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Unlocking Nigeria’s Fiscal Future Through Tax Reform By Abdullateef M Awal

Abdullateef M Awal — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:51:24 +0000

Unlocking Nigeria’s Fiscal Future Through Tax Reform By Abdullateef M Awal In the complex arithmetic of national development, taxation is more than just revenue; it is the lifeblood of public services and a barometer of the social contract between a government and its people. Nigeria, facing the urgent need to diversify its revenue streams away […]

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FIRS Scrapped as Tinubu Signs Landmark Tax Reform Bills to Modernize Fiscal System

Prnigeria — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:08:31 +0000

FIRS Scrapped as Tinubu Signs Landmark Tax Reform Bills to Modernize Fiscal System In a major milestone for Nigeria’s economic reform agenda, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday signed into law four transformative tax reform bills aimed at overhauling the country’s fiscal and revenue administration framework. The signing ceremony, held at the Presidential Villa in […]

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Presidency Confirms Zacch Adedeji’s Appointment as FIRS Boss

Prnigeria — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:47:45 +0000

Presidency Confirms Zacch Adedeji’s Appointment as FIRS Boss President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Zacch Adelabu Adedeji as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The President in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, directed the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, to proceed on a three-month […]

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FIRS, The Fear of Invading Tax Enforcers

Yushau A. Shuaib — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:21:43 +0000

Media reports about invasions of business premises by the taskforce of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) could be worrisome. The enforcement exercise by the tax compliance team in shutting down tax-defaulting companies and ordering staffs out of the premises is quite discouraging. A mere visit by tax team easily runs shiver into the marrow […]

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FIRS, Customs, DPR Got N142bn as Incentives in One Year of Buhari’s Administration

Prnigeria — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:52:55 +0000

Three major revenue collecting agencies of the federal government have shared a total of N142.6 billion between June 2015 and May 2016. This is the cost of revenue collected by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR). In an investigation by the Economic Confidential from […]

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FIRS Director Arrested for Tax Fraud

Wilson Uwujaren — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:35:02 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Abumere Joseph Osagie, deputy director, regional tax office, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, in a case of abuse of office and bribery.

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