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Immediate past Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, yesterday thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the privilege he had to serve the nation and for what he was able to do with the support of all staff. Waxing biblical, Fowler noted that the taxman job is one of service to one’s fatherland as it gives one the opportunity to serve fellow humans and the nation. Change, he noted is constant.  It is normal that people will always resist change, he noted. He spoke at about 6: 35 pm as he handed over to the Coordinating Director Domestic…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has explained why he had to pull out of the Wole Soyinka’s Centre award ceremony slated 9 December, 2019. In a statement issued by Laolu Akande, spokesperson to Prof Osinbajo and titled “For The Records”, the Vice President explained why he couldn’t grace the award were he was to receive an anti-corruption award. “I am extremely grateful for the recognition and award of the “Integrity Specialty of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism’s Anti-corruption Defender Award of 2019” to me. “The award, I note, is for our Justice reform efforts in Lagos State. I had…

*Says only acts of deep humility and personal sacrifice can root out intolerance, bigotry Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says in a world increasingly plagued by activities of the agents of intolerance and religious extremism, it will take acts of deep humility and personal sacrifice, especially by leaders across board, in order to change the disposition to hate and prejudice. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday in a keynote address he delivered in Abu Dhabi at the opening session of the Sixth Assembly of the Forum for Promoting Peace organized by the government of the United Arab Emirates. Speakers and participants…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday called on the Executive to, as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency in the power sector to overcome the legion of problems stalling steady power supply in Nigeria. Lawan stated this while declaring open a one-day round-table discussion with the theme: “Addressing Nigeria’s Power Problems” organized by the Senate Committee on Power. The Senate President said the privatization of the power sector in 2005 and 2013 was a grand scheme conceived with the intention to defraud Nigeria. He said, “For me, if there’s any sector of our economy that is so…

The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 31 persons comprising 14 women and 17 children at Mantari, Malam Masari and Gabchari villages in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, stated this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that the successful ambush, conducted by the troops of 21 Special Armoured Brigade on Dec. 4 at Darel Jamel, Bama LGA of Borno, led to the rescue. He added that the troops killed a number of Boko Haram terrorists while several others escaped with gunshot wounds during the encounter. According…

Serial rapist Joseph McCann, who embarked on a horrific campaign of kidnap and sex attacks, has been given an “unprecedented” 33 life sentences with a minimum term of 30 years.

President Muhammadu Buhari has named Mr. Muhammad M. Nami as the new chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). He replaces Mr. Tunde Fowler, whose tenure expired on Monday. The President also approved the composition of a new board for the FIRS subject to Senate confirmation. The board is composed of a member representing each of the six geographical zones and statutory representatives from a select number of ministries and government agencies. Mr Muhammad, a well-trained Tax, Accounting and Management professional with highly rated qualifications and professional practice and licenses from relevant professional bodies, has almost three decades of…

Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered about N217,268,236 million between January and December.

A high court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced one Ibrahim Mustapha, a fake medical doctor to 54 years in prison.