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he Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will be undergoing a major reorganization as the federal government approved a new organizational structure for the agency. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, will unveil the new structure during a two-day strategic management meeting of the FIRS in Abuja. In a statement issued by the special adviser on media to the FIRS chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, it was revealed that the aim of the meeting “is to ensure that all directors are fully informed and aligned with the strategic direction of the agency.” Adekanmbi said: “The retreat will…

A Nigerian graduate identified as Saheed Wahab has died a day after arriving the United Kingdom for his master’s degree. Wahab, who arrived at Teesside University, UK, as a student on January 15, 2024, to start his programme reportedly died on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. This was made known in a statement released by the Nigerians in the UK Community and posted on the group’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle. The statement partly read, “Following the sad news we received regarding the death of Mr Saheed Wahab, a student at Teesside University who died a day after arriving in the United Kingdom…

A Ghana court on Wednesday sentenced six people to death by hanging, including three soldiers, for their involvement in an alleged plot three years ago to overthrow the country’s government. The men were arrested in 2021 while testing weapons at an old shooting range in Accra, and intelligence telephone taps led to a blacksmith shop, where they ordered the weapons manufactured, according to court documents. They had all pleaded not guilty during the trial. Police posted heavily armed units outside the high court for the hearing and sentencing. One of the lawyers for the six, Victor Adawudu, said the defence…

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a father, Ademola Oladimeji, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his three children. The children were aged five, seven, and nine. While delivering judgment, the judge held that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses were believable and truthful. She also held that their evidence established the offence of sexual assault by penetration and not defilement According to Justice Soladoye, the pieces of evidence of the three survivors were corroborated by the investigative police officer and their mother. She said: “Upon a careful review of the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has issued a query to its prosecutor who declared a lack of evidence to secure the conviction of key defendants facing trial in the Malabu case. Offem Uket had conceded the prosecution’s lack of evidence in a filing submitted to the court last December. He made the turnaround in the case after calling 10 prosecution witnesses in a trial that had lasted almost four years. But the EFCC, in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES, said Mr Uket made the major concession on his own without the commission’s approval. “The truth…

In order to arrest the menace caused to the environment, the Lagos State Government on Sunday announced a ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics in the state with immediate effect. This was announced by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a statement he personally signed. Besides, Wahab also directed the State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and the Kick Against Indiscipline to immediately commence the implementation of the ban. He asked two agencies to clamp down on all the production companies and distribution outlets for styrofoam in the state to…

Food and animal experts have stated that the consumption of animal blood as meat, especially from diseased animals, could lead to another outbreak of anthrax, among other zoonotic diseases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in July 2023, confirmed the Anthrax outbreak in a mixed livestock farm in Niger State. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by bacteria and can affect both humans and animals. It can be transmitted through the consumption of raw, undercooked meat and other products of the affected animals. Zoonosis, according to the World Health Organisation, is an infectious disease that is transmitted, from…

The police in Ogun have held a woman who allegedly attempted to drown her child in a river at about 5pm yesterday. According to a statement from Ogun State police spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, the 30-year-old woman identified as Oluwabunmi Ajayi has been held for attempted murder after she was sighted dumping her baby in the river. Odutola stated that the 5-month-old child identified as Imole Anifowose was rescued by a passer-by who witnessed the crime and reported to the police, who moved swiftly and arrested the mother. Celebrating the rescue efforts as heroic, Odutola stated that the child is…

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday nullified the N800bn 2024 budget signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara. In December, the governor had presented an N800bn 2024 Appropriation Bill to a faction of the state House of Assembly, comprising four lawmakers. Following the passage of the budget by the lawmakers, Fubara subsequently signed the budget into law. The Rivers Assembly became factionalised following a move by 27 lawmakers loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike to impeach Fubara The presiding judge, James Omotosho, held that everything done by the four lawmakers was null and void. The court also…

The Lagos State Police Command has narrated a shocking account of how a Nigerian seeking asylum abroad asked the police to declare him wanted. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) had in December 2023 said no fewer than 260,000 Nigerians approached the IOM for assistance to leave the country in 2023. Analysts said that the current rise in migration is not unrelated with the living cost crisis Nigeria is going through. But in an X post, the Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said he was stupefied when a Nigeria asked that the police declare him…