The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it hopes to increase its tax collection to N5.6 trillion this year, even as it commenced moves to introduce redesigned tax forms.

Experts have said that online learning should take the centre stage in West African education as traditional learning structures will not be sufficient to cater for the bustling education needs in the region. This was the fulcrum of the Conference on Campus Automation, eLearning & Faculty Development held in Lagos recently.

Tony Cross, a legal consultant with Justice for All, J4A, a non governmental organization, has said the treatment meted out on a suspect in police station mostly depend on the standard laid down by the Divisional Police Officer of the station.

As the nation rolls out the drums to celebrate 100 years of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, next year, political communications expert, Prof. Idowu Akanbi Sobowale has charged government, stakeholders and citizens to join hands together in building an egalitarian and peaceful society.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCO, yesterday, bemoaned inability of banks in the country to fund large oil and gas transactions, saying that all the companies that bought its divested interests had to source their financing from banks outside the country.