•Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and bandits Residents of Bazar community and surrounding villages in the Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State have raised an alarm over a N15 million levy allegedly imposed on them by suspected armed bandits. The communities are under the Sokoto South Senatorial District and are currently represented by the...
•The military leaders Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods from Nigeria and other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member-nations. The development comes as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they said in a statement, reports AFP. ...
•Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi The imposition of a four per cent increase in charges on all consignments imported into the country by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), last week, drew disapproval from manufacturers, economists and other stakeholders at the weekend. The stakeholders said the hike could plunge Nigerians into d...
•Bandits Notorious bandit kingpin Dogo Gide has demanded over ₦100 million in levies from 23 communities in the Tsafe West under the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the affected communities were instructed to pay specific amounts, with the highest levies imposed on Kunchin-Kalgo (N20 million), Sungawa (N15 mi...
•Tinubu Andel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, says the regional body, struggled financially before Nigeria’s payment of ₦85bn, $54m levy yesterday. “Up till last year, and the beginning of this year, we are cash-strapped at ECOWAS because much of the community levy remains with the member states. Tha...
•Tinubu (L) at ECOWAS meeting Nigeria has paid its accrued debt owed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the tune of ₦85 billion. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, disclosed this in his statement at the opening of the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and […]
•Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa The people of Moriki town in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State are in fear as the deadline given them by notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, to pay an imposed N30m levy expired. But reacting to the development yesterday, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher […]
The federal government has imposed a deduction of N50 Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) from every inflow of N10,000 and above received by customers of Fintech companies, including Opay, Moniepoint, and others. In a notice to its customers yesterday, the online payment platform stated that the charges in line with the Federal Inland Revenu...
•Late Francis Palowei Some youths from Amassoma, the host community of Niger Delta University (NDU) located at the Wilberforce Island axis of the community have killed a final-year student from the Social Science Education department of the institution, identified as Francis Palowei, over N150 levy at a sand dump. A resident of the community w...
There are strong indications that some helicopter operators may refuse to pay the $300 landing fee introduced by the federal government through its concessionaire, NAEBI Dynamic Concepts Limited. A source said some of the operators have voiced concerns about the new fee, noting that they have also indicated interest in joining the Airline Oper...
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