First picture of the face of the younger, normal, happy looking schoolboy who has now turned into the reviled, disgusting ISIS executioner, Jihadi John, who has publicly beheaded many people and now the face of ISIS.
Originally born in Kuwait before moving to UK at 6, his name is Mohammed Emwazi. He embraced British life, playing football in the affluent streets of West London while supporting Manchester United. Neighbours recalled a polite, quietly spoken boy who was studious at his Church of England school, where he was the only Muslim pupil in his class.
The son of a Kuwaiti minicab driver, young Emwazi arrived in Britain speaking only a few words of English, and appeared more interested in football than in Islam. It was only after he won a place studying computing at the University of Westminster that his behaviour began to change.
He was on a UK terror watch list, but managed to flee to Syria in 2012. Now, he’s known around the world as the notorious Islamic State murderer who has shocked the world with his bloodlust.
The university has since been linked with several proponents of radical Islam, and Emwazi appeared to have fallen under their sway.
He began attending different mosques and was known to associate with Bilal el-Berjawi, who was killed by a drone strike in Somalia three years ago.
In August 2009, after his graduation, Emwazi flew to Tanzania in East Africa with friends and told authorities they were going on a wildlife safari.
But the group was refused entry and put on a plane to the Netherlands, where Emwazi later claimed he was questioned by an MI5 agent called Nick.
The British officer accused him of planning to travel to Somalia to join the militant group Al Shabaab, he said, and said MI5 had been watching him. Emwazi denied the accusation – bragging that he would not take a designer Rocawear sweater in his luggage if he was planning to join Somalian rebels.
In emails to the campaign group Cage, Emwazi said: ‘He [Nick] knew everything about me; where I lived, what I did, the people I hanged around with.’
‘Nick’ then tried to recruit the 21-year-old, Emwazi claimed, and threatened him when he refused to cooperate.
Emwazi said the officer told him: ‘You’re going to have a lot of trouble…You’re going to be known…You’re going to be followed…Life will be harder for you.’
On his return to Britain, Emwazi said his family told him they had been ‘visited’, and he claimed a woman he had been planning to marry broke off their engagement because her family had also been contacted and were scared.
According to Emwazi, his family then began planning for him to travel to Kuwait to get him away from the ‘harassment’ he had suffered in Britain and he went to work for a computer programming company in the emirate.
In his account to Cage, he said security officers continued to visit his family and he decided to make a ‘new life’ in Kuwait, where he was once again planning to marry.
But following a visit back to Britain in 2010 he said he was stopped at Heathrow Airport and barred from flying back to Kuwait, and claimed that he was interrogated by an aggressive officer who threw him against a wall, grabbed his beard and strangled him.
Emwazi made an official complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, saying he had been assaulted by the officer.
But court documents show he was also arrested himself later that year and charged with possessing five stolen bicycles, although he was later acquitted at court.
Incensed by the decision to stop him returning to Kuwait, Emwazi told Cage he felt ‘like a prisoner’ in London.
He said he was ‘a person imprisoned and controlled by security service men, stopping me from living my new life in my birthplace and country, Kuwait.’
Friends told the Washington Post he was already talking wildly about travelling to Syria, where the uprising against Bashar al Assad was beginning in earnest.
But he also applied for work in Saudi Arabia, taking a course to teach English and applying for work at language centres in the kingdom.
Rejected by those, his father suggested he change his name in a bid to avoid any block from British authorities, and Cage said he changed his name by deed poll in 2013 to become Mohammed al-Ayan.
He made one more attempt to fly back to Kuwait that year but was barred from leaving Britain again and disappeared from his parents’ home a week later.
His parents reported him missing after three days but claimed it was four months before police arrived at their home and said they had information he was in Syria.
His father, 51, told police they were wrong and that his son was in Turkey helping refugees from Syria, and the family are said to continue to deny that he is the masked IS executioner.
Meanwhile, two British trainee medics who met Jihadi John in Syria said he had a fearless ‘nothing to lose’ attitude and was always ready for war.
Speaking anonymously to ITV, they said the killer was unmarried and was probably picked for the executioner poster boy role because of the way he handled difficult situations.
One of them said: ‘He seems like someone with not a lot to lose. There has been incidents where he has run into checkpoints and he dealt with people in a careless, gung-ho manner with disregard for his own safety.
They told us last year that they have “Upgraded”. And true to their
word, 2of A Kind of McManamans entertainment have released a hot new single titled LEG OF GOD, produced, mixed and mastered in the UK by ace Jamaican UK based. music producer L’Momrelle .
The song is a ‘confam’ party starter and it. tells us that the
identical twins will stop at nothing to keep churning out.
BlackFaceNaija releases the visuals for “IkebeSuper” a single off his
yet to be released and much anticipated “Defender” album This Video was shot by M.dot , watch, share or download below.
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The body of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified as Ernest, was, Wednesday, recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous substance.
Reports indicated that the young man, who was in love with a fellow NYSC member, Chioma Okewuru, went berserk when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from a man she had promised to marry.
Ernest, who is from Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma, and both were serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.
Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra told Vanguard on phone: “The girl had told the guy that she would not marry him, but that they could be friends. So when she came back from home last weekend and showed him the ring her husband-to-be gave her, the young man became furious.
“On Wednesday, the situation became worse and at about 7pm, he locked himself in the room and took some poisonous substances.”
A source in the school said: “They met at the NYSC Orientation Camp at Abrekpe-Ebokpo and as luck would have it, they were both posted to the same school where they had a relationship going.
“He had the hope the whole thing would end in marriage, but Chioma already had another person she wants to marry.”
Ntuen said the body had been deposited in the mortuary of Obubra General Hospital, while Chioma is with the police, where investigations on the circumstances surrounding the tragic death are in progress.
Teasekay is a very young versatile artist coming out this year in the industry and he’s about storming the whole of Nigeria Music industry Nation and worldwide with this amazing tune. Much talent and style he has got. Let’s support this talent and make him reach that spot.
Son of Nollywood’s popular actress “Joke Muyiwa” is out with his debut single titled “Bassline“. Yomi Ayeni better known as “Thespis” is a final year student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University and he has been honing his skills underground having works on songs with “Chief Dr Ebenezer Obey”, fast rising rapper “Brain” etc.
“Bassline” is produced by “Rhythm” and it’ll definitely sweep you off the ground from first listening.
John Singer makes a debut appearance with a new single “Final Day”. John Singer is a PHC based Artiste who has won multiple awards.
He drops this dope Afro Hip-Hop song “Final Day” to bless your dancing shoes.
#LetsLiveTogether song composed by #FadaSheyin, he is a peace loving leader, urging Nigerians to live together in peace and unity to make Nigeria a better place for us and the Next Generation. Let’s Live Together features Ebube, Thomas, Ify Benson and Donsam.
” Nigerian Hip Hop Superstars Ice Prince, Phynoand Olamidehave come together for a social awareness cause as they collaborate on a yet to be released song called “Get Some Money“. The song is an initiative of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria a social enterprise that connects Nigerian youth with ICT-enabled opportunities.
This organisation is currently working on a project called #DigitalJobs which aims to provide tens of thousands of Nigerian youths with legitimate jobs on the internet. In order to make this objective a reality they have gotten some of the biggest stars in Nigerian music to encourage Nigerian youths to embrace the #DigitalJobs project and desist from internet fraud.
“Get Some Money” will be officially released on Friday the 27th of February 2015 by 12pm at Paradigm Initiative Nigeria’s social media week Conference tagged “#SMWLAGOSEXPLORE WITH PIN! BEHIND THE SCENE”.”
Dunnie is back again, but not with a cover this time… The Afro fusion singer who was a finalist in last year’s TV games show ‘Star The Winner Is’.
Dunnie drops a conscious & scintillating tune ‘My Tomorrow’ produced by Raybeats which centre around the challenges being faced by women telling two different stories of domestic abuse they face in the Nigeria society today…
Spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign group, Femi Fani-Kayode, has something to say about Gen. Buhari’s visit to Chatham house today. Read below…
“We wonder whether General Buhari told his foreign audience whilst he was in London how much he loves Boko Haram. We wonder whether he told his audience that he once said that he believed that an attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the north and that the Boko Haram terrorists should be appeased, pampered, resettled and paid allowances. We wonder if he told them that he was once nominated by Boko Haram to be their spokesman and representative during proposed negotiations with the Federal Government”
“For now, all we can say is that it is truly pitiful that a former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria believes that it is more important to win the hearts and minds of the British than it is to win the hearts and minds of the Nigerian people. General Buhari can run to any foreign country in the world to say anything that he likes but at the end of the day the decision as to who will lead Nigeria as from May 29th this year will be determined by no one else but the Nigerian people. The game is on here and not in London,” he said
Port-Harcourt’s First Son, Duncan Mighty took to his facebook fan page to slam the All Progressive Congress, their presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and their supporters, however he later deleted the post.
“Northside Entertainment dancehall queen, Cynthia Morgan, A.K.A the gangster property releases the video to her banging single, “German Juice”. Shot on a sunny and summer-themed location, the video features a host of pretty girls with big backsides all displaying their endowments just as the song itself suggests. The Clarence Peters/Jude okoye directed video also features a cameo appearance from Phyno and P-Square.”
She must be an Angel. I know I can’t do that. Lol
Josphine Agwu story went viral after she returned N12m to the owner at the Muritala Mohammed Int Airport, Lagos.
Josephine found the huge sum in the toilet and instead of her to run away with the money, she decided to pass it over to the airport management. That right there is a good deed.
She earns just N7,500 monthly. The Lagos State House of Assembly plans to honor Josephine soon.
If it was you, what would you have done? #BeSincere
Hakan Calhanoglu’s second half stunner rocked 10-man Atletico Madrid and gave Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 first leg lead in the last-16 of the Champions League.
The Turkey international’s wonderful strike proved enough to separate the sides at the BayArena, with Karim Bellarabi instrumental in the build-up.
Leverkusen threatened in the first half and saw Emir Spahic denied on two occasions, but they were grateful to Bernd Leno for making two late saves to keep the score level.
Tiago was sent off for two bookable offences late on to heap more misery on Atletico, who failed to score for their second successive Champions League game.
Capital Hill’s Chidinma premieres video to the Del B produced number titled “Kite” . The alluring video was shot on locations in Cape Town, South Africa by Clarence Peters. What a delight to the eyes.
Enjoy!
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has disclosed that, contrary to claims in some quarters, any certificate obtained from the Kaduna Satellite Campus of the Ambrose Alli University is fraudulent and a scam.
This is coming on the heels of her husband’s certificate scandal . Buhari had claimed his academic qualifications were with the military board but the military came forward to say he lied . Currently there are a couple of perjury cases against Buhari in courts.
Deputy Director Press of the NUC, Ibrahim Yakassai disclosed, this to The Nigerian Times when our reporter called to confirm the status of the institution and certificates earned from it.
He said: “It is fraudulent and a scam. There is no such thing like Ambrose Alli University, Kaduna Study Center. The NUC is not aware of such.”
The Nigerian Times recalls that the Daily Trust Newspaper in the story, ‘Now, Hajiya Aisha Buhari steps out’, published January 18, 2015 had reported that the beautiful wife of General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (Kaduna satellite campus). She later proceeded, based on the same degree, to obtain a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Strategic Studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.
The NUC in a directive in 2001, under former Executive Secretary Peter Okebukola to all Vice-Chancellors, had directed all university satellite campuses to be shut down. While most Universities complied, few others were adamant, leading to another directive by the present Executive Secretary Professor Julius Okojie, to re-affirm the initial directive that all universities in the country running external campuses (satellite campuses) be shut down.
A satellite campus, according to the NUC guidelines on which basis the illegal ones were closed down, “must not be more than 200 kilometres from the main campus,” “must not be located in a state outside the state in which the main campus is located,” “must have staff of the satellite campus directly or indirectly appointed by the main campus in line with laid down academic standards.”
According to Daily Trust, Mrs. Buhari enrolled in the undergraduate programme of the Ambrose Alli University and received lectures at its Leventis Building satellite campus, Kaduna.
The Newspaper also reported that she holds a National Certificate in Education (NCE) from the National Teachers Institute (NTI) alongside a Diploma in Beauty Therapy at the Carlton Institute of Beauty Therapy, Windsor, in the United Kingdom and a certificate course from the French Beauty School, Esthetique Academie Dubai. She is a member of the United Kingdom’s Vocational Training and Charitable Trust and the International Health and Beauty Council.
Speaking to The Nigerian Times, a former coordinator of one the satellite campuses of the university who asked to be anonymous, said while some campuses were able to insert records of some students of the satellite campuses into the general students’ records at the main campus, others were just issued certificates without recourse to the parent school.
He said while the certificates of those whose records where successfully entered into the school’s main record could claim some level of validity, the others remain invalid.
He said: “The campuses started in 1998 and were all officially closed in 2002.
“Some of the campuses at the earlier stages would get someone from the main campus in Ekpoma to invigilate the examinations and under some arrangements would then register the students’ particulars in the record of the university. After this, those certificates got a value of validity.
“However, after sometime some centers started issuing certificates to their students in the name of the parent university without any recourse to record keeping and so when employers or schools of post graduate studies contacted Ekpoma for verification, the records of most of them were not found. These developments finally led to the NUC’s hammer on those centers.”
