Adamu Umar
31 Oct
The Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS) has called on the Federal Government to increase the tax on sugary drinks and sweetened beverages to 20 per cent to deter people from consuming products harmful to the human body.
13 Jun 2024
Stakeholders have urged government to deploy health tax policy in curbing excessive consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB), as well as tackling Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country.
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A popular entertainer and entrepreneur, Obinna Simon, popularly known as MC Tagwaye, has joined the race for the next chairmanship of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, between this year and early next year, conduct the chairmanship election in the nation's capital, along with the governorship election in Anambra…
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Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the leadership of the House of Representatives to investigate, urgently, allegations levelled against some lawmakers by the Head of Financial Crime Compliance at the cryptocurrency firm, Binance, Tigran Gambaryan.
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Detained IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has declared he will not subscribe to any trial conducted by any judge or court without jurisdiction or whose jurisdiction does not meet constitutional requirements.
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Burdened by rising inefficiency in the power sector, which has birthed N7.2 trillion in subsidy and other accumulated debts, Nigerian electricity consumers have continued to raise concerns over the multi-year tariff structure of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
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As President Donald Trump continues to promote economic nationalism, protectionism, deglobalisation and fragment the global economy with some policies, there are concerns about the future of trade relations between Nigeria as well as other African countries and the United States under AGOA.
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CBN business and economic activities have marginally expanded for the second consecutive month, according to the composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for January 2025, at 50.2 index points, signalling a slight improvement in economic activities for the second straight month.
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Despite the NOGICD Act’s mandate to prioritize Nigerian companies for services that can be performed domestically, such as pipeline coating, weak enforcement, political interference, and infrastructural challenges have rendered the law ineffective.
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Nigeria has called on the Africa Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) to prioritise the establishment of a combined maritime task force to enhance security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).
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Despite the 2025 deadline to end open defecation, 48 million Nigerians are still neck-deep in the practice. While the federal government struggles to make some impact, subnational governments are failing to take ownership of the fight.