The FIRS yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS). The MoU signing ceremony took place at the State House, Marina, Lagos State, and was executed by the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, and the Executive Chairman, LIRS, Mr. Ayodele Subair. It was witnessed by the Honorable Minister…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its campaign for the forthcoming elections. The party chairman, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, said…The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its campaign for the forthcoming elections. The party chairman, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, said the decision was…
By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sympathized with the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos, Ms Funke Akindele over the death of her beloved mother, Dr. RB Adebanjo-Akindele. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Tuesday said it is…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had a meeting with governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa.The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal; and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Atiku Bagudu were also present at the meeting…
The Rivers State Government had on January 31 withdrawn the initial approval of February 11 on the grounds that credible intelligence and recent development show that the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation is working in collaboration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers.he government said it understood that the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation was intending…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Government has said that 27.3% of its entire Y2023 Budget amounting to N482.86 Billion will be expended on providing modern infrastructure for the citizenry. The State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget. Mr. Samuel Egube disclosed this at Press Briefing held today at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Secretariat, Alausa,…
•Sanwo-Olu: ‘Collaboration to check double taxation, widen tax base’ By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Government has sealed a bilateral agreement with the Federal Government to harmonise tax administration, raise system efficiency and proffer solution to challenges of multiple taxation. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, presided over a ceremony where Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)…
Blinken’s visit – what would have been the first by a secretary of state to China since 2018 – was seen largely as an effort to develop ways to navigate future crises. With a trip to Taiwan by new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy likely this year, the next crisis might not be far off. “Overall,…
More than 40 people have been killed in clashes between gunmen and vigilantes in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state, the latest violence ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections. Katsina state police spokesperson Gambo Isah said on Friday that an armed gang, known locally as bandits, attacked a village in Katsina’s Bakori local government area and had…
