LT JON COOLWAZOBIA REGGEA ANCHOR AND PRODUCTIONS OFFICER,HEADING TO THE ALTER IN STYLE

LT JON & PASTOR DAN

PASTOR DAN

HEADING TO THE ALTER

May JAH bless this union,congratulations!!!!

Growth & Employment in States (GEMS) Nigeria: ... Supporting the business environment through improved land, tax and investment reform.

GEMS3 works with private and public stakeholders at national, state and LGA levels to build and deliver a systematic framework that helps make it easier to do business in Nigeria, leading to lasting improvements in economic opportunities for the poor, especially women.

The GEMS 3 team in COOL FM KANO  after an interview.

Kevin Conroy

Intervention Manager

Muktar Ado Yakassai Tax expert GEMS 3

 

DFID Nigeria has a "State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capacity" programme, to improve financial management systems and enhance government use of public resources at state level. In some states, this programme supports tax collecting agencies, for example, with systems, procedures and controls in collecting land and employment taxes. 

DFID Nigeria is providing £90 million in support to the ‘Growth and Employment in States’ (GEMS) programme which includes work on tax. The programme supports the value chain and business environment, as well as land reform and investment policy. An estimated £9 million is expected to be tax related, focused at state level.

This project follows the Nigerian sub-national government Investment Climate Project (ICP) from 2007 – 2011, which identified taxation as one of the key, feasible areas of reform. Support provided under the ICP included assistance with the development of state-level 5-year tax board modernisation plans, training for 600 tax officials (the first training on tax many of them had ever been exposed to) and substantial support to the introduction of unique taxpayer identification numbers (UTIN) which has now reached the stage of formal testing.

The latest programme (GEMS) will use an innovative 'market' approach to understand and address tax as it affects and is affected by market systems and political incentives, with a special focus on impact on the poor. It will have a strong focus on sustainability, looking at facilitating (rather than providing) pilot reforms, which it will seek to have replicated across the country through demand and demonstration effects.

The project will introduce a range of varied interventions in different states, including; mapping and documentation of existing tax processes, business processing re-engineering of tax processes, tax harmonisation and the removal of multiple and 'nuisance' taxes, and support to target states' existing, broader, reform plans.

DFID is also funding £11 million for the Enhancing Nigerian Advocacy for a Better Business Environment (ENABLE) programme. This programme, running until 2013, is to improve the environment for business advocacy in Nigeria. A small part of this programme worked to improve public-private dialogue in Lagos State on the issue of Multiple Taxation.

In 2011, DFID provided £89,000 to the International Monetary Fund to rewrite tax legislation in Nigeria.

HMRC has also provided assistance to Nigeria - two compliance caseworkers spent time in Nigeria helping the Federal Inland Revenue Service develop a compliance strategy, and senior level HMRC management sit on the board of the Nigerian tax administration in an advisory capacity.

 The teams are embedded in each of the focal states, with ambitions to expand as they enter other states across the country. Support to state teams is provided from the central office in Abuja that also manages the Federal level interventions. For further information, contact info@gems3nigeria.com.

Guests at GEJ's daughter's wedding received customized iPhones

Luxury designer Malivelihood posted samples of some of the gifts guests received at President Jonathan's daughter's wedding which took place in Abuja today. One of the gifts was a gold-plated iPhone. What were those Youth Movement people saying again? Lol. Continue to see more photos...

Killer child-bride speaks: ‘I regret killing my husband, 17 days after wedding

About two weeks ago, a 14 year old teenage girl named Wasila Umaru (pictured above), who was forced into marriage with a 35 year old man, killed the man and three of his friends with rat poison by slipping the poison into their meal during a small wedding party which took place in the northern Ungwar Yansoro village, at Gaya LGA near the city of Kano. (If you missed it, read here)

Wasila now says she regrets killing her husband. The killing happened 17 days after their wedding. Speaking with a Vanguard reporter at Bompai police HQ, Kano, where she is being held, Wasila said;

“Mine was a classical example of youthful exuberance; it dawned on me shortly after that it was a joke taken too far to resolve a forced marriage question. I have never enjoyed the opportunity of going to Islamic school or acquiring Western education. My father forced me into this mess by stubbornly forcing me into a relationship I was not prepared to live in"

"Though my target was my late husband, I must confess that my blood went cold when I realized I had committed mass murder”. Continue...

