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...
According to France's farming ministry,who confirmed today friday that there is an outbreak of severe bird flu on a duck farm in the south-west of France,were affected.Another outbreak was detected among wild bird in northern France earlier this week.France,which has the largest poultry flock in the EU,is still recovering from a severe bird flu epidemic in south-western France earlier this year,which lead to a total halting of duck and geese output in the region and import restrictions from trading partners.There have been other recent bird flu outbreaks in the Netherlands,Germany and Switzerland.The H5N8 virus has never been detected in humans but it led to the culling of millions of farm birds in Asia,mainly South Korea,in 2014 before spreading to Europe.
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