Every effort to get responses from the Registrar of the University, Mr. Ojo Maliki and Public Relations Officer of the university, proved abortive. While mails where not responded to, calls from our reporter were treated with rude and evasive responses. A University officer, who craved anonymity, told this newspaper that Edo being an APC state, the authorities are extremely careful not to get caught in Nigeria’s fractious political party rivalries.
Former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo is setting the record straight about his allegations that more than N30 trillion has been lost, stolen or unaccounted for under Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s watch in the last four years.
Soludo is expatiating on his claims in response to president Goodluck Jonathan‘s response on the matter, in which he stated that Soludo’s claims are illogical. Jonathan’s statement is contained in a ThisDay article titled, “Jonathan Replies Soludo over missing N30 trillion claim,” Premium Times reports.
In the article, Jonathan stated:
“Not too long ago I read in one of the papers, I think Vanguard, that former chief economic adviser to President Obasanjo who also went to become a CBN governor… Soludo is a professor and first class material. Yes, making a first class in economics, he is a brilliant person. His secondary school records are fantastic. So by all standards he is a brilliant person. So the Vanguard wrote that he accused Ngozi; that N30 trillion was stolen under the watch of Ngozi in four years,” the president said.
“Ngozi became a finance minister, let’s say from 2011 till date. From that time till now, our annual budget is between N4.3 trillion and N4.9 trillion. So even if you put all together, it is about 18 plus trillion naira, and not 30 trillion. The budget for these four years is less than N20 trillion, but Soludo said that under Ngozi’s watch they stole N30 trillion. This is in the papers, social media, stored in the clouds and will continue to be there. And when you type it in it will come out that during President Jonathan’s time they stole N30 trillion.”
Read Soludo’s response to Jonathan:
My attention has been drawn this morning to an article entitled: “Jonathan Replies Soludo over “missing N30 trillion” claim”— extracting from Mr. President’s interview as published by Thisday newspaper.
ThisDay quoted Mr. President as saying that “Soludo said that under Ngozi’s watch they stole N30 trillion” but that since the sum of the federal budget over the last four years was less than N30 trillion, such an amount could not have been “stolen”.
According to the President, “it is all political”. I had earlier stated that I would not make further comments on the issues until probably after the elections but since Mr. President has decided to join the fray, I am constrained to make a further brief clarification.
For me, President Jonathan is a gentleman and a friend but I have a fundamental disagreement on his management of the economy. On the issues at stake, I believe that the pressures of office and the hectic electioneering campaigns have not allowed him time to read my articles or that his staff have not explained the contents to him hence he totally missed the point in his comments. For the avoidance of doubt, let me clarify as follows:
1. In my article entitled “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Missing Trillions”, I presented some rough calculations covering: oil theft, money that ought to accrue to stock of foreign reserves, unbudgeted oil subsidy payments, customs duty waivers, leakages through the self-financing government parastatals, unremitted sums by NNPC, etc.
I concluded that section of my article by noting that: “I have a long list but let me wait for now. I do not want to talk about other ‘black pots’ that impinge on national security. My estimate, Madam, is that probably more than N30 trillion has either been stolen or lost or unaccounted for or simply mismanaged under your watchful eyes in the past four years”.
It is evident that the monies I referred to are “off-budget”. These are monies that did not make it to the budget. I find it funny that the Government deliberately avoided the issues raised above but instead has sought to divert attention by focusing on the “federal budget”.
Let me state for the record that I believe that the amount of resources that are either stolen from the economy or out-rightly mismanaged by government far exceeds the federal budget per annum.
Ours is about a N100 trillion economy, and I will be shocked if the government pretends that it does not know that currently about 10% of the GDP falls into a ‘black hole’ on annual basis.
We have not added figures based on counterfactual analysis such as the cost to the aggregate economy of bad or misguided economic policy. For example, in today’s Thisday newspaper, a headline news reports that “Aliko Dangote, Africa’s Richest Man, Loses $7.8 Billion as Naira, Stocks Plunge” while reporting that “In dollar terms, the devaluation has knocked more than $40 billion off the value of Nigeria’s economy”. Of course, most people predicted that oil prices would soon fall but we were caught unprepared, and today, the parallel market exchange rate is N225 to the dollar.
Thus, the kind of analysis in today’s Thisday is just one little example of the kind of collateral damages–‘costs’ or ‘losses’– that mismanagement foists on the system. To repeat, my article did not focus on the federal budget: the mismanagement of the consumption budget and its unprecedented debt accumulation (with low value-for-money expenditures) are entirely different matters.
3. What I found particularly disconcerting as a Nigerian from the comments I read is the fixation to validation from the World Bank. According to Mr. President, “we asked the Minister how her colleagues at the World Bank saw the accusation”. I shook my head in disbelief. It is instructive that no one asked what Nigerians thought or ‘how Nigerians saw it’ but rather what was important to government was the impression of the World Bank. If this is the mind-set of our leaders, then ordinary citizens have real cause to worry.
Well, I have read several editorial comments of Nigerian media and they do not agree with the ‘impression’ of the World Bank official. I read a similar comment by a high government official stating that World Bank officials and CNN had told them that government was doing well and therefore who else could question them.
But neither the World Bank nor CNN conducts comprehensive independent surveys on the economy— they comment based on the data they are given— and their subjective “opinions” cannot substitute for hard facts.
The World Bank is not a statistical agency. I can provide a long list of countries that World Bank reports praised as ‘star performers’ and they slumped into deep crisis almost immediately after. Check out the World Bank and IMF reports on the US and other countries’ economies shortly before the unprecedented global financial and economic crisis in fifty years (the Great Recession of 2008/09).
Actually for many countries once they start getting such ‘praises’, then perceptive officials begin to worry. Nigeria is probably the only country where its government officials quote the World Bank while ignoring data from its own statistical agency!
A serious concern is that while government relies on external validation (opinion) as ‘proof’ of its performance, it is selective in the process—accepting the positive ones and disparaging the negative ones. Our recent exchanges illustrate the point. In my first article (26th January): “Buhari Vs Jonathan: Beyond the Elections”, I argued that “the economy seems to be on auto pilot, with confusion as to who is in charge, and government largely as a constraint.
There are no big ideas, and it is difficult to see where economic policy is headed to. My thesis is that the Nigerian economy, if properly managed, should have been growing at an annual rate of about 12% given the oil boom, and poverty and unemployment should have fallen dramatically over the last five years”. No one has credibly challenged the above, except what the Financial Times of London described as a “furious response by the Minister”. But, the influential Economist Magazine of London and New York Times agreed with us. According to the Economist editorial (7th February, 2015):
“… as Africa’s biggest economy stages its most important election since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999, and perhaps since the civil war four decades ago, Nigerians must pick between the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, who has proved an utter failure, and the opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari….
The single bright spot of his rule has been Nigeria’s economy, one of the world’s fastest-growing. Yet that is largely despite the government rather than because of it, and falling oil prices will temper the boom. The prosperity has not been broadly shared: under Mr Jonathan poverty has increased. Nigerians typically die eight years younger than their poorer neighbours in nearby Ghana”. I gave the Government an “F” grade on economic management, and the Economist described its performance as “utter failure”.
The Economist also basically agreed with me that the re-basing of the economy and its observed ‘growth’ have nothing to do with government policy. Again, government has not credibly challenged the above or is the Economist’s view also ‘all political ’? Government simply waved it off. My point is that if Government has to rely on the “impressions” of external bodies, then it should be consistent and comprehensive.
4. In conclusion, let me re-state that I firmly stand by my earlier statements. These are weighty statements which I weighed carefully before issuing. I appreciate that this is an election time and so attempts would be made to trivialize, or either play politics with, or divert attention from, them. In a serious society, we should have had a good debate on these matters as they could provide some of the building blocks in trying to pick the pieces after the elections.
Part of our citizen duty in a democracy is to raise such issues and demand for answers. In the meantime, I grant that our leaders are busy with campaigns but these issues won’t go away until we have a transparent resolution. Be assured that after the elections, we will be back with even more questions!
Above is a photo of members of Boko Haram captured by Chadian soldiers yesterday in Gamboru, a border town between Chad and Nigeria. 207 of the militants were killed during the gun battle
We have received information that Femi Fani Kayode has paid some boys to mobilize Nigerians in the UK to protest against Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday (26/02/2015) at Chatham House. This is to create a wrong signal that Nigerians are happy with President Goodluck Jonathan and probably embarrass Gen. Buhari before the international community. The bad light synergy was revealed by one is his agent, and we craving to ask why? Gen. Buhari is to present a lecture on the same day at Chatham House, London titled: “Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition”. We hereby urge Nigerians home and abroad to be red alerted of every antics of PDP and its nefarious agents. Femi Fani Kayode attitude is known to all. We cannot afford to keep quiet and let him play by his evil antics.
The Mavins are definitely having a good year so far.
With so many endorsements already under their belt, two of the record label’s artists – Tiwa Savage & Don Jazzy – have landed a new deal with retail store Konga.
Don Jazzy shared a picture of himself signing the papers to seal the deal on Instagram and he captioned it ‘And as we sign the contract my brother #Godwin. Myself and the DoroDiva @Officialtiwasage are the new ambassadors for KONGA.#SMD cc @ShopKonga’.
Finally the most anticipated music track “Loni” released from a stable well known artiste T- Rex (@iamtrex_tng) of AustinGray Music Entertainment featuring the ” Street Wise General” LOBAMz (@emilobamz).
The single “Loni” is currently fused with shoki popular paced dance and lyrics filled with prayerful words, T-Rex first single of the year “Loni”, coming soon in few weeks is the release of “Put It All On Me” a funky club banging music track.
Need To Read What Elections Shift Did To The Party
Reports have started to emerged that the All Progressive Congress (APC) are alleged to be facing financial constraints due to the postponement of the 2015 general elections.
Punch reported that the party is now resolving for alternative cost effective means to generate money and also manage its lean budget.
Albeit, the APC has not yet admit to it, reports still suggest that it is in fact true as the party had adopted other less capital intensive campaign strategies to deal with the challenge.
It was also learnt that the campaign group of the had been running on “the goodwill of supporters that have been making donations in terms of logistics support and less of cash, to avoid falling a prey to anti-graft agencies.”
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who is a member of the party’s Board of Trustees has, however, dismissed insinuations that the party had run into financial trouble.
He explained that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the APC, unlike other political parties, had been transformed into a political movement.
He said: “The APC is not just a political party, it is a movement. That is why people are contributing and our strength is not in the amount of money that we have, our strength is in the number of Nigerians who want change. For as long as this desire is there, there will be change.”
#KoredeBelloGiveAway
Korede Bello and Woodin will give away a free iPad to one lucky fashionista resident anywhere in Nigeria this month. Here’s how you qualify:
1. Buy one piece (6 yards) of Woodin Fabric from Woodin’s store at the Ikeja City Mall from the 8th to 28th of February.
2. Make something creative out of the fabric you purchase.
3. Upload a picture of your creative piece to Woodin’s Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account using the hashtag #WoodinFashion and #KoredeBelloGiveAway.
Korede Bello announced himself as a Brand Ambassador for Woodin Nigeria Fashion brand Late last year on his Instagram page,this endorsement actually is his first in his Career. Woodin Fashion Nigeria is a fashion brand into Creative collection of African fabrics, trendy ‘Ready to Wear’ clothing and accessories.
KKTBM Records presents a smashing hit from the king of the south Yung6ix titled I No Send You featuring Young X, self produced by Yung6ix. Download and share your thoughts.
As Yung6ix celebrates 1 year after the release of his successful debut album6ix ‘O’ Clock, he’s here again to thrill the audience with a perfect combination of rap and live music produced by talented mastermind “BallerBeatz“.
The song also features expert violinist “Femi Fiddler” andOteebeatzwho contributed to making this is master piece for fans and lovers of good music .Listen and share and share your thoughts.
“The music outfit owned by Chelsea Football star ‘John Obi Mikel’ shot into the limelight two years back when they unwrapped their debut single – ‘Bunka’ which instantly became a radio favourite, The video was directed by the celebrated Clarence Peters & the label went ahead to unleash their budding act – Charass who has since risen to become one of the new kings of Highlife music in the Nigerian music scene following his superstar remix for ‘Coco Butter’ featuring Davido & Phyno.”
“Seriki Ibiyemi Sulaiman a.k.a Seriki Omo owo came through with his new HipHop single which features vector. One can tell this song is addressing some issues amidst the Nigeria HipHop warlords. Though he claims he doesnt need to mention names but those he’s speaking to knows themselves. He has told them to Stand Back just as the title implies “STAND BACK MURDERFUCKERS (SBM)”. Listen below and enjoy the tune which has Vector coming through with his usual heavy punch lines, metaphors and wordplay. Did iHear someone say punchlines, metaphors and wordplay makes no money anymore? Be the judge yourself and watch this tune turn into a street anthem.”
Move On Nigeria, a civic action group promoting good governance, democracy and the transformation agenda, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to quit dodging issues and face squarely issues concerning the health and certificate of its presidential candidate and former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
The group said Buhari’s qualification had always been an issue even within the military circle where his intellectual ability had always had a question mark.
“Buhari’s qualification will remain an issue until he comes clean on the matter. If Buhari will be willing to publicly declare his assets as he said he would, he should also be willing to publicly show his acclaimed certificate.
“So far, every independent inquiry with regards to Buhari’s qualification has returned negative, the onus now is on Buhari to ensure that he collects his original secondary certificate from University of Cambridge in United Kingdom before returning to Nigeria during his London trip in order to put rest to the controversy surrounding his academic qualification. Any cab in London can take him to Cambridge.”
