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...
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PERMANENT SOLUTION COMING TO APAPA GRIDLOCK-AMBODE.

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                     Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today wednesday expressed confidence in the ongoing efforts to permanentlt resolve traffic congestion in Apapa axis due to activities at the Port,just as he restated his administration's commitment to restore the glory of the area.
Governor Ambode,who spoke at the Lagos House,Ikeja when he received the management team of Nigeria Ports Authority {NPA} led by its Managing Director,Hadiza Bala Usman on a courtesy visit,said he was highly desirous of transforming the Apapa axis to be a beauty to behold.While expressing confidence in the ability of the new NPA management to make positive difference.Governor Ambode said he was extremely delighted that the agency was being led at this time of economic turbulence by a thoroughbred professional who is equally grounded in the political terrain.He said Lagos,being the commercial nerve centre and a city surrounded by water,deserved more than one port,adding that his administration would not hesitate to partner with and support the NPA to succeed in what ever form needed.''We have had issues about movement of cargo and every other vehicular movement that relates to traffic congestion in the Apapa axis and I think with the new management in charge of NPA,a whole lot of things will be resolved so quickly and I am very glad that this is the way we have decided to go and we will support everything to make Apapa a place that we will all be delighted to speak about'',Governor Ambode said.He commended the NPA for investing in the Lekki Deep Sea Port project,saying that there was no doubt about the fact that such partnership would go a long way in driving more investment into Lagos.Earlier,Usman said she was at the Lagos House with her team to expand the existing relationship between the NPA and the Lagos State Government for the benefit of the people.In an interview with Government House Correspondents,she said the major area of partnership principally centerned on decongestion of Apapa gridlock as son as possible and the success of the Lekki Deep Sea Port project,among others.''We discussed various areas of cooperation and one of the priorities was the decongestion of the Apapa area.We have looked at the priority activities that we need to do to decongest the area and we would proceed with that in the next few weeks.''Ther are several partnerships that exist and we intend to forge ahead with them.We have the Lekki Deep Sea Port development which both Lagos State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria through the NPA have shareholdings.We believe that it is a project which we need to take forward within the shortest period.We have reaffirmed our partnership and commitment to drive the project and we want to do that within the shortest period''. Usman said.More photos below.

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