Tax Reform: Professional bodies will be our target in 2026 – IRS

Tax Reform: Professional bodies will be our target in 2026 – IRS

By Obiekezie Uchenna CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Mr Edwin Okon, Executive Chairman, Cross River Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS) has disclosed that they would beam their searchlight on professional bodies in 2026 for tax infractions. Okon disclosed this on Friday in Calabar during a training session organised by IRS for selected key tax paying companies across the…

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15 Percent Petroleum Import Tariff: GGAI DG Urges Marketers to Patronise Local Products

15 Percent Petroleum Import Tariff: GGAI DG Urges Marketers to Patronise Local Products

DG-GGAI, Leonard Anyogo Petroleum products marketers in Nigeria have been told to cultivate the patriotic act of purchasing petroleum products refined in the country, rather than importing them. The Director General (DG) of Good Governance Advocacy International (GGAI), Leonard Anyogo made the appeal on Friday in a telephone interview with journalists on the recent introduction…

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LIFE-ND: FG, IFAD warn Cross River trainees — “It’s Not Free Money”

LIFE-ND: FG, IFAD warn Cross River trainees — “It’s Not Free Money”

Officials and trainees at the ceremony By Tina Ezin The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have advised newly selected beneficiaries of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project in Cross River State not to regard the opportunity as free government largesse. National Project Coordinator of LIFE-ND,…

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Forvis Mazars to Back West African Energy Growth as Bronze Sponsor at MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025

Forvis Mazars to Back West African Energy Growth as Bronze Sponsor at MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025

Forvis Mazars will participate as a Bronze Partner at MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025, bringing its financial, audit and advisory expertise to support energy growth and governance across West Africa DAKAR (APO, CONVERSEER) – Financial institution Forvis Mazars has confirmed its participation as a Bronze Sponsor at the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025…

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