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...

THERE IS SHORTAGE OF FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO EBOLA INFECTED VILLAGES IN LIBERIA.

Health workers wearing protective clothing prepare to carry an abandoned dead body presenting with Ebola symptoms at Duwala market in Monrovia August 17, 2014.  REUTERS-2Tango                 According to Tarnue Karbbar,a worker for charity plan international based in Lofa County said ''In Boya,in northern Liberia,a man named Joseph Gbembo who caught Ebola and survived says he is struggling to raise 10 children under five years old and he is also supporting five widows after nine members of his family were killed by the virus.Fearful of catching Ebola themselves,his neighbors refused to speak with him and blamed him for bringing the virus to the village.If sufficient medication,food and water are not in place,the community will force their way out to fetch food and this could lead further spread of the virus''.To try to control the Ebola epidemic spreading through West Africa.Liberia has quarantined remote villages at the epicenter of the virus,evoking the ''Plague villagers'',shutting them off from the outside world.With few food and medical supplies,getting in,many abandoned villagers face a stark choice to stay where they are and risk death or skip quarantine.                                                                                                                                      Photo

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