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The federal government of Nigeria is set to increase the excise tax on tobacco products from 30% ad-valorem to 50%. The review was disclosed by the Head of Tobacco Control Unit, Non-communicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Mangai Malau, on Tuesday, April 18, at the National Tobacco Control Budget Advocates Meeting in Abuja. […]
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Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve the use of a new ground-breaking malaria vaccine developed by Britain’s Oxford University. The approval becomes the first time the vaccine has received regulatory clearance anywhere in the world. Professor Adrian Hill, chief investigator of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine programme and director of the university’s […]
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An America man has spent more than $170,000 (N126m) on a surgery to increase the length of his leg in order to help him get a girlfriend. The surgery is said to have helped the man from Minnesota man identified as Moses Gibson grow 5 inches taller and build more confidence in the dating scene. […]
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A man has been extradited to the UK and sentenced to 3 years in prison for intentionally infecting his partner with HIV. At Chester Crown Court yesterday, Jamaican-born Jermaine Scott got the sentencing for the incident after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm. Scott had been diagnosed with the virus in 2005 and had been […]
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A mentally challenged Nigerian man has been found wandering on the streets of Dallas, USA. Identified as Bamidele Ismail. He was found in the City Limits Apartments in Carrollton, Dallas. He had on him, an American green card and a Nigerian passport. Other Nigerian citizens who pulled up beside him attempted to confirm which part […]
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Famous Nigerian entertainer, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa who’s best known as Charly Boy and Area Fada has expressed his heart felt gratitude to God for surviving prostate cancer. In a recent video he shared on his verified social media handles, the 72 year old veteran singer described his battle with the dreadful disease as his hardest […]
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2 Nigerian women were on Monday, March 27, arrested by the Italian police, in connection with the d3ath of a 20-day-old Nigerian boy after a home circumcision. The incident occurred at Montecompatri, near Rome on Friday, March 24, 2023. According to Italian news agency, ANSA, the 2 women are charged with aggravated manslaughter and illegal […]
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Deborah Doofan, an ailing student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), has d!ed. She is said to have d!ed outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, due to lack of a bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment. The first-year student of […]
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General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has said that the 2023 general elections in Nigeria have proven that the Permanent Voters Card used to cast votes during elections is useless because the leaders force their way into power. The clergyman stated this while preaching in his church today March 19. He […]
Keep ReadingThe World Health Organisation has predicted that the ravaging COVID-19 virus may likely end as a public health emergency in 2023. The Director General of the Organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed this at a virtual media briefing on Friday, March 17. Recall that COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January […]
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