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...

LAGOS STATE AIDS CONTROL AGENCY,MOVES HIV CAMPAIGN TO EPE.

No automatic alt text available.                The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency {LSACA} has embarked on HIV Counseling and Testing {HCT} sensitization programme among the NAGARI NAKOWA Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Lagos State.Speaking at the event held at the salvation playing ground,Epe,the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency,Dr Oluseyi Temowo said it was important to have HIV intervention programmes among the okada riders based on their prevalence in Epe division.He posited that to eradicate HIV in Lagos State by 2030 based on the 90-90-90 initiative,every nook and cranny of the State must be visited to carry out HCT.
According to him,''The 90-90-90 initiative means that: 90% of the people must know their HIV status,90% of those that know their status must have access to Anti-Retroviral Treatment {ART} and 90% of those that have access to ART must have suppressed viral load by 2020 and full eradication by 2030 in Lagos State''.
Dr Temowo added that it is in view of the fact that a reasonable percentage of okada riders exits in Epe that the Agency decided to conduct HCT for them,imploring the members of the association and the general public to cooperate with the counselor-testers for the success of the HIV intervention programme.
Earlier,the Chairman of the Epe Branch of the Association,Mr Olamilekan Sababu thanked the Lagos State Government in its bid to make Epe HIV free.
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