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Meta formerly known as. Facebook has announced that effective from January 1, 2022, a value added tax of 7.5% will be charged from every Nigerian using the Ad platform.

This means that every business or organization that wanted to promote their business or products will be charged an extra for VAT as it is in line with the Nigerian VAT charges. Hence, Meta is saying, every Nigerian should add their VAT ID on their payment form on the platform.

Read agreement ...https://koksnation..com/2021/12/nigerians-to-be-charged-75-vat-for-ads.html

In the wake of the 2021/2022 season billed to take place soon, the League Management Company (LMC) has started its official stadium investigation to ascertain which venue is fit and equipped to host games for the forth coming season.

Kwara United and Gombe united home stadium didn’t meet up to standard and has been banned by the LMC till further notice until they fix the venue. Part of the requirements listed out to the football club was:

Match Official Dressing Room

Toilets

Television Camera Stand

Electrical Score Board

Substitution Bench

Teams Dressing Room

https://koksnation..com/2021/12/npfl-lmc-bans-kwara-and-gombe-united.html

A 12 year old boy of Dowen College, a boarding school in Lagos has been reported dead. The uncle wrote on his Twitter handle how his little cousin was bullied and beaten by students of his school who tried to force him into cultism and when the boy refused, they beat him to death. He was later rushed to the hospital but the school reported to the family that he sustained bruises and injuries while playing football.

Read more>..https://koksnation..com/2021/12/12-year-old-boy-killed-by-schoolmates.html

x-gay Ghanaian man who finally gave his life to Christ has been ordained Pastor in the Alabaster End-Time College of Ministry, Accra Ghana. His ordination took place on the 27th November, 2021 where he received his certificate as an official Pastor in the ministry.

Mr Aaron Akrong, was gay for 21 years but turned born-again on the 21st September, 2021, and since then he has gone on to become an evangelist and a preacher.
https://koksnation..com/2021/11/ex-gay-ghanaian-man-ordained-pastor-in.html

The winner of the 17th edition of the 2021 AMAA, the event was aired live from the Mariot Hotels in Lagos, Nigeria.
Best Short Film – Meat (Uganda)

Best Animation – Lady Buckit & the Motley Mopsters (Nigeria)

Best Documentary – Softie (Kenya)

Best Diaspora Short Film – Three Leaves (Haiti)

Best Diaspora Documentary – African Redemption (USA/Jamaica)

Best Diaspora Narrative Feature – Residue (USA)

Anyiam-Osigwe Best Film by a Nigerian Abroad – Blackmail (Obi Emelonye)

Achievement in Visual Effect – Fried Barry (South Africa)

Achievement in Make-up – The Gravdigger’s Wife (Somalia)

Best Film in an African Language – The Gravedigger’s Wife (Khadar Ahmed)

Achievement in Costume Design – African American (South Africa)

Achievement in Soundtrack - Citation (Nigeria)

Achievement in Sound - Eyimofe (Nigeria)
Special Recognition awards:

Felicia Ema

Dr. Zainab Shinkafi

Mrs. Uche Nwuka

Achievement in Cinematography - Ayinla (Nigeria)

Achievement in Production Design - The Gravedigger's Wife (Somalia)

Achievement in Editing - Eyimofe (Nigeria)

Achievement in Screenplay - Collision Course (Nigeria)

National Film & Video Censors Board for Best Nigerian Film - Eyimofe (Chuko & Arie Esiri)

Best Young/Promising Actor - Wilmah Munemera (Shaina)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Kelechi Udegbe (Collision Course)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hazel Hinda (Hairareb)

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Omar Abdi (The Gravedigger's Wife)
More @ https://koksnation..com/2021/11/the-2021-amaa-awards-live.html

The 12th edition of the annual Golden Globe Soccer Award is here and nominations have been announced. The most nominated were Chelsea, PSG, Barcelona and Manchester City.

