Wednesday’s surprise invasion of the United States Congress’ voter certification meeting by supporters of President Donald Trump has been condemned by some world leaders who described it as an attack on democracy. Although the congress later reconvened on Thursday and certified Joe Biden as the next U.S president, a mob on Wednesday entered the legislative…
Chief Executive Officer of Facebook and Instagram social media platforms, Mark Zuckerberg, has accused United States president Donald Trump of “violent insurrection” and extended the block on his accounts until after the transfer of power to president-elect Joe Biden on January 20. Zuckerberg revealed the decision in a statement issued via Facebook on Thursday. “We…
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…
Air France, KLM has announced the reconstruction of a document that the citizens of some countries Nigeria and Ghana inclusive must have before they can travel down to United Kingdom after BREXIT. The Airline that gave information at a press conference says from January 1, 2021,it becomes compulsory for the citizens of some African countries…
Britain and the EU signed a post-Brexit trade deal on Wednesday, sealing their drawn-out divorce in the closing hours before the UK definitively ends its half-century European experiment. Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the heads of the European Commission and European Council, smiled at a brief televised ceremony to put their names to the 1,246-page…
Senator representing Adamawa North in the National Assembly, Elisha Abbo has revealed his reason for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to All Progressive Congress, APC. According to the embattled senator who recently declared his interest to contest for governor of Adamawa State in 2023, he left the opposition party to join the ruling party…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has warned the federal government against making Bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, Mathew Kukah a sacrificial lamb for speaking the truth in his Christmas message. Recall that Kukah had accused President Buhari of being nepotistic. He had also alleged that there would have been coup if someone from another…
The Presidency has announced that President Buhari will today December 31, 2020 sign into law the 2021 appropriation bill which was passed last week by the National Assembly. The legislators had approved N13.6 trillion (13,588,027,886,107) against the N13.08 trillion proposed by the president in October. The lawmakers added N505 billion to the proposed budget. ALSO READ:-For…
As the year is coming to an end and many people across Nigeria are looking forward to the cross over service in their churches, it is important to note that some states have banned the church program that ushers many into the new year. You can find below a list of the several states that…
