Senate Halts Action on Tax Reform Bills   The Senate has suspended action on the tax reform bills currently before it. It further instructed the Committee on Finance to stay action on the public hearing pending the time the agitation in the public space is addressed. The Senate...

Banks Raise Withdrawal Limit to N50,000 Daily Deposit Money Banks in the Federal Capital Territory have increased their maximum over-the-counter withdrawal limit to N50,000 per day. A survey conducted by our correspondent on Tuesday revealed that banks, including Guaranty Trust Bank and Zenith Bank, have increased...

Insurance Market’s Gross Premium Now N813.1bn   The insurance market recorded about N813.1billion in Gross Premium Written in Quarter 2, 2024, indicating a 47.4 per cent growth rate compared to the same period of the previous year and a 72.7 per cent, quarter on quarter, it...

FG Auditors Probe NNPCL’s N2.7trn Subsidy Refund Claim   The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has received the necessary and complete documents required to verify the N2.7 trillion fuel subsidy claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited against the government. This is as the...

No Provision Will Impoverish North in Tax Bills - Presidency   The presidency yesterday reacted to the controversy surrounding the four tax reform bills that had passed second reading in the Senate, but got stuck in the House of Representatives, where further debate on the matter...

NATCOMS to Petition National Assembly Over 5% Tax   The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) will write to the National Assembly over the Federal Government’s renewed push to impose a five per cent excise duty on telecommunications services. The group is set to meet this Wednesday...