The Categories are:

Best Men’s player of the year

Best Women’s player of the year

Best Men’s Club of the year

Best Women’s club of the year

Best Defender of the Year

Best Goalkeeper of the Year

Best Defender of the year
The nominees for the Best Men’s Player of the Year are:

Ceaser Azpilicueta (Chelsea, Spain)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)

Federico Chiesa (Juventus, Italy)

Kevin De Bruyne(Manchester City, Belgium)

Ruben Dias (Manchester City, Portugal)

Gianluigi Donarumma (PSG, Italy)

Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, Portugal)

Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund, Norway)

Jorginho (Chelsea, Italy)

Harry Kane (Tottenham, England)

Ngolo Kante (Chelsea, France)

Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, Germany)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Poland)

Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea, Belgium)

Marquinhos (PSG, Brazil)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG, France)

Lionel Messi (PSG, Argentina)

Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich, Germany)

Neymar Jr. (PSG, Brazil)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal)

Mohammed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)

Marco Veratti (PSG, Italy)
The nominees for the Best Women’s Player of the Year are:

Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain)

Lucy Bronze (Manchester City, England)

Caroline Graham (Barcelona, Norway)

Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona, Spain)

Samantha Kerr (Chelsea, Australia)

Fran Kirby (Chelsea, England)

Lieke Martens (Barcelona, Netherlands)

Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal, Netherlands)

Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride, USA)

Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain)

Megan Rapinoe (OL Reigns, USA)

Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon, France)
The nominees for the Best Men’s Club of the Year are:https://koksnation..com/2021/11/globe-soccer-awards-2021-nominations.html

Before their UCL game against Porto at Anfield, Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp got into a heated argument with a Nigerian Journalist Babatunde Ojora over the AFCON 2021 tournament. The UEFA licensed journalist asked Klopp on how he feels now that the International break was over, but Klopp responded saying: “Oh!, there’s a little tournament in Africa”.

The journalist had to intervene at that point and asked Klopp for an apology for calling the AFCON tournament LITTLE, but the Liverpool boss was not going to apologize anyways after trying to explain that the word little wasn’t contextual. It didn’t go down well with Journalist Ojora who flared up, leading to an altercation during the UCL presser on Monday in Anfield.

video....https://koksnation..com/2021/11/liverpool-boss-jurgen-klopp-in-messy.html

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Following recent fire incidents occuring in Port Harcourt in the past one week, the Rivers State Government has set up a committee to investigate and apprehend any individual or group involved in illegal possession or trading of unauthorized petroleum products.

https://koksnation..com/2021/11/illegal-refining-of-petroleum-product.html

The 64th Grammy nominations took place today at 12PM ET/9AM PT after a total of 21,730 valid entries were submitted for the Grammys. The Academy CEO Harvey Mason was accompanied by the Grammy Board of Trustees Chairman, Tammy Hurt, Korean Music star group, BTS, Tayla Park, Comedian Nate Bargatze, Rock Band, Maneskin, country Superstar Carly Pearce, musician H.E.R and Gayle King to virtually announce the nominations for the 2022 Grammys.

https://koksnation..com/2021/11/full-nomination-list-of-2022-grammys.html

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is in the news, for two reasons: One for her role in the new movie Matrix 4: The Resurrection, the screen goddess was announced as one of the actors who starred in the much anticipated Matrix franchise alongside Kaenu Reeeves and others. The movie is set to be released in December 2021.

Secondly, Priyanka just removed.....read more .....https://koksnation..com/2021/11/bollywood-actress-priyanka-chopra-stars.html

History was made in Women’s football in Africa as Mamelodi Sundowns Women won the first and inaugural edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League. The two Women’s teams from Ghana and South Africa slugged it out for a historic night at the 30 June stadium in Cairo, Egypt.

The South African outfit breezed their way into the finals after beating Malabo Kings of Kenya in the Semi finals, while their Ghanaian counterpart saw off ASFAR FC of Morocco.

It was a tournament to remember for the ladies from Gauteng who ended their wonderful campaign with another stellar performance to see off Hasaacas Ladies FC of Ghana in the finals with a 2-0 win. Goals from the opposite halves of the game from Chuene Morifi and Andisiwe Mgcoyi were enough to crown the ladies from South Africa champions who didn’t concede a single goal in the tournament.

Read more....https://koksnation..com/2021/11/cwcl-mamelodi-sundowns-ladies-wins.html

Preeta Karan-Luthra weds her husband Devan in India
Congratulating Shryddha Arya of This Is Fate

The 2022 World cup billed to take place in Qatar is taking shape, so far over ten teams have qualified for the tournament which includes Argentina and Brazil, other teams from CONMEBOL, CAF, CONCACAF, ASIA and UEFA are waiting for the final game day.

Here's the list of the first 13 teams to qualify for the 2022 World Cup

Qatar (Host)
Serbia
Spain
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Denmark
Croatia
England
Germany
Netherlands
Argentina
Brazil

In the European UEFA qualifiers, teams that failed to qualify through the group rounds will be pitted against each other for a playoff spot in the World Cup Groups, surprisingly, like in 2018, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be in the playoffs.