The group which accused the APC of lying and deceiving Nigerians about Buhari’s health and qualification, urged the party’s leadership and Buhari’s new mentor, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to prevail on their candidate to collect his result from Cambridge before returning back to the country, insisting that Buhari did not possess secondary school certificate as he claimed in Form CF001 submitted to Independent national Electoral Commission (INEC).
Move on Nigeria, according to it, took the pain to make enquiries from WAEC office in Nigeria and the West Africa Regional Office, Accra, Ghana, where the authorities said with finality they have no information on the candidate.
Speaking through a signed statement which was made available to journalists in Lagos yesterday, the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Clem Aguiyi, maintained that if Buhari failed to collect his controversial result from the University of Cambridge this time around, and a clean bill of health supporting he is fit to withstand the rigours of office if elected, he should voluntarily withdraw from the the race, urging Buhari to use the opportunity to shame his critics over the controversial school certificate by collecting it from University of Cambridge.
Aguiyi said: “We strongly believe Buhari does not possess school certificate as he claimed and may have risen to the rank of General in the army using the same deception but we want Nigerians to give him the benefit of the doubt by bringing the result from University of Cambridge that claimed to conduct the said examination during his London trip and the result must tally with the earlier Statement of Result released through online medium by the Provincial Secondary School in Katsina State.
“It is high time Buhari cleared the air and lay the controversy surrounding his school certificate to rest before it is too late. Nigerians are graciously waiting to see Buhari’s original result of 1962 and we want to tell Nigerians that the APC candidate was enlisted into the Nigeria Army on the basis of Principal’s recommendation letter not basis of Secondary School Certificate.
“Also, failure of Buhari to bring the result during this trip, it means, his acclaimed integrity is not complete and he should hide his face behind a rock as we know that integrity begins with personal matters before graduating into ultimately public matters,” Aguiyi said.
The group, which expressed deep concern about Buhari’s rumoured ill health, urged the North to wise up saying the North is again being taken for a ride. We insist it is in the best interest of the North to allow President Goodluck Jonathan complete the eight-year tenure for the South-south while the north takes its turn by 2019 when it would provide a sound, healthier and younger Northerner who will be less a divisive character and generally acceptable than Buhari whose antecedent and competence is nothing to cheer.”
Left to Right: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Muhammadu Buhari, Tony Blair, Senator Bukola Saraki… Photo Credit: Senator Bukola Saraki
A former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has confirmed that he held a private meeting with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, in London on Saturday.
There has been speculations in Nigeria that a picture showing Messrs. Blair, Buhari and Governor Amosun as well as a former Kwara state governor, Bukola Saraki, was photoshopped.
Mr. Buhari’s campaign office had stated that the former head of state was in the U.K. on a working visit.
However, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state and supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, are claiming that Mr. Buhari is in the UK for medical treatment.
To buttress their claim, some of the critics claimed Mr. Blair was not in the U.K. on Saturday and could therefore not have met Mr. Buhari.
PREMIUM TIMES Monday contacted the office of Mr. Blair for confirmation and we got a response that the meeting actually held.
“Mr. Blair had a private meeting with General Muhammadu Buhari in London,” said Rianne Buter in an email response to PREMIUM TIMES’ inquiry.
Ms. Buter also said Mr. Blair “hopes to visit Nigeria shortly when he will see the President”.
Mr. Buhari’s campaign office also issued a statement saying the APC candidate “would hopefully give a talk at the prestigious foreign policy hub, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, in London.”
Chatham House has now confirmed that Mr. Buhari will speak Thursday on the topic: “Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition”.
Details of the event as posted on the website of Chatham House also revealed that Mr. Buhari would speak for one hour between 10 and 11a.m. and the event would be chaired by Richard Gozney, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria between 2004 and 2007.
Chatham House encourages interested persons to send questions to Mr. Buhari via Twitter.
“Send questions for the speaker by using #CHAfrica on Twitter. A selection will be put to him during the event,” it said.
BBM Adds New Features To Their Service, Users Will Now Be Able To Customize Their PIN
In a move that we actually saw coming, the Canadian company, BlackBerry, will now allow users customize their BBM pins.
The notable changes in the new BBM include, vanity PIN’s, removable ads and a new avatar badging. These features are now up for testing.
New Features
BBM will now offer a new service called Subscriptions that will allow users to pay for exclusive access to specific features. What’s included in this first release of Subscriptions?
Vanity PINs: have a fun idea for a PIN? Looking for an easier PIN to communicate with friends?
Try out this new feature and customize your own personal BBM PIN!
Remove Ads: hide sponsored ads and sponsored invites in BBM with this subscription.
Avatar Badging: Show off your special BBM status with a badge. This badge also appears on display pictures that have an active subscription. Subscriptions can be purchased using available payment methods in the BBM Shop.
Subscriptions is available at a monthly cost and requires ongoing payments to continue the subscription.
According to reports, custom PIN options shows it will cost $1.99 per month, while the option to remove ads will be $0.99 per month.
There’s no telling if these prices are final, as it is a beta and subject to change but it’s interesting to note them either way.
To download the new BBM for now, you have to be part of a very limited beta testers group. Its not available publicly for now.
Florish is a talented Singer and producer. a young star working so hard & growing so fast in the music industry, killing every beat and show no love to the mic, he knows how to capture the crowd on stage with his good songs, his the talk on radio these days. Don’t Worry is all over the airwaves.
Don’t Worry is an encouragement and motivational song, blend with cool and smooth danceable beat. Don’t worry is a MUST have song.
Shantell aka Female King is here again with another dope dance hall track “BOOty Clap” Produced by GloriousBeat after the release of Female King that got her the heart of many last year and also earn her couple of awards in which we believe more are still coming in. Shantell is signed into Kiss Family Entertainment. A fast rising rap artiste/singer. Download this track, listen to it, probably call your girl friend to do the booty clap for you and c’mon stop looking at another lady’s booty clapping.. Just #Kajunmbe. Its a nice track. Drop your comments after download.
The tweet fight between former EME label mates Wizkid and Skales have taking a new turn has their former boss just fueled the ongoing beef.
FNN correspondent quickly caught up with EME boss, asking him what he taught about the fight between wizkid and skales also why wizkid cursed only skale’s left ball ?…he responded by saying ” yeah skales just has one ball..that’s the left one..the right one been missing from birth and wizkid needs to come back to EME and fix his anger issues..you know how short people are”
Skales about to drop his first album soon and also start a fish farm this year.
The award show will take place
Saturday, October 10,2015 at The Black
Academy of Arts & Letters, will honor
some of the Africa’s top celebrities,
musical artists, managers, producers,
DJ’s, and cultural influencers.
African Muzik Magazine Awards
(AFRIMMA) welcomes the return of
Nigeria’s top comedian Basketmouth
who will be co-hosting the event with
Africa’s#1 female comedic sensation,
Anne Kasiime.
The award show will take place Saturday,
October 10,2015 at The Black Academy of
Arts & Letters, will honor some of the
Africa’s top celebrities, musical artists,
managers, producers, DJ’s, and cultural
influencers.
The 2014 star studded event attracted
guests from more than 35 cities
throughout the United States as well as
guests and honourees from over 17
African Countries, with a huge expected
attendance for this year’s fun-filled show .
Put together by Big A Entertainment and
African Muzik Magazine, Ticket sales for
the award show launched today and are
now available for sale.
“We are excited to collaborate with The
Black Academy of Arts & Letters” stated
AFRIMMA founder, Anderson Obiagwu”
“The venue represents a rich arts, cultural
and musical history, and is the perfect
venue for the amazing festivities that will
take place during this year’s award show”
said Obiagwu.
After the little drama yesterday, Baseline
Act Skales officially premieres the video
to the Jay Pizzle produced record “Je Kan
Mo” which was realesed in January. The
video has lots of cameos you would love
to see, so stay glued to the visuals
as directed by Unlimited L.A
Enjoy!
Music star Davido was spotted with Nigerian businessman and CEO of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola recently but now we can confirm that the HKN Music front-man has inked a lucrative deal with the Forte Oil worth between 80 and 100 million Naira.
Davido is the second celebrity and artiste to be signed by the company following Tiwa Savage in 2014. Davido who recently released a new single titled “The Sound” with a music video posted a photo on Instagram last week with Femi Otedola and captioned it “F.O x O.B.O 2015″.
Davido’s sophomore album is expected to hit stores in May.
Today, February 22nd 2015 marks the one year anniversary of the successful release of Ajebutter 22’s debut album “Anytime Soon”.
The project which included hits like Senrenre, Omo Pastor, Gbono and many more. It debuted number 1 on iTunes Nigeria on release and made it to the Top ten charts on iTunes worldwide. Official music video to ‘Church Mind’ by Ajebutter22 & Studio Magic. Off the chart-topping debut album – Anytime Soon.
P-Square finally release the long awaited video to arguably the biggest song off their recent album, “Collabo”. Nothing short of an archetypical P-Square video, the flick which also features Don Jazzy, is a classy pictorial with a brief comic story line about it. Shot in SA on different beautiful and crisp scenes, the Clarence Peters directed video is nothing but top notch.
A message gotten from a lady who schools in University of Lagos, says she wants people to know the reason girls like her sleep around.
“Please sir, I just want to tell you that it’s not our fault that we go about servicing all kinds of men for the sake of money.”
Many guys do yahoo and armed robbery to survive but ladies can’t do all that and since we are aware that these men will always need women to enjoy their money with them, there is nothing bad if we make ourselves available for you men and we get paid for our professional services, Or can you people stay without a woman for one month?
We are just helping men with our body. Times are hard. My parents can’t raise enough money for my school fees and my accommodation in school, so how will I feed, buy clothes, make-up and look good like other girls if I don’t help my self?
Many ladies are doing it here in my school and even other schools. It is condition that caused it. People should understand that everything has changed!
Few stories have generated heat and divided opinion than the death of former Citi FM sales executive Nana Kofi Ofori Atta aka Pinto and the role or otherwise wife Diana Owusu had in his death.
As is the case Pinto has been laid to rest but sadly the issues won’t just sleep nor die. From what I gather Pinto was a damn good sales executive who could sell anything for value and for former Citi FM sports editor Gary Al-Smith to attest to Pinto’s role in securing sponsorship for the sports shows even when he did not see the potential demonstrates Pinto’s astuteness and eye for opportunities.
It so happens that a man ought to settle, find a desirable woman, marry and start raising a family at a point so Pinto bearing these in mind secured the love of Diana Owusu and married life begun.
I should state that I knew neither Pinto nor Diana till the tapes leaked and so my views on the Pinto-Diana affair are deduced from the available information and materials I have been privy to.
Humans are mere mortals lacking the ability to know tomorrow but I dare say the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ofori Atta was a troubled one from the start and though they meant well and hoped to bring the best in each other the experiment failed greatly.
For one, there was little trust, for both Pinto and Diana to serve as spies taping each other’s conversations involving third parties exposed the frailty of the union and I dare say even US and Russian spies would be envious of their taping abilities.
I don t know the sexual prowess of Diana but what is curious is that she appears to be a nympho and Pinto sadly could simply not match up. “How would you want it today, the c*nt or anal”. Diana could be heard asking one of her sex mates. For a married woman to ask this from a man other than her husband speaks volumes about the low esteem she holds the sacred vows.
Still on Diana’s sex appetite, exchanges with another sex partner involving 7000 cedis exposed another trait of the lady as one offering sex for money.
To cultivate the student on the tape and mange to entice her to engage Pinto sexually tells a tale of one who is no novice to this line of work and shows one who can use blackmail to terrific effect.
For a wife not to be in attendance at her husband’s funeral and burial sums up the twisted state of affairs.
I cannot tell if Diana indeed poisoned Pinto’s ‘waakye’ as forensic evidence has to be produced but she indeed needs to offer explanation as to why she engaged in sexual bouts outside the confines of marriage.
On Pinto’s part surely the signs of infidelity must have been there but alas when a man loves with a passion he is blinded to many faults. It appears Pinto knew the reputation of Diana yet forged ahead perhaps in the hope that married life would sober her, it failed.
Another point worth noting is that the men Diana engaged in the sexual bouts with appear to have known Pinto in some capacity or might have even been friends of his. For most men, this is a constant threat of perceived friends visiting when at home or not.
For Pinto to have engaged the student in a sexual episode indicated a lapse in resolve and subsequent exchange with the said lady showed Pinto’s regret and disinterest in the affair.
Many have proffered that Pinto dug his grave the moment he married Diana, procured his casket when he came across her inconsistent ways yet refused to dissolve the marriage and eventually laid in it when he exposed his food to her despite their often bitter quarrels. ‘Had I known’ it is said lives in the past tense.
A man ought to have the restraint not to beat a woman yet Diana’s deeds might have wore off any clothe of tolerance, restraint, patience and endurance Pinto had.
For such a gifted man to die in such manner was most unfortunate, regrettable even considering the fact that families play an integral role in our marriages. I am innocent of the intermediary role family members played to ensure sanity and even though Allah’s will be done always, many reckon had Pinto dissolved the union so Diana could have the liberty to pursue her escapades, he could be here with us but joy can be taken in the fact that at 31 years Pinto lived a full, life and offered himself in the service of others.
Amid the battle online one unique thing stood out that Diana’s perceived character was not used to damn a whole ethnic group as has been the case in other cases. Perhaps it has sunk in finally that in every ethnic group, religion, race or creed there abounds good and rot and using one rot to castigate a whole is often narrow.
