Experts Predict Biggest Cybersecurity Threat Trends in 2017

From internal threats to creative ransomware to the industrial Internet of Things, security experts illuminate business cybersecurity threats likely to materialize in the next year.

Nigerian Senate To Prune President’s Control Of Police Force

Nigeria’s Senate is stepping up efforts at saving democracy from executive abuse. It plans to amend the Constitution to decentralise the police force, whittle down the powers of the President over commissioners of police by giving state governors the power of the ‘last command.’

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA Suspends 5 Cabin Crew For Testing Positive To Marijuana

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, at the weekend suspended the medical certificates of five Cabin crews over drug-related offences.

Police Uncovers Fake Embassy In Lagos, Arrest Chinese And Nigerian Masterminds

The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it has discovered fake embassy operating in Lagos where many innocent members of the public had been swindled.

Nigerian Government Secretly Negotiating With Niger Delta Militants

Notwithstanding the seeming reluctance of the federal government  to officially set up a negotiating committee to hold talks with Niger Delta militants, the government has continued discreet talks with the belligerent groups in the region, THISDAY learnt yesterday.

BREAKING: Twin Bomb Blast Hit Maiduguri, Scores Feared Dead, Injured

Less than 48 hours after a twin bomb blast hit Madagali market in Adamawa State, several people are feared dead after a male and female suicide bombers detonated explosives near the popular Monday market in Maiduguri on Sunday morning.

Niger-Delta Leaders To Buhari: Militants Have Stopped Bombing, Let's Talk Now

More than forty days after the coastal states of Niger Delta under the auspices of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the people are still unsure of Mr. President’s frame of mind.

How Two Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Evaded Security, Bombed Madagali Market, Adamawa State – Eye witness

The relative tranquility enjoyed in Adamawa State in the last one year was truncated, on Friday, following twin suicide bomb blasts that rocked Madagali Local Government Area of the state. No fewer than 50 people reportedly lost their lives in the bomb blast, and 80 others were said to have been injured in the attack that happened in the Madagali Market, Adamawa state suberb. 

Gunmen Kidnap Medical Doctor in Lagos, SW Nigeria

Panic ensued at the popular Saint Francis Hospital in Lagos late on Friday as gunmen kidnapped a doctor at the hospital.

INTERPOL To Integrate Nigeria Security Agencies To Its Database

The INTERPOL has agreed to connect the Economic and Financial Fraud Commission (EFCC), Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service, and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking and Persons, National Agency for Foods, and Drugs Administration and Control to its National Data Base tool known as I-24/7. The 190-member body agreed to do this on November 14, 2016.

Kidnapping Scaring Foreign Investors From Nigeria — Guild of Editors

The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has expressed concern over the upsurge in kidnapping across Nigeria, which has become a national menace that is negatively impacting on the social and economic life of the country.

Security Beefed Up At Akanu Ibiam Int’l Airport, Enugu, SE Nigeria

Security arrangements have been beefed up at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu as many indigenes return home to celebrate Christmas and New Year.

Boko Haram Remains a Threat Despite Losing Territory - UN Envoy

The United Nation's envoy for Central Africa says a multinational regional force has reclaimed much of the territory controlled by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin but the extremist group remains a serious threat to regional stability.

South-East Nigeria "Operation Python Dance" Dedicated Emergency Telephone Numbers

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday released telephone numbers for information relating to its Operation Python Dance in the South-East region.

Countering Violent Extremism: Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube Collaborate to Remove ‘Terrorism Content’

Social media giants -  Facebook, Twitter Microsoft, and YouTube are collaborating on a project to counter violent extremism by limiting the spread of terrorist content online and on social media.