Author: Adekunle

A Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed yesterday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax authorities. The two agencies signed the agreement in London, United Kingdom, and was attended by the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami accompanied by some members of the FIRS Board and management, and Director at HMRC, Jon Sherman, alongside other members of the HMRC Executive Committee. Mr. Muhammad Nami who led members of the Board and management of the FIRS…

Good Governance and Transparency Initiative (GGTI), a pressure group is rooting for Hon. Sada Soli’s emergence as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. Hon. Soli, a ranking lawmaker who was first elected in 2006 has won his return bid into the National Assembly as the member representing Jibia/Kaita Federal Constituency of Katsina State. National Coordinator of GGTI, Abdulmumuni Dangana, who made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja said apart from his wealth of experience in the legislature, Hon. Jibia is endowed with leadership qualities that stand him out for…

A purported leaked letter from Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s camp on Wedneday has shown plans of the president-elect to build bridges and reconcile aggrieved individuals from the 2023 presidential elections. A letter touted to have been signed by Tinubu and addressed to PDP chieftain, Chief Bode George had gone viral on Wednesday. The letter reads that the former Lagos governor is willing to work with Bode George who were one of his strong detractors in the lead up the 2023 elections. Tinubu, in the letter, extended a hand of fellowship to the PDP chieftain, advising him against a political self-exile the…

Better Oyo Movement (BOM), a sociopolitical group committed to the development of the state has commended governors of Northern extraction on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for their unalloyed support for their party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, premised largely on their stance on power shift to the South, in furtherance of their belief in the unity of Nigeria. BOM recalled that no fewer than 10 of the governors from the North made their stance public, in a joint statement released sometimes in June, 2022. Those who signed the statement included Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abubakar Sani…

Better Oyo Movement (BOM), a group committed to the state’s development has lauded the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for his consistency and fearlessness, particularly since the current cash crunch began, maintaining that with leaders like Tinubu, the masses of Nigeria can be rest assured that they now have someone ready to defend their interests. “Without a doubt, we’re sure Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president of this great country will not only run a pro-people administration, he will, also be at the vanguard of promoting their interests. We know, from his days as…

A sociopolitical group, Better Oyo Movement (BOM) has lauded Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for his capacity to build bridges of friendship, comradeship and support, across the length and breadth of Nigeria, positing that could only have been possible due to the former Lagos governor’s abiding faith in humanity. In a release in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, BOM argued that for a politician to have maintained friendship with several individuals, each with distinct personality traits, for several decades, only advertises one thing – that politician’s tolerance, endurance and emotional intelligence. “Perhaps the…

A sociopolitical group, Omo Oyo Pataki said after its review of political trends leading to the coming 25 February, 2023 presidential polls, it indeed now understands why Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), chose Senator representing Borno Central, Kashim Shettima, describing that bold move, despite the strident opposition which heralded it as an exhibition of Asiwaju’s pragmatism, a quality every outstanding leader must possess. Chairman of Omo Oyo Pataki , Dr. Sakibu Ilyas in a chat with newsmen in Saki, headquarters of Saki West Local Government, after the group’s retreat, maintained that for Asiwaju…

A frontline sociopolitical group, Omo Oyo Pataki has assured Nigerians that with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president from 29 May, 2023 the future of the country becomes assured, consequently urging them to look beyond the inconveniences of the present, to a renewed hope that lies in the future. Omo Oyo Pataki, in a release in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, lauded Asiwaju Tinubu for his consistency within the progressive fold, praising the Jagaban Borgu for promoting the ideals of progressivism, first frontline member of the pro-democracy struggle, then as governor of Lagos State, as leader of opposition, which eventually…

Better Oyo Movement (BOM), a frontline sociopolitical group in the state has assured all Nigerians that no matter the depth of the gang-up, or extent of the plots and schemes against the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in February’s presidential polls, all will come to nought, as God, and the good people of Nigeria were solidly behind the former Lagos governor. “As the voice of the people is the voice of God, we’re confident this is Asiwaju’s time to mount the saddle of our nation’s leadership,” the group hinted. While commenting…

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State will on Friday deliver a paper at the National War College as part of the intellectual advancement of the foremost institution. He will be speaking on Strategic Leadership and National Development The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri. He said the governor will be among few distinguished Nigerians privileged to lecture at the elite War College in Abuja. According to him, the governor was selected to deliver the paper based on his antecedents as a pan Nigerian committed to the continued unity of…