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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...

PASSENGERS STRANDED AS TRAIN DERAILS IN KOGI FOREST. (PHOTOS).


 Passengers Stranded As Train Derails In Kogi Forest


A train plying the Warri-Itakpe route has reportedly derailed, forcing many passengers to be stranded.


It is said to be the same train where passengers were abducted from at its station in Igueben, Edo State.


It was gathered that the incident happened inside Kogi forest.


Several passengers were said to have abandoned the train for fear of being kidnapped.


It was gathered that the train left Warri early Sunday and got derailed at around 12pm inside the forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe.


The Delta and Kogi State police commands could not immediately confirm the incident, however, the Manager, Warri/Itakpe railway, told our correspondent he was just on his way to the scene and would give the details later.


According to a staff member of the Nigerian Railway Corporation at the Itakpe Station, the incident took place at about 20km from the the destination of the train.


The source also said some of the NRC workers got vehicles that evacuated the passengers from the forest where the incident took place.


“The place is not far from the last bus stop, so some of our staff members called cab from the station at Itakpe to evacuate all of them.


“It’s not far just 20km from the incident scene. Nobody was injured,” he told The PUNCH.


Speaking on what caused the train to derail, he said, “We can’t access the cause now, our engineer went there to check, just that the locomotive dropped form the track.


Confirming the incident, another source within the NRC said, “it’s today, in the morning, at Kogi Station, it’s a station where passengers don’t stop; they closed the station. It’s like somebody tampered with the track and when the train reached there, it derailed; almost four coaches derailed they almost capsised,” the source said.

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