Tag: FIRS
Tribunal orders ex-NBA president Daudu to pay FIRS N248.5m
The Tax Appeal Tribunal, Abuja on Wednesday ordered former Nigerian Bar Association president Joseph Daudu to pay the sum of N248.5 million to the...
Seven FIRS officials, ex-directors re-arraigned for fraud
Some top officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FRIS) and two former directors have been re-arraigned before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of the Federal...
Fowler undergoes second day of EFCC grilling
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday resumed the interrogation of an ex-chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler.
Mr...
EFCC quizzes FIRS ex-boss Fowler over fraud allegations against Alpha Beta
A former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler on Monday responded to an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes...
FG apologises for misleading tweets about bank account holders
The Federal Government has apologised for Thursday’s “misleading tweets” directing account holders in the country’s financial institutions to register their details again.
The government tweeted...
FIRS reforms cause rise in non-oil tax revenue
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has continued to record significant increase in collectable tax revenue from the non-oil sector of the economy despite...
FIRS, NIPOST fight gets messier over stamp duty
The fight for the control of stamp duties between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) might have worsened...
Taxation is the new normal – FIRS webinar
Panelists and discussants at a webinar organised by OTISVIP at the weekend have called on Nigerians to embrace taxation as the new normal of...
FIRS: The new spirit of teamwork, by Olufunke Caleb
In the 21st century, rating effective leadership is now based on leaders’ possession of “soft skills”. Leadership today is no longer rated by intimidating...
Burden of leadership at FIRS, by Abdullahi Ahmad
If one has not occupied a position of leadership, one would not fully understand the truism of William Shakespeare’s wise words: “Uneasy lies the...