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...
Salah Farah,a Muslim teacher in Kenya who protected Christians on a bus after it was attacked by Islamist militants has been posthumously honoured for his bravery.Salah Farah was shot in the attack in north eastern Kenya in December and later died from his bullet wound.The insurgents told the Muslims and Christians to split up but he was among Muslim passengers who refused to do so.President Uhuru Kenyatta said he was awarding the Order of the Grand Warrior to Farah ''for his act of courage''.It is one of the country's top honours and is awarded by the president for exemplary service to the country.Kenyatta made the announcement during his state of the union address in parliament.He said that he was proud that Kenyan had refused to be divided by terrorism.In previous attacks in the area,Somalia based al-Shabaab militants have killed Christians and spared Muslims.The bus was packed with about 60 passengers travelling from the capital,Nairobi,to the town of Mandera when it was forced to stopp on December 20 by gunmen firing shots.Muslim women quickly offered Christian women quickly offered Christian women scarves to cover their heads when they were ordered off the bus near the village of El Wak on the Somali border.Farah,the deputy head of the Mandera township primary school,told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper that the Muslim passengers had confronted the gunmen.''We asked them to kill all of us or leave us a lone''.Farah said.Altogether three people died at the scene of the incident,including two passengers one of whom had tried to run away.Farah died a month later in the capital,Nairobi,during surgery''.More photos below. 
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