OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).

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 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 ARBITRARY BILLS MUST BE BROUGHT TO AN END-SAM AMADI.

            According to sources,Chairman ofNigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission {NERC},Chief Sam Amadi,after the monthly meeting with Distribution and transmission companies said ''The arbitrary bills must be brought to an end.NERC has underlined the importance of following the methology of estimated billing.We have made it very clear that it is the responsibilities of the DISCOs to meter the customers,even though we have time gap to bridge the metering deficit but we want to see real action on that.We have also insisted that in the interim,before everybody is metered,the reckless estimation must stop immediately,and that means three things,one for customers,who have meters but not post paid meters,they have to go and read those meters,and for those who do not have any type of meter at all,NERC,has provided a methology that requires you to look at the amount of power you put on the feeder and that should be bench marked with those who have meters and you see how you do your estimation.What is going on now really in some places is not estimation,it is arbitral because estimation is based on some formula''.

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