FIRS apologises over ‘offensive’ Easter social media post

Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service Tuesday apologised for an Easter social media post that the Christian Association of Nigeria said was "offensive". "As a responsible agency of government, we would like to say we did not put out the flier purposely to denigrate Jesus Christ or detract from the huge sacrifice He made…

“This year, a public institution, which should be the bastion of exemplary conduct, has been implicated in disseminating content that is widely regarded as offensive and derogatory to the Christian faith,” CAN’s National Director, National Issues and Social Welfare Abimbola Ayuba said in a statement.

“FIRS, as a responsible agency, has no religion and will not bring down any religion or offend the sensibilities of adherents of various faiths in the country. Our goal is to assess, collect and account for revenue for the wellbeing of the Federation. Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has reiterated enforcement of approved guidelines as a condition to enjoy the new retirement age of 65 years old and length of service, 40 years for teachers in Osun public schools. This is contained in a circular issued by Mr Ayanleye Aina, the Head of Service, on Tuesday in Osogbo.…

The Lagos State judiciary has announced the payment of N30,000 fee per session for all remote or virtual court proceedings across the state from April 1. This is contained in a circular by the Acting Chief Registrar of the state, Mr Tajudeen Elias, dated March 28, obtained by the News Agency of the on…The Federal Government has enrolled two million out-of-school “Almajiri” children in basic and Arabic literacy programmes. Minister of Education, Prof.

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