GOOGLE ADDICT ? How To Escape From Google's Clutches, Once and For All ! IF YOU CAN !

Posted by technology on February 20, 2010 at 11:04pm

How To: Escape From Google's Clutches, Once and For All

So you're fed up with Google, and you've got a litany of reasons. Youdon't even have to explain—I'm just here to help you crawl out fromunder the shadow of the big G, step by step.

You don't have to be ready to commit to a full overhaul of your online lifestyle to understand why someone might want to yank their data from Google's servers, and hand it off to someone else: You've got Google's CEO deafly rehashing fallacious arguments about privacy—"If you have something that youdon't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the firstplace"—and hesitating on a drawback; you've got contextual advertisingthat seems just a little too closely tuned to that sexxxy love letteryour girlfriend sent you while you were on that business trip; you'vegot that violently insane ex husband who now knows where you are because of Google's clumsy Buzz rollout. Most of all, you've got reasons, and you're ready for change.

The decision to close your Google account has to be carefully considered—after all, this is the place that stores your email, yourdocuments, your contacts, your photos, your news, and even your healthrecords. But this level of investment to one service is as good areason to leave as it is to stay: If looking at your Google Dashboard,which lists all the services you use, and the amount and type ofinformation you store on them, doesn't make you feel a little uneasy,then hell, what would?

Anyway, I'm not here to make the case for you to drop Google altogether—it's not something I'm prepared to do, for a start—I'm justhere to tell you how to do it. Here's everything you need to know about life after Google.

Search

It's easy to forget that there are other search engines in the world, because Google has been so plainly dominant over the last fewyears. But they're there, and they're actually pretty good.

The best alternative to Google, by a long shot, is Microsoft's Bing.It's an evolution of the Live search engine, and it's offers adistinctly different experience than Google: it's far from minimalist,with a colorful interface, content-tailored results pages, and andemphasis on reducing clicks, rather than reducing clutter. Coming fromGoogle it can be visually jarring, and the fact that the results forcommon searches are different—if not better or worse—means that at first, you'll get the feeling that it isn't working right.

Give it some time and some patience, and you'll realize that it's pretty damn good. And even if search isn't perceived as the biggestthreat to your privacy, it's important to make the switch anyway—afterall, it was Google search that was the gateway to all the other Googleservices, which you're now trying untangle yourself from.

Honorable Mentions:

• Yahoo
• Wolfram Alpha
• Collecta
• Mahalo

Email

Back when it launched in 2005, Gmail lured users with insane amounts of free storage space: One gigabyte. Impossible. This caught the dominant services of the day completely off guard, and made their free webmail seem utterly ancient.

Today, that one gigabyte has grown to nearly seven, and on the surface not much has changed about ol' Gmail. Meanwhile, the companiesthat were blindsided back in 2005 have had plenty of time to catch upto, and in some cases, exceed Google's offering. Here's how to make the full switch:

Backing up your Gmail: There are a number of ways to do this, but one stands out as the easiest: The email client method.

1.) Download Thunderbird, a free email client from the same people who make Firefox (Download for Windows, OS X)
2.) Enable IMAP access on your Gmail account, by clicking the Settinglink in the top right of your inbox, navigating to the Forwarding andPOP/IMAP tab, and selecting the "Enable IMAP" radio button

3.) File > New Mail Account
4.) Enter your name and Gmail address, after which Thunderbird shouldfind your mail settings automatically, and set itself up as an IMAPclient: (If this doesn't happen, consult Google's guide for a manual setup.
5.) Once the account is set up, open Thunderbird's Account Settingspanel, and navigate to the Synchronization and Storage tab. Make sure"Keep messages for this account on this computer" and "Synchronize allmessages regardless of age" are both selected.
6.) Wait for your messages to sync to your computer—this could take hours, especially if you're near your Gmail storage limit.

What you've done here is imported all of your Gmail messages into a local client—Thunderbird—which lets you browse them, search them, orback them up to an external hard drive for posterity. And if you switchto another IMAP-based service, you can import these old messages intoyour new account simply by dragging them from your Gmail inbox folderin Thunderbird to your new account's inbox folder.

Contacts are a trickier question, but at the very least you can use Gmail's contact exporting tool (under your Gmail inbox folder list) tocreate a CSV file or or VCard, for importing into a client likeThunderbird.

