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Smokers to pay more, as FG increases tax on cigarette, shisha to 30%
The Federal Government has increased the tax on tobacco products including shisha and cigarettes from 20 per cent to 30 ...Organ harvesting: Senate sends delegation to UK over Ekweremadu’s case
The senate has dispatched a delegation to the United Kingdom over the ‘organ harvest’ case involving a former deputy senate ...Fake kidnap tweet: Lady sentenced to 12 months psychiatric care
A Twitter user, Ameerah Safiyanu, who raised a false alarm over an alleged kidnap, has pleaded guilty before a magistrate ...Convicted! R. Kelly gets 30 years jail term for sex crimes
Popular US singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly known as R. Kelly, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for ...Organ harvesting: FG engages lawyers for Ekweremadu, wife
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has engaged the services of ...Strike: Ogun union enforcers assault three journalists
Three journalists were on Tuesday harassed and beaten by overzealous union members enforcing the strike order in the state. The ...Ortom accuses Buhari of sending people to kill Benue farmers
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday linked the killings in the state to the Federal Government. The governor alleged ...Tobacco kills 30,000 Nigerians annually – WHO
The Country Representative, World Health Organisation, Mr Walter Mulombo, says over 30,000 Nigerians die of tobacco-related diseases annually. Mulombo said ...Nigeria, major cannabis-cultivating, consuming country, says NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said Nigeria is a major cannabis cultivating and consuming country. The NDLEA Chairman ...Abuja-Kaduna train victim shot in captivity – Negotiator
One of the passengers of the Kaduna-bound train that was attacked by terrorists in March has been shot in captivity. ...
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