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,a teenager died of heatstroke after spending too long in the sun waiting for free wi-fi so she could use Facebook.The 14 year old girl was reportedly spent all day in the blistering heat before she died.Like many teens,using facebook was a big part of Andrea's life but the girl was from a poor Romanian Gypsy family,died after sitting for hours under the sun to use a free computer and internet access offered by the village hall.Andrea,from Domnesti in southern Romania,who had a pre-existing condition,collapsed on wednesday after she suddenly started feeling unwell,and later died.Others who were waiting with her said that she had been sick and then fainted.Medics who arrived quickly said that she had suffered a cardiac arrest.Doctors tried to resuscitate her but failed.Her uncle who was with her at the time said ''She used to go in front of the town hall to get free wireless.She used it for facebook like most kids do.She told me she felt a pain in her chest,so i gave her water,but she was sick.She recovered fora bit then she clenched her mouth and collapsed''Her father Paul Patuleanu said ''I was told it was because of the heat.She spent a lot of time under the sun that day waiting''.Doctor Elena Radulescu,who was one of the medics on the team said ''She had no pulse or blood pressure when we started resuscitation''.According to the Coroners,the girl had a pre-existing lung and heart condition that had left her weakened and the heatstroke had then been enough to kill her.Because the girl did not have any ID,relatives cannot bury her until her identity is clarified.There are estimated to be thousands of children in Romania born to poor,mostly Gypsy families who were never officially registered and therefore do not officially exist.
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