Narrating how she executed the mass murder, she said,

“On the fateful day, my husband’s meal was prepared by the senior wife and put in my room as I was due in fulfillment of his rotational duty in a polygamous setting. I obtained the rat poison for just N100 and, at my convenience, mixed it with the local dish prepared for him. When he returned home for the feast, he came with those who were destined to die with him. I was restless but could not stop it from happening.

"I felt normal and slept after the incident but the consequence of my action was clear when I was picked up by the police and I felt cold for the first time”.

"Destiny appears to have played a wicked one on me at this early stage of my life and I would rededicate the rest of my life to sincerely seek Allah’s forgiveness”.

However, despite the overwhelming evidence the police have to prosecute the alleged culpable homicide, they seemed to be in a dilemma due to age of the suspect.

Commenting on the development, Kano State Police Command Public Relations  Officer, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, said “the case has been referred to appropriate authorities  for the next line of action”. Majia told Sunday Vanguard: “I am assuring you that Wasila would appear in court soon because we have limitation on the number of days we can keep a suspect no matter the perceived weakness of the case or the personality involved”.

 Posted by Linda Ikeji at 10:16 AM

SUNRISE ACADEMY ON ESCORTION TO COOLWAZOBIA FM KANO!

The student of Sunrise Academy Kano visited the COOLWAZOBIA FM station Kano to see for themselves their favorite On Air personalities at work,over sixty boys and girls constituted part of the team that came calling this morning,and the student and teachers could not hide their surprise and excitement on visiting the most technologically advanced and professionally run broadcasting organization in the country. The student and teachers were received by the Head of Admin, Hajia Maryam Shariff,who conducted the contingent round the facility.

 

Hajia Maryam Shariff and some of the students

                        Biba of Wazobia FM and some of the students
                                               

        A visit with the Head of News Abubakar Salihu Abubakar
                                                   

Sharing the experience

YOUNG BOLD AND GIFTED!

 Meet the youngest and brightest OAP's in Nigeria, Kiyara and Haiyam, hosts of the kiddies corner show on 96.9 Cool FM Kano.

                                                               kiyara and Haiyam

                                                   

                                                                 Kiyara

Kiyara Coulibaly,fondly called KIKI, is a smart and inquisitive young girl that wants to be the best at what ever she does,she has lofty ambitions of becoming an Architect in the future,she loves to swim,play Tennis and sing.A big Justine Beiber fan,who believes pink is an awesome color,She is shy and gentle,but when she warms up...she is such a ball of positive and enthusiastic energy,one moment she might be singing and the next dancing,Kiki would have made a very good Doctor because she is a very sympathetic and caring person. She bakes one of the most delicious cup cakes on the African continent (lol) i have tasted it.

                                                Haiyam

 Haiyam Sharouf,called "Baby" at home is a very intelligent and precocious young girl,who can be very outspoken once she attains a certain level of comfort with you,pays a lot of attention to her looks,which will explain her love for fashion and shopping.Plans on becoming a Doctor in the future.Haiyam is a bit of an enigma,She is very quiet when you first meet her,but as she gets comfortable,she becomes very "difficult to stop from talking" lol! Loves the color pink and Justine Beiber (why????)

  KIDDIES CORNER,EVERY SATURDAY 9AM-10AM 96.9 COOL FM KANO!!


Encourage your child to pursue his/her own dream — not your dreams.
Ask yourself if you are getting your child involved with an activity because you really like that and so you want them to like it? Or is it a passion that your child really enjoys? You may want your child to take up a sport or hobby that you are involved in, but your child may have his/her own interest they want to explore. "There's a difference between programming our children to do what we love versus loving what our children do.If you push them to do what you want...there might be complications!

Lupita, Matthew Mcconaughey win 2014 Oscars. Full list of winners

Last night Kenyan beauty Lupita Nyong'o won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her first feature film. Her very first! Congrats Lupita, you definitely deserve an Oscar for that powerful performance as Patsy in 12 Years A Slave.

"When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child, that no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid" Lupita said during her acceptance speech

And my Leo didn't win...again! Oh well! Congrats to Matthew Mcconaughey who won Best Actor in a Leading Role. See full list of winners at the 86th Academy Awards, plus a video of Lupita Nyong'o accepting her award and her powerful acceptance speech after the cut...

Best Picture -12 Years A Slave

Best Director - Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting RoleLupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)

Best Animated Feature - Frozen

Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Film Editing
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

Best Sound EditingGravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Original Score
Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Screenplay
Her (Spike Jonze)

Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

Best Animated Short Film
Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom

Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty, Italy

Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby

Best Cinematography
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Best Original Song
Let It Go (Frozen)

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

Best Sound Mixing
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adirj, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (Gravity)