Author: Akintayo Adams

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has tendered its unreserved apology to the Christian Association of Nigeria over an Easter post described as being disrespectful by the Christian body. CAN had earlier demanded a public apology from the FIRS for a post on its X handle during the Easter celebration. In a statement signed by Dare Adekambi, Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, the agency offered its “unreserved apologies” to CAN and Christian faithfuls, adding that the FIRS had no religion and had no intention to offend adherents of the faith in Nigeria. “Our attention has been…

The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that it cannot arrest crossdressers, including a certain Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky. There have been calls for Bobrisky’s arrest, especially after he was recently awarded Best Dressed Female at a Nollywood event. Speaking with Channels TV on Tuesday, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, said crossdressers cannot be arrested because it is dicey situation. He said cross-dressing is not yet a punishable offence in Nigeria. He also stated that even if there might be allegations of people who cross-dress also being a part of the LGBTQ community, there is no specific…

According to its annual report and financial statements for the year ended December 2023 filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday, Cadbury Nigeria Plc has suffered ₦19. 09bn loss after tax. The loss represents a 3,374 per cent downturn from a profit of ₦583.11m in 2022, and it means the shareholders will get no dividend payment for the financial year 2023. ₦751.28bn dividend was shared in 2022. In 2023, the company’s revenue increased by 46 per cent to ₦80.38bn from ₦55.21bn in the previous year. The retained earnings of the firm turned a negative of ₦11.36bn resulting in a…

The body in charge of pilgrimage (Christian Wing) in Nigeria, the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission has announced the postponment of the resumption of the 2024 pilgrimage to Jerusalem to May from the earlier March proposed date. This was revealed by the Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev Stephen Adegbite. “It will commence in June. Between late May and early June, by the grace of God. No price has been fixed for now. The First Lady is not going for now, but it is a possibility in the future,” Adegbite said in a statement. He also disclosed that First Lady, Senator…

The Christian Association of Nigeria have insisted on getting a public apology from the Federal Inland Revenue Service over an Easter post, which the Christian body find disrespectful to adherents of the faith across the Federation. The FIRS, in a now deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), through their handle @FIRSNigeria, had shared a picture with the caption “Jesus paid your debts, not your taxes”. Reacting, CAN’s National Director of National Issues and Social Welfare, Prophet Abimbola Ayuba, in a statement on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and the Department of State Services to…

The University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, has reversed its earlier claim that it doesn’t owe the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company as claimed. The medical institution says it owes the electricity distribution company up to ₦495m, for which reason it was disconnected from public power supply. Due to that, doctors, nurses, and other staff of the hospital have refused to work beyond 4.00 pm unless power is reconnected. On its own part, Ibadan DisCo said it disconnected the hospital after failed attempts to dialogue with the hospital’s management regarding the ₦495m debt, which it said had raged on for over…

The Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), Ondo State, has commenced a 14-day warning strike over non-payment salaries to their new members across the past seven months. “We demand full payment of the arrears of salaries owed to our members and payment of February 2024 palliative to our House Officers,” says the President of the UNIMEDTH ARD, Dr. John Matthew. “The management should pay the February hazard allowance to our members and urgently address the severe clinical manpower shortage in the institution. “Our members work everyday. There are no staff due to Japa…

American superstar Taylor swift has been named among the world’s richest people in 2024 by Forbes magazine. In the feature published on Tuesday, she made the Forbes World’s Billionaires List for the first time with $1.1 billion. The list was compiled using stock prices and exchange rates as of March 8, 2024. Away from music, Swift, 34, also has a significant stakes in real estate, with homes in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville and a coastal mansion in Rhode Island. Forbes further stated that Swift, with 200 million records sold worldwide is the first musician to hit ten-figure status solely…

Nollywood actress, Opeyemi Aiyeola, has disclosed that she recently underwent an unplanned trip to the theatre. This was according to a post on her Instagram page on Sunday. “Got every reason to be grateful to my Jehovah for his mercy and love,” she wrote. “My 9ja trip that’s usually a working holiday ended up with me having an unplanned + emergency successful surgery, spending my holiday recuperating. “To my handsome, beautiful, and correct medical team, family and friends, can’t appreciate you all enough for your support, care, and love. “Good to be back home alive and recuperating well. To everyone…

Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reiterated its commitment to enforce the newly approved recommendations as requirements to enjoy the new retirement age, 65 years old and length of service, 40 years for teachers in the state’s public schools. This is contained in a circular issued by the state Head of Service, Mr. Ayanleye Aina, on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state capital. The circular mandates the teachers who wishes to be beneficiaries of the new increased retirement age to comply with the guidelines as stated. The teacher must be within the education core recognised in…