The best alternative service: As long as it's been since Gmail showed up on the scene, the webmail scene hasn't seen manyexciting new players—Google has a knack of preempting new competitionwhen it moves into a product category. So, for the best remainingalternative is a veritable oldie: Yahoo mail. Consider the facts:

• It's still free
• It offers unlimited storage
• POP access is available in the free version, and with a little fiddling, so is IMAP access
• Free text messages in certain countries
• The interface doesn't look like it was designed in 1999, like certain other webmail clients.

The matter of Buzz: Now, when you ditch Gmail, you'll also be losing Google Buzz, which is a sort of location-aware status update system that nobody hasreally had the time to get into yet. Don't worry: Buzz was a responseto other services, not a trailblazer, so you'll be served just finesticking with Twitter (which lets you update you status with geolocation), FourSquare(which lets you alert your friends as to which particularestablishments you visit, and see what other people think of saidestablishments), and Facebook (forposting media and accepting comments on it). Buzz didn't have time tobecome vital, so switching away from it should be easy.

Calendar

Exporting your Google calendars: This one's easy. Just:

1.) Navigate to your GCal settings page, and click on the Calendars tag.
2.) Export calendars to an ICS file, like so:
3.) That's it!

The best alternative: Yahoo calendar is fine, but in the spirit of spreading your vital info around, let's go with Windows Live Calendar. One you've created a Live ID—you pretty much need one of thesenowadays—you're automatically given a Live Calendar account. To importyour Google Calendars, just do the following:

1.) Open Live Calendar
2.) Click "Subscribe"
3.) Import the ICS file you exported from Gmail, like this:

Photos

Not that many people use Picasa, so this one should be easy. Plus, there are some obviously superior alternatives.

• Flickrdoesn't stop at being a great photo sharing site, it's also an amazingresource for photographers, both expert and amateur. Storage is limitedwith a monthly upload cap.
• Photobucket is a simple gallery service, with an emphasis on sharing over archiving. Storage is limited to 1GB.
• Shutterfly is another super-simple service, with unlimited storage (Google doesn't even offer that for free)
• Facebookshouldn't be counted out—its photo compression may be aggressive, butit does allow you to upload and tag a virtually unlimited number ofphotos.

Documents

A lot of people find themselves using Google Docs because it's just so damn convenient—you receive a document in yourGmail account, and suddenly, hey, it's in the Google Docs service! That's how they get you.And interestingly enough, despite Google's acquisition of Writely andsubsequent improvements on in the Docs service, there's still anobjectively superior online document editing service out there.

ZoHo Docs is a full online office suit(among other things) which does virtually everything Google Docs cando, and often more. It offers deep document editing, offline editing(!), and collaborative editing. Document compatibility on ZoHo isabsolutely tops, and the formatting and editing options far exceedGoogle Docs. There's a text editor, a spreadsheet editor and apresentation editor, to name a few.

Pulling the Plug

So, you've migrated what you can, and settled into you new services nicely. Now, it's time to close your Google account out, once and forall? Are you ready? Are you sure? Ok.

For any grievances you may have about Google's privacy practices, you have to give them credit for making the process stupidly easy.

1.) From any Google page, click the Settings link in the top right, then Account Settings from the submenu.
2.) Next to "My Products", click the "Edit" link
3.) From here, choose to delete individual services, or close your Google Account altogether.

4.) Confirm that you want all of your data deleted.
340x_screencap_2010-02-20_at_3.44.00_pm.jpg 5.) DO IT.

Feels strange, doesn't it? For anyone with enough spite and motivation to follow this guide, though, I suspect "strange" could bereplaced with any number of more gracious adjectives. So, ex-Googlers:Do you feel better now?

We couldn't cover ever last Google service and piece of software, so if you have more tips and alternatives to share, pleasedrop some links in the comments-your feedback is hugely important toour Saturday How To guides. And if you have any topics you'd like to see covered here, please let me know. Happy diversifying, folks!

Mutallab : Maybe he didnt do it, Next seat 19B occupant says Accused Christmas Bomber Listened to Music, Slept

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 20, 2010 at 9:30pm

SEE Video

Michelle Norris interviews Jay howard the next seat occupant in the christmas day bombing

click to listen to interview here : http://bit.ly/aDAyUw

The man at the center of this story, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, remains in federal custody in Michigan. It's been nearly two months now since he allegedly tried to blow up Northwest Flight 253. On that flight, Abdulmutallab was in seat 19A. In 19B was Jay Howard, a 21-year-old college student from Grand Rapids, returning home from a semester abroad. He spoke with my co-host Michele Norris about that flight.

