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...
Garba Shehu who is the Presidential spokesman says efforts to get the nation out of its present economic challenges are beginning to yield positive results,especially in agriculture.According to the presidential aide,an increase in the volume of rice production and processing across the country iss already saving the country a lot off foreign exchange.She,who is the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President,said that Nigeria only imported 58,000 tons of rice from Thailand in 2015 as against 1.2million tons in 2014.He revealed that due to the country's growing rice production occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria's decision to deny foreign exchange for the importation of rice ''parboiled rice mills'' in some Asian countries were shutting down production.According to him,this is because Nigeria,which is one of the world's largest importers of rice no longer,buys rice from them.''Five of such mills in Thailand servicing Nigeria have stopped production due to the withdrawal off our patronage.This country has about 32 fertilizer blending plants that have remained idle for many years,but that about half of that number is now in production with many of them running three shifts a day''.
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