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 Reuters,Almost 90 miners were rescued and three other workers were missing after a cave in a gold mine in the northeast of South Africa today friday,mine owner Vantage Goldfields said.The collapse at the mine's main entrance trapped 87 workers underground,all of whom were rescued,the small gold producer said in a statement,but three others who had been working on the surface at the time could not be accounted for.No fatalities were reported.Work at the mine was suspended pending investigation on what caused the collapse,Vantage said.Mike Begg told reporters at the mine near the town of Barberton in Mpumalanga province,about 360 km {225 miles} east of Jahannesburg that ''The three missing are office workers,not miners.We are not going to rest until we find them''. Reporters were not allowed near the site where the cave-in occurred,and a crowd stood outside the perimeter fence awaiting word on the results of rescue attempts.Vantage Goldfields is an Australia based company mining gold at Barberton,a town that traces its origin to South Africa's 19th century gold rush.Vantage was delisted from the Australian bourse in January 2015.Manzini zungu,a pokesman for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union said ''At this point,it's unclear what caused the disaster''.More photos below. 
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