UK APPROVES SWEEPING LAW TO BAN CIGARETTE SALES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. (PHOTO).

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 UK approves sweeping law to ban cigarette sales for future generations  The United Kingdom has taken a major step toward eliminating smoking among future generations after lawmakers approved sweeping legislation that bans the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009. The measure, one of the most aggressive anti-tobacco efforts globally, ensures that today’s children will never be legally sold cigarettes. It also outlaws the sale and supply of herbal smoking products and cigarette papers to the same age group, while introducing a nationwide ban on snus, an oral tobacco product. The law establishes strict enforcement measures, including fines for retailers who fail to verify ages and harsher penalties for repeat violations, with courts given the authority to suspend businesses from selling tobacco or vaping products for up to a year. The legislation significantly expands government oversight of vaping, granting officials the power to...

SOME NIGERIAN PAST LEADERS WERE ABSENT TODAY,AT PRESIDENT BUHARI'S FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.

                     Today wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari presided over his first Council of State meeting since his inauguration May 29.Former Presidents like Shehu Shagari,Olusegun Obasanjo ,Senator Saraki and Goodluck Jonathan were absent when the meeting started around 11:10am.The former leaders in attendance are Gen.Yakubu Gowon {rtd},Gen.Ibrahim Babangida {rtd},Gen.Abdusalami Abubakar {rtd} and Chief Ernest Shonekan.Pressmen at the event that is still on going said some state governors,deputy governors and other top government officials also attended the meeting,which was still in progress at the time of filling this report.

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