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The Office of the Tax Ombud has called on revenue-generating agencies to designate liaison officers to strengthen coordination, resolve taxpayer complaints faster and improve accountability within Nigeria’s tax system. The Tax Ombud and Chief Executive of the Office of the Tax Ombud, John Nwabueze, made the call on Thursday at a stakeholder engagement in Abuja. The Tax Ombud and Chief Executive of the Office of the Tax Ombud, John Nwabueze The engagement, themed “Promoting Fairness, Transparency and Trust in Tax and Revenue Administration in Nigeria,” focused on improving the relationship between taxpayers and government institutions responsible for collecting public revenue.…

Video Game Preservation: Saving Yesterday’s Games for Tomorrow’s Players | Ars Live This week, Ars hosted a live discussion with Ross Scott about the Stop Killing Games movement and its ongoing efforts to ensure that games remain playable even after the original publisher shuts down the online servers undergirding them. Scott talked with Ars Technica Senior Gaming Editor Kyle Orland, saying said he felt the situation around long-term game access was already “intolerable a decade and a half ago” and that he “kept hoping someone else would kick this off, [someone] more experienced or knowledgeable, but it felt like nothing…

It’s a shame Nigel Farage ducked the announcement of his victory in the Clacton byelection, which confirmed his return as MP for the seat he had needlessly resigned from just a few weeks earlier. You’d have thought he would have loved it. It was the culmination of a stunt, an exercise in politics as performance. It was a display animated by – and seeking to inflame – grievance, a million miles away from the hard, grinding work of tackling the problems that underlie those grievances. It was an attempt to deflect scrutiny, distract attention and evade responsibility. It was, in…

Little is known about what was happening shortly after the big bang, but now researchers are hoping to shed fresh light on the matter by harnessing the far side of the moon.Scientists plan to put a suitcase-sized satellite into orbit around the moon, using the data it collects as it passes the far side to search for a radio frequency signal emitted by neutral hydrogen atoms in the early universe.More specifically, the satellite, nicknamed CosmoCube, will be looking for what is known as the 21cm line. Crucially, the older the signal, the more its wavelength has been stretched, or redshifted,…

Arsenal’s Spanish manager Mikel Arteta attends a press conference at the Emirates Stadium in London on May 4, 2026, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League league semifinal, second-leg football match against Atletico Madrid. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has backed Enzo Maresca to do an “unbelievable job” after replacing Pep Guardiola as Manchester City manager. Premier League champions Arsenal and FA Cup holders City meet in the Community Shield in Cardiff on Sunday in Maresca’s first showpiece occasion since Guardiola quit at the end of last season. Arteta, once Guardiola’s assistant at City,…

By Mary Agbabiaka Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate, Barry, has explained why he chose to pursue Goddessa despite having a crush on fellow housemate Neche, saying Neche had made it clear that he was not her type. Barry disclosed this on Thursday during a conversation with Goddessa, who questioned whether his feelings for her were genuine or mainly driven by sexual attraction. Goddessa told Barry, “I feel like your feelings for me is more of a sexual attraction.” Barry defended his feelings, asking, “You think I would spend my day staring at you if it was just that?” When…

Linus Aleke in Abuja  The Federal Government has called on youths to participate actively in the Nigerian electoral process with a view to driving the economic growth and development agenda they envision for the country. The government said many democracies, including Nigeria, are confronted with the challenges of declining trust, voter apathy, misinformation, vote buying, electoral violence and the growing perception among young people that their votes do not make a meaningful difference. Speaking at the Election Roundtable on the 2027 general election, jointly organised by the Humanitarian Foundation for Social Justice and The Create Studio Nigeria in Abuja, the…

An exclusive Al Jazeera interview with the man who took over as president of Syria in January 2025 about his vision for the long-term future of his country.From opposition figure to Head of State – how Ahmed al Sharaa plans to transform Syria into a modern Arab democracy. In this extended interview, Al Jazeera’s Ali Al Dafiri talks to al-Sharaa about his plans for Syria. In December 2024, the 53-year rule by the al-Assad dynasty crumbled in the face of overwhelming armed opposition, led by Abu Mohammed al-Julani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Bashar al-Assad was forced out of office…

In a strategic move to bridge the structural gap between Nigeria’s vast natural gas reserves and a fully functioning domestic market, JEX Markets has unveiled plans to build a regulated trading exchange aimed at curbing counterparty risk and creating transparent price discovery. Operating as Nigeria’s pioneer licensed gas trading platform, the exchange seeks to transition the country’s fragmented, bilateral gas deals into a liquid, central marketplace, setting the foundation for a benchmark price index that could eventually power energy trading across West Africa. Speaking at the sideline of the West Africa Regulator Forum (WARF) in Abuja on Tuesday, Blessing Ayemere,…

Ars Technica: There’s more to your director’s cut than just restoring a few deleted scenes. You’ve done a full re-edit. Chris Carter: I worked with two different editors, people I respect and I’ve worked with before who weren’t involved with it all originally. I asked them to watch the movie and help me to refine the cut and make it the scary movie that I originally intended to make. It was heroic on their part. The movie was originally edited by an Academy Award winner, and so coming in and basically re-editing his vision took some courage. That said, I…