I am innocent of the nature of our crime labs and expertise in handling homicide cases but if the CSI series and results are anything to go by in Ghana, perhaps the full facts of this case could be offered to serve as a guide for future conduct.
To have God in one’s live is critical to seeking truth and a desire to serve him earnestly but a Godless life knows no boundary. It is why a son can desire his mother, a father his daughter and for some even animals. May a desire to know God be on our hearts and may he bless our efforts.
michael eli dokosi
www.elidokosi.wordpress.com
@mystiqmike
That Ghana is surrounded by French colonized states is a fact That the situation presents an opportunity and a challenge is quite obvious to many.
Little wonder then that despite efforts at teaching Ghanian folks French at the Primary, JHS, SHS and even tertiary levels, there is little to show for it. For the most part the students undertaking the language course seize to even attempt to interact in Francais right after classes, in effect an attempt is only made on the few times the class comes up say for an hour or two.
Companies are now keen to have workers who at least have a working language of other languages and it’s is in this vein that Ghanians are striving to possess such prowess especially in the hospitality as well as oil and gas industries not to talk of government sectors.
In this regard Cameroon (English and French are both official languages) leads the pack regarding Africa as most of its citizens speak both French and English languages well and having been at Repere can attest to their prowess in the speaking and comprehension of both French and English languages.
Food binds people together than other items and the Repere restaurant is uniquely affording citizens from Ivory Coast, Togo, Gabon, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso as well as Cameroon and folks from Ghana the chance to mingle, wine, dine, dance and exchange languages all in an atmosphere of friendship and love.
With the motto “where taste and health settle their differences”, Repere owner Romeo R. Djikah explains after visiting Ghana in 1998 as a tourist he eventually settled in the country in 2008 and then hit upon the idea with his wife (Josla Baud) to start up Repere restaurant to expose Ghanaians to Cameroonian and other African dishes.
“I resigned from Alliance Francais to start the venture but securing land was stressful till a friend introduced us to our current landlord who agreed for us to start the restaurant”.
“Losses were being incurred in the early years till a group of women in an association engaged the restaurant to host their anniversary; there’s been no turning back.” Mr. Romeo Djikah noted.
According to Mr. Djikah although Repere is open to all persons about 70% of its clientele base is made up of tertiary students all over Africa in search of education in Ghana. He said interactions between the various nationals has led to enlightenment as various nationals see the similarities and varieties regarding meal, wine, language and culture of the continent.
Meals served at Repere include jollof rice and chicken sauce, grilled chicken and atieke, grilled chicken and aloco, grilled chicken and manioc, fried plantain and tilapia with sauce, noodles with potatoe chips and grilled chicken, steamed chicken in vegetable sauce with rice or potatoes and others.
Aside the meals served, another attraction of Repere is the live band music offered and the live telecast of football matches be it from the EPL, Serie A, Bundesliga or the First Capital Plus local league.
Located at Kotobabi Down- House Number 13 behind the Modex Filling station, CEO Romeo Djikah aspires to open other outlets across Accra and the regions serving healthy yet tasty meals to patrons.
Open to the public from Monday to Sunday from 11am to midnight,
Repere could be reached on +233(0)302200066 / 0264431053 / 0272582295.
“ YBNL drops the video for Lil Kesh ’s hit song, ” GBESE ” The video features Skuki. With a house party concept to it, every second in the video features a gallery of youths rocking and partying.
The video was directed by one of Nigeria’s finest Director Unlimited LA ”
P-Square finally release the long awaited video to arguably the biggest song off their recent album, “Collabo”. Nothing short of an archetypical P-Square video, the flick which also features Don Jazzy, is a classy pictorial with a brief comic story line about it. Shot in SA on different beautiful and crisp scenes, the Clarence Peters directed video is nothing but top notch.
For the first time since the heated controversy started about the health status of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, his wife, Aisha Buhari has decided to clear the air about her husband’s health status.
Speaking with The Guardian at the Westminster Plaza Hotel, London on Saturday night, after APC team’s interactive reception with Nigerians in the diaspora, Aisha revealed that her husband is hale and hearty.
She boldly laughed at reports making round that her husband is ill and was in London for health reasons.
When asked if her husband was being hospitalized, she replied: “He’s home, well and sound.
“No, he’s just come here to rest. He’s just here to have a rest, at least few days rest, before he goes back to the business.”
It would be recalled that last week rumours emerged over Buhari’s visit to London was for health reasons.
Your digital life is littered with apps.
There are social networks and messaging services, each with their own websites and mobile apps. Then there are stand-alone apps that control “smart” devices — thermostats, lightbulbs, fitness trackers, scales — which have only just starting trickling into our homes.
One company called IFTTT has been working on automation tools that make it easier for all those apps and gadgets to work together. Now it’s reaching out to the non-technical crowd with a new trio of dead-simple apps.
The name stands for “If This Then That,” a phrase that describes exactly how it works: If you post a photo to Facebook, then save it to Dropbox. Called recipes, you can create your own or choose from the thousands in the IFTTT library.
There are recipes to text your husband when you’re a certain distance from the house, email you anything your mom tweets, or flash the lights when someone opens your (sensor-equipped) liquor cabinet at home.
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Users cobble together automations using any of the 170 compatible services like Facebook (FB, Tech30), Nest and Fitbit.
The company’s three new apps let you create buttons that trigger automated actions, Do Button, Do Note and Do Camera. The Do Button app lets you create a shortcut on your homescreen that, with one tap, acts as an on/off switch for smart devices or notes your location in a Google spreadsheet. Date night? Tap the button you programmed to lower all the lights in your house. You can create up to three customizable buttons (IFTTT is considering charging for additional ones).
Do Note simplifies any task you do frequently that involves typing out text, like adding items to a shopping list or emailing yourself a reminder. For example, use Do Note to create a button called “Grocery.” Tap it, type “Buy Cheerios” and the note will automatically show up in Evernote. Do Camera does the same for photos, so you can make a button that automatically emails selfies to your three best friends.
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The Do buttons aren’t just cutting down on steps, they’re an early attempt to give people one central way to control all their Internet of Things devices. IFTTT is also turning regular people into programers, even if they don’t know it.
“Everyone in the physical world is a whole lot more of a programmer than they give themselves credit for,” said CEO Linden Tibbets.
The company was founded in 2010 by Linden and his brother Alexander Tibbets. Its users are enthusiastic and have created 19 million recipes so far, but the company wanted to take the product in a direction that was easier to understand.
“IFTTT is really trying to solve the next step, which is how do we help people do what they want with all this connected stuff,” said Tibbets.
He imagines a future in which everything will be connected to the internet and compatible with IFTTT. These new apps are just laying the groundwork for a future operating system.
That’s an ambitious and complicated goal for a very simple service.
This is to announce to all Jambites that the board has moved the date to begin reprinting of photocard exam slips for the 2015 UTME until further notice.
This information is coming from a reliable staff of the board, who also disclosed that this year’s photocard printing would be done by only accredited CBT registration centres and JAMB is trying to work out modalities for the smooth deployment of this new system.
UTME 2015 Candidates will therefore be able to print out their exam slips from any accredited CBT centres around their area. You need not go to the centre where you registered for the exam.
The photocard contains vital information to identify the candidate, as well as information on the specific date, venue and time for the candidate’s exam.
If you are a JAMB candidate, you need not waste your transport in visiting any centre today until the announcement of the commencement of the photocard printing has been made.
The AmeboRepublik.com Team is on this matter and will promptly announce it here on AmeboRepublik.com when the official dates is announced.
There is still time as JAMB has extended the exam date until 9th March so there’s no need to panic.
Keep studying and working hard and God will be by your side on the exam day.
Computer maker Lenovo has been shipping laptops pre packaged with malware that makes you more vulnerable to hackers — all for the sake of serving you advertisements.
Made by a company called “Superfish,” the software is essentially an Internet browser add-on that injects ads onto websites you visit.
Besides taking up space in your Lenovo computer, the add-on is also dangerous because it undermines basic computer security protocols.
That’s because it tampers with a widely-used system of official website certificates. That makes it hard for your computer to recognize a fake bank website, for instance.
It’s a nasty trick — the same one that the in-flight Wi-Fi service Gogo was caught doing last month.
“This is exactly what bad guys do with trojans and other malicious software to trick users to access fake sites to surveil/monitor private communications,” said Kevin Bocek, an executive at cybersecurity company Venafi.
Customers started spotting this on their Lenovo computers in mid-2014.
After facing a fierce backlash by customers and computer security experts this week, Lenovo on Thursday acknowledged as much.
“User feedback was not positive,” so Lenovo stopped preloading the software on new computers in January, a company spokesman said. Lenovo also promised it “will not preload this software in the future” and said it disabled the feature on its servers, which essentially kills the program on everyone’s computer.
The company initially claimed it only included Superfish on “some consumer notebook products shipped in a short window between October and December.” When CNNMoney noted that customers started complaining about this feature earlier than that, Lenovo acknowledged that factory installations of Superfish started back in September.
Lenovo lists 43 different models that were affected, including several of its Flex, E-, G-, S-, U-, Y- and Z-series laptops and several Miix and Yoga tablets.
So, what was the point of the “Superfish Visual Discovery” software? It makes it easier to shop for deals. The program analyzes images you see on the Web and presents similar products that might have lower prices.
Lenovo stressed that the program did not “monitor user behavior” or record user information.
“The relationship with Superfish is not financially significant; our goal was to enhance the experience for users,” the company said in a statement. “We recognize that the software did not meet that goal and have acted quickly and decisively.”
But computer experts say the damage is done.
“They have not only betrayed their customers’ trust, but also put them at increased risk,” said Ken Westin, a security analyst with software maker Tripwire.
To be completely safe, you might have to reinstall a fresh new operating system. Lenovo customers have already paid for Windows in their laptops, so they will have to shell out another $120 for a copy of Windows 8.1.
And if you’re unsure whether your laptop is infected with Superfish, the computer security experts at LastPass developed a tool that tells you so.#ZinoTech
“YBNL drops the video for Lil Kesh’s hit song, ”GBESE” The video features Skuki. With a house party concept to it, every second in the video features a gallery of youths rocking and partying. The video was directed by one of Nigeria’s finest Director Unlimited LA ”
Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor for ‘The Theory of Everything’ while Julianne Moore won Best Actress for ‘Still Alice.’. John Legend and Common won an Oscar for Best Original Song for their Selma soundtrack ‘Glory’. See the full list of winners after the cut…
Best Picture
Birdman – winner
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Director
Alexandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman – WINNER
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything – WINNER
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Still Alice – WINNER
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash – WINNER
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood – WINNER
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best Cinematography
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki – WINNER
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Ida – Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakin
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida – WINNER
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Imitation Game – WINNER
American Sniper
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman – WINNER
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel – WINNER
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel – WINNER
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Best Original Song
‘Glory,’ Selma – WINNER
‘Lost Stars,’ Begin Again
‘Everything is Awesome,’ The LEGO Movie
‘Grateful,’ Beyond the Lights
‘I’m Not Gonna Miss You,’ Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6 – WINNER
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary—Short
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – WINNER
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
Best Film Editing
Whiplash – WINNER
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – WINNER
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Best Animated Short
Feast – WINNER
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Best Live Action Short
The Phone Call – WINNER
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper – WINNER
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Best Sound Mixing
Whiplash – WINNER
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Best Visual Effects
Interstellar – WINNER
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Documentary — Feature
Citizenfour – WINNER
Finding Vivien Maier
Last Days of Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – WINNER
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
After the 10th Anniversary of 2Face debut album, 2 Face announced next two music projects through his label,
Hypertek Digital/960 Music Group. 2 Face finally Unleased album titled “Rewind, Select and Update” as
well as “Face 2 Face 10.0“, a Kennis Music re-issue album, which contains ‘new’ bonus tracks. 2Face Actually Reworked And Revived His Old Jamz
Mr Young Boss otherwise known as ‘MYB’ a PHC breed releases his first official single of the year titled ‘Iworiwo’ featuring DJ Donak.
‘Iworiwo’ is a song inspired by the lovely high-life song enjoyed by all Africans in the early 90’s.
This song is smooth, cool and has a lot of lovely lyrical contents that will make you get up on your feet and dance.
Check out ‘Iworiwo’ from MYB.
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s marriage may not have made it, but their friendship is long lasting! The pair, whose divorce was finalized in June 2014, joined forces on Saturday to celebrate the 7th birthday of their twins, Max and Emme.
J.Lo took to social media and shared a sweet snap of the foursome. “Party time!!! HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY TO THE COCONUTS!! #thesetwoknowhowtoparty #twins
#LOVE #familia,” she captioned the image.
Eniola Badmus has added a brand new Honda to her garage of exotic automobiles. The actress shared the photo of her latest ride alongside the old one, both white coloured today, February 22, 2015.
Gbogbo bigz girl of Jennifa, Eniola Badmus, took to Instagram to share her joy with her fans that she has acquired a new Honda Pilot. She shared the abpve pics with the caption below.
“May my new car take me to new places with new people and open up new opportunities in my life. #NiggaWeMadeIt #NewWhipOnDeck #ILoveHondaPilot #HondaPilot”
Wiz Khalifa was ready to turn up really hard with his son Sebastian ‘The Bash’ Taylor Thomaz for his second birthday, but the thing is, the kid was missing. Taking it to Twitter yesterday, the Taylor Gang rapper shared a few photos of a birthday bash he threw for his now 2-year-old son only to reveal later Sebastian was not present. In the meantime, Amber Rose posted a few videos of their kid, which basically brought the conclusion she didn’t allow Khalifa to spend time with his son on the special day.
