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...

APC SACKS NDUME AS SENATE CHIEF WHIP. (PHOTO).


 APC sacks Ndume as Senate Chief Whip


…names Monguno as new Majority Whip


The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday sacked Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) as the Majority Whip of the Senate.

The APC appointed Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno (APC Borno North) as the new Majority Whip of the Senate.

The party said the action has become necessary following Ndume’s recent outburst against the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration by claiming on a live programme on Arise Television that the federal government is being run by thieves.

The party’s decisions were contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President and read by Senator Godswill Akpabio during plenary.

The letter was signed by the National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru and the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka.

Akpabio directing the Sergeant-At-Arms to lead Monguno to occupy the seat of the Majority Whip later named Ndume as the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism in a minor reshuffle in Senate Committees.

Ndume was also stripped of his Vice Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Appropriation.

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