Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked the Chairman, Lagos Board of Internal Revenue and Chief Executive of Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, barely 11 months after he appointed him. Ogunsanwo has now handed over to the Director, Tax Audit, Mrs Akintola Bolaji. An internal memo conveying his departure from the agency…
Day: August 29, 2016
Lagos Reads Riot Act To Street Hawkers In Ikoyi, Lekki
***Issues 14-day ultimatum The Lagos State Government on Sunday read the riot act to all the owners of illegal structures, shanties, street hawkers and those who have converted walkways into trading points and food courts in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and the Lagoon Front of Lekki, just as it issued a 14-day grace period to remove…
Rainfall: Lagos Allays Fears Of Residents, Appeals For Calm
The Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential rainfall witnessed in the State on Sunday, saying that necessary steps had been taken to avert any incidence of flood disaster in the State. The State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, in a statement on Sunday said that the State…
Lagos Rocks Notting Hill Carnival
The sound and sight of Lagos will on Monday dominate the popular Notting Hill Carnival in London as the #LoveLagosWeekend campaign enters day three. To this end, the popular Nigerian Corner on Adelaja Street at Notting Hill carnival will today (Monday) transform to Lagos Corner courtesy of the Lagos branding campaign by the Lagos State…