Globally, the United States, Canada, Nigeria, and Australia rank the highest, with over 15% of the population over age 15 admitting to using the drug. In Africa, Nigeria has the highest number of people that smoke cannabis. A recent report on tobacco use from a public health campaign group and U.S. academics has found that...
If you’re fed up with being tracked by pesky cookies online, it might be time for a good clear out. Websites use cookies to get a better idea of who you are and what you’re interested in. It’s all anonymous, but they can build a profile on you to show you personalised adverts. So if...
American rapper, DaBaby, says he had to pay the officials in a Nigerian airport to be able to fly out of the country. The rapper shared his experience with the officials at the Lagos airport on his Instagram story. “Boyyyy, I done had to pay the whole airport off to make this flight,” he wrote. DaBaby...
Drink a glass of water Our bodies are incredibly dehydrated in the morning. It’s been 8 hours since drinking anything! So, do your body a favour and start the day off by downing a glass of water. It’s an easy way to be on the right path to drink enough throughout the day, and you’ll...
In Burundi, drivers are so desperate for fuel that they sleep on forecourts of petrol stations. Senegal has so little jet fuel that Air France’s flight from the capital, Dakar, to Paris has been stopping in the Canary Islands to fill up. Johannesburg has the same problem, which has caused United Airlines to cancel some...
WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will let you silently leave groups. It’s often awkward when you abandon a group chat because everyone is notified. So if you’re leaving a chat, there’s no hiding it. Thankfully, WhatsApp is developing a silent-exit feature that could land this year. The WhatsApp sleuths revealed a screenshot of the...
Tulia Akson, the speaker of the United Republic of Tanzania, has confirmed before the parliament that her office has received the CHADEMA’s executive committee’s letter denouncing its 19 cadres that were sacked during the CHADEMA general summit of May 11, 2022. Tulia Akson revealed that the 19 women CHADEMA cadres, on May 12, 2022, went...
The Director-General of the National Housing Corporation, Mr Nehemia Mchechu, has dragged The Citizen to the high court for defamation. Mr Mchechu claims the Citizen, one of the leading Newspaper in Tanzania, has injured his reputation in Tanzania and international wise. The case hearing began last Friday in Dar es Salaam, presided by Judge Leila...
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has approved a salary increase proposal, including a minimum of 23.3% for public servants. The proposals presented to the White House are a continuation of the session of Hon. The Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, recently in the Dodoma region and received expert information...
Eternal life, in heaven or through reincarnation on Earth, is promised by many faiths. For a simple reason: it eases the fear of death. The idea of living forever has other devotees, too. It is now pursued by a motley crew of fringe scientists, cultish groups and tech billionaires, united by a conviction that a...