Good governance key to revenue generation in Edo- EIRS boss
The Acting Executive Chairman, Edo State Internal Revenue Service, Emmanuel Usoh has said that the present administration’s emphasis on good governance has reflected in increased revenue in the economic sector. Barr. Emmanuel Usoh stated this when he played host to...
Investors’ symbiotic relationship with government panacea to growth of hospitality industry.
Investors' symbiotic relationship with government panacea to growth of hospitality industry.-May 19th, 2016 Edo State Internal Revenue Service (E.I.R.S) has hinged the development and growth of the hospitality industry in the state on a symbiotic relationship between...
Federal Govt. plans review of tax laws
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would review the current tax laws in the country in order to keep pace with the rapid changes in business practices. It said most of the tax codes in the country have become outdated, adding that with the objective of the...
FIRS seals NICON hotel, Insurance over N392m tax debt.
Operatives from the Federal Inland Revenue Service on Thursday sealed the NICON Luxury Hotel and the NICON Insurance Plc. Both companies are said to owe N392, 623,765.00 as tax liabilities to the Federal Government. The development paralysed business activities at...
Edo knocks Oil firms over 221m unpaid taxes
Two oil companies operating in Edo State have been slammed with notices of non-compliance by the state government, following their failure to remit taxes worth over N221m. According to a statement by the Edo State Internal Revenue Service on Friday, the taxes were...
Police nab 11 revenue agents in Edo
Operatives of Edo police command have apprehended 11 revenue collectors alleged to have been blocking the Auchi/Okpella-Okene federal highway in order to forcefully collect illegal revenue from lorry drivers plying the road. The suspects were caught in the act about...
Why Edo Can Survive Without Oil
It was a roundtable discussion and the second in the series as we count down to November 12, the terminal date of the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s eight year tenure in Edo State. The brain behind the intellectually stimulating series is no less a person than John...
Traffic Violation: Courts convict over 500 people in Edo
Over 500 persons were arraigned and convicted for various traffic offences during the joint road check exercise also known as Operation Velvet carried out by the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) in conjunction with other security agencies such as the Nigeria...
IGR: Edo revenue service organizes sensitization workshop for tax payers
As part of efforts to capture more taxpayers into the state tax database, the Edo Styate Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) has organized a sensitization workshop for business men, women, artisans, trades and craft men in the state. Addressing participants at the...
Edo among few states not bankrupt- Comrade Joe Aligbe
It has been asserted that among the 36 states in Nigeria, Edo State is among the few that are not bankrupt. National Vice President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Comrade Joe Aligbe made the assertion during the state branch of the...