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

Melissa, Jay Howard says there was nothing unusual about Abdulmutallab. He said he was just an average seatmate.

Mr. JAY HOWARD (Student): I had gotten in first, so when he came by, I had to stand up and let him in. And then he thanked me for getting up for him, and we sat down together.

NORRIS: Throughout that flight, their interaction was minimal. Abdulmutallab told Howard he felt ill. And he mostly listened to music and slept. Then 10 minutes into the plane's final descent, everything changed.

Mr. HOWARD: Well, there was a large pop - like, almost everyone on the plane, I'm sure, I heard it. So, I was very curious to what had happened because it sounded very close to me. So, I was looking around and I noticed that my neighbor, Umar, had his blanket up over him, up to his chin and but I saw that there was smoke coming from underneath his blanket. And I also noticed a repulsive smell. And so I kind of questioned him, and I asked him about the smoke but he didn't respond. And so, I removed his blanket from him and smoke dispersed throughout the plane.

And he had his hand down his pants. So, when he removed his hands from his pants, fire erupted. And he and another passenger, who had come over from a couple of rows away, tried to put it out together. So...

NORRIS: Well, if I can just reach back for a minute, when you asked him about the smell, when he had the blanket pulled up to his chin, did he just ignore you?

Mr. HOWARD: Well, he didn't exactly ignore me. At that point, I just what I got out of him was that he didn't exactly know either but, of course, he did know. He seemed very surprised and shocked at what was happening, like he didn't know.

NORRIS: As you can hear, Jay Howard is very calm in describing a scary situation, but he says many of the other passengers were quite frantic. And I noticed something talking to him: He kept referring to Abdulmutallab by his first name, Umar, as if they were friends.

Mr. HOWARD: I only call him that because I mean, I don't want to call him a terrorist because he hasn't been treated as a terrorist and it wasn't a national threat, and so using Umar seems to be more human.

NORRIS: You have an interesting perspective - that you choose not to see him as a terrorist, and you don't see what he did as presenting a threat.

Mr. HOWARD: Well, I mean, it was a threat, of course, it was a threat because initially, he was trying to blow up the plane but he didn't succeed. I mainly treat him this way because of how he reacted towards what he was doing. And what his actions told me on the plane was that he was in over his head, and that he didn't exactly know what he was doing would entail.

NORRIS: That plane, of course, landed in Detroit. Jay Howard was questioned by the FBI. He was told not to say much about the incident. His clothes were taken for chemical analysis to help determine what Abdulmutallab's bomb was made of. FBI agents bought new clothes for Howard on the spot, but given the limited retail options at an airport, Howard's replacement ensemble was far from his usual style.

Mr. HOWARD: It's was a long-sleeve, yellow polo with blue stripes across it and blue pants. And they didn't find any shoes for me. And so I actually ended up wearing these enormous slippers that were like, golf-shoe style. It was so funny, it looked like I was just going to go golfing or something. Everyone was kind of giving me a strange look in the airport.

(Soundbite of laughter)

Mr. HOWARD: So, they had no idea what my day was like.

NORRIS: Jay Howard has since put the day behind him. He is focusing on his studies. He's not following Abdulmutallab's case very closely. And Melissa, he says he doesn't dwell on what-if scenarios.

MORE TO COME !

Murder for Ritual! As Traders Kill friend for money

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 19, 2010 at 11:30pm

Recent scenario in Benin City, Edo State
has engulfed many sympathizers with shock, pandemonium, and wagging of
teeth, following the bizarre tale of three young businessmen, Henry
Nwoke, Uche Ajujo and Chinedu Okonkwo who cruelly used their

friend, (28 year old), Eze Nwoke for money rituals. investigations have it that the friends recently finished learning a trade in electronics business in Benin City and they felt they needed spiritual blessings to help them grow once they start. They thereafter went to Oshogbo, capital of Osun State. It was learnt that Uche was the first among them who went to Oshogbo
under the pretence that he is a businessman who deals in antiquities.
He was said to have met one Saheed Okeola, at a bar and after serious
of discussions, he told Saheed that he was looking for a medicine man
who would help with charms for his business to grow.

