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...
Worried by rampart cases of overloading with human beings and goods being noticed in Gusau,Zamfara state,the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps {FRSC}, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has declared a major operation against the menace of overloading,giving a marching order to the sector commander to immediately eradicate the practice with all the might of the command.The Corps Marshal made the declaration over the weekend while addressing staff of Zamfara state Sector Command of the FRSC during his visit to the state capital.Oyeyemi wwho described as ''unacceptable,'' a situation where human beings are loaded with animals in the booth of vehicles,noted that such acts which are common in the state capital must be brought to an end forthwith through aggressive public enlightenment and enforcement programmes by the command,commencing from Monday.''It is appalling to still see human beings and animals being conveyed in the booth of vehicles in many areas of the state.Aside such practice being dangerous,it is also socially unaccepted,'' he stated. ''As a demonstration of our concern against the practice,I am directing the sector commander to commence a major operation as from Monday with a view to eradicating the practice,not only within the state capitl,but all parts of the state including the neighbouring areas,'' he added.The Corps Marshal further directed the Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone RS10 Headquarters,Sokoto,to replicate the campaign in all the states under the zone,saying he would be personally reviewing the operations to determine the level of compliance upon which the commanding officers could be rewarded or sanctioned in line with the ideals of his management on reward and punishment for hard working and indolent staff.
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