Don’t increase VAT, Tinubu warns FG
Businessam Staff
March 28, 2019
Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised the federal government not to increase value added tax (VAT). Speaking at the colloquium held in commemoration of his 67th birthday, the APC leader said such action could lead to hardship among Nigerians. He counselled the government to widen the tax […]
Registered workers on pension scheme hit 8.4m in Q4, 2018 -NBS
Businessam StaffMarch 20, 2019
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the number of registered workers under the pension scheme in the fourth quarter, 2018 hit 8,410,184 compared to 8,136,202 registered workers in the second quarter, 2018. NBS said this in its “Pension Asset and RSA Membership Data Q4, 2018” released on its website. The bureau said that the […]
Flour Mills records 6% decline in revenue, asserts better outcome in 2019 figures
Adesola AfolabiJanuary 31, 2019
Flour Mills group has recorded N401 billion in revenue for the nine month period ended 31st December 2018. The revenue which was six percent lower than N428 billion when compared with the same period of the previous year was driven by activities of the first six months, the company said in a signed statement by […]
UK FRC fines KPMG £3.2m over failed Quindelll audit
Adesola AfolabiJune 11, 2018
UK’s accounting financial watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has fined KPMG £3.2 million ($4.3 million) on Monday for failings in its audit of Quindell Plc. The fine is coming after KPMG and its employee William Smith, who was fined 84,000 pounds, both failed to ensure that Quindell’s financial statements for 2013 and 2014 were […]
AfDB debars CHINT Electric for 36 months for fraudulent practices
Joel EneogweMay 7, 2018
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Monday announced that it has debarred CHINT Electric for 36 months for its involvement in fraudulent practices. CHINT Electric Co., Ltd., a power transmission and distribution equipment manufacturer and EPC contractor, upon an investigation conducted by the bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption, confirmed that CHINT Electric engaged in […]
Nigeria’s Finance minister to meet with NNPC boss over N37billion revenue
Businessam StaffMarch 28, 2018
Kemi Adesoun, Nigeria’s finance minister, has called for a meeting with Maikanti Baru, the general managing director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), over the irregularities in a N37.76 billion revenue. This is coming after the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, was inconclusive due to discrepancies in revenue presented […]
Nigeria’s SEC set to carry out forensic audit on Oando
Businessam StaffDecember 6, 2017
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to go ahead with a forensic audit of oil company Oando Plc, it said in a statement late Tuesday, despite the suspension of the commission’s director, according to Reuters. The finance minister suspended Mounir Gwarzo, SEC Director General last week over allegations of financial impropriety, a month after Gwarzo […]
UK’s audit watchdog fines Ernst & Young £2.75m over audit misconduct
Businessam StaffOctober 16, 2017
UK’s audit watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has fined Ernst & Young £2.75 million for alleged misconduct relating to the accounting group’s review of financial statements of Tech Data Limited. The FRC said in a statement Monday that it reprimanded and fined EY after the company admitted to “misconduct” in the audit of Tech […]
South Africa’s Pravin Gordhan slams auditing firm, KPMG over tax report
Businessam StaffSeptember 18, 2017
Pravin Gordhan, who was ousted from his post as South Africa’s finance minister in March, slammed KPMG LLP after it withdrew the findings of a report on the country’s tax agency that was used as evidence in a police probe against him and led to the removal of senior staff. According to Bloomberg, the auditing firm said on Friday […]
EY snaps up BHP Billiton audit from 2019, after beating competition
Businessam StaffAugust 24, 2017
After an audit tendering process conducted by global industry giant, BHP Billiton, Big Four accounting and advisory firm, EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young) has beaten off competition to snap up the auditing of the company from 2019, it has emerged. EY’s lucrative victory will see it replacing KPMG as the mining giant’s auditor […]