Consequently Saheed took Uche to one Joseph Ojo, a hunter and native doctor in Oshogbo. Uche later invited Henry who indicated interest in making money rituals
with any part of human body. He was said to have agreed to offer
private part, hair or fingers. After the payment of N50,000, Mr Ojo
told Henry that he was to spend five days with him to conclude with
other ritual rites for money to appear, and for those five days, he
would sleep from morning till 4:30 p.m
everyday. It was after Uche left according to the native doctor, that
Henry later brought Eze Nwoke for the money making ritual to be made
from the payment earlier made by Henry. It was learnt that Eze Nwoke
could have been used for the money ritual because he could not be
traced, hence the arrest of his three friends by the Police at State
C.I.D in Benin City.

No doubt, there have been several reported cases of individuals who were
kidnapped, killed, or had their bodies mutilated by ritualists in Nigeria.
This bizarre incidences have become rampant when general elections are
drawing near, and also when there is introduction of new naira notes to
the country. Other reasons responsible for this is unemployment and
desperation as well as uncontrollable covetous act of Nigerian youths
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their economic demands.

Retrospective checks have it that the most notorious of them is the one associated with one Chief Vincent Duru, popularly known as Otokoto. The police in the
southern Nigerian some years back in the city of Owerri arrested
a man, Innocent Ekeanyanwu, with the head of a young boy, Ikechukwu
Okonkwo. In the course of the investigation, the police discovered the
buried torso of Ikechukwu on the premises of Otokoto Hotel, owned by
Chief Duru, and uncovered a syndicate that specialized in ritual killing and the sale and procurement of human parts. The horrifying discoveries sparked off violent protests in the city of Owerri which led to the burning and looting of properties belonging to suspected killers.

Otokoto and his ritualist syndicate were arguably arrested and put on trial, and in February 2003, they were sentenced to death by hanging. Apart
from the Otokoto incident, there have been other instances of ritual
murder and mutilation in other parts of the country. For instance, in
Calabar, two men plucked out the eyes of a young lady, Adlyne Eze, for
money-making ritual. And in Ifo, Ogun state, a businessman inflicted
the same harm on his younger sister. In Ibadan,
the police in December arrested a taxi driver, Abbas, who used his
fourteen-month-old baby for rituals. Abbas killed his child in order to
secure a human head, which was one of the materials listed for him by a
local witchdoctor for a money-making ritual.

And in another act of ritual horror in Onitsha, Anambra State, two young men, Tobechukwu Okorie and Peter Obasi, seized a boy, Monday
Emenike, and cut off his sexual organ with the intention of delivering
it to a man, who allegedly offered to pay 1.5 million naira ($11,000)
for it. In Kaduna,
Danladi Damina was arrested after he exhumed the corpse of a 9-year-old
boy, plucked out his eyes and cut off his lips, intending to use them
for charms. Recently a woman was caught in a bush in Warri, Delta State, decapitating a four-year-old boy for ritual purposes.

Further checks have it that Police are only interested in making the ordinary
citizens to be used as guinea pigs, and object of ridicule in ritual
killing cases, while they cover the rich and the highly influential in
the society who are neck deep in ritual killings, having provided what it worth to silence them. Sometime in 2009 one Senator Ogunwale in Osun State
but to date, the Osun State Police Command are yet to place a face on
those responsible for the death of the female hunchback, Taibat Oseni
(22) who was gruesomely murdered in Senator Ogunwale’s uncompleted
building. Moreover, some have queried the source of wealth of the Osun
politician, Sen. Ogunwale, especially the first money he made, and with
the claims that he just dominated the business world in a jiffy. Yet
the man at the centre of the storm who is now a staunch member of
Action Congress (AC) his preparing himself for a gubernatorial poll in
Osun State despite this unresolved murder/conspiracy charges hanging on
his head.

culled from huhuonline.com

Pete Edochie's Son :My Father Never Influenced My Acting Career, Yul Edochie

Posted by NollywoodMohits on February 19, 2010 at 8:58pm

My Father Never Influenced My Acting Career –Yul Edochie

Yul Edochie, scion of Nollywood star actor, Pete Edochie who joined the movie industry after his training in Theatre Arts in University of Port Harcourt, is fast gaining some grounds in the sector. The actor, also a movie director tells REPORTER Ifeoma Meze his success story in the industry and the burden of his father’s image. Excerpts:

Yul Edochie

Was your joining Nollywood as an actor more like following your father’s footsteps?

I joined Nollywood to become a professional in the course I studied in school, Theatre Arts and not necessarily because my father was already there. I graduated in 2003, did my youth service in 2004 and joined Nollywood in 2005.

