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Thursday, August 27, 2015

How to tell if you’ve been hacked—and what to do about it

Welcome to 2014—you’ve been hacked.
Well, maybe you haven’t been yet. There are some people who have managed to avoid having one of their online accounts compromised, but among regular Internet users, those people may be closer to the exception than the rule.
Rarely a week goes by without news of an organization having its customer or employee data compromised—either through a malicious attack, accidental disclosure, or new vulnerability found in a security protocol. Even the government database containing information on all federal employees was recently compromised by Chinese hackers. Virtually no one is truly immune.
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been at least 4,643 recorded data breaches since 2005, which have exposed over 633 million individual user records in the United States alone. Other reports have noted that 13 million U.S. consumers were victims of identity theft in in 2013, with the majority of those incidents stemming from data breaches. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics found that, the previous year, American identity theft victims suffered over $24.7 billion in losses—a number higher than burglary or auto theft.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Top 5 Most Harmful Phones, And The Top 5 Safest – According to Research

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Ample of researches have been conducted worldwide that prove the harmful effect mobile phones have on the health of users. A new research conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel further proves this point. Read more to know the most harmful phones (and the safest).
ublished in the Biochemical Journal, the study focuses on the healthy disasters triggered by the use of certain specific phones. A single use of such specific phones can lead to cancerous cell divisions, as per the research. The research also insists that children skulls’ let deeper penetration of the radiation and could pose a bigger threat to the lives of children.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Man Builds Fully-Functional Control Panel For His Computer

A man builds an amazing real-life control panel for his computer

A man builds an amazing real-life control panel for his computer

When mortals like us want to launch an App we do it the normal way by clicking on the icon. Similarly, if we want to save a file in Microsoft Word, we either press CTRL-S or go to File, Save, and save it. But Redditor smashcuts seems to have different ideals of running a PC. So he decided that maybe using his keyboard or his computer to perform these actions got a little boring.

Ban Ki-Moon demands unconditional release of Chibok girls

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, on Monday called for the unconditional release of the over 200 girls abducted in their school in Chibok, Borno State last year and other abductees of the Boko Haram sect.
Secretary General, United Nation, Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General, United Nation, Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-Moon made the appeal while addressing State House correspondents shortly after having a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the activities lined up for his two-day visit to the country.
His call came the week the girls will be spending their 500th day in captivity.
He commended Buhari who he said had embarked on an agenda for change in which he was prioritising security and anti-corruption war.
He promised UN support for the President’s agenda, saying “When you change Nigeria, you have also changed Africa.”
Buhari on his part said they discussed the difficult time Nigeria had found itself during the meeting.
He said the step was taken so that the UN could assist the country.
He thanked Ban Ki-Moon for extending invitation to him to attend the UN General Assembly holding in New York on September 27 and 28.
The UN scribe will return to the Presidential Villa by 7pm for a dinner organised in his honour.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Rape and Lesbianism


Rape is defined as an unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman typically by a man without her cons...

Rape is defined as an unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman typically by a man without her consent, chiefly by force.

It is an outrageous violation of the decency and the essence of womanhood. It is an indignity that remains in her mind forever.

All men of conscience must, in righteous indignation, condemn this bestiality. This evil act permeates the spectrum of the society and threatens to tear its fabric.

My worry is that underage girls now fall victims. This rapaciousness is no longer the preserve of strangers, but of close relations! Fathers, uncles, guardians, neighbours, and even brothers perpetrate this iniquity!

The time is almost at hand, when women will get wary of relationship with men, and adopt gender affinity; same sex! We condemned gay marriage. Pity as we precariously re-invent lesbianism! It’s our own nuclear device for human extinction!

Thursday, August 20, 2015

BVN: CBN provides guidelines for Nigerians abroad

The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has finalised the guidelines for Nigerians in the Diaspora to enroll for the Bank Verification Number.
The Director, Banking and Payment System Department, CBN, Mr. Dipo Fatokun, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
The central bank said it provided the guidelines to enable Nigerian bank customers living outside the country to register for the BVN without having to travel back home, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.
It said the measure was part of the efforts by the CBN to fully implement the BVN project.
It stated the registration pattern included the use of foreign-based Nigerian banks and a consultant called Online Integrated Solution.

