OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).

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 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...

EFCC AND CBN TO COLLABORATE ON ANTI-GRAFT WAR.

                 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,is to collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN,to review laws of the Banking and other Financial Institutions Act,BOFIA,2004 to effectively tackle the emerging money laundering trends and other corrupt practices in the country.This was made known on Wednesday April 20,2016 by David Illoyanonmon,Head,North West Zonal Office of the EFCC during a courtezy call to the CBN,Kano Branch.Illoyanomon noted that ''At this point in time when the country is facing challenges in areas of fraudulent practices,the CBN remains pivotal in stabilizing the Nigerian economy through reviewing of some of its laws which due to emerging fraudulent practices have made them archaic''.In her remarks,the Kano branch controller,CBN,Ameena P. Abubakar stressed the need to review the archaic laws towards meeting the current global challenge of anti--corruption war.According to her,''The CBN is consistently working round the clock to ensure that financial institutions like the banks and Bureau de Change,BDC,adhere strictly to the laws of the CBN''.She reiterated that CBN is ready to partner with the EFCC towards ensuring that all stakeholders play within the rules of the agency and the law.The meeting had in attendance,Head,Public Affairs Department,EFCC Kano,Medard Ehimika and his counterpart in the advance Free Fraud unit,Aliyu Naibi.Others include Tijjani Zakirai,Ishaku Baba and A.J Bello,all from the Kano Branch of CBN.One more photo below.             

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