Category: #Governance
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EXPERTS WARN AGAINST BLIND RELIANCE ON AI IN AUDITING, STRESS STRONG GOVERNANCE
Accounting and audit professionals have been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to improve efficiency without allowing it to replace professional judgment, ethical reasoning and independent thinking in financial reporting. Speaking at the 2026 Audit Committee Institute Conference on Wednesday July 1 in Lagos, Chairman of the Audit Committee Institute, Christian Ekeigwe,…
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DHQ LAUNCHES TOLL-FREE 193 HOTLINE TO BOOST PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE ON SECURITY
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has launched a toll-free emergency line, 193, to encourage Nigerians to provide timely and credible information that will support ongoing military operations across the country. Announcing the initiative on Wednesday July 1 in Abuja, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Michael Onoja, urged citizens to report security concerns through the…
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TAX: LAGOS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEEKS ONE-MONTH CIT FILING EXTENSION, WAIVER
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) to grant a one-month extension for the filing of Company Income Tax (CIT) returns. The appeal followed widespread technical glitches that occurred on the newly introduced Rev360 tax platform. Director General, LCCI, Dr Chinyere Almona, made the appeal on Wednesday…
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FG INAUGURATES COMMITTEE TO FAST-TRACK SMART, BILINGUAL SCHOOLS ACROSS NIGERIA
The Federal Government has inaugurated a new implementation and monitoring committee to accelerate the completion and operation of Smart Schools, Bilingual Schools and Alternative Schools across Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa said the initiative is aimed at ensuring that investments in education translate into real learning opportunities for children. He…
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NEMA PARTNERS ANAMBRA GOVERNMENT TO MITIGATE LOSSES FROM FLOODING
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it is working with the Anambra government to mitigate losses to residents as a result of flooding through insurance. Mr Ibarakumo Walson, the Director of NEMA in charge of South-East Region, said this in an interview in Awka on Saturday June 27. Walson said the management of the…
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KWARA TAXPAYERS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AS NIGERIA’S TAX REFORMS GATHER MOMENTUM
As Nigeria intensifies efforts to build a stronger tax culture, a clear message is emerging from traders, artisans and business owners in Kwara State: citizens are willing to pay their taxes, but government must be more transparent about how the money is spent. That demand for accountability echoed across markets, streets and public spaces in…
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SGF CONDEMNS KILLING OF BENUE MACBAN CHAIRMAN, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ARREST OF SUSPECTS
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has strongly condemned the killing of the Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Risku Mohammed, and his associate. In a statement on Sunday, Akume described the killings as a setback to ongoing peacebuilding efforts in Benue…
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OKEI-ODUMAKIN LAUDS 1ST FEMALE CLERK, URGES GENDER POLICY REFORM
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has called for sustained commitment to gender-friendly policies, especially as the country approached another political transition. Okei-Odumakin made the call in a statement on Wednesday June 24 in Lagos, while reacting to Mrs Adenike Oshinowo’s emergence as the first female Clerk of the Lagos State House…
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ALLEGED COUP PLOT: COURT ORDERS PROBE OF LEAKED EVIDENCE
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate allegation by the prosecution that part of the evidence it tendered in court and served on lawyers to the defendants were displayed on social media. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik also ordered that if there was any evidence on social…
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LAGOS RESIDENTS WARNED AGAINST INDISCRIMINATE REFUSE DISPOSAL
The Environmental Health and Waste Management Department of Eredo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has warned residents against indiscriminate waste disposal. The department gave the warning during the second day of its public sensitization campaign on proper waste management on Tuesday June 23 in Lagos. The sensitization exercise, which commenced on June 22, aims to…
