Corporate Affairs Commission

An ex-Chairman of the Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Adesina Ogunlana, has said that he was wrongly barred from contesting the association’s national elections which held on Wednesday and yesterday.

The Federal Government has deregistered frontline socio-cultural groups in Nigeria as the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has withdrawn the registration certificate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), among others.

Delta lawmaker, Peter Nwaoboshi, has dared the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on the list of lawmakers who allegedly got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, James Manager, has denied receiving contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The investigation which began on July 20 in Abuja, is being conducted by the joint house committees on Interior, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring and Commerce.

Umbrella organisation of all Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that zoning the Presidency to Igboland by all the political parties in Nigeria and an Igbo succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari will heal the wounds of the civil war.

The protest is in connection with a lottery operations case involving a former Ogun Senator Buruji Kashamu, on the propriety of licensing with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

Mrs Jane Asuquo, an Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)’s witness, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that Haruna Momoh, former Managing Director, Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), used his wife, Ochuko, to launder the agency’s 700 million dollars.

The umbrella organisation for all Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday said that Ndigbo will not leave Nigeria for anybody as they are part owners of Nigeria whose forebears got independence for Nigeria.

The Corporate Affairs Commission says certificates of registration of business and non-business entities will be issued with Tax Identification Numbers.

The ongoing reform of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is not privatisation of the entity, but unbundling it into viable subsidiary companies that will operate on the principle of commercial viability.

The lockdown arising from coronavirus appears to have slowed down the fight against corrupt practices in the country for close to six weeks.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has stated that its guidance on virtual board, committee, and management meetings for stakeholders was designed in order to ensure that companies comply with best practices while adopting virtual meeting to foster their business interests.

Days after the office of the Accountant General of the Federation went up in flames, the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire.

The Council of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, NBA-SBL and the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, have said that both organisations will continue to collaborate in order to improve ease of doing business.

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Tuesday announced the suspension of its 20th Anniversary ceelebration earlier slated to hold in March, till further notice.

A non-profit organisation, Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiative, has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission before the Court of Appeal over the refusal of the CAC to register it.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has warned businesses and individuals against tax evasion as the Federal Government begins the implementation of the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on Saturday (today).