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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari comments on the #ENDSARS protests spreading across the nation. He assures of his administration’s commitment to reforming the SARS unit across Nigeria. The President, made the comments in a series of tweets on Friday night, said he had met with the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, who he said has briefed him on moves to reform the unit. He urged Nigerians to be patient and calm as they freely exercise their right to protest peacefully. Buhari tweeted: “I met again with the IGP tonight. Our determination to reform the police should never be in doubt. “I am being briefed regularly on the reform efforts ongoing to end police brutality and unethical conduct, and ensure that the Police are fully accountable to the people. “The IG already has my firm instructions to conclusively address the concerns of Nigerians regarding these excesses, & ensure erring personnel are brought to justice. “I appeal for patience & calm, even as Nig...

India’s Home Ministry has planned a programme to train 37,500 law enforcement officials across the country to deal with the growing cases of cyber fraud crimes. The ministry said this in a statement released on Friday in New Delhi. “It has become imperative for the law enforcement agencies to have an in-depth understanding of the working of the cyber domain and the modus-operandi of crimes being committed therein,’’ the ministry said. A senior official said on Friday that the aim of the programme was to produce digital crime investigators who would be apt enough to respond to cyber fraud and crack down on the perpetrators of the crimes. “The first line of officials in a police station will benefited from it,” he said. An international research by Cyber Security Ventures has revealed that India is ranked fifth among countries vulnerable to cyber fraud, while the U.S. tops the list.