Monday, September 22, 2014

FIRS disowns online recruitment advert

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has warned Nigerians to discountenance online recruitment adverts credited to the organisation.
The FIRS, in a statement on its website, said that it was not undergoing any recruitment for now. A statement published on the FIRS website and which is still running on the FIRS website as of Sunday, read in part,”This is to inform the general public that FIRS is neither recruiting nor replacing unfilled positions within its workforce.

“Anybody submitting his/her CV or applying through any website, responding to sms, texts, any online medium, social media platforms or in whatever form for employment with FIRS, is doing so at his or her own risk.
“Please note that employment into the FIRS, will be advertised in national newspapers as well as on the FIRS website www.firs.gov.ng. Members <http://www.firs.gov.ng. Members> of the public are hereby strongly advised to avoid being deceived or defrauded by unscrupulous and dubious characters, the statement running on the FIRS website for over two months now reads.”
Meanwhile, the FIRS has said it arrested nine suspects in connection with a fake recruitment into the FIRS.
The suspects are being investigated for alleged forgery of documents, impersonation of officials of FIRS and other federal ministries, agencies and banks officials, deceit of members of the public and for soliciting for money for promotion of FIRS officials.
The suspects, who employed a vast network of websites, email addresses, computers, telephone lines and bank accounts in various banks at the Federal Capital Territory, allegedly solicited and received money from members of the public under the pretext that they would be employed by the FIRS.
The suspects, according to the FIRS, also promised others promotion in the tax collection organisation.
Sources close to the investigation confirmed that the suspects’ operational items, such as telephone lines, several SMS cards and communication equipment were retrieved from the suspects’ residences in the course of the investigation.
Other items reportedly retrieved from the suspects include bags containing assorted documents-including FIRS members of staff records, a Toyota Carina 11, assorted complimentary cards, polythene bag containing bank deposit slips and album of photographs as well as documents from several ministries and Federal Government agencies.
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wThree people including the paternal grandmother have been arrested by the Niger State police command for slaughtering a 9-year-old boy and using the body to prepare peper soup delicacy.
The incidence happened in Koso village in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State.
Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, Mr. Olusola Amore, told newsmen that the family of the late boy had reported Liman Doo Mohammed’s mysterious disappearance to the police on the 9th of last month.
However, another report hinted the police that they should beam their search light on the paternal grandmother of the deceased, because he was last seen in her company.
He said based on this vital information, detectives were put on red alert to closely monitor the grandmother called Fatima Sarki’s movement.
Also arrested with her were other relations suspected to be her collaborators.
Amore said on interrogation, the grandmother confessed to have been involved in the dastardly act and mentioned one Zhitsu Aliyu whom she said actually slaughtered the boy.
Another accomplice mentioned was one Amina Musa, who was accused of helping to cook the boy’s remains.
All the suspects have been charged to court on a three count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and cannibalism.
According to the Commissioner, ”The pots and plates the suspects used in cooking and serving themselves with the said cooked human flesh were recovered and are now exhibits.”
The Commissioner revealed that between the months of August and September this year, a total of 65 raids were carried out within the state and a total of 182 suspects were arrested.
According to him, 39 of them were released after interrogation while 143 have already been charged to court for various offences.
He called on people of the state to join hands with him in waging total war against crime and criminals in the state.
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