The House of Representatives has approved far-reaching amendments to the Electoral Act, introducing stiffer penalties for vote buying and selling, including a minimum of two years’ imprisonment or a N5 million fine, or both, alongside a 10-year ban from contesting elections. The House reached this resolution during the clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the...
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Romanian Court Sentences Wiz Khalifa To 9-Month Jail For Smoking Cannabis On Stage
A Romanian court has sentenced Wiz Khalifa to nine months in prison for smoking cannabis on stage. The American rapper, real name Thomaz Cameron Jibril, admitted to smoking a joint during his performance at the Beach, Please! festival last year in Costinesti. A Romanian appeals court overturned an earlier fine of 3,600 Romanian lei (£619;...
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Parents In India Devastated As Children With Thalassemia Test HIV Positive
Parents of children with thalassemia in India say they are devastated after life-saving blood transfusions left their children HIV-positive, confronting them with illness, social stigma, and uncertainty. Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder that requires regular transfusions to manage severe anaemia and sustain life. On Wednesday, authorities in central state of Madhya Pradesh said five...
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Norway’s crown princess likely needs lung transplant, palace says
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need a lung transplant as her health has worsened in recent months, the country’s royal household has said. The princess, 52, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018. The degenerative disease creates scar tissue that stiffens the lungs making it difficult to breathe and for oxygen to enter the...
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German court jails man for drugging, raping and filming wife for years
A court in the German city of Aachen has sentenced a man to eight-and-a-half years in prison for repeatedly drugging and raping his wife, filming the acts and then posting them online. The man, named only as Fernando P in line with German privacy laws, was found guilty of aggravated rape, grievous bodily harm and...
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Dry Needling Is Common Around The NFL, And Players Aren’t Worried Despite Watt’s Collapsed Lung
Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride heard about what happened to Pittsburgh Steelers star T.J. Watt — and McBride plans to continue his weekly dry-needling sessions. “It’s something I do frequently. I’ve never had an issue like that,” he said. “But with every treatment, everything that you get done, I mean, there’s risk to everything.”...
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Uche on Target as Crystal Palace Held by KuPS in Europa Conference League Draw
Christantus Uche was on the scoresheet as Crystal Palace were held to a draw by KuPS in their UEFA Europa Conference League encounter, a result that denied the Premier League side automatic qualification to the round of 16. The Nigerian midfielder opened the scoring in the 6th minute with a well-taken finish. After receiving a...
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A message from Captain Wilfred Ndidi ahead of the African Cup of Nations
A message from Captain Wilfred Ndidi ahead of the African Cup of Nations Source: CAF ONLINE and Super Eagles Official Instagram handle