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...

LP KICKS AS PDP’S KATUNG WINS KADUNA SOUTH SENATORIAL SEAT. (PHOTO).


 LP Kicks As PDP’s Katung Wins Kaduna South Senatorial Seat

Sunday Katung of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of the Feb. 25 elections for Kaduna South Senatorial district.

The returning officer, Abdullahi Dalhatu, who declared the result in Kafanchan on Monday, said Mr Katung polled 138, 246 votes, to defeat his closest rival Ayuba Michael of the Labour Party, who got 101,479 votes.

Mr Dalhatu added that All Progressives Congress candidate, Bulus Audu, came third with 77,753 votes, while Rufai Ahmed of the New Nigeria People’s Party scored 8, 140 votes.

He explained that a total of 337, 953 voters were accredited, out of which 335, 520 cast their votes.

“Sunday Katung of the PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law by scoring the highest votes, is hereby declared the winner,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Labour Party has called for cancellation of the results in six of the eight Local Government Areas that make up the senatorial district.

Ayuba Michael, the party’s candidate in the election, made the call at a press conference in Kafanchan.

Mr Auta alleged that the election in the district was characterized by irregularities such as non use of the BVAs in many polling units, over voting, manipulation of results on form EC8A11.

According to him, others include intimidation of the party’s agents and voters, and uploading of results to INEC server while voting was still in progress.

He added that the party had sufficient evidence to back up it’s claims.

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