Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, recently met with President Bola Tinubu to announce that his conglomerate paid an unprecedented N450 billion in taxes to the Federal Government in 2024, solidifying its position as Nigeria's highest tax-paying company, reports ITREALMS.
This substantial contribution surpasses the combined tax payments of all Nigerian banks.
Shell Nigeria has exclusively paid a total of $1.09 billion in corporate taxes and royalties to the Federal Government of Nigeria last year through the operations of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company of Nigeria Ltd (SNEPCo.)
The figures, announced in the just published 2023 Shell Briefing Notes, show that SPDC paid $442 million, while SNEPCo remitted $649 million. Similar payments made by the two companies in 2022 amounted to $1.36 billion.
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has rewarded two additional shoppers with a spot in the highly anticipated all-expense paid Knowledge Weekend mentorship programme with the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh.
The two new winners are Mrs. Edith Omatedjor, a native of Delta State and Mr. Chris Godwin who hails from Edo State, with the number of winners now rising to eight.
Some six slots have been filled by customers of Konga out of the anticipated 12, for the much-awaited all-expense paid Knowledge Weekend programme with the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh.
Two new winners; Mr. Adeyemi Oyewale from Osun State and Mrs. Stella Ezeonwuka who hails from Imo State, were unveiled by the e-Commerce giant on Monday, bringing the number of winners so far to six.
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has formally unveiled the first batch of winners for its highly anticipated all-expense paid Knowledge Weekend programme with the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh.
They are Mrs. Molayo Jebutu and Mr. Joshua Emmanuel, both of whom are frequent and loyal shoppers of Konga.
Some 12 lucky shoppers are set to enjoy an all-expenses paid weekend mentorship programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh as Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant flags off its traditional festive season sale – Konga Jara – which offers massive deals, mouthwatering discounts and huge savings for all categories of shoppers with a difference this year.
The 12 beneficiaries will be selected randomly from customers who shopped on any of Konga’s various platforms, including online – www.konga.com and offline in any Konga retail store nationwide or via Konga Bulk, as well as those who purchase their flight tickets on Konga Travel or carry out transactions on KongaPay between December 1, 2022 and January 31, 2023, although shoppers who have a higher frequency or volume of purchases stand a better chance of being selected for the much-anticipated mentorship programme.
The selling of 9mobile, hitherto known as Etisalat Nigeria may have finally been resolved with the pronouncement and constitution of new board of directors under the chairmanship of the Nasiru Ado Bayero, as Teleology Nigeria Limited takes over, reports ITREALMS.
This is coming as ITREALMS gathered that Stephane Beuvelet, has been appointed Acting Managing Director of 9mobile.
The new owners of 9mobile, Teleology, also revealed that they have paid the balance of $450 million after the initial $50 million paid in last April.
The seven-man new Board of Directors emerged followed the successful completion of tenure of the former Board appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
One the newly appointed Non-Executive Director of Teleology, Mohammed Edewor, was quoted as saying that the new Chairman, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, has accepted the appointment.
The new 7-man Board of Directors comprised, Nasiru Ado Bayero (Chairman), Asega Aliga (Non-Executive Director), Adrian Wood (Non-Executive Director), Mohammed Edewor (Non-Executive Director), Winston Ndubueze Udeh (Non-Executive Director), Abdulrahman Ado (Executive Director), and Stephane Beuvelet (Acting Managing Director).
According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) guidelines on the transaction brings to conclusion on the long process which marked the sale of 9mobile.
New chairman of 9mobile board, Alhaji Bayero was quoted as welcoming his appointment, saying that “as we begin this new epochal phase, we wish to thank all the employees who built this viable business. Our debt of gratitude also goes to our subscribers even as we assure them to get ready for real best-in-class additional value for their relationship with the 9mobile brand. Without you, there could not have been a 9mobile business for us to invest in today. We will justify your confidence in our brand by making significant investments that will improve the value you get for using 9mobile.”
“For us, the composition of the new Board of Directors is another significant milestone, and this follows the issuance of final approval of no objection by the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the effect that the technical and financial bids Teleology submitted for 9mobile met and satisfied all the regulatory requirements. This is indeed the dawn of a new era in the evolution of the 9mobile brand in the Nigerian market,” Edewor said.
ITREALMS recalls that CBN in collaboration with NCC, had as at July 2017 appointed a Board of Directors chaired by Dr. Joseph Nnanna, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to oversee the affairs of the company pending the completion of regulatory due diligence of the bid documents submitted by Teleology and sixteen others for its acquisition that was managed by Barclays Africa.
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