OPC, Police Clash Over Oil Pipeline Contract

Showdown between the Police and ethnic militia group, Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC members is in the offing following a warning to the Police authorities to withdraw officers and men of the force who have allegedly refused to vacate the NNPC pipelines across the country in defiance of a n order by the management of the corporation asking them to do so.

Shops Set Ablaze, Looted, Six People Dead As Xenophobic Attacks Intensify In South Africa

Attacks against immigrant businesses started in Durban. The attacks have left six people dead. South African police fired rubber bullets Friday to disperse crowds setting immigrant businesses ablaze as attacks against foreigners spread to Johannesburg.

FBI Pulls Computer Security Expert Off Flight, After He Tweets About Hacking Its Systems

Computer security experts tend to be suspicious souls. Sometimes, though, others become suspicious of them. Chris Roberts, a Colorado-based security fiend, took to Twitter to nudge United Airlines about what he believes is a weakness in its security systems.

Boko Haram Militants Kill At Least 10 In Northern Cameroon - Army

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in neighboring northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters on Friday.

Niger-Delta Militants Issue Fresh Threat To Attack Oil Facilities Over Non-Inclusion In Pipeline Protection Contract

Urhobo Gbagbako, an Urhobo militant group in Delta State, has warned that it may launch attacks on facilities of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company to press home its demands that the oil pipeline protection contract be extended to Urhobo concerns.

Thousands Rally in South Africa Against Xenophobia

Thousands have marched in South Africa's coastal city of Durban against xenophobia following attacks on foreign nationals in the country. Up to 5,000 people including religious and political leaders attended Thursday's rally after attacks against foreigners left at least five people dead since March.

Pentagon To Recruit Thousands For Cybersecurity Reserve Force

The Pentagon is prepared to draft thousands of private sector and National Guard cyber pros in the event of a network emergency affecting American lives, a top U.S. military official said Tuesday.

Boko Haram Leader - Shekau Among World’s Most Influential People – Time Magazine

Abubakar Shekau

Deadly Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau made TIME magazine 2015 Most Influential People list.

The magazine published its 2015 list of top 100 Most Influential People on its website, Thursday.

Ex-JPMorgan Adviser Charged in $20M Fraud

NEW YORK – A former JPMorgan Chase investment adviser was arrested Thursday on charges he stole $20 million from customers and spent the funds on unprofitable trading and other personal expenses.

Alert! Mysterious Epidemic Hits Ondo State, Victims Wake Up Blind, At Least 25 Dead

Panic has hit Ondo state where people have died from a mysterious unidentified ailment. Deadly infectious disease hits Irele township in Ondo state. Victims wake up blind and dead a few hours later, at least 25 dead.

'OLX Nanny' Who Abducted 3 Lagos Kids Arrested By Police (Updated)

Kidnapper Funmilayo Adeyemi a.k.a Mary Akinloye

The Lagos State Police Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayde Aderanti, on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the lady behind the kidnap of three children of the Orekoya family within the ages of 6, 4 and 11 months.

Who's On The List Of State Sponsors Of Terrorism, And Why

The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama would remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. That got us thinking about which other nations are on the list, how they got there, whether any others have been removed, and what happens to countries when they're put on (or taken off) the list.

Two Die As Fulani And Yoruba Clash In Kwara State

No fewer than two people reportedly died while property worth millions of naira were destroyed following a clash between Fulani traders and Yoruba natives of Oro-Ago in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Nyanya Bomb Blast’s Mastermind Still On The Run – DSS

One of the alleged masterminds of the Nyanya bomb blast, Rufai Tsiga (alias Dr. Tsiga), is still on the run one year after the bombing that claimed the lives of more than 75 people.

Lagos Kids Kidnapped By Nanny Rescued By Police

The abducted kids that were rescued by the police. Police detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos Command have rescued the three kids were kidnapped by their nanny from their Lawanson Road, Lagos residence.