The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested 751 suspects for various crimes in 2020. The commandant of the corps, Mr George Edem, disclosed this in Benin on Thursday, saying the command has recovered 28 stolen vehicles within the period. He explained that some of the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted over five thousand live ammunitions and various other contraband items valued at over N300 million between November 23to December 27, 2020. The NCS said the items which included cartridges of 30GR 70mm Calibre were seized by its Federal Operations Unit (Zone ‘C’) in Owerri, Imo State. Controller of…
The Nigeria National Identity Management Commission has said that Nigerians would be charged up to N15, 000 to update as well as to correct their details in the National Identity Number. The NIMC Regional Coordinator in Alausa, Lagos, Funmi Opensanwo, who was featured on Channels Television programme Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said that the amount…
The Federal Government has exempted commercial flight tickets from payment Value Added Tax, mygossipshopcrew can confirm. The exemption, which took effect from January 1, with the kick-off of the new Finance Act 2021, is expected to make the price of air ticket cheaper. The government had increased VAT from 5 to 7.5 per cent effective…
First City Monument Bank FCMB has appointed Mrs Yemisi Edun to act as managing Director following the stepping aside of embattled Adam Nuhu. Yemisi Edun holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife and a Master’s degree in International Accounting and Finance from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is…
The head of the World Health Organisation has said he is “very disappointed” China has denied its experts access to investigating the origins of coronavirus. A ten-strong team of international scientists and virologists had been due to set off in early January as part of a long-awaited mission to probe early cases of coronavirus, first…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar was seen in viral social media photos receiving what is believed to be a vaccine against the dreaded coronavirus in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, making him the first known Nigerian to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The photos showed the former vice president being injected by health officials in the…
Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, has called on Nigerians to take COVID-19 seriously. Olukoya urged Nigerians to adhere strictly to the COVID-19 protocols laid down by the Federal Government because the virus is real. The MFM General Overseer made the appeal yesterday after inaugurating a remodelled…
At least one person is dead and three people injured after an elevator conveying people at the popular Ibadan skyscraper, Cocoa House building reportedly crashed. An eye witness account revealed that the elevator was faulty and has been repaired before it crashed and fell on people walking on it today, Wednesday, 6th of January, 2021….
A 23-year-old woman and an employee of Shoprite in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Jumoke Kehinde, have reportedly committed suicide after being suspended from work. She was found dead on New Year’s Eve at her apartment along Oda Road in the Kajola area of Akure. She was said to have allegedly ingested a substance suspected…