Cameroon's Army Faces Boko Haram in Ghost Town onNigerian Border

Amchide (Cameroon) (AFP) - A deathly silence hangs over the once lively trading town of Amchide in the far north of Cameroon, abandoned to the army by residents terrified of raids by the Islamists of Boko Haram.

EFCC To Arraign Nigerian Prisons Accountant For Stealing N200 Million

Mrs Akon ImabongEsu-Nte

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will tomorrow Friday November 14, 2014 arraign Mrs. Imaobong. Akon Esu- Nte, the Head of Capital Accounts Unit of the Nigerian Prison Service before a Federal Capital Territory High Court (21), Apo, on charges bordering on stealing and money laundering.

Cellphone Use “Triples Brain Tumor Rates”, New Study Says

Did you ever wonder how a cell phone might affect your brain? When you think about it, the use of cell phones is massively experimental, as we had no idea what kind of negative effects they might have on people when they were first introduced. Well now, decades after heavy use of cell phones, a study shows that brain tumor rates nearly triple after 25 years of cell phone use.

British Prime Minister - David Cameron To Reveal New Laws To Fight Terrorism In The UK

David Cameron

David Cameron will unveil fresh laws to fight terrorism in the UK in a speech to the Australian parliament focusing on how to stem the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq.

British Woman Jailed for Trying to Fund Terrorism

Amal El-Wahabi arrives at The Old Bailey in London, on Aug. 13. El-Wahabi is the first person in the U.K. found guilty of funding Syrian terrorism. Photographer: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A woman has been jailed in Britain after being convicted of trying to send cash to her jihadi husband fighting in Syria.

Nigeria Army 'Recaptures Mubi From Boko Haram'

The Nigerian army has recaptured the north-eastern town of Mubi from militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the state governor has said.

A resident of the town confirmed this to the BBC, saying he had seen the bodies of many Boko Haram fighters.

Insecurity: Nigeria Police To Screen, Monitor Vigilante Groups

The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Thursday, directed all commissioners of police to ensure the adequate screening of vigilante groups across Nigeria.

Nigeria Set To Buy Arms From Russia

Nigeria is seeking to buy arms from Russia, The Nation learnt yesterday.

It is unclear if Russia has granted Nigeria’s request, following an arms embargo by the United States.

Beware Of Free Wi-Fi In Public Places; 'DarkHotel' Hackers Are On The Loose

A popular saying goes thus: 'nothing is absolutely free in life, not even in Freetown'. Individuals and corporate organizations are been warned about ongoing hack attacks that target hi-tech entrepreneurs and other corporate executives in their hotel rooms.

Nigeria’s Kidnapped Chibok School Girls and Boko Haram’s Forced Recruitment - John Campbell

Jacob Zenn has written a thoughtful and important article, “Boko Haram: Recruitment, Financing, and Arms Trafficking in the Lake Chad Region.” It appears in the Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center based at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Local Hunters Kill 80 Boko Haram Members, Recapture Maiha

Local Hunters

At least 80 members of the Boko Haram sect were reportedly killed n Wednesday in a battle with local hunters in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The School That Says Osama Bin Laden Was A Hero

Osama Bin Laden

A hardline cleric in Pakistan is teaching the ideas of Osama Bin Laden in religious schools for about 5,000 children.

Is the World Health Organization Using Vaccines to Secretly Sterilize Women All Over the Globe?

In some areas of the world, purposely cutting off someone’s family line is considered to be one of the most wicked things that you can possibly do.  But that appears to be precisely what the United Nations is doing.  Two UN organizations, the WHO and UNICEF, have just been caught red-handed administering “tetanus vaccines” laced with sterilizing agents to girls and women in Kenya.

United States Agencies Struggle To Combat Cyberattacks

A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing number of cyberattacks and is unwittingly being undermined by federal employees and contractors.

Workers scattered across more than a dozen agencies, from the Defense and Education departments to the National Weather Service, are responsible for at least half of the federal cyberincidents reported each year since 2010, according to an Associated Press analysis of records.

Pope Calls on G20 Leaders To Confront Root Causes of Terrorism in Middle East

Pope Francis

Pope Francis has called on the G20 leaders, who head the world's major economic powers, to confront the root causes of terrorism and to prevent attacks against minorities in the Middle East.