Why investments in IT and device security are often ‘misaligned with the actual challenge’
A security professional with deep healthcare expertise offers his perspective on medical-device patching and previews cybersecurity trends for 2022…
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FG considers imposition of state of emergency in Anambra state over insecurity
The Federal Government in a new threat has announced that it will likely impose a state of emergency in Anambra State to tighten security ahead of the November 6 governorship elections in the state. This follows heightened insecurity and breakdown of law and order in the state with several killings in the build-up to the…
President Buhari Suffers Personal Loss As Ex-Chief Security Officer Dies
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of his former Chief Security Officer (CSO), Alhaji Ahmadu Gaada as a personal loss. Buhari made the submission in a condolence message on Wednesday to the family of the deceased in which he prayed God to give them strength to bear the loss…
University Of Maiduguri Security Officials Injure, Assault Female Students Protesting Tuition Hike
Some students of the University of Maiduguri have sustained injuries while protesting the recent increment in tuition by the management of the institution. SaharaReporters gathered that some of the females among them were reportedly stripped and sexually harassed during detention by the campus security officials. The students were said to have embarked on a protest…
UN Security Council Says N.Korea Bypassing Sanctions
North Korea continues to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles while coming up with increasingly ingenious ruses to bypass international sanctions, the UN Security Council said in a report Monday. The North “continued to seek material and technology for these programs overseas,” it warned, …
Asean champions regional efforts in cybersecurity, urges international participation
Currently the only regional organisation to adapt UN’s 11 norms of state cyberspace behaviour, Asean pledges to drive deeper collaboration and interoperability amongst member states and calls for other international communities to cooperate amid increasing cyber threats…
UNIMAID security officials stripped female students naked during tuition hike protest -Eyewitnesses
Some students of the University of Maiduguri sustained injuries while protesting the recent increment in tuition by the management of the institution. Some of the females among them were reportedly stripped naked in public and sexually harassed during detention by campus security officials, eyewitnesses said. Majority of those injured…
An ambitious ethanol plan sparks food security fears in India
India’s ambitious plan to cut the use of fossil fuels by promoting ethanol derived from rice, corn and sugar is drawing criticism from some experts who warn the move could undermine food security in the world’s second-most populous country.In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration accelerated the nation’s ethanol goal by five years…
Universal Credit cut: a guide to financial aid alternatives
Boris Johnson defends £20-a-week cut by arguing that taxpayers should not ‘subsidise’ low pay…
Murders Spiked In 2020. How Will That Change The Politics of Crime?
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): New data released by the FBI last week showed a spike in homicides in 2020, while major crimes overall in the U.S. fell. This marked one of the biggest one-year increases on record…