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...

COURT OF APPEAL GETS 9 NEW JUSTICES. (PHOTO).



Court Of Appeal Gets 9 New Justices

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola will on Wednesday administer oath of office on the newly appointed nine Justices of the Court of Appeal.

They would be inaugurated by 11:00am at the Main Court auditorium of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

A statement by the Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande listed the name of the Justices to include Hannatu Laja-Balogun from Kaduna State, Binta Zubairu from Kaduna State and Peter Obiora from Anambra State.

Others are Justices Okon Abang from Akwa Ibom State, Asma’u Mainoma from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lateef Ganiyu from Oyo State and Jane Iyang from Cross River State.

The rest are Hadiza Shagari from Sokoto State and Paul Bassi from Borno State.

Meanwhile, Justice Amina Adamu Augie will formally retire from the Supreme Court’s Bench on Thursday having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on Sunday September 3, 2023.

Justice Amina Augie was sworn in as Justice of Supreme Court on 7th November, 2016.



 

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