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...

CHICKEN SMELL PREVENTS MALARIA.{RESEARCH}.

                        According to CCTV,Ethiopian and Swedish scientists have found out that the smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria.The researchers discovered that malarial mosquitoes tend to avoid chickens and other live birds.A live chicken suspending in a cage near a volunteer sleeping under a bed net was one of the experiments conducted in western Ethiopia.The scientists,whose research was published in the Malaria Journal,concluded that as mosquitoes use their sense of smell to locate an animal they can bite there must be something in a chicken's odour that puts the insects off.Addis Ababa University's Habte Tekie,who worked on the research,said that the compounds from the smell of the chicken can be extracted and could work as a repellent.Tekje said filed trials for this stage of research are now ''in the pipeline''.One more photo below.                                        

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