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...

CANDIDATES WITH ILLEGAL ADMISSION SHOULD FACE CONSEQUENCES- JAMB. (PHOTO).


 Candidates with illegal admission should face consequences – JAMB


The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says any candidate who chooses to get an underhand admission should face the consequences.


This is even as the Board reiterated that all tertiary institutions’ admission must be processed through it.


The admonition, which was contained in a post on its official X handle on Sunday, came as a response to a user who asked the board to improve the admission regularization process.


Adenkule Adu #adu_adenkunke1 had urged JAMB to include in its portal a better channel to get regularization done without visiting the office.


#adu_adenkunke1 complained that he has been patronising the office in his state for months but kept getting excuses.


“It is high time JAMB improved the admission regularisation process.


“JAMB should include in its portal a better channel to get this done without visiting the office.


“I’ve been patronising the office in my state for months now, they kept giving me excuses,” he wrote.


However, JAMB replied that the admonition should rather be to stop the exercise (regularization) in its entirety.


JAMB wrote: “The admonition should rather be to stop the exercise in its entirety.


“The policy is clear, ‘all tertiary institutions admission must be processed through JAMB… ‘As such, any candidate that chooses to get an underhand admission should face the consequences’.


“How would you be involved in illegality and still gets effrontery to offer advice on how the correction process should be carried out? Be guided.”

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