The federal government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country.Mangai Malau, the head of the federal health ministry’s tobacco control unit, disclosed this on Tuesday at the National …
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The Nigerian Correctional Service has revealed that 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, said the term “condemned criminal” had been abrogated. With the emergence of the NCoS Act 2019 which …
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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has sacked the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo and ordered the reinstatement of the operations of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Lagos State. Justice Maureen Esowe, ruled that …
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A Kenyan man identified as James Kimathi Muthuri was arrested on Monday, April 17, following a raid by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) at his office and arraigned for impersonation. The suspect has now been detained in police custody by a Court in Meru for engaging in legal practice without a license …
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A man, Jeremiah Akinsetemi, has accused the management and medical practitioners at the Faith-Hills Specialist Hospital of negligence resulting in the death of his wife, Rachael, who got delivered of a baby at the hospital in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Akinsetemi, who works at …
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A Chinese acrobat has died after falling during a show in Suzhou city on Saturday.A viral clip showed the moment Sun Moumou, 37, fell from a height onto the stage.Her husband failed to catch her with his legs as the pair transitioned in mid-air. Local news claimed Sun fell from …
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A commercial bike rider, Yusuf Hassan, whose relationship with a single mother of one, Busayo Falola, turned sour, leading him to an alleged attempt to set her ablaze, has said that he only wanted to destroy her property out of bitterness over her calling it quits with him. However, not …
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A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has reportedly sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to offset her bank loan. The suspect, who lives in Sango in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State reportedly left her house for Lagos where she sold the baby to a yet-to-be-identified buyer.The suspect was arrested …
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Temitope Olorunfemi, the 25-year-old driver who was lynched in Ondo State, was buried on Monday April 17, amid tears. Olorunfemi, who was killed last week by an angry mob, in the Ijoka Area of Akure, was buried at his family house on Oda Road, in Akure South Local Government Area …
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Court Remands Nigerian Pastor In Kirikiri Prison For Allegedly Raping Two Church Members A pastor, Daniel Oluwafeyiropo commonly known as Bishop Feyi, was sent to prison on Monday by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday pending the time he fulfilled his bail conditions for allegedly raping …
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