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French Government Sticks By Pension Reform As Atrike Bites

December 6, 2019 2:37 pm

The French government on Friday expressed determination to plough ahead with far-reaching pension reforms in the face of the biggest strikes in years, which have brought public transport in much of the country to a standstill.

The strikes, which began Thursday, have seen most high-speed trains cancelled, flights affected and most of the Paris metro shut down in a major challenge to the ambitious reform agenda of President Emmanuel Macron.

The turmoil is expected to continue over the weekend and through until at least Tuesday when unions have called more nationwide protests to follow mass rallies on Thursday that

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Nigerians smoke over 20 billion sticks of cigarettes yearly

May 31, 2019 11:08 pm

Over 1.1 billion adult smoke tobacco worldwide and at least 367 million persons use smokeless tobacco products. Of this number, eight million die annually through the effect of tobacco of which over six million are by direct use and about 890,000 by exposure to second-hand smoke.

Over 20 billion sticks of cigarettes are consumed annually in Nigeria even as 15.4% of school children ages 13 – 15 years currently use tobacco in the country.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulazeez Abdullahi who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at an event to mark the 2019 World No Tobacco Day with …