PARIS – A total of 130 countries have agreed a global tax reform ensuring that multinationals pay their fair share wherever they operate, the OECD said on Thursday, but some EU states refused to sign up. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a statement that global companies, including U.S. behemoths […]
Microsoft’s so-called blue screen of death (BSoD) will turn black in the new Windows 11 operating system, according to those with access to a preview of the software. The screen appears when users have a problem on their computer, often prompting a restart. A black background will replace blue, matching the logon and […]
Prosecutors in New York on Thursday issued an indictment charging the Trump Organization, the company owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, with operating a 15-year-long “scheme to defraud” the government, alleging that the organization compensated senior executives with off-the-books benefits such as cash, private school tuition and luxury cars without reporting it […]
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the long awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) after considering and adopting the bill’s 318 clauses. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila said the electoral act amendment bill will be passed in the coming weeks. The House’s decision comes as the Senate began considering the bill after […]
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday accused leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu of living a life of luxury while on the run outside the country. Mr Mohammed, speaking at a press conference in Abuja, said the IPOB leader, who was recently re-arrested and re-arraigned in Abuja, will face the […]
The Kano State Hisbah Board has banned the use of mannequins to display clothes by tailors, supermarkets and boutique owners. The Commander-General of the board, Shaikh Harun Ibn Sina, made this known in a statement issued to Daily Trust on Wednesday. Shaikh Ibn Sina said the use of mannequins by tailors, supermarkets and others contravened […]
A US judge has denied Britney Spears’s request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship. The pop star’s lawyer asked an LA court to end Jamie Spears control of her estate, in November last year. They said the star was “afraid of her father” and wanted him removed as her sole conservator […]
Former US President Donald Trump’s company and its finance chief have been indicted in an investigation into alleged tax crimes, US media report. Allen Weisselberg, 73, turned himself in to authorities in New York on Thursday morning, ahead of the expected unsealing of as-yet-unknown charges. “Mr Weisselberg intends to plead not guilty and he will […]