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...
The affected schools are Honesty private school located at 4/6,Akintayo Akinbola street,Surulere,Heibenah Montessori schools at 78,Agbebi street,Ijeshatedo in Surulere and Elyon Ambassador private school at 3,Mabayoje street,Oshodi.According to the state Commissioner for Education,Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye,she said the affected schools were also operating in residential/converted structures where in some shops were attached to the building in question without provision for special rooms and other reqquired facilities.The schools shared fence with another registered private school,and it was also discovered that they did not provide required records upon demand from officials of state ministry of Education while those who provide some records were not properly updated.
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