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FIRE INDUSTRY GURU APPOINTED NEW FSA CHAIR

Appointment arrives at critical juncture for the fire industry

A senior figure within the fire sector – Tom Brookes - has been appointed as the new chair of the Fire & Security Association (FSA), after being confirmed in the role last week.

Mr. Brookes has over 25 years’ experience within the fire industry, having started work as a fire engineer in 1992. He bought Lindum Fire Services in 2002, and has since turned it into one of the major fire detection and alarm systems organisations within Lincolnshire.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:38

UK EXTENDS SUPPORT TO PEACEKEEPING IN SOUTH SUDAN

Defence Minister Lord Howe made the announcement at the 2017 United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in Vancouver.

At the event, co-hosted by the UK and partners, which comes one year on from the meeting held in London, Lord Howe announced that the UK is extending its deployment of some 300 British Army engineers to the UN Mission in South Sudan for an additional year, until April 2020.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:29

Half of UK consumers don’t believe commercial organisations care about their privacy, Thales research finds

Businesses face far more than just fines for non-compliance with GDPR

London, UK: Thales has announced the results of its research on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The report, based on research by Censuswide and sponsored by Thales, captures the perceptions of consumers and businesses on the preparedness levels of organizations in Europe and the United States for the May 2018 GDPR compliance deadline, as well as the new regulation’s business impact.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Case Studies; Posted On Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:23

Postmortem Analysis: Python Dance, Censor Will Not Curb Biafra, IPOB (2)

Drivers of Instability, Agitations in Nigeria

Newton’s third law of motion says ‘’for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction’’. A groundbreaking study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) titled, ‘’Journey to Extremism in Africa: Drivers, Incentives and the Tipping Point for Recruitment’’, published September 2017 reveals that ‘’Marginalization, perceived abuse of power is pushing Africa’s youth to violent extremism’’. Due to space and time constraint, I may not be able to fully expatiate how Buhari’s parochialism, ‘’northernization policy’’, inability to manage diversity and patent marginalization of Biafrans catalyzes, escalates the Biafra agitation. Cast your mind back to President Buhari’s 97% and 5% gambit and also reconcile it with his lopsided appointments, including the recent NNPC appointments. I will write on marginalization of Ndigbo in my subsequent treatise. Similar to the patent nepotism, marginalization, injustice as some of the drivers of recurring agitations in Nigeria, is also that of unprecedented youth unemployment currently bedeviling the country, especially parts of the southeast.