Top 10 Tips And Tricks for WhatsApp users

Top 10 Tips And Tricks for WhatsApp users
WhatsApp has almost half billion users across the world. Its the most commonly used app however wonder how many users would claim to know the app thoroughly in the sense there are minute details which most of the users are not aware of like how to lock the app or say how to avoid downloading unwanted media files or simple methods to send the important data across to some friend. In this article we will try to go through certain tips and tricks useful in day to day activities of the users while using the WhatsApp:

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

2015/2016 USMAN DAN FODIYO (UDUSOK) Post UTME Form is out! Cut Off Mark, Eligibility and Deadline


This is to invite all candidates (UTME and DIRECT ENTRY) who chose the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, as their first choice Most Preferred 2015/2016 admissions, to register on-line for a screening exercise scheduled to hold from Tuesday 8th September to Thursday, 10th September, 2015, at 8:00 a.m. daily. The UTME applicants must have scored 180 and above in the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Direct Entry candidates must have at least Lower Credit at Diploma and a minimum of six (6) points at NCE/IJMB.
However, Direct Entry applicants for Medicine, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing, Radiography and Law should not register for the screening.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Top ISIS Member Arrested While Attempting To Flee To Nigeria

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After more than two years on the run, Islamic State top cleric in Lebanon, Ahmed Al Assir was arrested by Lebanese authorities on Saturday as he attempted to fly out of the country on a forged passport.
The country’s National News Agency reports that Mr. Al Assir was caught at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport on Saturday while trying to board a flight to Egypt using a fake Palestinian passport.

Two ISIS-bound Nigerian men arrested in India (photo)



Two young Nigerian men, Imran Kabeer 24 and Sani Jamiliu 25, both from Kano state, were arrested today August 7th in India as they made their way allegedly to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq

According to reports, the young men were arrested at the India-Pakistan border as they made to scale a barbed wire fence. When interrogated by India's Border Security Force officials, Imran and Sani said they were on their way to Pakistan and then to Iraq to join ISIS but when searched, they had no valid travel documents to enter Pakistan but it was found that they had entered India on August 6th.

They made their way from Amritsar city to Delhi and arrived at the integrated check point at Attari on Friday morning.
 “On finding the border gates closed, the youths moved towards a barbed wire fence along the Attari-Wagah rail track (on which the Samjhauta Express peace train between both countries plies) and jumped over the high barbed wire fence, thinking they had entered Pakistan. BSF personnel immediately nabbed them,” a BSF official said.

Monday, August 17, 2015

How to install and use WhatsApp without a SIM card

How to install and use WhatsApp without a SIM card

Here’s how you can use WhatsApp Messenger on your SIM-less device

WhatsApp Messenger is probably today the most globally popular and free messaging service available. You can use the service to send and share text messages, images, video, user location and audio media messages and share almost anything with your friends. To ensure that most of the users can use it, WhatsApp is made available across all the mobile platforms including Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia and Windows Phone.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

How New Islamic State Threat Was Uncovered

Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay details how the Sky News team gained the trust of a British couple recruiting for IS


Right up until publication, the Islamic State recruiters Sally Jones and Junaid Hussain kept in contact with the two fake identities we had created.
They were still hoping one of our characters, a girl, would attempt to assassinate the Queen and other members of the Royal Family with a pressure cooker bomb at this weekend's VJ commemorations.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Ribadu later realised Obasanjo was using him –Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said that former President Goodluck Jonathan was becoming authoritarian while in office.
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka
Soyinka also said that the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu admitted to him in the UK that he (Ribadu) realised late that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was using him as EFCC boss.

