Despite the global economic challenges occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic, as well as the disruption of business activities in 2020 by nationwide protests, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) achieved over a hundred percent of its collection target for the year 2021. “Notwithstanding the limitations faced in 2020/2021, the Service achieved over a hundred percent…
Lafarge Africa Plc. a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions has announced its recent award on Corporate Governance by the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria. The award, which reinforces the importance of best practice amongst corporate entities quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange Group, was presented to the company at the 2021 IoD Nigeria Annual Dinner…
With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current term, one name keeps rising to the top of the list of potential replacements: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson, whom President Joe Biden nominated to replace Merrick Garland on the high-profile D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals when he picked Garland…
The Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Violation of Rights of Citizens and Unlawful Killings on Wednesday submitted its report to the state governor, Seyi Makinde.Makinde had on November 10, 2020 inaugurated the 11-member committee led by Justice Bolajoko Adeniji (retd).In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Makinde commended the panel and promised…
Embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James popularly known as Baba Ijesha, will on February 17 open his defence on allegations of defiling a minor.The date was fixed on Wednesday by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, following the submission by the defendant’s counsel, Dotun Ajulo, who asked the court to…
he Nigerian Army on Wednesday morning intercepted some armed members of the Oyo State Park Management System otherwise known as National Union Workers (NURTW) at Ita Awure/Efon Junction, Osun State. SaharaReporters learnt that they were arrested at about 3am.The armed thugs were reportedly heading for Ekiti, to disrupt the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Primaries, slated…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of former Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya. Adeniran-Ogunsanya, the daughter of prominent Ikorodu born politician and associate of the late Nnamdi Azikiwe, Prince Adeniran Ogunsanya, died after a brief illness on Tuesday at 74. She was the Secretary to the…
• Governor announces purchase of three trains for State’s Blue Rail Line • ‘Iconic projects signpost our Greater Lagos vision’ Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju A traffic solution proposed 20 years ago to ease off perennial gridlocks that usually stretch from Sheraton Link Road into Opebi corridor has today become a reality, as Lagos…
•Governor to new CP: ‘Fight criminals with renewed fervour’ • ‘Eliminating bank robbery part of my legacy in Lagos’ – Odumosu Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The immediate past Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, inspected the final parade as a cop, taking a bow out of the Police Force. …
