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JOHANNESBURG, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government’s decision to block the site as stifling “any dissenting voice” and digital rights.
The ban was announced on Friday, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists, and the government said those who continued to use Twitter would be prosecuted.
“The (suspension) negatively impacted millions of Nigerians who carry on their daily businesses and operational activities on Twitter,” said Kolawole Oluwadare of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a local rights group.
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(Reuters) -Campbell Soup Co on Wednesday slashed its forecast for annual earnings after the company’s quarterly results fell short of estimates, hurt by higher costs related to raw materials and transportation.
FILE PHOTO: Cans of Campbell s Soup are displayed in a supermarket in New York City, U.S. February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
The canned soupmaker’s shares fell about 6% to $46.30.
Campbell, known for Swanson broth, Prego pasta sauces and Pepperidge Farm cookies, expects higher costs to hurt margins even as it plans price hikes for later this year.
Shipping logjams globally and surging demand on the back of a resurgent U.S. economy have led food manufacturers to sacrifice their profit margin as costs rose for items across the board.
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KADUNA, Nigeria, June 2 (Reuters) - In a flowing cream hijab, Karima M. Imam walks through her fields in scrubland in northern Nigeria as workers harvest a gnarled brown root that has turned gold since COVID struck: ginger.
“If I had the capital, I’d plant more. People are looking for ginger now, and there is not enough,” she said at her five hectare farm on the outskirts of Kaduna.
As the pandemic rages, people around the world have sought to guard against illness by turning to so-called halo foods. While scientists have dismissed many claims on social media about how superfoods can fend off the virus, their positive role as part of a healthy diet is widely acknowledged.