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 Zonal Coordinator,North Central,National Film and Video Censors Board {NFVCB}Mr Ailewon Danlami,said the organisation confiscated 4,182 pornographic movies in Plateau from July 2014 till date.The coordinator made the disclosure when he visited the National Orientation Agency office in Jos today wednesday.He said the movies were confiscated across the 17 local government areas of the state as part of efforts to enforce compliance with the required standard for movie production and classification.He said that ''We confiscated 4,182 pornographic movies worth more than N600,000 to serve as deterrent to defaulters.The purpose of our visit is to collaborate with NOA,which is present in all the 17 council areas of the state for wider and effective reach in terms of media literacy on movies and movies production''.In response,Mr Bulus Dabit,the Director of NOA in Plateau said the organisation was ready to partner with NFVCB to enforce compliance of acceptable standards and classification of movies.''Even though the public has the right to information and entertainment through what they watch and hear,they should not be fed with junk such as pornographic materials.Piracy and low quality production could undermine and destroy the foreign exchange revenue derived from the industry.The public enlightenment on the rights to good production could query and push defaulters out of market.''Standard production can generate foreign exchange for the country and decongest the pressure on crude oil because it has window of opportunities to be harnessed''.
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