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...

SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY,TO START ISSUING 5 YEARS VISAS TO NIGERIANS.

               Today wednesday,it was announced by South African High Commissioner to Nigeria Mr Lulu Mnguni,that his government decision is to be issuing Nigerians 5 years visas to Nigerian professionals,business people and other frequent fliers.Mnguni also disclosed in Lagos that his government was now prepared to eliminate the difficulties usually faced by Nigerians when seeking South African visas.The High Commissioner also said that his government was moving away from having political diplomacy to more of economic diplomacy with Nigeria.He said ''There has been growing concerns from both Nigeria and South Africa on the issue of visas.There have been complaints by Nigerians on how they are treated when seeking visas.Our President has indicated that Nigeria and South Africa need to intervene by making it easier for our nationals to have visas to our two countries.We came to an agreement that business people and frequent fliers between South Africa and Nigeria will qualify for long term visas of two,three,and five years.We have totally moved from political diplomacy to economic diplomacy,and to promote this new economic diplomacy,there needs to be a smooth movement of people between our two countries''.Mnguni said that he had made a proposal to his government for the recruitment of more staff,so as to be able to promptly attend to the demand of Nigerians for visas to South Africa.According to him,Nigeria and South Africa'
s inability to promote people to people relationship is responsible for the uninformed tension between them.He said further that ''We need a friendship that resides with our people.Nigeria and South Africa need to criticise each other in a constructive way.We need to look at how we can unplug some of the irritants that have undermined their cohesion''.One more photo below.                                                          

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