PRINCE HARRY LEAVES AFRICAN PARKS BOARD AFTER CHARITY ADMITTED RANGERS COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. (PHOTO).
Prince Harry leaves African Parks board after charity admitted rangers committed human rights abuses Prince Harry has left the board of African Parks after nearly a decade with the conservation charity, a year after the organization acknowledged that some of its rangers had committed human rights abuses. A spokesperson for Harry, 41, confirmed his departure while emphasizing that his work in African conservation will continue. “The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its Board,” the spokesperson said. “His commitment to conservation in Africa continues, and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission.” Harry first partnered with African Parks in 2016 and became president of the organization the following year. He was appointed to its board of directors in 2023. His departure comes after African Parks commissioned an independent investigation into allegations that rangers had r@ped, beaten and tortured Indigenous peo...
Today tuesday,the Lagos State Government said it would apply the relevant laws to ensure that more Lagosians voluntarily pay their taxes,just as ir warned that tax evaders and defaulters would be prosecuted.State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Adeniji kazeem,who sated this during a press conference held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alaausa Secretariat,said in view of the extreme financial downturn,there was the strong need for government to ramp up its Internally Generated Revenue {IGR},stressing that the state would spaare nothing in enforcing the laws regulating tax payment.He said the administration of Governor Ambode had put in place necessary measures to end the era of tax evasion and indeed avoidance in the state,adding that tax avoiders and evaders would be aggressively pursued in line with the provisions of the law.The Commissioner,who disclosed that the Ministry of Justice had established a Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit to aid the Lagos Internal Revenue Service {LIRS} in its drive to collect taxes,added that the unit would work closely with the Revenue Court which the Chief Judge of Lagos State recently agreed to set up.He said ''Prosecution and jail term for defaulting tax payers will be a tool that we will be actively using to ensure full compliance.Tax officers,i understand,will be very aggressive in their collection of taxes and the public is hereby advised to cooperate with them because obstruction of these tax officers in their lawful duty can and will lead to prosecution.Tax dodhers watch out because the long arm of the law will eventually reach you.All tax payers are also reminded that gining false information is also an offence and can be used in the proscution of your tax default.If you pay your taxes regularly,you will have no problem''.Said Kazeem.More photos below. 
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