had reported that the CBN governor was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. While some social media users believe the president may need to go through legislative processes before sacking the governor, others have […]

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FIRS wants tax compliance as prerequisite for clearing political aspirants

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2022

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has recommended tax compliance as a prerequisite for clearing aspirants to contest for elective positions. The Executive Chairman of FIRS and Chairman, Joint Tax Board (JTB) Muhammad Nami made the recommendation at a meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports

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Buhari urges closer collaboration to tackle economic challenges in west Africa

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday called on executives of banking institutions in west Africa to forge a closer collaboration to tackle economic challenges confronting the sub-region. Receiving a delegation from the west African bankers association (WABA), led by its president, Thierno Seydou Nourou sy, the president noted that the sub-region must find a common

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Revealed! Acting AGF, Anamekwe Nwabuoku under probe for corruption

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2022

The newly appointed overseer of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has a heavy corruption dossier and is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Economic Confidential can authoritatively report. Nwabuoku was on Sunday appointed to oversee the office in the absence of the suspended AGF, […]

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Tax Conference: Osinbajo drums support for FIRS digitisation agenda

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2022

The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has been urged to support the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in its drive towards full digitalisation of tax administrative processes. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN made this call in his speech at the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria’s (CITN) 24th Annual Tax Conference held at the […]