Tag: phones
Four fraudsters jailed for £5.1M worth of stolen phones in London
Using Operation Ringtone, which employs phone tracking technology, Met officers identified suspects through extensive investigations at two blocks of flats.
Phones to avoid if you live in Nigeria
Buying phones from roadside sellers or unauthorised outlets goes with a lot of risks as experiences of many patrons of…
JAMB bans wrist watches, pens, phones, 15 others at UTME centres
The 1.8 million candidates sitting for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Thursday 11 April are prohibited from…
Man lands in Kirikiri Prisons for stealing phones worth N3.5m
A suspect, Okechukwu Nnaji, who allegedly robbed a man of 79 phones worth N3.5 million is to spend the next…
Benue Police arrest man with 26 mobile phones
The Benue Police Command has arrested one Godwin Raphael, 21, with 26 brands of mobile phones, a locally made pistol…
Phones can transmit virus, germs – Expert
A Public Health Physician, Dr Michael Oguntoye, has warned that mobile phones could transmit diseases and infections if it comes…
French parliament bans use of phones in schools
The French parliament has approved a far-reaching ban on mobile phones in schools, radio broadcaster Franceinfo reported on Monday following…
Security flaws put electronic devices at risk
Security researchers have disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly…
Teenage barber arrested with 7 Stolen Phones
The directive of Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edgal Imohimi to officers of the command to keep eagle eyes at…
Slot Driver Elopes With N5.95M Worth Of Phones
One of the drivers of the popular Nigerian phone retail outlet, Slot Nigeria Limited, has been arrested by the operatives…
4 Men Nabbed For Robbing People Of Phones
Four men were on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly robbing people of phones and N225,…
Stop bringing phones to church – Catholic Archbishop
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has advised Christians to desist from the use of phones in…
Fulani herdsman steals N2.5m worth of phones in Lagos
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS)of Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a burglar, a phone dealer and…
Fake dancing promoter lands in prison over theft of 7 phones from 6 Women
– Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria have arrested a 23-year-old suspected fake dancing…
The phones no longer ring By Reuben Abati
As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space.…
LAUTECH Student Nabbed For Stealing Over 20 Phones
By Ade Ola Abeeb Adekunle Olayiwola, a student of Crop Production and Soil Science at the Ladoke Akintola University of…
Computer Village: Traders Worry Over Relocation
Computer Village, located in Ikeja, Lagos is arguably the biggest computer and allied products market in the West African sub…
Nokia Launches Competition to Promote Phones
Barely two weeks after launching the Asha range of phones, Nokia has begun a rap competition aimed at creating excitement…
Islamic Cleric Nabbed For Theft
A 33-year old Islamic cleric, Mohammed Muritala is currently being detained at Isokoko Police Divisional Headquarters in Agege, Lagos, for…