Irritated by what he obviously consider to be injustice, Wiz wrote a lengthy stream of consciousness on social media, pointing out the difficulties he has been facing as a father ever since she split from Muva. Offering his help to all the other dads who find themselves in the same unfair position, the rapper got emotional and asked his fans for support. Wiz’s rant comes on the heels of him calling Amber a bad parent due to her wild behavior. By the looks of it, the real drama between these two has just began.
The guys at Channel O just rolled out an unofficial list of the fiercest female singers in Africa. The un-ordered list includes Waje and Tiwa Savage from Nigeria.
Peep the artistes they ranked below
Zonke Dikana
Given her very musical background, there was probably no other career that South African songstress Zonke Dikana could have chosen. Her first album “Life,love and music” was released in 2007 but it wasn’t until 2011, when she dropped “Ina ethe” that she gained the recognition due to her. It scooped her a SAMA for Best African adult album. Her follow up project, “Give and take”, saw her take home another SAMA for best live DVD.
Lira
With four albums under her belt, 10 SAMA awards, a BET nomination for best international act in Africa and a biography, Lerato Molapo needs no introduction in the music industry. She has continuously reinvented herself, ensuring her long lasting power.
Tiwa Savage
There is so much that can be said about Tiwatope Savage, who has been singing since the age of 17. Her musical career is so illustrious and includes various accolades including having a song that she co-wrote for Fantasia being nominated for a Grammy. She has also backed up musical giants such as Mary J Blidge and George Michael and last year won her fisrt CHOAMVA for most gifted female.
Moneoa
Moneoa Moshesh burst on to the music scene in mid-2012 to positive reviews. Her debut album “Coming from going to” was nominated for the Channel O Music and Metro FM Music awards, although she did not win. Her latest album, “Ndim Lo”, has scored two Metro FM Music Awards nominations this year.
Lady Jay Wah
She has been described as the Ghanaian It Girl when she burst onto the scene into the scene in 2012. Signed to Pidgen music, her sound combines Neo soul, Afrobeat, Reggae and Pop. She is seen as one of Ghana’s fastest rising stars.
Victoria Kimani
Victoria Kimani, born in LA but originally from Kenya started writing, recording and performing at 16. She lived in Nigeria durig her high school years but moved back to Nairobi, Kenya at 17. She has since been working with top artists and producers, perfecting and developing her musical and visual craft as well as writing for all sorts of signed artists around the world.
Waje
WAJE (an acronym for “Words aren’t just enough”) is a Nigerian singer whose vocal range is famous for its versatility. Born Aituaje Iruobe, she is the lady behind the remake of P-Square’s Omoge Mi and the female voice in the duo’s 2008 hit track do me.
Efya
Her full name is, wait for it: Jane Fara Fauzzier Afia Boafowaa Yahaya Awindor. She is a Ghanaian neo-soul vocalist, songwriter, performer and actress from Kumasi.
Zahara
Loliwe is South African singing sensation’s first album and it broke records by going platinum in 13 days and double platinum after just 17 days, selling over 100,000 copies in South Africa. The music video for her debut single, “Loliwe”, has eclipsed the 2.3 million views mark on YouTube. Her second studio album “Phendula” also went platinum in 7 days after being released.
Naima Kay
Naima Kay, born Lungile Khumalo is a 2014 SAMA Best Newcomer award winner. She describes her 12-track debut album “Umsebenzi” as being about love, life and things that happen around us.
The guys at Channel O just rolled out an unofficial list of the fiercest female singers in Africa. The un-ordered list includes Waje and Tiwa Savage from Nigeria.
Peep the artistes they ranked below
Zonke Dikana
Given her very musical background, there was probably no other career that South African songstress Zonke Dikana could have chosen. Her first album “Life,love and music” was released in 2007 but it wasn’t until 2011, when she dropped “Ina ethe” that she gained the recognition due to her. It scooped her a SAMA for Best African adult album. Her follow up project, “Give and take”, saw her take home another SAMA for best live DVD.
Lira
With four albums under her belt, 10 SAMA awards, a BET nomination for best international act in Africa and a biography, Lerato Molapo needs no introduction in the music industry. She has continuously reinvented herself, ensuring her long lasting power.
Tiwa Savage
There is so much that can be said about Tiwatope Savage, who has been singing since the age of 17. Her musical career is so illustrious and includes various accolades including having a song that she co-wrote for Fantasia being nominated for a Grammy. She has also backed up musical giants such as Mary J Blidge and George Michael and last year won her fisrt CHOAMVA for most gifted female.
Moneoa
Moneoa Moshesh burst on to the music scene in mid-2012 to positive reviews. Her debut album “Coming from going to” was nominated for the Channel O Music and Metro FM Music awards, although she did not win. Her latest album, “Ndim Lo”, has scored two Metro FM Music Awards nominations this year.
Lady Jay Wah
She has been described as the Ghanaian It Girl when she burst onto the scene into the scene in 2012. Signed to Pidgen music, her sound combines Neo soul, Afrobeat, Reggae and Pop. She is seen as one of Ghana’s fastest rising stars.
Victoria Kimani
Victoria Kimani, born in LA but originally from Kenya started writing, recording and performing at 16. She lived in Nigeria durig her high school years but moved back to Nairobi, Kenya at 17. She has since been working with top artists and producers, perfecting and developing her musical and visual craft as well as writing for all sorts of signed artists around the world.
Waje
WAJE (an acronym for “Words aren’t just enough”) is a Nigerian singer whose vocal range is famous for its versatility. Born Aituaje Iruobe, she is the lady behind the remake of P-Square’s Omoge Mi and the female voice in the duo’s 2008 hit track do me.
Efya
Her full name is, wait for it: Jane Fara Fauzzier Afia Boafowaa Yahaya Awindor. She is a Ghanaian neo-soul vocalist, songwriter, performer and actress from Kumasi.
Zahara
Loliwe is South African singing sensation’s first album and it broke records by going platinum in 13 days and double platinum after just 17 days, selling over 100,000 copies in South Africa. The music video for her debut single, “Loliwe”, has eclipsed the 2.3 million views mark on YouTube. Her second studio album “Phendula” also went platinum in 7 days after being released.
Naima Kay
Naima Kay, born Lungile Khumalo is a 2014 SAMA Best Newcomer award winner. She describes her 12-track debut album “Umsebenzi” as being about love, life and things that happen around us.
Terry G is here with a brand new track titled “Thank You Lord”. In this jam, Terry G praises God for all the beautiful things He has done for him. We are sure you will like this song. ENJOY!
TripleMG’s talented music producer and artiste, Selebobo always knows the right spot to hit his fans. Here is another solid jam titled “Shi Shi” produced by Selebobo himself. Hit the download button and enjoy!
P-Square and Don Jazzy shot the video for “Collabo” – a clear fan favourite from the Double Trouble album – in South Africa about a week ago. Sit back and enjoy the behind-the-scenes pictures and video clips while we await the release of the official video. This is my surest jam!
After the Release of an online campus. Series (STRIKE & DASH) last week from the stable of Concise Concepts, here is the much Anticipated Second edition of STRIKE & DASH, its an online campus series that deals with daily life of Chris, Alex, Bruno, Alfred and Mike.
Here is the second Episode, Download, Watch & Drop your comments. Directed by Solo Soft Inc.
SILAS ILOKA DONAS known as HAKUNAMATATA was born in November 4 during the 1980s and he’s from the south/south region of Nigeria precisely Delta state, but was born and brought up in Lagos, he has been singing and writing/doing freestyles in various occasions, but started his career officially in 2003 with a secondary school mate while HAKUNA used to be called GENTLE DIZZY, they formed a group called DACLAN, the group won a talent hunt in 2007 which led to them signing under an Entertainment Company, they worked with various artistes and producers in the entertainment industry before they went solo ways.
Hakunamatata started he’s solo career officially in 2009 till date, he is all about new generation life he remains focused with he’s unique style simple, smart humble, hard working and always happy too see the good things of life…..
Niki Tall stunned us when we stumbled on this video, you want to know why? Check the video out first.
Nicolas Georgakis aka ‘Niki Tall’ is a Greek-German musician known for African songs, including Nigerian songs. The DJ, music producer and singer has over the last half decade has gained popularity with Nigerian entertainers after a 2008 cover of 9ice’s mega-hit ‘Gongo Aso’, he also covered ‘Nwa Baby’ By Flavour and ‘Nek Unek’ by MC Galaxy ft. Davido.
OritseFemi’s ‘Double Wahala’ is the recent Nigerian song Niki Tall sang. Check on it and watch him sing joyously like he’s the original owner of the track.
Niki Tall should be appreciated for the energy and vibes he added to the song.
Moxie Entertainment recent signee Ochuko Odugo known by his stage name ZAKIM ODOGU. Zakim is a Nigerian versatile recording/performing artiste from Warri, Delta State. After his performance at the biggest event in the south “WARRI AGAIN” alongside lots of Nigerian top A list artiste. He recorded a new single titled PRAY which he featured Erigga aka Paper Boi the famous pigin english rapper and fellow label mate Shuun Bebe aka Mr Who You Help. He is considered one of the most promising artist to watch out for 2015. DL and Share
Finally,the most anticipated song “Nothing Come Out” by “Hotice Exclusive” & “Icekid” is here and as you’all know,this song is a unique one with a common street slang (Language) “Nothing Come Out”. Have you ever asked a guy of money or how his life has been? An average street boy would tell you “Nothing Come Out”. So this is how this song came about! I love this song,and I bet you won’t regret Downloading it. And don’t forget the brain behind this successful hit is “Hotice Exclusive” The super star Producer and also the hit maker!!!
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TJ Robin is one person that strongly believes in Nigeria and its potentials. And that He has expressed expressly through the lyrics of this great song “Nation Building”.
This song drops at a crucial time as Nigeria will be heading to the polls to vote for their desired candidates in the March 28th and April 11th Elections.
The core message here is that the interest of the Country should be first in our minds as we vote.
Lets make Nigeria a better place. Download, Enjoy and Spread the message.
LOBAMz comeback with a Remix with Echo produced single; after Gbon Gbon Hitz!
LOBAMz is Back with a Remix titled #IGBORO originally produced by Marion (@Marion_beatz) Official Confam Ent Producer whose label is owned by Mr MayD (@MisterMayD) a sure boi things.
LOBAMz (@emilobamz) Promises to keep the street rolling and groovy in Igboro Remix which is just a Tip of the Iceberg. Igboro Remix is Produced By Echo (@Echo_TLC) Featuring ROll-E Rolland (@RolleRolland) a Uk Based Hip-Pop/R&B Maestro.
LOBAMz is making a Big Bang with his own style of rap and captivating lyrics on this. #IGBORO is a massive must listened jam you will put on repeat again and again.
With an eccentric artistic personality comes his many skills! He is a professional dancer, fashion designer, model, actor, songwriter but above all an endearing musician. Aged 25 born and brought and brought up in lagos but now based in abuja, from a very tender age music was always one of his reasons to breathe again and so after being in the dance and fashion world for the past 3 years, since graduating from unijos in petroleum tech, he knew it was time to pursue his overall passion “music”.
He initially released a first reggae/soul single titled “BEAUTIFUL” and now he’s dropped an energetic afro pop single “I BELIEVE” which sounds so massive that its already been used as a theme song for a reality show. He’s style can be defined as nu skool with a dabble into other genre. He says “music is my passion and the people are the reason”
Connect with Benji Benji:
Twitter- @iambenjibenji
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Supreme Mavin Dynasty presents The Mavins comprising of D’Prince, Reekado Banks, Don Jazzy, Korede Bello and Di’Ja release video to their hit single ‘Looku Looku’ for you to watch and download.
For those of you who love noodles, errrm, make sure you read this, take note and make adjustments. Below are the reasons..
1. Nutrient Absorption : Noodles inhibit the absorption of nutrients for the children under 5.
2. Cancer : The ingredient in the instant noodles called “Styrofoam’, is a cancer causing agent.
3. Miscarriage : Women who are Eating instant noodles during their pregnancy causes miscarriage, because it affect the development of a foetus.
4. Junk Food : instant noodles are enriched with full of carbohydrates,but no vitamins, fiber and minerals. This makes the instant noodles considered as a junk food.
5. Sodium : Instant noodles are power packed with high amounts of sodium. Excess consumption of sodium leads to heart disease, stroke, hypertension and kidney damage.
6. MSG : Monosodium Glutamate is used to enhance the flavour of instant noodles. People who are allergic to MSG consume it as part of their diet, then they end up suffering from headaches, facial flushing, pain, burning sensations.
7. Overweight : Eating Noodles is the leading cause of obesity. Noodles contains fat and large amounts of sodium, which causes water retention in the body and surely it leads to overweight, and obesity leads to heart problems.
8. Digestion : Instant noodles are bad for digestive system. Regular consumption of instant noodles causes irregular bowl movements and bloating.
9. Propylene Glycol : The ingredient in the instant noodles called “Propylene Glycol” which has a anti-freeze property. This ingredient is used because it prevents the noodles from drying by retaining moisture. It weakens the immune system of our body. It is easily absorbed by the body and it accumulates in the kidneys, heart and liver. It causes abnormalities and damage to thoseareas.
10. Metabolism : Regular consumption of instant noodles affect the body’s metabolism, because of the chemical substances like additives, coloring and preservatives inside the noodles.
