Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated his wife and First Lady of the State, Dr. (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, on her 55th birthday. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, a medical doctor by profession, clocks 55 years today, Saturday January 8, 2022. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press…
…To commence construction of Opebi-Maryland Link Bridge, Eight Stadia …Complete other major Infrastructure Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Government on Friday said that the 2022 budget deficit of ₦521.275 billion is expected to be funded through the ₦1.237 trillion targeted revenue. The State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the governing party, the African National Congress, must work to regain popular support after being embroiled in corruption scandals and divided by bitter factional rivalries. Marking the ANC’s 110th anniversary on Saturday, Ramaphosa struck a sombre note, emphasising that the party of Nelson Mandela which helped South Africa…
Police have fired water cannon and tear gas as stone-throwing protesters stormed the headquarters of the opposition group – the Democratic Party – in the Albanian capital, Tirana, amid a deepening power struggle. At least one police officer and one protester were injured and dozens of protesters were arrested, police said on Saturday. The protests…
Nine United State’s Supreme Court justices including John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States on Friday, heard an Oral Argument to deliberate the fate of President Joe Biden administration’s vaccine mandates. The hearing of Biden’s Vaccine Mandate is coming at a time when there is a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collected about N6.4 trillion as taxes in 2021. Its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, gave the figure in Abuja on Wednesday at a public presentation and breakdown of highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Act. “We collected more than 70 per cent of the target set for 2021 with the help of technology and…
Trust Africa News,By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, set up a four-man committee led by the Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, an engineer, as a first step to the implementation of the report submitted by the Panel, which investigated the collapse of a 21-storey structure on Gerrard Road…
By Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola At about 11 am, on Friday, November 12, 2021, there was a buzz among tax aficionados: Muhammad Nami, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) boss had been elected the President of the commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA). He is the first Nigerian in the history of CATA to be so…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Doyin Salami as Chief Economic Adviser to the President (CEAP). The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday. Salami, 59, Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, is also the Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting…
