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...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the sum of N15.5 million as seed funding and grants for final year students enrolled in the Ready.Set.Work {RSW} program.Ready.Set.Work is an entrepreneurship and employability training program for final year students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State,aimed at preparing them for economic productivity as value-creating employees or employers of labour.Commencing in June 2016,five hundred {500} promising final year students from Lagos State University {LASU},Lagos State Polytechnic {LASPOTECH}, amd Lagos State College of Health Technology {LASCOHET} have been enrolled in a rigorous curriculum either in the employability track or the entrepreneurship track.At the end of the program,over 90 top performing students in the employability track will be placed in 6-month internship positions with organizations like PwC,SystemSpecs,FCMB,GTBank,Access Bank,TOTAL,Jobberman,Stutern,among others.With Governor Ambode's recnt financial commitment to the Ready.Set.Work program,up to 80 students in the enrepreneurship track will likewise have the opportunity to partake in three to six-month entrepreneur apprenticeships where they can learn thr tricks of the trade,understand and develop processes for various business functions,and build a network of vendors,industry peers,and mentors.Speaking on the development,the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education,Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh said that the focus of the initiative from the onset was to provide students in Lagos State with the tools,knowledge,and know-how to become effective employees or job creators.He said ''We already secured 90 internship slots for students in the employability track of the program and we realized that students in the entrepreneurship track could also benefit from experience in a structured,supervised work setting,where they can learn the rudiments of running a business effectively''.He further said the N15.5, committed by Governor Ambode's adminstration would also provide seed funding and working capital for the top three teams to emerge from the RSW Businesss Pitch Competition,which will hold on September 3rd.This announcement comes as the 13 week program enters its penultimate week,while a Graduation Ceremony has been scheduled for September to close out the program and celebrate the achievements of students who successfully complete their courses.
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