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FreeNation INC proudly presents her Flagship Artiste ADA in “Loke Loke” Featuring one of FreeNation’s Freshest signee’s DUKE OF EARL. Prod by DUKE OF EARL Mixed and Mastered by DUKE OF EARL and KELLY LYON.
The song which was released on the 6th of December 2014 was according to FreeNation, dedicated We’d like to “our Pastor and Father Rev Chris Oyakhilome Phd on his birthday (7th of December) Thank you Eternally Sir!”
FreeNation INC also celebrates all of you, Family Friends Fans… “God has used you to make us Greater!! And our Prayer for you and yours this Glorious 2015 is ‘Loke Loke’ meaning ‘Upwards and Forward Forever’”
She opened her eyes and beheld another beautiful day, ringing in her head was this new song she just recorded. A sudden burst of emotion; a heart full of gratitude, she knew she had to express it somehow.
“Ohun gbogbo lo le se… Ohun gbogbo lo le se…” Funmi Praise sang as she prep for Sunday service.
How deep the father’s love for a child, she thought to herself. How deep God ‘s love for us that He gave up His only child and through Him manifested His glory and power in mortal men!
She remembered that same power broke the chain of bareness in her life. Even when the doctors said there was a growth in her tube that needed surgery before she can conceive, the God of all possibilities healed her.
Today, Funmi Praise is a joyful mother of children, a wife to a loving husband and a testimony to us that with God, there is no impossibility!
“Ohun Gbogbo (Everything)” was produced by Mr Wols [@Soundhook]. The video to the single will be released in March 2015.
Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has promised that his next single is going to be cr*zy. The Star Boy took to his twitter page to reveal that he’ll be releasing the track “Expensive Sh*t” and the video soon.
Drake’s surprise project, the “If you’re reading this its too late” mixtape which dropped last week is receiving massive love from music lovers around the globe. We decide to bring you instrumentals to all the songs featured on the Mixtape for you download and listening plessure. Feel free to jump on any. I know ma Hip-Hop headz would luh this one.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has said he cannot guarantee if elections will hold in March or not, stating that major part of it still has to do with the issue of security, which only the Military can clarify. Jega appeared before the Senate yesterday and when asked by the Minority Leader, Senator George Akume, to give a clear assurance about the dates of the elections, Jega said;
“I think it is a very difficult question to answer. I have said consistently that there are things under the control of electoral commission and there are things that are not under the control of electoral commission. For things that are under our control, I can give definite and categorical assurances. On what is not under our control, it is futile, it is fruitless and useless to give a definite guarantee on them. I think that question should be directed appropriately. The questions of security, I will leave it, I don’t think I am competent to answer it sufficiently.”
When asked what his response would be if the security agencies requested a further delay, Jega said doing so would be illegal.
“Every Nigerian knows we want elections to hold… within a constitutional time frame. The security agencies are (made up of) patriotic Nigerians. Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. We should be fair also to the military. Soldiers are also patriotic Nigerians. I don’t see how anybody will contemplate any extension beyond these six weeks. There is no constitutional grounds upon which you can do that. For us, we work by the constitution, by the law. That is what is guiding us and we should all put the interest of the nation at heart. The human factor is always significant, it is always important but we believe that working together with security and other stakeholders, we should be able to prevent negative human intervention that can create problems.
“I kept saying consistently that INEC is not a security organisation. We are an election management body; so we rely a lot on security to be able to ensure that things are done well and that there is no disruption of the electoral process.
“We have been working very closely with the inter agencies consultative committee on election security and that is why for us, if the service chiefs say that we can’t guarantee security, give us more time, what is the alternative security arrangements ?
“If we consulted with the stakeholders and we cannot find an answer, what happens? We are going to use close to 700, 000 ad hoc staff. We can’t send people to the field in that kind of a situation.
“Our prayer is that in the next six weeks, there will be significant improvement in the security situation for us to hold the elections all over this country in a very secure environment.
“There are certain questions that we are not really competent to answer. Certain questions should be directed to the military; they can answer them better.”
Boko Haram and ISIS insurgent groups have been described as two of the world’s most notorious insurgent groups. A new reports however shows that the two groups might never work together over Racism. ISIS has reportedly started operating in Northern Africa and there have been worries maybe someday the Syria based group might want to team up with Nigerian based Boko-Haram as they groups carry out similar operations and are funded by almost the same ideology.
According to NBC news, United States intelligence officers have revealed that the two groups might never be able to team up and work together as racism might prevent them from unity.
“The Arab world is incredibly racist,” explained a U.S. intelligence official. “They don’t see black Africans as equivalent to them.”
ISIS may show “affinity” with Boko Haram, said the official, “but they stop short of allegiance.” Moreover, said the official, while Boko Haram has in the past year released videos to show “affiliation” with groups like ISIS, there’s no evidence of either group sending members to fight with the other. And while Boko Haram has praised ISIS, and shown the ISIS flag in videos, ISIS has not reciprocated.
“There are still questions of the ISIS view of Boko Haram and Nigeria,” said the official. “But Boko Haram does not operate in sync with ISIS. The caliphates are separate.” There was concern last October when Boko Haram declared its caliphate that the two might team up, but there’s no indication that’s happening, said the official.
The presidency has listed 12 reasons why Nigerians must vote for President Jonathan again. This was contained in a piece, titled, “Twelve reasons to support Jonathan,” published in the current edition of the in-house magazine of the State House, Abuja, called Villascope.
Here are the reasons listed out below:
Road constructions
Railway rehabilitation
Remodeling of airports
Transformed agriculture sector
Increased access to education,
Increased access to housing
Improved power supply
Improved water supply
Better health facilities
Reformed security infrastructures
Economic transformation and Increased Nigerians participation in downstream oil sector.
What’s do you think? Are this reasons good enough for President Goodluck to be voted in again?
Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has promised that his next single is going to be cr*zy. The Star Boy took to his twitter page to reveal that he’ll be releasing the track “Expensive Sh*t” and the video soon.
Sammy nana Is an artiste,youth advocate of Nigeria,a christian,and a great man with a great passion for the good life of the black race.
Here is a tune from the young talented artist calling the youths to order that as the election approaches, we should maintain one voice and remain one!!
Calvin E. Ezeudoh is a 200 level petroleum and gas engineering
student of the university of lagos from Anambra state . His stage name
is MARZ and genre of creation is ‘Afro-rap’. This means to him, rap music from an african stand. Marz is an artiste who has love for music.
He started recording music right from his secondary school days and was influenced by a lot of rappers. This is his debut song F**k the law and its a real tough one with bars he spits can make one belive he is the new breed of naija rap.
Players and Management members of the Ghana Black Stars has to receive a Jeep Cherokee each from the president of the country Ghana His Excellency President Mahama for the wonderful performance and also placing second at the just ended 2015 edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) from the Black Stars of Ghana. President explain that not just the performance but how the boys were very committed to the team and ready to fight their heart out to make the country proud upon all the crises we going through.
The cars were part of the promises the president made to black stars he was really happy to fulfill what he promise.The Jeep Cherokee vehicle cost $76,000 each and would be supplied by Tannick Automobile, a company that camudi.com.gh is trying to sign on their platform help sell their car on their site. The company is located on the Ashaiman-Tema motorway. The company is known for importing Jeep and Chrysler vehicles into the country.
Camudi.com.gh reported that the company has already supplied seven of the vehicles. Sports Minister, Mahama Ayariga, Asempa Sports was exclusively informed, had taken delivery of his Jeep Cherokee vehicle
President Mahama announced a package $25000 each for the players on their return from the tournament.
Ghanaians going wild about the Jeep Cherokee because already they is been conflict about the money $250,000 each to the players and management and addiction the cars. Some people think is a waste of money can use that money to solve a lot of problems in the country for example energy crises (dumsor).
According to the report carmudi.com.gh President went ahead to explain that the black star and management needs encouragement after the tough matches especially they were able to beat the host nation Equatorial Guinea and able to go a head to final.
This team is a young talented and dedicated team they need to be motivated and the management also made the right choice of chosing the coach Ivan Grant bring in different tactics and more discipline to the team, so they even deserve more than the government to giving.
Meanwhile, Communications Directorof the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Darra has criticized claims that government is preparing to hand each Black Stars player and management member the cars.
The President said the government will always do their best to support the Black stars team and also encourage them in our own way, Lets all support them. I think they will bring the cup on next time.
Friends, i present to you my friend and brother who is down with
Multiple Myeloma – Cancer of the Bone Marrow!
This has made him to be partially paraplegic (immobile and permanently
on the wheelchair), as the cancer has affected his spinal cord.
He has undergone treatments in both private and government hospitals in
Nigeria, with several cycles of chemotherapy in LASUTH. He had a spinal cord surgery at MIOT HOSPITAL, Chennai, India in October, 2014.
He has now been recommended for Bone Marrow Transplant in India, which according to experts has a 99% success rate.
For a family man who has not been able to work since the occurrence of
this medical condition, and have had to expend everything on medical
bills, life and living have been harrowing, hard and difficult.
To undertake the Bone Marrow Transplant, it will cost N10 Million
covering, Cost of Surgery 35,000 US Dollars, Flight Tickets for him and
helpmate, Drugs, Accommodation and Post-operation Expenses. And this is exactly where YOU, reading this post come in!
On behalf of Kunle and his Family, am appealing to you to please help
and donate money to meet these expenses.
As you celebrate Valentine Day and make merry today, please spare a
thought for him. No amount is too small as, every Naira that is given towards the surgery will move him nearer to restoration and good health!
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Join me to give Kunle a new lease of life. You shall never be stranded in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you, God bless you and yours.
NB: Adekunle Rufus Adeyeri is a columnist in The Punch Newspaper. He is an Award Winning Forex Trader and Trainer based in Lagos…
“Durotimi” is the second single off Lara George “Love Nwantintin” album which literally means “stay with me” in Yoruba. Durotimi is a high-life love song which the video tried to capture with a happily ever after ending.
Founder and Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock churches, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has slammed men of God, who are part of political campaigns ahead of the 2015 elections. The 53-year-old was reviewing last week’s screening of the movie Selma in the church.
Speaking before his Sunday sermon yesterday, Adefarasin told his congregation: “I must say to you that pastors who join in these political campaigns are not wise.”
The articulate preacher also insisted that “House on the Rock is not a partisan organisation or a political platform”, while maintaining that the pulpit is not the best avenue to take a stand or advise members on which party or candidates they must vote for.
“I don’t belong to APC and PDP. I don’t belong to any political party. I belong to Jesus party. I am interested in God’s agenda in Nigeria,” he added.
He also flayed the manner in which some of the political campaigns have been conducted, describing the desperation from the two leading parties as “sad and sorry”.
After two months on Twitter, the account of the Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has been verified.
The confirmation of this process for the account, @ProfOsinabjo, came through at exactly 4pm on Friday afternoon.
Speaking about his experience so far on social media, the Running Mate to General Muhammadu Buhari, admitted that he had followed online conversations passively for a long time but had to get fully involved when he was picked to join the APC Presidential Ticket.
“I consider myself a Digital Immigrant, while all those born in the Computer Age are the Natives,” he said.
“It took a while to get used to it, but I have always known social media to be a very useful tool for engagement, enlightenment and entertainment. Its huge value to Nigeria and the nation we hope to build cannot be overestimated and I’m grateful for how I have been so well received. It has been extremely interesting.”
Ekiti State Governor, Buruji Kashamu, Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP South West and Bode George have all reacted to a statement made on Saturday by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, in which he accused President Goodluck Jonathan of planning to hang on to power by hook or crook or imposing on Nigeria a “Gbagbo treatment”, a reference to the former Ivorian leader who instead of conceding electoral defeat, plunged his country into war. Continue below to see how the men have reacted.
What Ekiti Governor, Fayose said;
“The moment Obasanjo is not the one controlling a house, he will want the house pulled down but this time around, he has failed.”
“Obasanjo has always benefitted from the misfortune of others and he is living with the impression that he is the wisest person in the whole world.
“When Murtala Mohammed was murdered in 1976, Obasanjo was the beneficiary.
“In 1993, he said the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola was not the messiah Nigeria needed. Instead of Obasanjo to join the clamour for the actualisation of Abiola’s mandate, Obasanjo was canvassing for an Interim National Government, which he schemed to head.
“MKO Abiola died in detention in 1997 (1998) and Obasanjo became the beneficiary of his (Abiola) death.
“Despite the fact that it was the blood of MKO Abiola that Obasanjo marched on to power, not even a street was named after Abiola throughout Obasanjo’s eight years as president.
“Today, Obasanjo is fighting President Jonathan, the man who has done what he failed to do for Abiola, the Yoruba people and Nigerians as a whole when he was president for eight years, simply because he does not want anyone to equal his record as Nigeria’s longest serving president.
“President Jonathan has made it impossible for Obasanjo to run his presidency for him and for this reason, he is supporting Buhari, hoping that he will be the one to nominate ministers for Buhari if he becomes president.”
What Buruji Kashamu said;
“Let us not be deceived. As well-intentioned as Chief Obasanjo’s homily may seem, it is all lies. It is an open show of his manipulative skills and his well-known egoistic craving for power and relevance.”
“I urge Nigerians to be wise and conduct their independent investigations on claims by politicians,” he said as he called for his arrest and investigation.
And Bode George….
“Baba has served his own term, he has played his roles. I don’t want to conclude that his life would end up like Saul in the Bible.
“I will also want to call on our Obas to talk to Baba that he should remain at that pinnacle of respect because it is becoming too personal. No human being is perfect.”