How has your career in acting been?

It’s been wonderful. It’s been great. I did not really expect to be where I am today this soon, I must say. I started with acting and at a time, I branched into directing then somewhere along the line, I don’t know how God brought me back into acting and I started featuring in a lot of movies.

On the directing part, what movies did you handle?

I did three movies then. The first one was The Laptop, while the second movie’s title always skips my mind because the title was changed severally. The third on is still in the studio.

Would you say you are really getting it right acting?

Honestly I cannot say. For me I just do what I am supposed to do and what I know that works with the career that I am into. I feel I am blessed to do what I am doing. I have a lot of people that appreciate what I do. I can’t tell if I am doing it well or not. I feel it is not for me to rate myself. I judge from what the people say and they say I am doing it well, so I go with them but I don’t just stop where I am. I try to improve. By improving I mean upgrading, gaining more knowledge in the field so I would be better than the last job. In life you are supposed to be progressing, stepping higher and not remaining stagnant.

Many people deviate from what they studied in school, but you didn’t. Did your dad being in the industry have any influence on your career?

Yes, he influenced me, but not that he helped me get there. I always say that he didn’t really do anything for me in the career. I got where I am today because God loves me and he gave me the talent to be there. It was just that I always saw him as that big figure and wanted to be like him or better. He is a role model to me in acting. I always wanted to be like him, but I started from the scratch just like everyone else in the industry. I started with auditions. I went through the lowest role in movie that people popularly called ‘Waka Pass’. I did minor roles, I did two scenes, three scenes and from there, I began to grow and learn how to do it. So it is not like I just woke up one day and he put me there without any work.

But you know he could influence your moving to a higher level fast enough, how come you did not want what everybody else who had a godfather would do?

I just decided to start from the scratch, because like that you learn more and not just be a product of influence without understanding what you are into. You become stronger when you struggle it out on your own. Right now I know I am stronger, I know acting, directing and a whole lot of things about filmmaking. I had waited for my dad to put me through, I would not have learnt. When you rush into things, you don’t learn. It pays me better to have started from the scratch.

So invariably you are saying that it is not everything that you learn from the classroom?

Of course! The thing about acting is a talent thing. If it’s not in you, it’s not in you. It’s just like football, nobody teaches you how to play football, it’s inborn. The only thing a coach can do is give guidelines. He either makes you a winger, a striker or a midfielder, depending on the kind of talent you have. That is how it is with acting; studying Theatre Arts just gives you guidelines, you learn some principles. That is what I learnt from school, but being in the field is a different ball game. It is like the exhibition field and that is where I learnt everything. I learnt from people like Jim Iyke, Ramsey Noah, and Mike Ezuruonye. These are people I was also looking up to.

Do people link your success to your dad also being in the industry?

Yes they do. It happens all the time. That is what most people say. ‘Oh his father’s influence helped him,’ I hear that all the time.

Does it bother you?

Not that I have a problem with that. Of course, I am not going to fight them, but when I have the opportunity to talk to the press, I always say that he did not do anything for me. I am trying to let young people know that you can make it on your own. It is not about having a big name or having a small name, but believing in yourself. If you want to do something, don’t let anybody run you down, do it, you are going to make it. My father did not help me in acting in anywhere. He was just there like a big figure for me to look up to.

What are the qualities you admire in your father since he is your number one role model?

One thing I really love about him is his presence. He has this presence, he has carriage, and he has the charisma. That is the first thing you are taught in school, to always have presence in a scene. Always try to be in control, Even when you don’t know what you are doing be calm. That is what I learnt from him.

Have you encountered any challenge in the career so far?

Every role is a challenge, because each comes with its own unique task. Some are more challenging than the others. Basically I meet challenges everyday in the kind of roles I play. because I try to do things better than the previous jobs that I had done.

Have you had any challenging role that was very tasking?

Yes. In the movie My Loving Heart that I did with Stella Damascus, I acted the role of a very rich guy that had a heart problem and was about to die if he did not have a heart transplant. Along the line, he met a lady that donated the late husband’s heart to save him. After she gave the heart, there was this attraction between them. Somehow the heart started drawing them together as if the late husband’s heart was trying to find the lady. It was directed by TChidi Chikere. It was very challenging for me.

What was the tasking thing about the role, was it you trying to pretend and having features of someone that was sick?

