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Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike

January 10, 2020 11:11 am

Residents doctors at University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospitals, Akure in Ondo State, on Friday, embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries.

The angry doctors gathered at the hospital complex, displaying placards with various inscriptions showing their grievances.

Some of the inscriptions read: “we are asking for what we have worked for”, “a hungry doctor is a danger to the society”, ” our salary is our right, not a gift”, “pls pay our arrears”, “Arakunrin Akeredolu does not owe salary, why is UNIMEDTHC different? ”

Speaking to newsmen, Dr Taiwo Olagbe, the Chairman, Media Committee, Association of Resident Doctors,

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FIRS Establishes Tax Office For Non-Resident Persons

October 21, 2019 4:26 am

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has established a tax office that is designated solely for the administration of taxes for non-resident persons.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Tunde Fowler, which clarified that a non-resident person referred “to a foreign company as defined in the Companies Income Tax Act (Cap C2, LFN (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2004 as amended) or an individual (who is resident outside Nigeria and derives income or profit from Nigeria) as defined in the Personal Income Tax Act (Cap P8, LFN 2004 as amended).”

The statement …

NIS begins issuance of 10-year e-passport at Ikoyi office

NIS to issue resident permit to foreign citizens

June 17, 2019 12:13 am

The Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babban Dede, has said issuance of resident permit to emigrants would soon commence.

Dede revealed that the new development would enable the Nigerian government to fish out illegal immigrants residing in the country, insisting whoever failed to conform to the directive risked deportation.

He said this during the graduation ceremony of 396 Immigration Officers that undertook the 44th Superintendent Basic Course at Kano Immigration Training School, adding that the renewed issuance became pertinent due to insecurity confronting the nation.

The …