Education, Technology As Tools For Disrupting Radicalization And Terrorism

The year 2015 will go down in history as one of the biggest years of violent extremism around the world. The West experienced several brutal tragedies, while those in the Middle East, central and West Africa endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of such terrorist groups as Boko Haram and ISIS.

Check Out 8 Innovative Technologies The CIA Is Interested In

In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s investment arm, is interested in expertise ranging from 3D printing of electronics to reconnaissance drones that can hover indefinitely. The CIA has been investing in startups since 1999 through its not-for-profit arm called In-Q-Tel, hoping to accelerate development of technologies the agency might find useful.

Boko Haram: Nigerian Government Set Up Technical Committee on Deradicalisation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has constituted a technical committee in its bid to end violent extremism, crimes and other security challenges bedeviling the country.

Don't Panic! ONSA, Security Agencies Simulate Counter-terrorism Drill in Abuja

The Counter Terrorism Crisis Response Working Group being coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) will today 02/02/2016, conduct simulation exercises on prompt response to terror attack on some public buildings in Abuja.

Boko Haram Slaughter 86, Burn Children Alive in Recent Attack in Nigeria

At least 86 people, including a number of children, have been killed in a series of attacks on a village in north-eastern Nigeria, according to officials. 

EU Set To Probe €500 Notes’ Links to Terrorism

The €500 note, beloved by gangsters and Greek savers, is now being investigated for ties to terrorism.

Nigeria Police Hosts Counter-Kidnapping Workshop

A counter-kidnapping workshop has been declared open at the  Police Force headquarters in Abuja by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.

Nigerian Conmen, Syndicate Jailed For Scamming British Citizens £3million

Kelvin Okusanya

The mastermind behind a £3million Wonga scam which used the identities of thousands of innocent members of the public to withdraw cash has been jailed for six years.

Militants Hijack Vessel, Kidnap Crew Off Nigerian Coast

The Sun Newspaper reports that militants in support of the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed responsibility for the hijack of a ship on Friday along the Bakassi Pennisula Nigeria coastal line.

Security Operatives Forestall Another Bomb Blast In Maiduguri

Security operatives have demobilized materials suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devises (IED) planted near the office of the Borno State Pilgrims Welfare Board in Maiduguri.

Gunbattle in Maiduguri as Boko Haram Attacks City

Hundreds of residents of Dalori, a  suburban settlement 5km on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital,  have fled their homes as Boko Haram insurgents attacked on Saturday night, residents said.

Many are said to have been killed and injured by the insurgents who took the quiet village by surprise at about 7pm.

“The whole village has been set on fire,” said Tijjani Ali, a Maiduguri resident who lamented that soldiers manning the south-eastern gate of Maiduguri along Bama road were preventing fleeing residents from entering the city.

The spokesman of the Nigerian Army in the city, Colonel Mustapha Anka, confirmed the attack but declined details on casualty likely to have been incurred in the attack.

A local vigilante official, Gava Abbas, said, “It isn’t a good day for us today; the whole town is burnt down and many are feared killed, but my colleague who is also trapped outside Maiduguri said he can’t give details immediately.”

Soldiers, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, are preventing the displaced villagers from gaining entrance to Maiduguri because they fear Boko Haram might be using the attack to sneak in suicide bombers.

Boko Haram have of recent resort to using attacks from the outskirts of Maiduguri city to create some detour to enable suicide bombers sneak into the city to attack populated residential areas.

‎Despite these attacks, the Nigerian government insists Boko Haram has been incapacitated.

Source: Premium Times

Kidnappers Abduct Nonagenarian Monarch In Delta State, Second In A Month

GUNMEN shooting sporadically on Friday abducted the 96-year-old Odio-ologobo (traditional ruler) of Olomoro Kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, HRM Josiah Umukoro Aghaza I, 24 days after Fulani herdsmen kidnapped and murdered the Obi of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state.

Suicide Bomber Kills 10 In A Market In Adamawa State

A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up when he detonated a bomb allegedly said to have tied on his body killing 10 persons.

Breaking News! Two Female Suicide Bombers Hit Borno Market, 8 Killed, Scores Injured

Two suspected female suicide bombers detonated their bombs inside Chibok market in Chibok local government area of Borno state, leaving 8 people dead and over 30 others critically injured, a party chairman in Chibok, Lawan Pogu told a relation in Maiduguri.

Vacancies: Field Security Officers at the World Health Organization (WHO), Abuja, Nigeria etc

Underlisted are various security vacancies: Field Security Officers at the World Health Organization (WHO) Office in Abuja, Nigeria and other positions.