Burkina Faso Parliament Set Ablaze

Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule have set fire to parliament.

Nigerian Defense Headquarters Orders Fleeing Soldiers To Retake Mubi From Boko Haram

Soldiers Seen At Adamawa State - Creidt SR

Some 24 hours after Nigerian soldiers from the 234 battalion fled Mubi, Adamawa State as Islamist fighters advanced, the Defense Headquarters in Abuja has ordered the troops to return and retake the town from the militants.

BREAKING: FG Withdraws Tambuwal's Security Details

Reports reaching Daily Trust indicate that all the security details attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have been withdrawn by the Federal Government.

An Italian priest who admitted to sexually abusing ayoung teenage girl hanged himself in the sacristy

An Italian priest who admitted to sexually abusing a young teenage girl hanged himself in the sacristy - the cleric's changing room in his church -- the diocese of Santa Croce in northern Italy said Wednesday.

'Big Data Policing: Met Police Tests Software That 'Predicts' Gang Violence

Police in London have tested software designed to identify which gang members are most likely to commit violent crimes.

Beware! Hackers Are Using GmailDrafts To Update Their Malware and Steal Data

In his career-ending extramarital affair that came to light in 2012, General David Petraeus used a stealthy technique to communicate with his lover Paula Broadwell: the pair left messages for each other in the drafts folder of a shared Gmail account.

Boko Haram Seize Mubi, Sack Army Headquarters

Boko Haram militants have entered Mubi in Adamawa State, taking over the headquarters of the 234 battalion in the town, which is one of the State’s largest.

United States Rocket Explodes During Launch

An unmanned supply rocket bound for the International Space Station has exploded shortly after its launch from the US state of Virginia.

White House Computers 'Hacked'

A White House computer network has been breached by hackers, it has been reported.

Boko Haram Kills Again In Borno, TorchesPolice Station

Attacks by suspected Boko Haram terrorists continued on Monday despite ongoing truce talks, with police station, government lodge and other public buildings and over 250 vehicles set ablaze in Kukawa town, the headquarters of Kukawa local government area of Borno State.

Big Rethink For Counterterrorism

Like politics, terrorism is local, which is why extremists use local grievances as initial motivators to recruit.

How To End Boko Haram, By Al-Mustapha

Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, yesterday proffered solutions on how to end the almost intractable insurgency in the northern part of the country.

Researchers Identify Sophisticated Chinese Cyber-espionage Group

A coalition of security researchers has identified a Chinese cyberespionage group that appears to be the most sophisticated of any publicly known Chinese hacker unit and targets not only U.S. and Western government agencies but also dissidents inside and outside China.

Gunmen Kill Four Policemen, Kidnap Six Agip’s Staff in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa State

Yenagoa – Gunmen on a speedboat in Nigeria’s oil-producing south killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian employees of the Agip energy firm, in the latest unrest to hit the restive region, the security forces said Tuesday.

Researchers Discover Two Genes Linked With Violent Crime

A genetic analysis of almost 900 offenders in Finland has revealed two genes associated with violent crime.
Those with the genes were 13 times more likely to have a history of repeated violent behaviour.