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Individuals must file PAYE annual tax returns before March 31 – LIRS
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has mandated all individuals working in the state to file their annual tax returns on or before March 31. This was contained in a statement signed by LIRS Head of Communications, Monsurat Amasa, which was made available to Western Post. According to the statement, those expected to file their tax returns include “self-employed persons…
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Orlando Owoh’s mum dies At 112 years
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Madam Christiana Owomoyela, the mother of the late music legend Oladipupo Owomoyela, popularly known as Dr Orlando Owoh, is dead. According to a family source, the deceased passed away at the age of 112 years. The source disclosed that Madam Owomoyela’s death occurred at her hometown, Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the…
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Tackle desertification problem in Nigeria, Buhari directs key MDAs
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed collaboration between Ministries of Environment, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development, Power, and all other relevant stakeholders in combating desertification in Nigeria. The President spoke Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, during a sideline meeting with Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). President Buhari, who was attending the Special…
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120-bed hospital in Benue shows Buhari an impartial leader – BMO
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has assured Nigerians that no state of the federation would be left out in the ongoing infrastructural revolution of the current administration. The group said President Muhammadu Buhari was poised to bring about equal opportunities and even development to all parts of the country and diversify the nation’s economy to ease the country of the…
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Buhari gives $1m in charity to Afghanistan while not funding education – ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of being insensitive to the plight of Nigerians while doing charity. ASUU in a tweet Friday evening noted that the government of Nigeria donated $1m to support humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan at a time Nigerian students are at home. ASUU has, however, vowed not to enter into any renegotiation…
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Uyo court convicts complainant for misleading EFCC
Justice Agatha A. Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced one Idongesit Samuel Eyibio to two years imprisonment without the option of a fine. Eyibio was charged to court by the EFCC on February 6, 2020, for misleading the Commission by concealing vital information through a petition on a matter which a competent court had…
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FIRS: Tax payers get 30 days to settle FOREX liabilities in naira
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has given tax payers with foreign currency liabilities a period of one month to pay them in naira. This was contained in a statement signed by FIRS Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami. According to the statement, the one-month window was given due to “challenges encountered by the taxpaying public in sourcing for foreign currencies to…
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Italy hands over multi-hazard early warning situation room to African Union
The facilities for the Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Early Action Systems (AMHEWAS) Situation Room for disaster risk reduction have been handed over to the African Union Commission (AUC) by the Government of Italy. The event took place recently at the AU Compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AUC, through the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Technical Coordinator Gatkuoth Kai, expressed…
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Abiru advocates upskilling of youths for enormous opportunities in tech space
…. Engages Ikorodu Division Business Stakeholders Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Tokunbo Abiru, on Friday advocated that young people who are seeking job opportunities must be upskilled in technology and digital knowhow for them to be relevant in the fourth industrial generation. Abiru said this when he met with business stakeholders in…
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