Anti-terror Measures: How Technology Helps Fight The Counter-Terrorism War

Davey Winder examines how technology can

help and hinder in the fight against terrorism. Science is being used to counter "technically aware terrorists", as part of a wider technology push for countering international terror threats, according to the UK government's recent Protecting the UK Against Terrorism policy document.

Nigerian Troops Uncovers List And Sketches Of Town To Be Attacked By Boko Haram

Troops operating in the North-East have captured documents containing list and sketches of communities and towns apparently slated for attack, from fleeing terrorists in Adamawa.

16 Absolutely Outrageous Abuses Detailed In The CIA Torture Report

Listing every horrifying detail in the Senate Intelligence Committee's summary report on the CIA's torture program would be impossible. There's just too much. To get a sense of the gravity of the abuses, however, here are 16 of the most egregious behaviors detailed by the report.

1. The CIA put hummus in a detainee's rectum

Seized Russian Airplane:Nigerian Government ReleasesWeapons-Laden Aircraft

The aircraft was heading from Bangui in the Central African Republic to Ndjamena, the capital of Chad
when it was impounded by the officials on Saturday, December 6.

Boko Haram Abducts 20 More Girls In Borno

The Boko Haram sect has reportedly abducted over 20 girls in Lassa, a town in Borno State. Quoting a member of the community, Daniel Ibrahim, SaharaReporters stated that the Boko Haram sect also killed many people, mostly old men and women, before they kidnapped the women.

Tor a Big Source of Bank Fraud - Treasury Dept

A new report from the U.S. Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers by cyberthieves over the past decade might have been thwarted had affected institutions known to look for and block transactions coming through Tor, a global communications network that helps users maintain anonymity by obfuscating their true location online.

France Aiding Boko Haram, Nigerian Minister Alleges

Dr Sulaiman

Nigeria's Minister of National Planning, Dr Abubakar Sulaiman, has blamed continued onslaught of Boko Haram terrorists on Nigeria on alleged animosity the country shares with Francophone West African countries.

BREAKING: Nigerian Military Intercepts Arms-Laden Russian Plane Bound for Chad

Report reaching our newsdesk indicates that the Nigerian military has confiscated a Russian plane loaded with dangerous arms and ammunition, bound for neighbouring Chad.

Premium Times reports that the aircraft was intercepted early Saturday at the Aminu Kano International Airport.

It was further learnt that the plane, which was heading for N’djamena, the capital of Chad, landed in Kano at about 2 a.m., Nigerian time.

Source:

 Daily Post

Nigerian Man In UK Scams Women of £100,000

Adewole

A Nigerian man, Adewale Adewole based in the UK, is now facing jail time after admitting to four-count charges of fraud, Daily Mail reports.

Nigerian Soldier Tests Positive For Ebola in Liberia

Ebola Virus

A Nigerian soldier on the United Nations’ peace mission in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola, the Associated Press reports.

Jonathan Appoints New ComptrollerGeneral of Prisons

Dr Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu

A new Comptroller General of Prisons, Dr. Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu has been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Social Network Do's and Don'ts: US Military Personnel Advised To Hide Online Identity With Cartoons, Avatars

Members of the U.S. military are being instructed to hide their identities on social media websites by replacing their profile images with cartoons or avatars.

Threat Alert! Boko Haram Planning To Bomb Apapa Seaport - Police

Western Ports Command of the Nigeria Police has raised the alarm over threat by the Boko Haram sect to bomb Lagos, with the nation’s seaport in Apapa as its likely target.

Operation Auroragold: How The NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide

In March 2011, two weeks before the Western intervention in Libya, a secret message was delivered to the National Security Agency. An intelligence unit within the U.S. military’s Africa Command needed help to hack into Libya’s cellphone networks and monitor text messages.

ThreatStream Rakes In $22M For RealTime CyberSecurity Intelligence

Security startup ThreatStream has closed a $22 million Series B funding round, it said Thursday, adding yet another security company to the list of those landing cash in recent months. ThreatStream’s CEO is Hugh Njemanze, a former founder and CTO of the security firm ArcSight, which Hewlett-Packard gobbled up for $1.5 billion in 2010.