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Sri Lanka on Tuesday completed its long-delayed foreign debt restructure after the island nation defaulted on its $46 billion external debt in a dramatic 2022 economic crash, a minister told parliament. Its economy has recovered after getting an International Monetary Fund rescue package and imposing austerity reforms aimed at repairing the government's ruined finances. "The…
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported over 25 million phone thefts between March 2023 and April 2024, according to its Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024. The NBS report, titled Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024, indicated that an estimated 17,965,741 people had their phones stolen during the reference period. Phone…
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Suspected vandals have allegedly infiltrated the headquarters of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command, stealing the brain box of the RRS Commander’s official vehicle. The incident occurred overnight on Sunday, December 15, when the Toyota Hilux belonging to CSP Shola Jejeloye, the RRS Commander, was targeted.…
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A corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Tayachibiyacha Ebal, has died after slumping at the Dakin Gari orientation camp in Kebbi State. Sources at the camp revealed that the corps member collapsed suddenly and was immediately rushed to the camp clinic. The deceased, a female, was referred to the Federal Medical Centre…
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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…