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...
Residents of Hanik Street,Federal Housing Estate 3-3 Onitsha,Anambra State were in mournful mood,yesterday,following the death of three men in a borehole.Eyewitnesses said the locally dug borehole developed fault and a young lady,who lived in the building,invited a man to recover the sumo for repairs..Unfortunately,the man got trapped inside the hole while every effort to rescue him failed.''They called for help and a fellow Calabar man went inside to help bring out his kinsman but got trapped as well.Some minutes later,an Hausa man living around the area also volunteered to enter the well to rescue the trapped men,although at the cost of N100,000 which the residents agreed to pay but the man never came out.It would have been four dead bodies because a fourth person entered but he was lucky to come out alive though he complained of receiving a strange slap from the spirits inside the hole.He came out with swollen face and is in a critical condition,presently.,'' source stated.It was gathered that the owner of the building is a pastor and had travelled outside the country and left control of the house in the hands of young lady whose name could not be ascertained at the time of writing this report.After several efforts to rescue the trapped men,some residents resorted to prayers while others began incantations and offered sacrifice of goats and fowls to appease the gods so that the victim would be brought out alive but all were in vain.Residents said there was something mysterious about the borehole and that the entire scenario is yet to be unravelled.Confirming the incident,Police Area Commander,Onitsha,Yahaya Abubakar,an Assistant Commissioner of Police told pressmen that through the combined efforts of security agents and other volunteers,the three dead bodies were recovered from the well and have been deposited in a nearby mortuary while investigation into the incident continues.
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