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...
Governor Ambode who was spoted in a made in Nigeria cloth at the ongoing First Lagos Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises {MSMEs} Exclusives Fair at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium,Alausa Ikeja on thursday,May 5,2016,was appointed as the Vice President of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council {CWEIC},an interest group established to promote trade and investment by facilitating engagement between Government and the private sector throughout the Commonwealth.Chief Executive Officer of CWEIC,Oliver Everett,who stated this while meeting with a group of Nigerian businessmen at the Lagos House in Alausa,Ikeja said Governor Ambode would be in office alongside Rt. Hon Jeffrey Mountevans,the Lord Mayor of the City of London as co-Vice President of the Council for the next one year,subject to renewal for another year.Everett,whi was in Nigeria to talk to small business owners on investment opportunities in Commonwealth bnations,especially in Europe,said the appointment of Governor Ambode was a major pointer to the fact that Nigeria and indeed Lagos is open for real and serious investment.The meeting with a select group of small business owners was facilitated by the Office of the Special Adviser on Oversees Affairs and Invest ment,otherwise known as Lagos Global,a one stop shop created by Governor Ambode's administration to facilitate investment and enhance ease of doing business in the State.While tutoring small scale business owners on investment opportunities in Europe,Everett advised them,for instance to avoid production of sugary drinks,saying a lot of people in Europe were now avoiding such drinks because of obesity,and would rather prefer natural drinks.He said Nigerians in the United Kingdom are the fourth largest spenders,and that there is already a huge market for Nigerian goods in that regard,as well as to Europeans who love made in Nigeria goods.More photos below. 
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