Tag Archives: Alcohol

32-year-old married man, identified as Sunday Ukeme, has blamed the consumption of alcohol for his shameful behaviour defiling a 13 years old girl kept under the custody of his wife.

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Did you know that there are foods you are eating every day that are killing you slowly? Most of us have a number of these foods on our menu, but if you combine all of these, you’ll get a deadly combo and you need to start making changes to your diet. So analyze what you eat and start making the right choices today. Here’s the list of 20 foods that are killing you slowly. Try to avoid or limit the intake of these foods as much as you can.

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–Says Alcohol Abuse Killed 3 Million Persons In 2016 Tayo Olanipekun Nigerians drink more of Ogogoro, Burukutu, Palm wine and other locally fermented beverages than they do beer, spirits and fine wine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. Fortified wines, rice wine, palm wine or other fermented beverages made of banana, sorghum, millet or maize come under its classification, …

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The Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (MAN), a sectoral group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has accused the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of executing the agenda of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the management of the country’s economy. Chairman of Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIMAN), Mr. Patrick Anegbe, while speaking with newsmen in …

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The Federal Ministry of Finance said the new excise duty rates on alcohol and cigarettes, which came into effect on June 4, was not targeted at destroying local manufacturers. Mr. Hassan Dodo, the Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the purpose of introducing the new duty is …

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The Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN) has rejected the new ”astronomical increase” in excise duty on domestic wines and spirits. DIBAN Chairman, Chief Patrick Anegbe, told newsmen in Lagos, yesterday, that the hike is a threat to the industry’s N420 billion investment. Anegbe said that there was no prior engagement/consultation whatsoever with indigenous producers of wines and spirits …

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