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South Africa's finance Minister, Parvin Gordhan has revealed in a new proposal that alcohol and tobacco excise duty rates will get an increase this year. While presenting the proposal at the National Assembly Wednesday, February 22, 2017, he said: The National Treasury proposes increases in the excise duties for alcohol and tobacco of between 6 and 10 percent.' If the new proposal is finally approved, an excise duty of 149.6 cents will be charged on every 340ml can of malt beer. Likewise, an excise duty of R3.61 per litre will be charged on unfortified wines. That represents an increase of 8.8 percent on the current charge of R3.31 per litre.  Similarly, a new rate of R6.17 per litre for fortified wines was proposed. The rate has a 6.1 percent increase as the current charge is R5.82 per litre. The excise duty for sparkling wine will go up by 8.8 percent from R10.53 to R11.46 per litre, while spirit products will also get an increase of 8.5 percent. It would r...

Big Brother Naija 2017 housemate, Thin Tall Tony is ready to do all he can to make sure that the truth about his marital status doesn't come to light before the other housemates. During his personal Diary session on the show yesterday, Tony requested to not receive any phone call from "anyone outside the house," especially when it's time for all the housemates to receive a message from home which they are all entitled to. Interestingly, while speaking to one of the fake contestants, Jon Ogah at night, he lied about his marital status again. Oh Bisola.. Hopefully she'll get a hint soon. 

Member representing Epe Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Olusegun Olulade has called on the federal government to reconsider the implications of allowing the Big Brother Naija Show on the Nigerian culture and youths. Olulade, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Health Services, lamented that the contents of the Reality Show were completely foreign to the indigenous culture, which the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was trying to promote. According to him, the government should swing into action through the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), and ensure it stopped the airing of such programme before it further caused serious damage to the culture. His words: “The content of Big Brother Naijashow is alien to our culture. This show is contrary to the rich cultural values we are trying to promote and bring to the front burner. It is sad that our young children including adults are made to watch such content. “This kind of programme...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the house of representatives has said the only chairman it recognises is Ahmed Makarfi. The PDP caucus said it will be “honourable” for Ali Modu Sheriff “to pack up and go.” On Friday, the appeal court in Port Harcourt affirmed Sheriff as the authentic chairman of the PDP and nullified the convention that produced the Ahmed Makarfi caretaker committee. But in a statement on Wednesday, Leo Ogor, the house minority leader, on behalf of the caucus, said the judgement that affirmed Sheriff and nullified the caretaker committee was “discomforting”. The PDP reps said no sincere member of the party would trust the Sheriff faction after their activities in Edo and Ondo states. “It is the opinion of many that the honourable thing would be for the Ali Modu Sheriff and his cohorts to pack up and go,” the statement read. “The PDP caucus of the house of representatives wishes to state categorically that it finds the court of appeal verdict...

Gunmen have abducted Peter Breunij, a German professor of archaeology, and Johannes Buringer, his colleague, at Jenjela village in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna state. Kagarko, which shares a boundary with federal capital territory (FCT), has recorded different cases of kidnapping along the area in recent times. Breunij is said to be the leader of a four-man team from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, working in collaboration ?with the National Commission for Museum and Monuments and other institutions on the relics of Nok culture in Nigeria. A witness said the kidnappers left two ladies who were with the victims during the time of their abduction. A witness, who was part of the team working with Germans, narrated how the incident happened. “They started coming one by one, the first two came with machetes, then others came with heavy guns,” he said. “There were many people at the site who were working at the time, so they ordered us to lay face down and sta...

San Jose firefighters have rescued more than 200 residents by boat in flood waters in the Rocksprings neighborhood at Senter and Phelan in California, US. The firefighters have been going from door to door to tell residents to get out of their homes following the rains from Monday which led to a heavy flooding on Tuesday. The rains which burst the river banks were said to be the latest in a series of storms that have dumped huge quantities of water from the Pacific Ocean on California.

Kylie Jenner stepped out in a white corset over her dress as she headed for a business meeting in Beverly Hills on Wednesday. The young business entrepreneur looked stunning in her outfit. More photos after the cut...