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BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said it is targeting N4.5 trillion in 2016. FIRS acting executive chairman, Babatunde Fowler, made the revelation on Tuesday during his screening by the Senate Committee on...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – Governor Idris Wada of Kogi Tuesday removed 15 chairmen of local governments from office for defecting to the rival All Progressives Congress (APC). A statement in Lokoja by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said with the continued downward trend in the price of crude oil in the international market, except by God's intervention, Nigerians should brace up for more...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has said that some former government officials have started voluntarily returning to the Federal Government’s coffers, part of the public funds they acquired illegally. President Buhari said this Tuesday during an...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 24, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday announced that it would conduct supplementary elections for the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election on December 5, 2015, the same day as the governorship election in...

Nigeria’s Central Bank on Tuesday cut policy interest rate for the first time in almost four years. At the end of its two-day rate setting meeting, the CBN Chief, Godwin Emefiele announced a 2 points cut to 11% in headline...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure adequate budgetary provision for the resettlement of millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the 2016 budget...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – President Buhari has approved the appointment of Aliyu Aziz as the new director-general and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). AbdulHamid Umar, NIMC's general manager, corporate communications, announced the...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said Monday that tax revenue would double in the next 12 months if all stakeholders cooperate adequately. The current petroleum profit tax is N1 trillion down from N3...

BEVERLY HILLS, November 23, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would apply available legal provisions on the recent development over Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. Deputy Director of Publicity of the commission, Mr....