I had to be deep. The role was deeper than just coming on set to deliver lines. I just came from a set in Jos where I played a role of an unserious guy that played around with girls. I came out from doing a lighter job to a very serious and deep role and it was not easy to get the picture needed. The director told me that I had to go deep to feel what it was like for two hearts to feel each other. There was this part in the movie that I was coming to see the lady after the surgery and immediately I got to her gate without seeing her, my heart started beating very fast signalling that she was close by. I could feel her presence even without seeing her. It was not the same with a boy going after girls’ kind of roles. It was very touching and deep. That role was tasking and same with other roles in movies that are yet to hit the market.

As a director, do you think there are things that need to be corrected since many say that Nollywood is not at the level it is supposed to be yet?

Well there is, though I have not directed for a while now, I only act. Sometimes you look at the storylines. Some of the stories are not well told. You see a few flaws like technical problems. Sometimes the sound may not be so good, sometimes the music is louder than the voice. Some scenes look rushed. I think they should take their time to do movies. I understand that everybody wants money and they want it fast, but if they take their time, we would have better movies. I remember directing a movie and the producer at a point started rushing me that we were wasting a lot of time. At a scene where I required a gun to make it look real because the producer was in a hurry and could not get one said I should use a knife. And it destroyed the storyline and the concept you had already created. Sometimes I insist that I must do things the way a professional director should, at the end of the day, I could not get it and I ended up doing things their way. A lot of them don’t approach these things as professionals. That is part of the problems we are having in the movie making.

To those people that say Nigerian movies are trash, I will tell them to try to see our movies and make suggestions to the directors, because some of the people that say these do not even see our movies. If they keep condemning them, how do we get there? America that we all are looking up to started somewhere and they do not condemn their movies, people stood by them and they progressed.

Do you think we are going to get there?

Yes we are definitely going to get there. We started shooting movies in the 90’s. Hollywood started since God knows when and we do movies here and we get complements from abroad. So I will say we are moving fast. I get calls from America to say the movie I did was good.

Speaking about calls from America, are you looking at going into Hollywood or international?

No, of course everybody wants to go international but going international for me is not going into Hollywood. I can go international without going into Hollywood. I am not looking at Hollywood because it is already an established industry. Nollywood has miles to go and there are a lot of opportunities. I am a Nigerian, I should be focusing on making Nollywood looks like Hollywood not getting out of Nollywood for Hollywood. There are so many opportunities to tap into in Nollywood.

About the fame that comes with what you do, do you have any problem with the recognition on the street?

If I say I have a problem with it would look like I am not grateful to God that made me popular, but it could be crazy sometimes because a lot of people out there do not know that we are human beings like them and that we need our privacy. I am grateful to God for bringing me this far, but I appeal to fans to also understand that we are human beings that deserve some privacy like everyone else.

Aside acting do you have any other hobby?

I love music and I rap. I write songs, but because I am more into acting, I have not had time to do something with them. I love TV, presenting shows. I am going to go into all that later. Right now, I am tied.

POSTINGS IN THE ARMY: Soldiers grumble *As Kano, Katsina officers take over strategic positions

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on February 19, 2010 at 8:51pm

POSTINGS IN THE ARMY: Soldiers grumble *As Kano, Katsina officers take over strategic positions *FG, ECOWAS condemn coup attempt in Niger

Written by Taiwo Adisa, Leon Usigbe, Okey Muogbo and Christian Okeke

Friday, February 19, 2010

THERE is a growing concern by some officers over recent postings in the Army. Their grouse, Nigerian Tribune gathered, has to do with the failure of the military authorities to adhere to the Federal Character Principle in the Nigerian Constitution.

Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune indicate that top commanding positions had been taken over by officers from Kano and Katsina, while Borno and a few states of the North complete the postings.

A review of recent postings, according to sources, showed that 90 to 98 per cent of soldiers in the Guards Brigade are from the Kano -Katsina axis.

Investigations also revealed that the command of fighting units, such as the one located at Jaji, Plateau State, had been ceded to candidates from the North.

It was also gathered that the 3rd Armoured Division in Jos was recently taken over by another candidate from the North-West during the recent Jos crisis.

Some beneficiaries of the recent postings include Brigadier-General Ram Mustapha (Guards Brigade), from Kano State; Lieutenant-Colonel M. Musa Gar; Commander, Guards Brigade Abuja, from Kano State; Lt. Col. U. T. Musa, Commander 4th Guards Brigade, Abuja, from Borno State.

