The Global Chief Public Services Industry Scientist, Enterprise Business Group of Huawei Technologies Co Limited, Mr Hong-Eng Koh, has said that the idea of eGovernance was to satisfy the unwilling customers. Koh made the submission at the Nigeria eGovernment Summit 2021 in Lagos themed ‘eGovernment Adoption in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges’. “Basically, eGovernment is to…
The ongoing trial of Emmanuella Eteta Ita, Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and Surestart School Limited continued on November 22, 2021 before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC presenting two more witnesses. The fourth prosecuting witness, Ijeoma…
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said the historic legal battle between Rivers State government and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) with respect to Value Added Tax (VAT), will demonstrate whether the country respects the rule of law or not. The governor said the decision of the State government to seek judicial interpretation on VAT collection,…
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has signed into law bills on Value Added Tax (VAT) collection, Open Grazing Prohibition in Rivers State. He maintained that the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt had sufficiently addressed the illegality perpetrated by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) on behalf of the Federal Government in…
By Ariye Rueben There are clear indications that the recent seal-up of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) offices in Port Harcourt by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) may be linked to powerful forces who do not want the forensic audit report to see the light of day. Highly placed sources in the Commission…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 re-arraigned Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance), Amina Sidi (Finance and…
The head honcho in the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, has been accused of being involved in an employment scandal at the tax agency. According to SaharaReporters, Fowler, a protégé of Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, oversaw the employment of 3,489 new staff in violation of the necessary…
These are definitely the best of times for billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga. It seems he is moving from one problem to another. On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, were at his company’s headquarters in Lagos to seal up the place. The FIRS officials said the telecommunications company, Globacom…
Officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, have sealed a company owned by popular Nigerian businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim. On Thursday, May 12, 2016, men of the FIRS stormed the premises of NICON Luxury Hotel and pasted their stickers on the property. It was gathered that the action was taken against the company because of…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has been dragged before the Tax Appeal Tribunal by a Swiss-based oil company, Trafigura Beheer B.V. The firm wants the Tribunal to declare that a company not registered in Nigeria cannot file tax returns to FIRS. Trafigura, an oil company, was engaged in oil business transactions with Pipelines and…