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The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has reminded all individual taxpayers, including self-employed individuals, those in the informal sector, and employees under the Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) scheme, to submit their Annual Tax Returns on or before March 31, 2025. This directive is in accordance with the Personal Income Tax Act...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), has charged Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) , across the country to carry out their businesses in line with the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and  Prevention ) Act, 2022. The charge was given on Thursday, February 27, 2025...

The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to present the 2025 budget. The lawmakers made the demand during Monday’s plenary session. Security was heightened at the Rivers House of Assembly Quarters as the lawmakers held their first sitting after the Supreme Court...

A former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has been reappointed to lead the House. Obasa was reappointed after the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda, resigned at a plenary session she presided over on Monday. After her resignation, Meranda was reappointed as the...

The former Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly Mojisola Meranda, has been sworn in as the Deputy Speaker of the assembly. She was immediately sworn-in following her nomination. Meranda stepped down amid the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State Assembly. But the crisis remain unresolved as Obasa’s removal divided...

• Governor Bala Mohammed applauds President Tinubu on good governance The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has disclosed that the Federal Government’s Irrigate Nigeria Project, amongst other things, targets increase in income of Nigeria’s farmers nationwide,...

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated the newly appointed Director–General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Nafiu Olakunle, by President Bola Tinubu. Governor Adeleke who describes Brigadier-General Olakunle as a fine and disciplined professional, said his appointment to manage the affairs of one...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted 59-year-old alleged drug baron, in his hideout in Ojo area of Lagos for over N1.4billion worth of seized illicit drugs. The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa said this during a press briefing on Monday in Abuja. Marwa said...

Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take immediate action to safeguard Nigeria’s democracy, warning that political tensions in Rivers, Osun, and Lagos states could spiral out of control. In a statement by the party, the National Chairman, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, said the party recently...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the decision by some northern state governments to shut down all schools during the Ramadan fasting period as counterproductive. The religious group said this in a statement by its president, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, on Sunday. Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi have directed...