There is also Brig.-Gen. S.N Muazu, Commander 9th Brigade, from Katsina State, while Brig.-Gen. Minimah, regarded as a professional officer, was moved to Defence Headquarters as staff officer. The Commander of Artillery Corps, who is described as another professional soldier, was recently retired.

A source said that some agencies monitoring the unfolding situation were planning to petition the Federal Character Commission (FCC).

Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution indicates that all sectors of the country are to be carried along in the affairs of the country.

"14. (1) (c) the participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. (3) The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few state or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in any of its agencies.

"(4) The composition of the government of a state, a local government council, or any of the agencies of such government or council, and the conduct of the affairs of the government or council, or such agencies shall be carried out in such manner as to recognise the diversity of the people within its area of authority and the need to promote a sense of belonging and loyalty among all the people of the federation."

Sources said that some officers from other parts of the country were raising concerns that they were not being carried along in the unfolding exercise.

The issue of postings to the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta is also causing concern, according to a source. He said that the reality of the recent postings was fuelling insinuations that a section of the country was being unduly and strategically placed in command positions in the military.

It was gathered that some states in the Niger Delta spent between N200 and N300 million on JTF activities on a monthly basis but that fewer officers from the Niger Delta were being retained in postings to the operation.

Said our source:"There are strong grumblings among officers that they are being sidelined. Some of them are of the view that all recent postings in the military should be published. The Middle Belt is also being marginalised."

A source said that the current fate of the Middle Belt is pathetic, as the leaders of the area believe that they have not reaped the benefit of helping to unite the country by fighting the civil war.

little johnny joke: Send Him to College - What Do You Think ???

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 19, 2010 at 6:54am

A Primary three teacher was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Boy, what is your problem?"

Boy answered, "I'm too smart for Primary three. My sister is in Primary six and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in Primary six too!"

The Teacher had enough. She took the boy to the Headmaster's office. ..

While the boy waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the Headmaster what the situation was. The Headmaster told the teacher he would give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to Primary three and behave.

She agreed.

The boy was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.

Headmaster: "What is 3 x 3?"

Boy: "9".

Headmaster: "What is 6 x 6?"

Boy: "36".

And so it went with every question the Headmaster thought a Primary three pupil should know. The Headmaster looked at the teacher and told her, "I think the boy can go to Primary six."

The teacher said to the Headmaster, "I have some of my own questions. Can I ask him?" The Headmaster and the boy both agreed.

The teacher asked, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?

Boy, after a moment "Legs."

Teacher: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"

Boy: "Pockets."

Teacher: What starts with a C and ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?

Boy: "Coconut"

Teacher: What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?

The Headmaster's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, the boy was taking charge.
Boy: "Bubblegum"

Teacher: What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?

The Headmaster's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer...

Boy: "Shake hands"

Teacher: Now I will ask some "Who am I" sort of questions, okay?

Boy: "Yep!"

Teacher: You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get wet before you do.

Boy: "Tent"

Teacher: A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first.

The Headmaster was looking restless, a bit tensed.

Boy: "Wedding Ring"

Teacher: I come in many sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When you blow me, you feel good.

Boy: "Nose"

Teacher: I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates. I come with a quiver.

Boy: "Arrow."

Teacher: What word starts with a 'F' and ends in 'K' that means lot of heat and excitement?

Boy: "Fire-truck"

Teacher: What word starts with a 'F' and ends in 'K' & if you don't get it you have to use your hand.

Boy: "Fork"

Teacher: What is it that all men have, it's longer in some men than in others, the Pope doesn't use his and a man gives it to his wife after they're married?

Boy: "Surname"

Teacher: What part of the man has no bone but has muscles, has lots of veins, like pumping, & is responsible for making love?

Boy: "HEART"

The Headmaster breathed a sigh of relief and said to the teacher,

"Send this Boy to College, I got the last ten questions wrong myself!"

WHITE HOUSE HOTEL's AUSTINE ERUOTOR IN MUTILPLE SEX ROMP WITH FEMALE STAFF

Posted by NollywoodMohits on February 19, 2010 at 2:31am

Austine Eruotor is the Delta State born dude who has quite spent some years abroad before relocating home finally to float the Toyin Ikeja, Lagos based hospitality haven called White House. The event/conference Centre, though, is run by some experts; the administration is nothing to write home about not to mention the illicit sex affair between the chairman and the female staff.