“If Baba had attended the Council of state meeting in Abuja, he would have understood why the elections were postponed,” he said.
Ward 11 chairman, Usman Oladunjoye tearing Obasanjo’s PDP membership card and the torn card
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday left his guests at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta with bated breath when he tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card in their presence.
The guests, who are leaders of the PDP from Obasanjo’s ward around his former residence in Ita Eko, where he registered, visited the ex-president to express their concern with his recent utterances against the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and what he considered as the President’s role in the postponement of the general elections from February to March.
Obasanjo had alleged on Saturday that Jonathan had a “grand plan” to scuttle democracy in the country through the poll shift, accusing the President of trying to win the presidential poll “through hook or crook.”
The guests in Abeokuta had told the former Head of State that they had come to plead with him to stop his criticisms of the incumbent president.
They also informed him of the feelers that they were getting that the leaders of the party were planning to expel him from the party.
Obasanjo asked his guests if they were with their PDP membership card, which some of them produced.
He subsequently asked for his own, which someone brought to him.
He then directed the leader of the team to tear the card in shreds, telling the visitors that he was no longer a member of the ruling party.
The former president had last year resigned his membership of the party, when he was the Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, arguing that he could no longer be in the same party and be led in the South-West by someone he referred to as a confirmed drug baron.
Baseline Entertainment has released the video to ‘I Am For Real’, one of the new singles by lead artist, Skales.
Produced by Orbeat, Skales takes it a notch higher by effortlessly delivering an incredible dancehall hit. The video was shot and directed in Lagos, Nigeria, by Stanz Visuals, who was responsible for directing the video to the mega hit song “Shake Body”.
As the release of his first ever album, ‘Man of the Year’ draws closer, Skales continues to put in work on other projects and finishing up his album.
Baseline Entertainment presents the
video for Skales’ recently released
single, “I Am For Real”. The video was
directed and shot by Stanz Visuals at
different locations in Lagos, Nigeria.
Skales’ debut album is scheduled for
released early 2015.
Enjoy!
Love is in the air, fresh boy EFA aka E2DFA returns with a lovely soft tune titled FALL IN LOVE featuring legendary trio music group PLANTASHUN BOIZ (2face, Faze & Blackface).
Jimmy Banty (@JBanty_Baale) starts 2015 on a good note with the
release of his first official song for the year. Jukele is good party
track which was produced by SIKEDI and mixed by prolific mix master,
INDOMIX.
Coming out of South-South, Missy T starts year 2015 with a highly-intoxicating reggae jam, “Na You”. As Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, “Na You” is a perfect love song that will suit all lovers in the world. The beautiful songstress delivered amazingly on this jam. Follow @Callmemissyt on twitter and @missytrhymey.
SmokeyTunes Records New Boi KroxxyLee balls out with this record titled “For You” and he teams up with top notch producer SmokeyTunes for the production. The strings and the kicks will get you nodding to this.
Ay Swag officially drops video of gospel cover of “Dorobucci” by The Mavins Crew titled “Jehovah Nissi”
which features Ronnie D, Anica, Calibird, Hohlumeday and DJ Baddo sampled on beat by JossyBeatz/Kokovibes.
Ay Swag real name Ayoola Olaide is a banker with passion for music had several gospel covers of the popular
Kcee’s Limpopo, Iyanya’s Kukere, Davido’s Skelewu and Aye amongst severals has become the toast of all in the gospel circle with his aim to reconcile people to God with prayerful and praise lyrics using tunes they are familiar with.
The video produced by Jude Fab-Obi features Jenny O (Hip Tv), Mc Icewater, Baba de Baba, Grand komanda, Nutin Do Me, Prof Holy Rock, JCI Okoh, Eteye, Kahmoh, TM Square, Don Witty with several comedians and celebrities in a playscript of “The Last Supper, somewhere in Nigeria”.
Gist Tv Media/Entertainment Presents, TENIBOI FEATURING DREW, MIC DAVIZ, In “STREET SOLDIERS” AND PRODUCED BY MIC DAVIZ
Teniboi Is Back again with a new Street Hop Hit song, titled “STREET SOLDIERS” Alongside with DREW, MIC DAVIZ. it’s a dope track which everyone would love to listen to..This Track is one that shouldn’t be missing on your playlist, Produced by @Micdaviz for We Apply Productions.
“Isaac Bomest Jimmy” from Akwa Ibom state, popularly known by my stage
name “I.B”, I lived half my life Traveling, but currently live in
“Beehive” started Music at the age of 13, and gradually I’ve been making a
large mark in the Nigerian industry and Beyond, dropped my 1st Mixtape
Album “BHM” 13Th August, 2014, and since then I never seized making dope
hits, and after proving my self to be a God on the mic, and conquered many
Rap acts in Battles, I still make emphases on being the 1st of my kind and always encourage Good Music.
This is some serious min blowing Spokem pem rendered by I.B…
#DJGeeQ Of Eko Fm 90.9 aka the turntable surmorer has just put together the hottest Hip Hop Dance mix for 2015 topping the charts and gaining massive rotation on all radio and T.V stations across the continent.
The out of space Disc Jockey who’s been tagged The Mix- Tape King in Nigeria is well for known for releasing hot Mix-tapes over the years, with the recent 2014 The Gbedu Mix-tape already boasting of over 320,000 downloads in less than a month. #DJGeeQ is one fearless International Disc Jockey who’s music archive knows no boarder to sound plus His ability to spin different genre makes him stand out.
Either you a fan of Hip Hop or not, this is a must have MIX says #DjGeeQ
Ogunsina Ayodeji aka @STONEWHIZ after the release of OWOTAMBUWA last year , is proud to unveil his 1st brand new singles for 2015. “THAT’S MY BABY”.
The Energetic Vocalist STONE WHIZ has steadily seen his stocks rising in the Nigerian music landscape, with so much love from the Street Listeners, OAP and Djs among others playlisting and supporting his Records respectively.
STONE WHIZ has Strongly poised is consistensy as one of the few artists of great Talent and Delivery for fans and Critics to keep an eye out for this year 2015. And has Promised to Put Out More New Material in no time.
THAT’S MY BABY is Produced by the Legendary Music Icon K-SOLO @obaksolo who produced Unbeatable Hit songs Stars in Nigeria Like Timaya, King Saheed Osupa, Klever Jay, LACE, Late Kefee, SunnyNeji, Paul Play to mention few and other Great African Artist at large. Its never a dulling moment.
Micheal Oyibos Kaycee, popularly known as Kaycee Kline, originally from Delta State, burn in Jos, raised in Warri and Lagos State. Started his Musical Career at the age of nine as a drummer, started singing in a British band back in Warri then later moved to Enugu for studies and continued his trade there with his newly formed band, while in the East his band played and toured the four corners of the east, he then moved to Abuja to seek for greener pastures, he joined a band as a singer and later became the leader of the band due to mismanagement of the leaders and renamed the band as the great sensational band and he has been able to manage the band for close to ten years, leading to the first Abuja local band to have gone international, touring some Countries in Europe and in Africa including Lebanon in the middle East.
He released his debut album in 2005 which include some unforgettable songs like “First Night, Na God and show your logo” Kaycee Kline is known as a very versatile performer, humble in spirit and a very God fearing young man, In 2014, he landed a deal newly found record label known as TREASURE TOWN MUSIC own by a business mogul in Port Harcourt, no doubt Kaycee Kline has all it takes to conquer the music industry his first single in his latest project is title MR and MRS, according to Abuja’s Golding boy, he said “ i am taking the minds of music lovers in Africa and beyond to a moral state” he said marriage is a divine institution and took his time to depict the beauty of our tradition and culture during wedding in his latest video, he said 2015 is his year of unlimited music his next single titled ILEKE is almost ready and he hope to work with some big names in the industry.
Twitter @kayceekline_ttm
Instagram kayceekline
www.facebook/kayceekline
Da Pro Announces An Endorsement Deal With Accord Gang Inc
Kilode master Da-Pro has achieved a new thing recently, he will definitely have enough reasons to smile this year, and the dancehall/hip-hop rapper just completed an endorsement deal with South Korea based entertainment outfit Accord Gang Inc.
Da-Pro made this known on 10th February 2015, the singer from great Youngbrain Entertainment family had things working out for him this year 2015 and we wish him well more years to come.
But the Accord Gang Inc is yet to make their public announcement as usual; we expect to hear it from them as soon as possible.
Also anticipate the official video of Kilode directed by St Immaculate dropping in the month of March.
After a year break from the music industry, talented and love music Artist, AD GUN has been silent after a fabulous year he had in 2013 for the release of his official love single and video titled I LOVE YOU which he featured MR ENNY and Produced by B MYNE was a success and since then we haven’t heard anything from him lately. And now AD GUN is back with Mrs AD GUN, I think he’s still on his path to keep his style of good music and the way he explain how he cherish love in every songs that he release for his fans and for the people that cherish love like him. Mrs AD GUN was Produced by P’ JAY and mixed and mastered by B MYNE. So without wasting so much of our time I celebrate his talent from the popular quote I heard from the song that says *To be a Successful Man there must be a Woman and to be an happy Man you’ll need a good Woman* And I think you need to download and listen to Mrs AD GUN by AD GUN to feel what I believe and endorsed to be the best good music of our time..
E Temmy @E_TEMMY, born Eluyode Temitayo is a fast growing Nigerian Afro-pop artist who came into the scene in 2013 with his first single titled “The beat in me”. After the successful release the song, he went right to the studio to record his second single which he calls #TGIF (Thank God it’s friday) which will undoubtedly become a party anthem. The song features Da Tatoo @Datatoo1Datatoo, whose energetic delivery created some additional flavour. The song is produced by the fast rising, versatile music producer, Joseph Fabs @JosephFabs. He hails from The Cradle Of The Yoruba race ILE IFE in Osun state of Nigeria. He is currently a student of mathematics at Adeyemi College Of Education Ondo state, Nigeria.
2015 seems to be a year that Owillz has been waiting for. He recently opened the new year with a new single, Danciya ft 2C (one of the best banging track of the year…still trending online and has several dj jockeys on replay). In the wave of being recently signed into Aeon Music, the Tingolo crooner along with his new management packaged you a new Afro/Zouk track from the heart of Atlanta USA. The video was directed by Giwa Media. Audio produced by Jahbwai of Baseline Studio and BeatbySV. Enjoy.
Iwuoha Christian Popularly Known As CUTEY and Harrison Chimereuche Popularly Known By His Stage Name HARRY JAZZ Came Together And Make This Massive Track Titled “ODOGBU” Club And Street Banger For The Official Mavin Record’s Dj Popularly Known As “DJ BIG N” … Just Feel Relax and Click on the Download Button…
Just a few hours ago,The award wining Reggae Dancehall Artist and presenter,Abdul Razack Issahaku,known in SHowbiz as IWAN expressed his grievances on the “Kinto Rothmans” alleged Gay Assault saga on his Facebook page.Bellow is what the Lyrical Gunshot wrote ;
“When We were Burning Batty Man years Ago in our lyrics , Most guys where damn scared to do so. Why? Because they say Batty Men Rule the World. Rule who? Jah, Ya Allah is My Ruler, Now that Your favourites, Friends and Brothers are Turning into Batty Men, U wanna Speak Out. It’s not my problem even if my Father Becomes a BattyMan but its My Problem if I Fail to publish the Words of My Heavenly Father in The Holy Quran and Holy Bible That Condemns Man to Man and Woman to Woman Sex. You have not seen Nothing Yet. Many are those who would become Batty Men in the coming years. Do you think We are now Beginning, No, this is the End times. Boys would bow down Just for money. Because there is no Faith. Insecurity all over. Vanity upon Vanity .. Riches and Fame turn Dem mad.
Alphi Lexy also known as “The Monster” for his dope rap skills decides to jump on the Bobby Shmurda’s hit song “Hot Nigga”….This is an 18 yrs old rapper spitting killer bars….You are no doubt gonna love this…..
It is the season of valentine, Singer/dancer Ugochi who is know on stage and by his fans as JB releases a dope love song featuring Paulina crooner Fanzy Papaya, with the title Nwa Baby.
The rhythm coupled with rich lyrics that infuses Igbo and pidgin English on the this song it always something to talk about, this will probably be the DJ favourite in clubs.
Girls are more likely to use the internet for socialising than boys
More than half of children in the UK (57%) have done something “risky” or anti-social online, a poll of 2,000 11- to 16-year-olds suggests.
Almost two-thirds (62%) told the BBC Learning poll they felt under pressure from others to act in this way.
Activities included sharing unsuitable videos or pictures of themselves or saying nasty things about others and looking at unsuitable websites.
Some 20% said they had put pressure on someone else to act negatively online.
The research was commissioned as part of a new online safety campaign – Be Smart – timed to coincide with Internet Safety Day on 10 February.
Online bullying
Nearly half, some 47%, said they had looked at something online that they thought their parents would not like them to see.
While 14% admitted to sending pictures of themselves, or others, that their parents would not like them to share.
And nearly one in 10 had signed up to websites or services not meant for their age group.
Among 14- to 16-year-olds, almost three-quarters (72%) said they had experienced or witnessed online bullying.
Media caption
What is inappropriate? BBC talks to 11-16 year olds about their online activity
Andrew Tomlinson, the BBC’s executive producer responsible for digital and media literacy, said: “Internet safety is becoming increasingly important as more families get online and children start to use tablets, computers and smartphones earlier in their lives.
