Tag:Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs)

SSB tax: Should private profits supersede public health?

Nigeria’s shift toward a pro-health review of the tax payable by manufacturers of non-alcoholic, sweetened, and carbonated drinks, commonly known as Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs),...

Corporate Accountability group lauds govt health tax policy, calls for higher sugary drinks excise duty

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s decision to develop a draft policy that will earmark revenues from excise taxes on...

Stakeholders want sugar-sweetened beverages tax key on health council agenda

A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) as well as environment and health officials who met recently to examine issues related to the sugar-sweetened...

Group urges govt to review sugar-sweetened beverages tax upward

The Corporate and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to review the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) tax upward to reduce sugar consumption...

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Dangote, Pope Leo XIV, Trump, Xi Jinping, others named in TIME 100 Most Influential People for 2026

Renowned African industrialist and philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, has been named among TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the...
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Study ranks Hawaiian monk seal most at risk of extinction from plastic pollution

 A new study released in Conservation Biology on Wednesdy, April 15, 2026, and co-authored by scientists at Ocean Conservancy, Arizona State University...

Makoko community rejects relocation from ancestral home, seeks inclusion in UN project

About three months since the eviction of an estimated 30,000 from the Makoko waterfront, the community says it stands...

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Dangote, Pope Leo XIV, Trump, Xi Jinping, others named in TIME 100 Most Influential People for 2026

Renowned African industrialist and philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, has been...

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