Sunday, August 09, 2015

President stops multiple accounts by NNPC, CBN, others

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered all ministries, agencies and departments of government to stop forthwith the operation of multiple bank accounts for the purpose of keeping revenues and incomes.
Affected MDAs
The Presidential order affects the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.
Also on the list are the Security and Exchange Commission, the Corporate Affairs Commission, the Nigerian Ports Authority, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Department of Petroleum Resources and the National Civil Aviation Authority, among others.
All the agencies must henceforth maintain a Treasury Single Account, domiciled with the CBN for revenues and other receipts.
The new directive was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, on Sunday.
Akande explained that the directive was meant to promote transparency and facilitate compliance with Sections 80 and 162 of the 1999 Constitution.
“Henceforth, all receipts due to the Federal Government or any of its agencies must be paid into TSA or designated accounts maintained and operated in the Central Bank of Nigeria, except otherwise expressly approved,” the statement said.
It explained that the presidential directive would end the previous public accounting situation of several fragmented accounts for government revenues, incomes and receipts.
He said the existing system had led to loss of legitimate income meant for the Federation Account, and that the directive applied to fully-funded organs of government like ministries, departments, agencies and foreign missions, as well as the partially-funded ones, including teaching hospitals, medical centres and federal tertiary institutions.
“For any agency that is fully or partially self-funding, sub-accounts linked to TSA are to be maintained at CBN and the accounting system will be configured to allow them access to funds based on their approved budgetary provisions,” the statement explained.
A TSA, according to Akande, is a unified structure of government bank accounts, enabling consolidation and optimal utilisation of government cash resources.
He said the system would allow the government to transact all its receipts and payments and get a consolidated view of its cash position at any given time.
Buhari had during the inaugural meeting of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led National Economic Council, on June 29, promised state governors that all revenues prescribed for lodgement into the Federation Account would be treated as such under his watch.
He had also promised to ensure strict compliance with all relevant laws on accounting, allocation and disbursement.
Meanwhile, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission on Sunday said the mining sector had contributed over N2bn to the federation account.
The Chairman, RMAFC, Elias Mbam, according to a statement, said this during a meeting with the executive officers of the Miners Association of Nigeria, led by the association’s president, Sani Shehu.
Mbam, in the statement issued by the commission, was also said to have unveiled plans to collaborate with the miners association in order to enhance the revenue generation potential of the sector.
The statement read in part, “The chairman commended the executives and members of the association for their sustained interest in the growth and development of the solid minerals sector in spite of the enormous challenges, promising to partner the association in its quest to diversify the economy, especially in the face of dwindling oil revenue.
“In this regard, he disclosed that the commission has supported the development of the sector through the Natural Resources Fund domiciled in the CBN.
“Mbam stressed that the Sector has contributed over N2bn into the Federation Account.”

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Corruption: Probe your election sponsors first, Fayose tells Buhari

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to start his anti-corruption fight by probing those that sponsored his election to reveal their sources of income.
Fayose
Fayose said, “Some of those who sponsored the President’s election have not done any other jobs apart from holding public offices. Yet, they provided private jets and funds with which the President campaigned across the length and breadth of Nigeria. He should let Nigerians know where they got money to buy private jets and the several billions of naira spent on his election.

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Major oil firm, MRS, owes FCMB N6.2bn

The Central Bank of Nigeria-initiated name and shame campaign of banks’ delinquent debtors gained further momentum on Wednesday as First City Monument Bank Limited and Ecobank Nigeria published their lists.
Debtors
The lists have the names of popular companies, whose directors are prominent Nigerians appearing among the high non-performing loan defaulters.
MRS Oil & Gas, a major player in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry, topped FCMB’s list of delinquent debtors with a N6.2bn non-performing loan. The list has 86 names with a combined bad debt of N17.11bn.

Researchers Create High Speed Network Faster Than Internet

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Researchers on the West Coast have created an ultra-fast private fiber-optic cable network that allows the data transfer at 100 gigabits per second.

Stifled by the current data transfer speeds, the researchers on the West Coast have been creating their own network of ultra high-speed fiber optic cables. This high-speed network mesh will connect the regions’ university campuses and other scientific laboratories.

Top 5 Facebook Scams That You Should Be Aware Of

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Social media sites such as Facebook and their immense user base are prone to scams most of the times. Here’s a list of Top 5 Facebook scams that you should be wary of.
The bigger and popular sites with the huge number of visitors are like hackers’ wonderland for posting scams. Especially the users on social media websites are prone to such scams that further convert to dangerous cyber attacks. Facebook has about 1.4 billion users making it potentially the most active social media site for the hackers.

Monday, August 03, 2015

Emeka Offor, Abike Dabiri’s firms, others owe banks N143.81bn

Nigerian Deposit Money Banks on Monday continued with the policy of naming and shaming their delinquent debtors with further publication of the names of firms and their directors whose loans have become non-performing for more than one year.
Some directors of debtor firms
While nine banks published the names of the loans defaulters on Monday, four banks released the lists of their chronic debtors, owing a total of N143.81bn, on Tuesday.