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NIPOST, Not FIRS Has Responsibility To Collect Stamp Duty

January 4, 2020 11:13 am

Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Mallam Ali Pantami, yesterday, insisted that it is the duty of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to collect Stamp Duty for the Federal government instead of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), saying it is selfish and an injustice trying to deny NIPOST of collecting the duty

He argued that Stamp Duty should be collected by NIPOST the way Customs Duty is collected by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).

Pantami, who stated this in Abuja, regretted that the FIRS has been working to be the agency collecting the duty, adding that he had presented …

Zainab Ahmed Insists FIRS Will Collect Stamp Duties, Others

December 7, 2019 2:47 am

The Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning. Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would be in charge of sales and collection of stamp duties. This is coming despite the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) and NIPOST workers got the assuarance of the senate that they would carry out the mandate.

The Minister while addressing the press in Abuja said “by the passage of the Finance Bill it will be the Federal Inland Revenue Service that will be collecting the Stamp Duties.” S “It is a revenue for the …

It Is A Criminal To Collect Money For Bail, AIG Warns

It Is A Crime To Collect Money For Bail, AIG Warns

October 22, 2019 6:25 pm

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 2, Lagos, Lawal Shehu, has warned police officers who are involved in various forms of corrupt practices to desist hence they would be made to pay for their illicit acts. Lawal lamented that some officers were involved in corruption by collecting money for bail while it was crystal clear and written in all police stations that bail is free.

The AIG, who spoke at a training for police officers on human rights organised by the Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON), however, mentioned that there were times police officers might not want to …