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…Says Traditional Rulers cannot be relegated, the future of Iruland is bright, VP adds Challenges affecting Nigeria are such that call for proactive leaders who are prepared to bring Nigerians together. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo expressed this view in Lagos at the weekend during a courtesy visit to the palace of Oniru of Iruland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan …

…To model its IT solution after ERAS By Courage Eboigbe Ondo State Internal Revenue Service has ended its two days study visit to Edo State Internal Revenue Service, EIRS with plans to create its own seamless revenue administration system. Team leader and Director, Personal Income Tax, Ondo State Internal Revenue Service, OIRS, Segun Enikuomehin, said they gained knowledge from the EIRS …

…Assures of a tax friendly administration  By Courage Eboigbe Chairman, Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Mr. Igbinidun Inneh and his team  yesterday paid a tax verification visit to 7Up Bottling Company Limited, Benin Plant and Mouka Foam Limited Plant. Represented by Director, Legal Services, Barr. Odabi Kingsley, Igbinidun Inneh informed top management brass independently that the visit aimed to …

Queen Elizabeth greets the Bidens at Windsor Castle Falmouth, England (CNN) – When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American born with the surname Finnegan — had a piece of advice. “Don’t you bow down to her,” she told him in 1982, according to …

…Insists on punishment for perpetrators …Plans legal actions against Remo Football Club Bendel Insurance Football Club Players, recently attacked and injured at a match with the Remo Football Club in Ogun State, were visited at the weekend by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu at the Central Hospital, Benin City, where they are receiving …

BY BOB MAJIRIOGHENE ETEMIKU March, 2021 Milan Tribunal judgement in the criminal trial of Eni, Shell and others for international corruption related to the acquisition of the OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria, acquitting all defendants is a dangerous judicial precedent that must not be allowed to stand. A coalition of Nigerian Non-Governmental Organizations, including Global Witness and Human and …

Retired Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will be a great nation, in spite of the current challenges. Al Mustapha, who was Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. “It is wrong for us to …

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps will metamorphose into a state police. Akeredolu who said he does not believe in secession stated that the many promises of June 12 have been dashed. Akeredolu who spoke in Akure at the 2021 Democracy Day celebration said there was no serious attempt to redesign …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s often repeated promise to fight corruption with zero tolerance has remained “largely unmet”, a think tank has reported, saying the president’s failure fuels Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and undermines democratic promises. The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) slammed Mr Buhari for not doing enough to combat the endemic corruption in the public service, despite having gained power …

Without doubt, the plethora of challenges threatening the peace and stability of the Nigerian state are not unknown to the citizens. However, towering among these problems is the rising level of insecurity across the country. Attacks by rampaging insurgents, kidnappers and bandits have left many Nigerians in fear of the unknown. Currently, attacks by bandits and armed herders have left …