“For the third year in succession, BBC Learning is supporting the aims of Safer Internet Day with a campaign of its own.
“Be Smart is giving young people the chance to speak for themselves about the pressures they face on social networking sites.”
Meanwhile, a mobile app is to be launched later this year in the UK which will give parents remote access to everything their children get up to on their phones.
It will allow parents to track their child’s movements, monitor text messages and vet the websites visited. #ZinoTech
Girls are more likely to use the internet for socialising than boys
More than half of children in the UK (57%) have done something “risky” or anti-social online, a poll of 2,000 11- to 16-year-olds suggests.
Almost two-thirds (62%) told the BBC Learning poll they felt under pressure from others to act in this way.
Activities included sharing unsuitable videos or pictures of themselves or saying nasty things about others and looking at unsuitable websites.
Some 20% said they had put pressure on someone else to act negatively online.
The research was commissioned as part of a new online safety campaign – Be Smart – timed to coincide with Internet Safety Day on 10 February.
Online bullying
Nearly half, some 47%, said they had looked at something online that they thought their parents would not like them to see.
While 14% admitted to sending pictures of themselves, or others, that their parents would not like them to share.
And nearly one in 10 had signed up to websites or services not meant for their age group.
Among 14- to 16-year-olds, almost three-quarters (72%) said they had experienced or witnessed online bullying.
Media caption
What is inappropriate? BBC talks to 11-16 year olds about their online activity
Andrew Tomlinson, the BBC’s executive producer responsible for digital and media literacy, said: “Internet safety is becoming increasingly important as more families get online and children start to use tablets, computers and smartphones earlier in their lives.
“For the third year in succession, BBC Learning is supporting the aims of Safer Internet Day with a campaign of its own.
“Be Smart is giving young people the chance to speak for themselves about the pressures they face on social networking sites.”
Meanwhile, a mobile app is to be launched later this year in the UK which will give parents remote access to everything their children get up to on their phones.
It will allow parents to track their child’s movements, monitor text messages and vet the websites visited.
Joseph Chidozie Chibueze with the stage name Chido is a singer vocal coach and song writer, with the aim to create an impart in the Nigeria music industry.
Iwo ni mo fe was produced by DJ coublon who produced lekwa ukwu by iyanya and woju by Kiss daniel.
He was born and brought up in Niger state, and can fluently speak English, Igbo, Hausa, Nupe and a beat of Yoruba.
Music to me is my referees bcuz nothing to me is complete without music. While growing up I listen to Charlie Wilson, John legend, usher, sunny neji, styl plus, wande coal etc. DOWNLOAD
Microsoft has released a patch to close a bug exploited by hackers, who targeted US military and government networks.
The flaw was used to compromise Windows PCs that visited sites seeded with other malware created by the group.
Popular news site Forbes was one victim unwittingly enrolled into the cyber-espionage campaign.
Security systems on US military networks ultimately foiled attempts to steal data, said one expert.
“It’s fairly brazen for a Chinese cyber-espionage group to use such a public site,” said John Hultquist from iSight Partners, which said it had traced the attack back to a group called Codoso.
Data grabbing
Forbes’ site was compromised via a software add-on, or widget, that made use of a version of Adobe’s Flash software, which in turn was vulnerable to an exploit believed to have been created by Codoso.
This was paired with a separate vulnerability that the hackers used to takeover Windows machines.
The booby-trapped widget was present on the Forbes site between 28 November and 1 December, 2014, said a spokeswoman for the news site.
“Forbes took immediate actions to remediate the incident,” said the spokeswoman.
“The investigation has found no indication of additional or ongoing compromise nor any evidence of data exfiltration.”
No group had claimed responsibility for the attack, she added.
Mr Hultquist told the BBC that iSight had been tracking Codoso since 2010 and was confident it was behind the attack.
Additional intelligence about its origin has been provided by security company Invincea which spotted machines infected via the Forbes exploit on military networks.
Once it took hold on a Windows machine the Codoso malware sought to log what software the machine ran and to map networks to find other machines to compromise, Mr Hultquist explained
“It’s all about land and expand,” he said.
“They want to get in and stay in and be as persistent as possible and gather intelligence over a long period of time.”
No data was stolen from official US networks using this exploit, said Norm Laudermilch from Invincea.
However, he said, analysis of the malware showed that it had been used to get at various other sites and the sheer number of people visiting Forbes would suggest a lot had been caught out by it.
Adobe patched the Flash bug on 9 December and Microsoft has now moved to close the other loophole found and exploited by Codoso.
Mr Hultquist said the evidence suggested Codoso was no common-or-garden cybercrime group.
“There are different motivations for hacker groups, but this one is about espionage and that, by definition, is not about making money,” he said.
China was not alone in setting up such groups and trying to gather data by hacking, he added.
“We’ve seen dozens of them,” he said.
“It’s a very inexpensive way to get an advantage over your adversaries.”
Presh of Eric Many Ent, drops his first video of 2015 for “Say Dem Say” featuring Davido. The video is directed by Sesan. The video is shot on locations in Lagos, Dilly’s (CEO Eric Many Ent) mansion in Lekki to be precise, the video is one you have to see again and again.
Not in front of the telly: Warning over ‘listening’ TV
Samsung said personal information could be scooped up by the Smart TV
Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set.
The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature.
When the feature is active, such TV sets “listen” to what is said and may share what they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said.
Privacy campaigners said the technology smacked of the telescreens, in George Orwell’s 1984, which spied on citizens.
Data sharing
The warning came to light via a story in online news magazine the Daily Beast which published an excerpt of a section of Samsung’s privacy policy for its net-connected Smart TV sets. These record what is said when a button on a remote control is pressed.
Smart TV owner Peter Kent: “It makes me think twice”
The policy explains that the TV set will be listening to people in the same room to try to spot when commands or queries are issued via the remote. It goes on to say: “If your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.”
Corynne McSherry, an intellectual property lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which campaigns on digital rights issues, told the Daily Beast that the third party was probably the company providing speech-to-text conversion for Samsung.
She added: “If I were the customer, I might like to know who that third party was, and I’d definitely like to know whether my words were being transmitted in a secure form.”
Soon after, an activist for the EFF circulated the policy statement on Twitter comparing it to George Orwell’s description of the telescreens in his novel 1984 that listen to what people say in their homes.
Privacy experts wondered if the grabbed audio was protected as it was sent for analysis
In response to the widespread sharing of its policy statement, Samsung has issued a statement to clarify how voice activation works. It emphasised that the voice recognition feature is activated using the TV’s remote control.
It said the privacy policy was an attempt to be transparent with owners in order to help them make informed choices about whether to use some features on its Smart TV sets, adding that it took consumer privacy “very seriously”.
Samsung said: “If a consumer consents and uses the voice recognition feature, voice data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search. At that time, the voice data is sent to a server, which searches for the requested content then returns the desired content to the TV.”
It added that it did not retain voice data or sell the audio being captured. Smart-TV owners would always know if voice activation was turned on because a microphone icon would be visible on the screen, it said.
The third party handling the translation from speech to text is a firm called Nuance, which specialises in voice recognition, Samsung has confirmed to the BBC.
Samsung is not the first maker of a smart, net-connected TV to run into problems with the data the set collects. In late 2013, a UK IT consultant found his LG TV was gathering information about his viewing habits.
Publicity about the issue led LG to create a software update which ensured data collection was turned off for those who did not want to share information #ZinoTech
How to restore your BlackBerry Z10 when it won’t turn on.
Some BlackBerry Z10 users have found they can’t turn on their mobile phone, or the phone simply displays an image of a PC and a Z10 without starting up any further.
When connecting the Z10 to BlackBerry Link to restore the phone, the Link software does not recognise that a device has been plugged in. If you are one of the users affected, you will be pleased to know that BlackBerry is already aware of the problem and a solution is being investigated! Until an official fix is rolled out, here is a brief workaround that may help bring life back to your smartphone.
STRONG TIP
Currently, this workaround is only available on PCs running Microsoft Windows. We have a full guide on how to restore the Z10 or Q10 available to help with this and other issues you may be having.
RECOVERING A BLACKBERRY 10 SMARTPHONE
If you’re experiencing the problems above, follow these steps to recover your sleeping BlackBerry:
Warning – following these instructions will wipe the device!
Shut down the BlackBerry Link program (and BlackBerry Desktop Software if installed).
Detach all BlackBerry smartphones from your PC, including the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone that cannot be booted up.
Open Internet Explorerand browse to www.blackberry.com/updates. Scroll down the page and select the Check for Updates button.
Connect the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone you’re having problems with.
Hold down the power button on your mobile phone for 10 seconds until it turns off, then press the power button again until it turns back on. A prompt will flash up on the PC and the BlackBerry smartphone will appear in the drop-down list. If at this point the phone will not switch on and the LED blinks twice and powers off, please see below.
Click the OK button as soon as it becomes available. You only have 15 seconds to do this, so keep your eye out! Once the above steps are completed, a message will be displayed stating Checking for BlackBerry Device Software updates.
The BlackBerry 10 smartphone will now power itself off after 120 seconds. Shortly after120 seconds, the BlackBerry smartphone LED should turn green. Continue to wait after the LED turns green and you will be prompted to install BlackBerry Device Software. Follow the prompts to install the BlackBerry Software, and once the installation is complete the smartphone should now be recovered.#ZinoTech
Conversion of MD cards. ow to Convert 2GB Memory Card to 4GB
Storage become one of the great problem nowadays because of to much data. Everything become digital like our important documents, books and many more so now people need more storage space for their uses devices but how to increase their existing space this can be solved with the help of Memory Card but what we do if our data increasing day by day? Have we bought new Memory Card everyday? Is such a difficult thing. So what a best way in this way? Isn’t we increase our Memory Storage?
Yes! Now you can easily increase your Memory Card Storage Space with the help of below mentioned method. This method works mostly on all SDcards or memory cards. If you have 1 or 2 GB card then you have to try to increase internal space of your memory card or SDcard. Most of you maybe thinking that it is impossible and this is just joke, but i make you sure its not joke. Below method really works and there is a script that makes your Memory card internal space to 4 GB. This is such a awesome trick and it is tested by many users, you just run a script, enter your Memory Card’s Name, its letter (commonly it is ‘E’ but you may have ‘A’, ‘S’ or whatever you want). This trick is very helpful and important for those who have 1 GB or 2 GB cards and they cannot buy 4 GB cards for some reasons. Now You will come to know how to increase internal size of your SDCARD/Memory Card. Most important it works only on some memory cards and specially on 1 GB or 2 GB internal storage cards and if you will try to increase your android’s internal memory by below method then you can brick your Android’s Internal Card or Memory Card which may next time never work. So, please try only on your SDcards and memory cards.
#ZinoTech
iPad
New to iPad: How to Get Started With Your
How to Install iPad Apps
Once you’ve found your app, you’ll need to install it on your iPad. This is a two-step process. First, touch the price, which is outlined in red. (Free apps will read “FREE”.) Once you’ve touched the button, the outline will turn green and read “INSTALL APP”. Touch it again to start the install process.
When you are on the app’s page in the App Store, the download button is located at the top of the screen just above the Details tab. (I’ve outlined the button on the screen shot above.) You can also install an app directly from the search results by touching the price tag located on the right side of the search results box.
Once you’ve chosen to install the app, you may be prompted to enter your iTunes account password. This request is designed to protect you in case someone picks up your iPad and attempts to download a bunch of apps without your permission. If you have recently downloaded an app, the iPad will assume it’s actually you still using it and won’t prompt you for your password. (So if you want to download a bunch of apps at once, the iPad won’t ask you for your password each time.) #ZinoTech
Abuja – Elder Statesman and a former Federal
Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, has urged the
national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
to expel former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the
party, reports Punch.
He accused Obasanjo of working against the interest of the
party by supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari over the PDP’s
candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan.
He noted that Obasanjo was defending Buhari over the
N25bn unaccounted for at the Petroleum Trust Fund
headed because Obasanjo wanted President Jonathan to
lose the election.
Also read: Clark insists Jega must resign
He stated that both Obasanjo and Buhari are in a marriage
of convenience just to remove Jonathan at all cost.
Port Harcourt – Another office of the All Progressives
Congress has been bombed in Rivers State, a day after
police said the campaign convoy of PDP governorship
candidate, Nyesom Wike was attacked by unidentifed
gunmen.
The office at Ngor, Andoni local council area was dynamited
early Friday, the second APC office to be attacked in seven
days. On 11 January, the APC office in Abam Ama, Okrika
local council was also destroyed with dynamite.
Oromte Erefokuma, Chairman of the party in Andoni local
government, said the office was destroyed.
“The APC office at Ngor was attacked by unknown persons
in the early hours of Friday. Nobody was hurt, but the office
was destroyed,’’ Erefokuma said.
Also read: APC concerned at escalating Rivers State
violence
Ahmad Muhammad, a DSP, and public relations officer of
the Rivers State police command, confirmed all the attacks.
“We have received a report of the incident. Details are
sketchy, but we have commenced investigation into the
incident,’’Muhammad said.
Muhammad also said the police had commenced search
for gunmen who attacked the campaign team of Mr
Nyesom Wike, governorship candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers, at Abua town, in Abua/
Odual Local Government.
He said the gunmen opened fire on the campaign team on
Jan. 15 in the afternoon.
“Policemen accompanying the team responded and chased
away the gunmen.
‘’Nobody was hurt. No arrest was made and we have
commenced serious manhunt for the perpetrators of the
act,’’ the police spokesperson said.
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