Community Policing: Nigeria Police Set To Deploy Officers To Their Local Community

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said on Tuesday that policemen would soon be deployed to their communities of origin to enhance community policing.

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 2 Nigerian Soldiers In Borno NE Nigeria

A daredevil female suicide bomber has killed two soldiers at a military camp behind the Internally Displaced People's Camp in Mashimari town of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

Cybersecurity Awareness: 21 Best Practices To Forestall ‘’WannaCry’’ Ransomware, Cyberattacks

Introduction: A unique strain of ransomware known as ‘’WannaCry’’or ‘’Wanna DeCryptor’’, ‘’wcry’’, infected more than 300,000 vulnerable systems globally, across 150 countries since Friday, 12 May, 2017.  WannaCry installs Doublepulsar - a backdoor that allows the device to be remotely controlled. The malware freezes the infected device, pops up a red screen with the message, "Oops, your files have been encrypted!" It goes ahead to demand ransom payment in Bitcoin (equivalent to $300-$600) before subsequently destroying the encrypted files if payment is not made. To offer an insight on the consequences of the WannaCry ransomware attack, the Chinese state media says about 29,372 institutions was infected along with hundreds of thousands of devices. In Japan, 2,000 computers at 600 locations were reportedly affected. The ‘’WannaCry’’ransomware attack also denied access to confidential patient information, stalled x-rays, surgeries and other critical healthcare services in at least 47 hospitals under the auspices of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). The list goes on. Envisage a Stuxnet cyberattack on a vulnerable nuclear warhead or submarine. Tragedy!

Boko Haram Fighters Rearming, Returning To Sambisa Forest - Report

Members of a faction of Boko Haram are regrouping, re-arming and returning to the Sambisa Forest area, a report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned.

Ebola: Nigeria on Red Alert, Intensifies Screening of Passengers at Airports

Following the resurgence of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, the Nigerian government has beefed up checks at its various airports.

Cybersecurity: Nigerian Govt Issues Advisory on Global Ransomware Cyberattack

Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, on Saturday issued an emergency advisory to Nigerians about the proliferation of a rampaging ransomware malware strain that emerged across the globe recently.

Medical Doctor, Driver Kidnapped in Ondo State, Abductors Demand N70 Million Ransom

A medical doctor said to be the permanent secretary of the Ondo State Hospital Management Board, Dr. Niran Ikuomola, was reportedly kidnapped along with his driver on Sunday evening.

National Security: ‘Terrorists Are Taking Advantage of Nigeria's Porous Borders’ - NACFEST Boss

The Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACFEST), Commodore Yaminu Musa (rtd), raised this concern at a three-day workshop on joint border control and enhanced regional cooperation to combat terrorism held recently in Lagos.


Gunmen Kidnap Legal Practitioner, Kidnapped School Principal Rescued in Delta State

A renowned legal practitioner and one-time president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), lsoko chapter, Chief Kennedy Uwubiti, was on Wednesday abducted by unknown gunmen along Oleh/Ozoro Road in Isoko South Local Council of Delta State.

Security And Civil Defense Corps Resolves 12,000 Community Disputes in 2016 - UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has resolved 12,000 community level disputes in 2016 as part of its conflict prevention strategy.

Nigeria Exchanges 82 Abducted Chibok Girls With Boko Haram Prisoners - Presidency

Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday.

UK, US Warn of Boko Haram's Plan To Kidnap Expats in NE Nigeria

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreign aid workers in remote northeast Nigeria, which is in the grip of a food crisis caused by the conflict.

Terrorism: Boko Haram, Nigerian Security Forces Killed 4000 Children, Says UNICEF

Abubakar Shekau

The UNICEF has said that boys and girls in north-east Nigeria continue to be brutalized as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict with 3,900 killed by combined actions of the terrorists and security forces within three years.

Niger Delta Militants Kill Six Nigerian Soldiers

No fewer than  six Nigerian soldiers have been killed in new military campaign against militants in the country’s restive Niger Delta oil hub, security officials said on Friday.

Biafra: How President Buhari Made Nnamdi Kanu A Folk Hero

Food for Thought: ‘’Now more than ever, people have a hunger to believe in something…bring people together around a cause and you create a motivated force.’’

– Robert Greene, 33 Strategies of War.