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…Directs strict compliance with tax payment …Explains why govt resorts to deficit budgeting By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed those responsible for the collection of taxes to ensure that foreign companies operating in Nigeria must not be allowed to continue to exploit the markets and economy without paying appropriate taxes. … [Read more...] about We should stop foreign businesses exploiting our markets — Buhari

In ‘I Won’t Mind My Business’, Tejumade takes the audience through a series of events that portray regular, everyday living. From merely talking about issues and not actually doing anything to change it, to scenes that point out our individual roles in societies, the brainy director does not stop there. In the last two scenarios of the play, the audience actually come alive and join the actors, by stopping the flow of events, inserting themselves into the story and then acting out what they would change or do differently. This means that art and entertainment has transcended the expected teaching of morals, but is now spurring people into action right on stage. … [Read more...] about Audience turn actors in Toyosi Tejumade’s ‘I Wont Mind My Business’

"It's clear that the newspaper industry has long faced economic challenges," Brad Bender, Google's vice president of product management for news, told CNN Business. "I think a number of us in the ecosystem want to step up and enable a better future for news. This is a very big investment, our biggest investment today, but it really does build on our 20 years of efforts with the industry." … [Read more...] about Google agrees to pay news publishers more than $1 billion

When new rules went into effect last year in France requiring publishers to be paid for snippets of news stories displayed in search results, Google announced it would only display headlines. In April, the French competition authority ruled that Google had abused its market dominance and ordered the company to negotiate with French publishers. … [Read more...] about Google agrees to pay French publishers for news

Coronavirus-related news: People older than 85 may register for the COVID-19 vaccination. Faculty Hospital in Trnava has already started to vaccinate seniors. What do Slovak politicians wish for Joe Biden?Ruling politicians in Slovakia have expressed wishes for strong bilateral cooperation after Joseph Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the US. … [Read more...] about News digest: Weekend testing will be possible on buses as well as in companies