OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).
Over 25 million phones stolen in one year – FG The Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report of the National Bureau of Statistics, a Federal Government agency, shows that Nigeria recorded 25.35 million phone theft cases between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the report, this was the most common type of crime within the period under review. The report read, “The number of crimes experienced by individuals in Nigeria was analysed over a period of time. The results show that theft of phones (25,354,417) was the most common crime experienced by individuals, followed by consumer fraud (12,107,210) and assault (8,453,258). However, hijacking of cars (333,349) was the least crime experienced by individuals within the reference period.” It also noted that most phone theft cases occurred either at home or in a public place, and about 90 per cent of such cases were reported to the police. Despite the high rate of the incident being reported, only about 11.7 per cent of t...
Nigeria coco master Dbanj,has said that he is considering entering into full time farming to help fight poverty and encourage many African youths to embrace agriculture as a means of livelihood.Dbanj was also made the organisation's face of 2014 year of Agriculture campaign as declared by the African union.Dbanj says ''As a face of the ONE organisation's initiative to drive full participation in agriculture,i have to live by example.I am going to engage in agriculture personally to encourage millions of African youths who look up to me as a role model.I need to let them know that unlike the old stereotype of farming which was considered a purnishment,modern farming on the contrary,is a cool source of emploment for many graduates''.
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