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As the global community commemorates World Toilet Day 2024, Reckitt, makers of Harpic, has reiterated its commitment to promoting clean and hygienic toilets for all Nigerians by marking the global event.
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Between May 2023 and April 2024, an estimated 1.4 million people were victims of sexual offences, including rape, in Nigeria. Seventy-three per cent of these crimes were perpetrated with the use of knives. The National Bureau of Statistics revealed these figures in its Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024, a report that details…
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Over 28% of murders carried out across the country are not reported to the police because the police would not respond satisfactorily, according to the latest Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report. The NBS publication titled Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024, published on Tuesday, covers the period ranging from March 2023 to April…
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A multinational oil and gas firm, TotalEnergies EP, has once again reiterated and reaffirmed its commitment to renewable energy, local content development, and sustainable development in the Niger Delta and Nigeria, adding that the people remain its major focus in its new drive to contribute its own quota to their well-being. The Executive Director, JV…
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A report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that about ₦2.2 trillion was received by kidnappers as ransom within one year. The survey, which produced estimates at national and zonal levels covering both urban and rural areas for a 12-month reference period of May 2023 to April 2024, also disclosed that abductions…
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France from Tuesday evening will impose a nighttime curfew on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, after the French overseas territory was devastated by a cyclone feared to have killed hundreds, the interior ministry said. According to the latest official toll, 21 people are confirmed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido when it barrelled…
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The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution suspending for two months the chairmen and vice chairmen of the state's 18 local government areas. The House also mandated the leaders of the legislative arms to take over leadership of their respective councils. The suspension of the council chairmen and their deputies followed…
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Dr. Fabian Osita, a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, was shot dead during a carjacking incident in Anambra State. The attack occurred on Monday night near the high-tension area in Aroma, Awka, as the lecturer was driving home from work. Eyewitnesses reported that unidentified gunmen intercepted his vehicle, a Toyota Corolla, and shot…
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The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has called for a holistic review of the 1959 Firearms Act for efficient control of illicit arms in Nigeria. The Director-General of NCCSALW, retired DIG Johnson Kokumo, made the call at the Workshop on the Review of the Firearms Act of 1959…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Rivers State Command, has launched a vigorous campaign against over-speeding and reckless driving in the state as the Yuletide season approaches. The campaign, tagged "Operation Zero Accident," aimed to reduce road traffic crashes to the barest minimum during the festive season. According to the state corps commander, Inyang Umoh,…
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Pope Francis escaped two attempts on his life during his historic trip to Iraq in March 2021, according to excerpts from his forthcoming autobiography published Tuesday by Italian media. The pontiff's Vatican security detail received an urgent warning from the British secret services, Francis wrote. "A woman packed with explosives, a young suicide bomber, was…