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FIRS, NCS, NUPRC Experience 131% Surge in costs of Revenue Collection The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) have experienced a 131% increase in their cost of revenue collection for the first quarter of 2024. This analysis, based on the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursements reports published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), shows that these agencies collectively received N214.29 billion in Q1 2024, up from N92.85 billion in the same period the previous year. The FIRS and NUPRC deduct about 4% of the cost of…

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Gunmen have attacked the Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat in Anambra State, destroying four patrol vehicles. The spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command Tochukwu Ikenga said the attack took place on Saturday morning. “The attack, which resulted in the destruction of four patrol vehicles belonging to the vigilantes, has been described as an act of cowardice. Notably, there were no casualties,” the police spokesman said in a statement. According to Ikenga, the assailants came in large numbers on motorcycles and a vehicle after which they shot indiscriminately. “However, they faced strong resistance from the Vigilante Operatives until the police…

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