More from other continent https://koksnation..com/2021/11/qatar-2022-teams-that-have-qualified.html

A man recounts how a Macbook he sent to his people in Nigeria from London, UK turned out to a doll. He said the delivery guys have duped him off his package and delivered a fake item to his family. Hence, he called out the courier company he used their services on Twitter.

No, They're Not Cultist [photos])

RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY theater arts first year students initiations ceremony

Days passed by and new drugs find its way to into the hands of young Nigerian boys who venture into dubious means to have a taste of it; the latest being ‘Mkpulummiri’ which started trending from the Eastern part of Nigeria.

What is Mkpulummiri?

Like we mentioned, it has become a trendy hard drug for young boys in the East of Nigeria with thousands of igbo youths addicted to it. Mkpulummiri is an igbo nickname for Ice Crystals or Ice Blocks: scientifically, it’s a Methmphetamine or Crystal Meth. It comes in either White or Blue crystal forms. To buttress the point, this drug got its nickname because it started trending from the East, but, it has found its way to every part of the country.

https://koksnation..com/2021/11/the-trending-ice-crystal-drug-substance.html

The Federation of International Football Association FIFA has announced that The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 will take place on Monday 17th January 2022 as a virtual event from the Home of FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland, in line with ongoing public health measures.

According to FIFA, since in most countries around the world, competitions have resumed under almost normal conditions; it is therefore important to recognize these performances through hardwork, resilience and dedication in the following categories:

The Best FIFA Women’s Player

The Best FIFA Men’s Player

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper

FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11

FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA Puskás Award (awarded for the best goal of the year)

FIFA Fan Award

Voting will open on Monday 22 November and close on Friday 10 December 2021.

Awards ceremony will be held on Monday 17 January 2022
Voting process kicks off on Monday 22 November and ends on Friday 10 December 2021
Awards show will be held as a virtual TV show at the Home of FIFA https://koksnation..com/2021/11/fifa-best-awards-2021.html

Kofi was with Nigerian Info PH but moved to Naija Fm after a contract disagreement and threat from individuals who got hurt with his investigative journalism.
Hes set to get married and has shared the engagement photo on his Facebook page

A native of Opobo, Datuwo Pepple recounts how it's going to be difficult for the Opobo people during this period as the sea level has risen above land structure. "I think our rivers needs dredging because I fear if it increases more than this, we will loose our beloved kingdom."

Currently, parts of the beautiful and historic city of Opobo has been flooded and it's only a matter of time before the other parts get caught up in the flood and when that happens; it'll mean everyone starts packing out from the town.
https://koksnation..com/2021/11/opobo-people-in-rivers-state-calls-for.html

This year’s edition of the ‘Grace Unlimited’ gospel concert which took place at the Aztech Arcum Events Center, in Port Harcourt had stories and events to remember. It was a memorable one for upcoming artiste Eva Praise who was not only given monetary gift, but was also prayed for and given a heavenly-mentorship touch full of anointing from senior colleague Mercy Chinwo on stage after her performance.

It all started with a moment, when host Comedian KO Baba took the microphone, and called for the attention of the audience highlighting that Eva Praise has https://koksnation..com/2021/11/mercy-chinwo-gifts-upcoming-gospel-act.html

When fully in operation, from your SIM card, you can send and receive money; this means you carry money in your phone number. And also, you don’t need to withdraw money from anyhow because the POS will do the transaction for you using your phones.

This can project the cashless policy in the sense that wherever you find yourself, you can perform the lowest transactions, including in the market and during transit. This system is reliable because you will only need your National Identification Number, NIN together with your Personal Identification Number, PIN to make transactions possible.

What then happens when I lose my phone? The system is designed just like when you misplace your device or it was stolen, you can call for it to be blocked immediately. https://koksnation..com/2021/11/the-new-mobile-money-cashless-policy.html

All indication points that Xavi Hernandez will become the next manager of FC Barcelona after the club parted ways with Ronald Koeman. Few days ago, representatives from the Catalan club was sent to Doha, in Arab where Xavi managed the Al Sadd club to have contract talks with the Qatari representatives.
The meeting was successful as Al Sadd has already officially confirmed and announced that Xavi will return to Barca as new coach of the team. Xavi during his time at the Qatari club won seven trophies including a last game 4-2 comeback which kept the team at the top of the Professional League table.
https://koksnation..com/2021/11/xavi-set-to-return-as-barcelona-coach.html

Shawarma is a type of roughage that many persons consume as brunch or late night meal, the snack which is made with hot dog, sausages, cabbage, mayonnaise and flour bread is however considered dangerous to our health.

