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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners, a possible carcinogen. When something is carcinogenic, it means it has the potential to cause cancer. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar and widely used in low-calorie products. The […]

Surgeons in Isreal have re-attached the decapitated head of Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old boy from Palestine. The boy was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. According to Times of Isreal, he was thereafter airlifted to Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem where it was determined that the ligaments holding the posterior […]

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Labour Party (LP) has no ground to call for the sack of Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman. The LP in a press conference on Thursday, had asked the international community to take “punitive action” against Yakubu and other top officials of the electoral body over the […]

On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu declared a national emergency on food security and identified measures to check food inflation and guarantee price stability. The president’s plans were conveyed in a speech delivered by Dele Alake, his special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy. Here is the full text. TEXT OF […]

The senate has approved a request by President Bola Tinubu to appropriate N500 billion for palliatives to cushion the effects of the removal of the petrol subsidy on Nigerians. The approval came on Thursday hours after the house of representatives agreed to the request. The president had asked the national assembly for […]

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Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has responded to a statement made by Peter Obi on the sit-at-home directive in the south-east. The proscribed separatist group introduced sit-at-home to demand the release of Kanu who is being detained by the Department of […]

The Department of Security Services (DSS) says it has charged Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to court. TheCable had reported that a federal capital territory high court had ordered the DSS to charge Emefiele to court if they have criminal allegations against him. Hamza Muazu, […]