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- 29 Oct 2013
Lagos Targets N50Bn IGR via Oracle Solution Deployment
Lagos State Government said it is targeting N50billion internally generated revenue (IGR), annually, through the adoption of Oracle applications. Abdulahmed Mustapha, director general, Lagos State…
- 30 Nov 2022
Nigeria Can Leverage on Digitalisation to Improve IGR – DG NITDA
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that there are many values to leverage on digitalision programme of the Federal Government…
- 15 Aug 2021
NIPOST Seeks Legislative Action to Boost IGR
Dr. Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, postmaster General of the Federation/CEO, Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), has called on State Houses of Assembly for more legislative supports that will enhance its…
- 13 May 2019
Report Says 17 Nigerian States Bankrupt
Economic Confidential on Sunday released its Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report. It showed that 17 States are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2018 were far…
- 15 Dec 2008
Lagos Earns N120Bn from e-Service
Lagos State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) hit some N120 billion in 2008, thanks to the burgeoning operational efficiency occasioned by the use of information technology in the state accounting…
- 22 Jul 2013
State Govs Oppose End to Multiple Taxes
State governments in Nigeria are averse to ending the scourge of multiple taxes which form substantial sources of their internally generated revenues (IGR) despite the damages the taxes are doing to…
- 2 Oct 2020
Lagos Partners Paytech to Lump Revenue Leakages
An e-solutions firm, Payment Technology Limited (Paytech) has disclosed that its recent consultancy agreement with the Lagos State Government on revenue collection automation within the Lagos…
- 7 Mar 2015
Dissecting CBN’s Cashless Programme In A Cash-Oriented Society
In 2012, when the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the cashless policy, the crux of the objectives was to encourage more electronic-based transactions for payments of goods, services, and…
- 21 Dec 2009
Reps Query NTA over Under 17 World Cup Contract
Musa Usman Magawatta, director general, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), has come under the hammer of federal lawmakers who have queried the DG for allegedly ignoring due process in awarding…
- 1 Aug 2014
Lagos Generates N120Bn from Tax in Six Months
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) said it generated more than N120bn from taxation between January and June this year. Tunde Fowler, executive chairman of the service, said in Lagos that 90…
- 21 Feb 2013
Lagos, Bayelsa, Others Owe N1.86 Trillion
Lagos, Bayelsa and Cross Rivers States are top on the list of the states of the federation that are indebted to both local and foreign institutions to the tune of N1.86 trillion, according to a…
- 14 Feb 2013
Reps Ask NNPC to Remit Debit to FG
House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance yesterday said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would be compelled to remit to the consolidate revenue fund, four years of…
- 12 Mar 2013
Reps Order Arrest of NNPC Boss, Others over N142.7Bn Debt
House of Representatives Committee on Finance has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) owes the Federal Government N142.7 billion and that the Corporation has not shown any…
- 2 Feb 2015
CBN, Firm List Benefits of e-collection Payment
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated the importance of keeping all funds in a single treasury account, saying it would eliminate corruption and leakages in Internally Generated Revenue…
- 6 Jul 2016
5G Mobile Connections to Hit 1.3Bn by 2026 – Report
As the use of smartphones and tablets on 4G LTE networks has grown dramatically, the demand for mobile data services has also increased. 5G is the wireless and mobile industry's solution that will…
- 11 Apr 2016
FIND to Discuss Development Beyond Oil
Development beyond oil tops the Forum for Inclusive Nigerian Development (FIND) discussion holding in Lagos on Tuesday. The dialogue holds under the theme: “Promoting Sustained Growth and Inclusive…
- 23 Sept 2016
CBN, Others Set for E-PPAN’s eGovt Summit Next Week
Top-notch officials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government with thoughts leaders, executives and players in the electronic payment…
- 11 May 2016
E-PPAN Announces NITDA as Partner for eGovernment Summit 2016
The Electronic Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) on Tuesday announced a partnership with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for the 5th annual E- Government summit…
- 29 Oct 2019
Danbatta Seeks Fully Adoption of e-Government in Service Delivery
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that the introduction of e-government applications has been beneficial to the process of…
- 25 Oct 2020
NIPOST Moves to Reclaim Encroached Lands
Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) will deploy all means and strategies to recover all it encroached landed properties across the country, according to Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, post-master and chief…
- 13 Sept 2021
Fitch Upgrades Lagos Rating to AAA
Fitch Ratings, an Internationally renowned rating agency, in its recent publication outlining the standing of the State has upgraded Lagos State ratings from AA+ (nga) to AAA(nga) for its good…
- 20 Dec 2019
Ecobank: Nasarawa State Disclaims Fake Fraud News
Nasarawa State Government has dissociated itself from fake publications on some online platforms that the State’s internal revenue audit unveiled a tax scandal involving some Nigerian banks,…
- 8 Oct 2020
Ex-MD of Alpha-Beta Alleges Fraud, Tax Evasion as Court Summons Tinubu
Oladapo Apara, former managing director of Alpha-Beta Consulting, has filed lawsuit alleging that the company has been diverting billions of naira from the coffers of the Lagos state government since…
- 5 Oct 2009
Interswitch Boss Emphasizes Govt Role in e-Payment
Government participation in the entire process of electronic payment implementation has been described as critical for enhancing increased penetration and acceptance of the system. Speaking during…
- 5 Jun 2014
Reps Ask NCAA to Return N255m Bulletproof Cars
The House of Representatives has mandated the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to return the controversial bulletproof cars bought for the use of Stella Oduah, former minister of…
- 5 Dec 2016
Lagos to Float N60Bn Bond this Month
The Lagos State Government says it is set to go to the capital market to float a bond of N60 billion this month for infrastructural development. The N60 billion bond is the first tranche of the N500…
- 29 Jul 2015
$150Bn Stolen Fund: Experts Urges e-Govt Adoption to End Trends
Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari decried that an estimated $150 billion had been stolen in the Nigerian government and stashed abroad in the last 10 years, experts have called for a holistic…
- 28 Aug 2013
Lagos Shops for N87.5Bn to Buy Back Concession
The Lagos State government is to approach the Nigerian capital market to raise some N87.5 billion through bond to buy back the concession rights of the Lekki-Epe Expressway from the Lekki Concession…
- 8 Feb 2013
Reps Accuse NNPC, NCC, Others of Diverting N9 Trillion
A House of Representatives’ report has revealed that some revenue generating agencies have short-changed the Federal Government N8.8 trillion and the report listed the agencies to include; Nigerian…
- 1 Dec 2022
CITN Urges Decisive Step to Curb Tax Leakage in a Digital Economy
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has called for in-depth review of various taxing strategies for the digital economy. Adesina Adedayo, President and Chairman of Council, CITN,…