The constant intake of shawarma can be detriment to our healthy living because of the presence of sausages in it. Sausages are classified as Group 1 carcinogens alongside other foods like Hot Dogs and Corned Beef, especially raw foods, meats that are processed.

Carcinogens are generally the cause of Cancer; they fall under same category with Tobacco as a cancer developing agents. This also means that shisha, tobacco and processed meats or foods causes cancer.

But, this does not mean, the intake of shawarma is as dangerous as tobacco? NO; it only means that the scientific evidence that states that it is a.....https://koksnation..com/2021/11/reasons-why-you-should-stop-eating.html

The 2021 African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) nominations list was released on Sunday and it has one name missing from the list, Stan Nze, the lead actor in the movie Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story.

Many persons say it came as a surprise because Stan had a good outing and put in an award worthy performance for the trending movie which made its way into the box office list, with a total gross amount of N70 Million.

Again, no one saw it coming, but since the movie Stan Nze featured was nominated, don't you think he deserves a place on the nominations list for Best Actor? Unfortunately, he didn't make the cut and was blatantly snubbed forhttps://koksnation..com/2021/11/stan-nze-snubbed-in-2021-amaa-best.html

Following recent complaints of substandard products and quality of drinks in the market in Port Harcourt, an investigation was carried out and the hideout to a warehouse where fake drinks and other liquids were made was discovered.

The fake drink mogul was apprehended and handed over to the Police together with their fake products, photographed and circulated to the public.....https://koksnation..com/2021/11/fake-drink-manufacturing-gang-arrested.html

A professional Nigerian cyclist, Wisdom Stephen Benebo from Ekeremo town in Ekeremor LGA of Bayelsa state is appealing to the Federal and State Government and general public to come to his aid so that his left leg will not be amputated. Wisdom made this known through an interview to a media house in Bayelsa, informing the general public about his predicament which befell him after representing the Bayelsa State in professional cycling competitions.

Some months ago, my left hand suddenly started to swell up and after series of treatments, it stopped but the ailment moved to the right hand side and it started to swell. Despite the several treatments, my right hand kept swelling till it burst and was finally amputated.

Despite pleading to his coach for assistance, Benebo stayed at the hospital where his hand was amputated for three months due to unpaid medical bills.

During that period, and till date, my coach doesn't pick my calls,she ignores them. It was a good samaritan friend of mine, Ms. Ala Fynface, the women leader of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC Okpoama Clan) that visited me in the hospital and assisted in paying some of my bills......https://koksnation..com/2021/10/after-loosing-my-right-hand-im-about.html

pogba lookalike spotted in nigeria

The Land Rover Car manufacturing company just announced its latest production to the fleet of Range Rovers that will be available from 2024.
It’s an epitome of luxury and refinement, providing comfort during travel and can take up to seven adults; its intuitive technology is designed to make things easier with infotainment system and Pivi-pro. The ability to swerve the wheel steering and terrain response at sharp cut is an exceptional capability that stands out in this new model; up to 62 miles [100km] EV range: the new plugin hybrid optimizes efficiency for all electrical EV, zero-emissions driving.

It comes in different models:
The Range Rover SE.....https://koksnation..com/2021/10/tech-meet-new-range-rover-2024.html

The thing about this new design is the presence of the touch of Africa, a Nigerian Tech and art animation expert, Nissi Nation was a part of the design and engineering project that gave us this beauty, the New Range Rover 2024.

Joshua 'Josh' Cavallo an Australian Professional association footballer who plays as a left back and central midfielder for Australian League side Adelaide United has openly cone out as gay. The 21 year old officially announced this decision on his twitter handle in the early hours of today

Josh as he's popularly known did not only come out as gay but also got the support of clubs and footballers, Gerard Pique of Barcelona, Antoine Griezman of Atletico Madrid and ex Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand are the latest to acknowledge his decision while FC Barcelona, Juventus and Arsenal to mention but a few are clubs who have supported the youngster so far.

"In football, you only have a small window to achieve greatness, and coming out publicly may have a negative impact on my career......https://koksnation..com/2021/10/australian-footballer-joshua-cavallo.html