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38,000 People Die Of Tobacco, Alcohol In Sri Lanka Yearly

38,000 People Die Of Tobacco, Alcohol In Sri Lanka Yearly

October 22, 2019 2:29 pm

About 38,000 people have been reported dead from the excessive use of alcohol and tobacco in Sri Lanka yearly, local media reports, quoting medical experts from the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

According to statistics from the Sri Lanka Medical Association on Tuesday, an estimated 18,000 people died from the use of tobacco and an estimated 20,000 from the use of alcohol in the island country.

Head of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Anula Wijesundara, told the local Daily News that a person addicted to alcohol consumed at least an average of 3.5 litres of alcohol on a daily basis.

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13 People Die In Dam Failure At Siberian Gold Mine

13 People Die In Dam Failure At Siberian Gold Mine

October 19, 2019 8:02 am

At least thirteen people were killed as a result of a dam failure at a gold mine in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk early Saturday, the Russian emergencies ministry said.

“As of now, there’s information about 13 dead,” the ministry said in a statement.

The workers died when a dam on the Seiba River collapsed in the early hours of Saturday and flooded several cabins where they lived, authorities said.

More than 10 people are believed to be missing.

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Regional governor Alexander Uss said in televised remarks that some 80 …

People Of Mozambique Head To Polls Amid Uncertainty

People Of Mozambique Head To Polls Amid Uncertainty

October 15, 2019 8:13 am

People of Mozambique are set to elect a new president, parliament and provincial governments on Tuesday in elections that have been overshadowed by intimidation, insurgency and devastating cyclones in the southern African country.

Incumbent President Filipe Nyusi of the Frelimo party is running against Ossufo Momade from the main opposition Renamo and Daviz Simango of the Mozambique Democratic Movement and Mario Albino of Action of the United Movement for All-round Salvation.

Analysts say that for the first time in its 40-year rule, Frelimo is at risk of losing ground to Renamo, which, due to an electoral law change, will be …

Thomas Cook Collapse: UK To Repatriate 16,000 People

Thomas Cook Collapse: UK To Repatriate 16,000 People

October 1, 2019 6:54 am

Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said more than 70 flights were scheduled for Thursday to bring back 16,000 people to the country following the collapse of Thomas Cook.

The authority also said more than 150 Thomas Cook crew and 30 percent of the total number of passengers, in the first three days of the operation, had already been flown back.

CAA said its flying programme would continue until Oct.ober 6, with more than 1,000 flights planned in total.

The aviation regulator launched the largest peacetime repatriation on Monday.

The aviation regulator launched the largest peacetime repatriation on Monday.

Similarly, Germany’s

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APC, the party that will eventually disintegrate Nigeria

PDP certified enemies of Ekiti people – APC spokesman

July 26, 2019 9:25 am

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has warned opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to stop propaganda against governor Kayode Fayemi.

APC also accused PDP of being enemies of Ekiti people.

“It is clear that they are certified enemies of the progress of Ekiti and their only goal is to keep the esteemed people of Ekiti State in their manufactured poverty,” Ekiti APC spokesman Sam Oluwalana said in a statement.

The APC spokesman alleged that the administration of former Governor Ayodele Fayose of the PDP plunged the state into billions of naira debt, resulting in poverty for the …

MMM Ponzi Scheme back in Nigeria, woos people again

MMM Ponzi Scheme back in Nigeria, woos people again

June 22, 2019 11:42 am

Notorious Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), the Ponzi scheme which dashed the hope of over three million Nigerians in 2017, is back.

The new version known as MMM Cooperation promises as much as 50 percent return on any amount invested in it — 20 percent more than what the extinct version offered.

Just like the previous version, participants are to register, invest a particular amount in the form of “providing help” and “get help” with their investment and interest back after 30 days.

And some Nigerians are falling for it yet again!

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Bandits attack: 2,277 people displaced in Niger

Bandits attack: 2,277 people displaced in Niger

June 14, 2019 7:44 am

Three Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps are currently set up by the villagers displaced in the armed bandit attacks in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.

The Nation learnt that over 2,277 people were displaced in eight communities in Shiroro local government area.

The Nation also learnt that one of the pregnant women currently displaced gave birth to a baby last night in the IDP camp; the mother and the baby are doing fine while efforts are being made by fellow campers to get the necessary things needed by the mother and child.

The communities said to be affected …

11,000 people murdered in 8 yrs by Zamfara bandits – Marafa

May 5, 2019 11:00 pm

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central) has put the total number of lives lost to armed  banditry in Zamfara State since 2011 at 11, 000.

Marafa who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), in a statement yesterday declared that the unfortunate and dark eight years of banditry from 2011 to date in the state had conservatively led to the killing of over 11,000 male adults

He added that the killings left behind an estimated average of 22,000 widows and an estimated 44,000 orphans.

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Bakare prays for Jubril to appoint the best people as aides

April 22, 2019 9:06 pm

Latter Rain Assembly Serving Overseer Tunde Bakare raises a prayer request, which is for Jubril Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s impostor to appoint the best, brightest and fittest into the APC led administration as he takes oath on May 29 to continue the second term in office.

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Vacate presidential seat, PDP tells fake Buhari

PDP to Jubril: Stop whining, accept the will of the people

February 24, 2019 3:26 am

The Peoples Democratic Party tells Jubril Al-Sudani, Muhammadu Buhari’s Impostor to quit complaining, and accept the fact that the masses of Nigeria don’t want him.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop whining over their rejection in the Presidential election and quietly accept the will of the people.

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JUST IN: Ogun people pelt Jubril, Oshiomhole with stones

February 11, 2019 1:16 pm

The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign, Monday went wrong as hoodlums greeted  Jubril being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari and the party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole with stones at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta. Violence erupted as Oshiomhole was invited to the podium for his speech.

Reports have it that as he began to speak, persons suspected to be hoodlums started throwing stones at him and one of the stones flew in the direction where the President was sitting.

Jubril (Buhari) was saved by one of his security operatives who took the hit for him. No …

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