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...

TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK CHIEF MOVES IN WITH HER PARENTS OVER HER INABILITY TO AFFORD A HOME IN ISTANBUL DUE TO INFLATION. (PHOTO).


Turkey's Central Bank Chief moves in with her parents over her inability to afford a home in Istanbul due to inflation 

The new head of Turkey’s central bank said she has been priced out of Istanbul’s property market by rampant inflation. 

Left with no choice, the former finance executive has moved back in with her parents. 

“We haven’t found a home in Istanbul. It’s terribly expensive. We’ve moved in with my parents,” 44-year-old Hafize Gaye Erkan, who took up her post in June after two decades in the United States, told the Hurriyet newspaper. 

Erkan previously worked at firms including Goldman Sachs and First Republic Bank — and is now getting a crash course in the soaring prices that have seen many young people struggling to find lodgings. 

“Is it possible that Istanbul has gotten more expensive than Manhattan?” she said. 

Tayyip Erdogan has allowed the lira currency to weaken while promising that a new team of economists with Wall Street experience would tackle years of economic crisis. 

To quell growing anger, officials also capped rent increases at 25 per cent — though experts say that has only amplified the housing tensions, as owners try to push out occupants, sometimes fraudulently, in order to set new and higher rents. 

The central bank last month pushed up benchmark lending rates to 40 per cent in a bid to get inflation under control. 

“We’re nearing the end of our monetary tightening measures,” Erkan told the paper.

 

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