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FG targets $2bn Revenue from Tourism

With government and economic drivers working to improve the economy through non-oil sector, the Acting Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Paul Angya, has said Nigeria can rake in billions of dollars from tourism and hospital industry sector. Angya, who spoke...

Banks Pay N3.32bn As Fine In 2015

For contravening various rules, including late remittance of funds under the Treasury Single Account (TSA) guiding the Nigerian banking industry, eight banks last year paid a total fine of N3.323 billion. Of the eight banks that have released their full financial statements for the year...

Nigeria plans to review tax incentives

The Federal Government plans to review its existing tax incentives to further block revenue leakages in the system. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed who spoke yesterday on the sideline of the conference of African Ministers of Finance and Economic...

IMO rule threatens Nigeria’s exports

Come July 1, Nigeria’s export products may be rejected if they or the containers in which they are loaded are not weighed before being loaded onto ships. The rule, which is a convention of the International Maritime Organisation, is expected to become effective for all...

Customs sets N67.9bn monthly target for Lagos seaport

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has set a monthly target of N67.9bn for its three Lagos seaport commands, Apapa Customs Command, Tin-Can Customs Command and the Ports & Terminal Multiservice Ltd (PTML) Command. After surpassing the N954billion revenue target for 2015, the Customs hierarchy had...

FG injects N350b into economy, mulls VAT increment

The federal government has said that it will inject N350 billion budgeted expenditure to revamp the Nigerian economy in the next few months. It will equally work in collaboration with the state governments to adopt a plan for the gradual increase of value added...