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...
According to sources,three children of the same parents yesterday saturday night died in an inferno that destroyed their three room self contain apartment in Egbeda Akowonjo area of Lagos state.The incident caused by a candle light occurred around 10:pm at No.20 Fakoya street Vulcaniser bus stop Egbeda Akowonjo.The three kids are identified as 9 year old Ifeoma,7 year old Emeka and 3 yearold Ueoma.The Director of the Lagos state fire service,Rasak Fadipe,confirmed this to NAN in Lagos today suday that ''The fire broke after the father of the children had gone to check his wife,the mother of the children,in the hospital,where she had just given birth to their forth child.The fire service was not called to the scene on time,and i advise people to stop the use of candle to light their house.The dead body of the children had been moved to a mortuary by the police from Shasha Division''.
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