The Presidency has assured that the tax laws under consideration by the National Assembly would increase the number of taxes now in operation. In an explainer on Thursday, the presidential adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said that the proposed laws are rather designed to “optimise and simplify existing tax frameworks”. Addressing the concerns of governors of Northern …

The Northern States Governors’ Forum has resolved to invest massively in education and skills development, health care and social services in order to boost human capital development in the region. At the end of its first meeting of the year in Kaduna on Tuesday, the Forum expressed concern that the region currently bears the burden of having the highest number …

Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya is the new Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum. As announced by the Forum on Tuesday, he will take over from outgoing Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong, who was voted as the Chairman in 2019. Yahaya, who was elected governor of the state in 2019, won his re-election bid for a second term …