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...

GSK SEEKS APPROVAL FOR WORLD'S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE.

A jogger runs past a signage for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in London April 22, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor            According to sources,the company Glaxo Smith Kline {GSK} said today thursday that it is applying for regulatory approval for the world's first vaccine against malaria,designed for children in Africa.The British drugmaker said the shot called RTS,S,is intended exclusively for use outside the European union but will be evaluated by the European medicines Agency {EMA} in collaboration with World Health Organisation {WHO}.Malaria,a mosquito borne parastic disease,kills more than 600,000 people a year,mainly babies in the poorest parts of sub Saharan Africa.Experts have long hoped that scientists would be able to develop an effective vaccine against the disease,and scientists at GSK have been working on this one for 30 years.The WHO,has previously indicated it may recommend use of RTS,S from as early as 2015 if EMA drugs regulators back its license application.GSK has been developing RTS,S with the non profit PATH malaria vaccine initiative {MVI},with grant funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to MVI.The vaccine also contains an adjuvant,or booster,made by U.S biotech company Agenus,which received an undisclosed milestone payment for the regulatory submission.

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