By Joannes O. Wujuola January 04, 2022 REFORMS AND RESULTS: EXPORTING A SUCCESS STORY TO THE COMMONWEALTH At about 11 am, on Friday, November 12, 2021, there was a buzz among tax aficionados: Muhammad Nami, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) boss had been elected the President of the CommonwealthContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 More evidence is emerging that the Omicron Coronavirus variant is affecting the upper respiratory tract, causing milder symptoms than previous variants, a World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday. “We are seeing more and more studies pointing out that Omicron is infecting the upperContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 Some Abuja-based lawyers have expressed divergent views on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad’s proposal to proposal to the National Assembly to confer power of control of the Code of Conduct Tribunal ( CCT), to the National Judicial Council. The NewsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 OPEC+ will likely stick to its planned increase in oil output for February when it meets on Tuesday as sources say the group expects only a short-lived impact on demand from the Omicron coronavirus variant. OPEC+, which groups producers from the Organization of theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 The England-based trio of Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi were amongst nine players who arrived at the Super Eagles Bolton White Hotel camp on Tuesday in Abuja ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 Mexico said it received 131,448 asylum applications in 2021, the country’s national refugee care agency said. The number of applications nearly doubled the record set in 2019, Andres Ramirez Silva, the general coordinator of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (Comar) said on Twitter.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, was taken to hospital in São Paulo on Monday with a suspected intestinal blockage. The 66-year-old was admitted for treatment after complaining of “abdominal discomfort,” the government said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the g1 news website, heContinue Reading