Delta BIR recovers N20m personal income tax, penalties from eight firms
Ben Eguzozie
August 7, 2019
Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR) has recovered N20 million from backlog of personal income taxes (PIT) and penalties from eight companies within Warri and Efurun axis of the state. According to Monday Onyeme, executive chairman of DBIR, the board undertook an enforcement exercise on some tax defaulting companies in Effurun and Warri. Christopher […]
Abia rice farmers protest NIRSAL’s failure to release fund
Ben EguzozieAugust 6, 2019
…but agency claims they’re yet to meet requirements …as state receives improved seedlings from Cross River’s factory Several dozens of rice farmers in Abia State under the aegis of Rice Famers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) are protesting the refusal (for so it seems) of Nigeria Incentive Risk-based Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) to release funds […]
Traffic: Wike begins early works on one-of-three Port Harcourt flyover bridges
Ben EguzozieJuly 30, 2019
but experts want multi-modal transport system Traffic snarls, daily occurrences on three of Port Harcourt’s major arteries are set to ease, and thousands of residents and motorists are preparing to welcome the days of traffic relief, when Governor Nyesom Wike delivers on the promised three flyover bridges at Garrison Roundabout (Aba Road) […]
Ayade’s cargo airport in Obudu farming zone draws farmers’ fury
Ben EguzozieJuly 30, 2019
…govt says it paid compensation …experts doubt project’s viability amid N235bn debt Several hundreds of farmers from at least five villages in Obudu, Cross River State, whose farms have been earmarked for a proposed international cargo airport by Governor Ben Ayade are staging a series of protests in the state, calling on the […]
Imo partners with multilateral agencies for infrastructural development
Dikachi FranklinJuly 23, 2019
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Avutu poultry to produce 2000 birds monthly. Before his inauguration on May 29, 2019 as the governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha and his team embarked on economic and diplomatic tripsto the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany, where they discussed withdevelopment and investment organisations for partnership; […]
Rivers empowers new schools’ accreditation committee
Ben EguzozieJuly 23, 2019
Private schools account for 30% enrolment Rivers State Governor, NyesomWike has charged the first of a new set of committees for the accreditation and approval of all schools in the state, to embark on a comprehensive assessment of schools with the objective of reviving the standard of education. The committees were categorised […]
Okpara assumes presidency of OCCIMA
Dikachi FranklinJuly 23, 2019
By Dikachi Franklin, Owerri -SECCIMA, NACCIMA Officers to attend inauguration Everest Okpara, managing director and chief executive officer ofEveright Diagnostic and Laboratory Services Limited, which has operations in Owerri, Egbu, Okigwe and Lagos, is now the substantivepresident of the Owerri Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines andAagriculture (OCCIMA). This also makes him leader […]
At Benchmark Hotels, Owerri, Odunayo harp on service quality
Dikachi FranklinJuly 23, 2019
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri In the South-east and South-south geopolitical zones of Nigeria, Owerri, the capital of Imo State, occupies a strategic location as the heartland of the east with proximity to other major towns, including Umuahia, Aba, Onitsha, Elele, Port Harcourt, all of which could be reached within two hours’ drive. […]
Rivers traders ecstatic as multi-billion-naira ultramodern Mile One Market, Fruit Garden set for inauguration by Wike
Ben Eguzozie in Port HarcourtJuly 16, 2019
Several hundreds of traders of newly constructed multi-billion-naira ultramodern Rumuwoji (Mile One) Market and its flipside Fruit Garden Market in Port Harcourt are in celebratory mood that they would soon return to the shops that they lost more than five years ago in a deadly inferno that raised down the popular market on Ikwerre Road, […]
NDDC: Stakeholders demand overhaul, review of development master plan
Ben EguzozieJuly 9, 2019
AFTER TWO DECADES of existence of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as an interventionist agency to drive quick impact development for the hapless oil region communities, constituted in 11 states, many stakeholders have demanded a complete review of its development master plan, which has been anything but impactful in the region. For the stakeholders, […]