Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has urged traditional rulers to supports security measures being put in place towards addressing insecurity in the state. The governor who spoke through his Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Affairs, Engineer Abubakar Ohere at the Quarterly Meeting of Traditional Council...

Sokoto State commissioner for budget and economic planning Bala Kokani says many Nigerians are unwilling to pay taxes and revenues, stressing that improved internal revenue generation by the three tiers of government is key to taking Nigeria out of recession. He stated this at a...

The Federal Ministry of Finance has denied a claim by the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, that the Federal Government withheld statutory allocation due to the State. In a statement by Director of Information of the Ministry, Mr. Salisu Na'inna Danbatta, the government denied...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration has put machinery in motion to harmonize taxes in the Federal Capital Territory to reduce cases of multiple taxations.  The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, stated this while receiving members of the Hotel Owners Forum, FCT Chapter that...

Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch on Wednesday 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower programme in Sokoto. The project is expected to provide hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for inhabitants of the rural communities, according to a press release from...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday night signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law, promising that this year's budget would perform better than the previous year. Presenting the N204,288,000,000 billion estimates to the Governor at the Government House for assent, Speaker of the...