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...

INDIAN COURT RULES ''WATCHING PIRATED MOVIES ONLINE NOT ILLEGAL''.{READ}.

                                      According to Manish Singh,The Bombay High Court has ruled that it is not illegal to watch pirated content on the web.The ruling addresses a somewhat misleading notice posted by internet service providers in India last month which said that ''viewing'' copyright infringing content too is a punishable act under Indian law.Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Cout ruled that only when a user distributes a copyright infringing content that he or she is committing an offense.''The offense is not in viewing,but in making a prejudicial distribution,a public exhibition or letting for sale or hire without appropriate permission copyright-protected material,'' he said.Several internet service providers in the country began warning customers last month when they visited several torrent and file sharing websites.The warning said that ''viewing,downloading,exhibiting,or duplicating an illicit copy of the contents {...} is punishable as an offence under the laws of India,including but not limited to under Sections 63,63-A,65,and 65-A of the Copyright Act,1956,''.

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