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Nigeria, Belgium set to boost trade relations with BLNCC

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2023April 24, 20230

By Gbenga Kayode In a bid to further strengthen business contacts and improve trades between Nigeria and Belgium, the Nigerian Chapter of Belgium Luxemburg Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, BLNCC will be unveiled on April 29, 2023 at the International Conference Centre, ICC, Abuja. Nigerian Ambassador to Belgium, Obinna Chiedu Onowu...

Opening up cooking gas market to more plant owners will crash prices – LPG Association

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2023April 24, 20230

A consumer body, the Cooking Gas Consumers Association of Nigeria (CGCAN) has again added its voice to the lingering issue of high cost of the ex-depot price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) popularly called cooking gas in the country, saying that the role played by middlemen in the gas industry...

World Bank tasks developing countries on logistics performance

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2023April 22, 20230

The World Bank on Friday released its 2023 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) report, urging developing economies to boost their economic growth through improvements in logistics for goods transportation. The report is a measure of countries’ ability to move goods across borders with speed and reliability. This is contained in a...

NOGOF 23 returns to Yenagoa 17th -19th May

NewsDeskNgApr 20, 2023April 21, 20230

The fourth edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) 2023 returns to Yenagoa, as disclosed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board NCDMB, Executive Secretary, Engr Simbi Wabote. In a press briefing in Abuja, Wabote disclosed that, the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act...

FG, states, LGs share N714.629bn for March

NewsDeskNgApr 20, 2023April 21, 20230

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared N714.629 billion to the three tiers of government in Abuja on Wednesday as federation allocation for the month of March. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the FAAC meeting for April. Its spokesman, Mr Stephen Kilebi, stated that the...

ITEC EXPO to boost Nigeria’s Technology & Communication sector holds in Abuja

NewsDeskNgApr 19, 2023April 19, 20230

By Augustine Aminu All is set for the 2023 edition of the International Technology and Communications Expo (ITEC EXPO 2023) scheduled to hold in Abuja, organisers of the event have said. Afrinex West Africa Limited Organisers of the event said being Africa’s top investment business Expo ITEC EXPO was established...

Why Nigerians Should Embrace Paying Taxes

NewsDeskNgApr 17, 2023April 18, 20230

In all societies – both ancient and modern, paying taxes has remained a means through which citizens reciprocate the government’s social services to them. Of course governments all over the world exist to render services to the people by providing social services such as infrastructure and other developmental projects for...

OECD, Nigeria Meet on Maximising Benefits of Two-Pillar Tax Solution

NewsDeskNgApr 13, 2023April 13, 20230

Nigeria to continue to participate in rules development in the interest of the country and Africa … A delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4th and 5th April 2023, at a workshop it jointly organised with the Federal Inland Revenue Service...

Developing Power Sector Critical To Nigeria’s Economic Development – Amb. Igali

NewsDeskNgApr 12, 2023April 12, 20230

—As FUL holds first Engr. Joseph Makoju memorial lecture Ambassador Godknows Boladei-Igali, on Tuesday said that proper development of the Power Sector is critical to Nigeria’s economic development to stand as one of the leading economies of the world. Igali made the observation while delivering the 1st Lecture in memory...

Taxation: A two-way social contract

NewsDeskNgApr 8, 2023April 9, 20230

Dapo Okubanjo It is the norm in every society, for the authorities and the people to have what is loosely referred to as a social contract or an implicit agreement. It is a theory that is as old as humanity itself and it presupposes that a people’s moral and political...