According to close inside source, Mr. Austine Eruotor, was allegedly said to have been having canal knowledge of his female staff to the extent that he has become an tiger that a lot of them dread to save their job . One of the waitresses who have passed through the ‘tutelage’ of Austine is a girl called Ruth Osidebe. Ruth, according to information, was one-time working for White House as a waitress, her stay in the fun centre was said to have been a fruitful one as a lot of customers who patronize them all appreciate her articulate disposition and sexy physique. ..

While these customers were savouring the aura of Ruth in kind and cash, Mr. Austine, the boss of White House too was having an illicit affair with the girl. Their love nest, where they often meet to display their lovey-dovey is at a fun spot in Oregun called King Size. “It’s a known fact to everybody that Oga was sleeping with Ruth and many of the waitresses now. In fact anyone who does not hearken to his call should either consider herself sacked or have her salary cut.

It’s not even about the sex scandal that is the problem but the source of Oga’s wealth. No staff can claim to have used his or her salary to achieve something great, though, the welfare of the whole staff is nothing to write home about.” An inside source disclosed.

Meanwhile, the full story of the waitresses he has slept with and other scandals that are rocking the hospitality home that has made a lot of their customers look the other way shall be made available to you next week.

Stella Damascus Marriage is absolutely perfect Shame to the Rumours !

Posted by NollywoodMohits on February 19, 2010 at 2:28am

Contrary to the story published by a soft sell magazine that the marriage between Nollywood star actress, Stella Damasus, and her hubby, Emeka Nzeribe, has hit the rocks, the relationship is still intact, NollywoodReel can reveal.

Since Stella tied the nuptial in a low key ceremony with her husband nine months ago and both of them are happy, as well as their relatives.Stella has also moved on with her career and pet projects.

Due to the fact that Emeka was absent at the three day burial ceremony of his wife’s Dad in Asaba over the weekend, rumour mongers have been insinuating that there is a problem in the relationship, but a source close to the couple told NollywoodReel that he actually embarked on an important business trip.

“I wonder why people can be spreading such rumours. The husband was not around but his relatives were present. Besides, the reason behind his absence is for the benefit of everybody and it was a decision both of them decided to take,” the source said, adding that the rumour about a rancour in the relationship is the work of detractors.

Reacting to the rumour that the screen diva and her hubby are not compatible, the source said “that is not true because both of them have been extremely happy since the union. Stella is a submissive person and Emeka, on the other part, is a responsible person, so the rumour is baseless.”

Efforts to speak with Stella, who is still in her native, Asaba, proved abortive as none of her mobile phones were going through.

Family of 12 perish in Kano inferno

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 18, 2010 at 7:38pm

Twelve members of a family were killed in a fire which gutted their residence on Wednesday night in Kano. The tragic incident affected the family members of Ahmed Kabiru Boss which are his 38-year-old wife, her four children and seven other relatives that came from Gombe State for the naming ceremony of Mr. Kabiru's son, Umar on Saturday. One of the victims include the mother in-law of Mr. Kabiru, also the mother of chairman of Nafada local government area, Gombe State.

Miraculously, both little Umar and his father survived the incident.

A neighbour of the Kabiru at Chirancin Gabas quarters in the ancient city, Mustapha Auwalu, said he heard people screaming at about 10.30pm on the fateful day.

"This was replaced by people shouting ‘fire , fire' and when I came out, I realized that my neighbour's house was on fire," he said. He said the fire started from the kitchen attached to the one-storey building in which the victims were staying and it spread to the adjoining rooms.

Mr. Kabiru, a former staff of Oando Oil Plc, was weeping and could not talk when approached for comments. However, another neighbour, Abdulsalam Mohammed said more lives would have been saved if efforts of fire fighters and voluntary rescue workers had succeeded.

Lack of good roads

He said officials of the fire service could not gain access to the road that leads to the burnt building as a result of poor road planning. The burglar proof installed on the windows of the building also hindered rescue efforts.

"People came immediately the house caught fire and even the fire service came early, but they couldn't do anything because their vehicle didn't gain access to the slim road and they had to try using other means. But before they arrived, it was too late." Mr. Mohammed said.

Strong burglar proof

Mr. Mohammed, who frowned at the government's laxity in enforcing building codes, said this tends to promote the building of illegal structures close to public roads. He also advised the government to address the issue of insecurity as ‘the burglar proof that was fixed on the windows hindered access to the victims.' The Kano State commissioner of police, Mohammad Gana who was at the scene of the incident, confirmed the death of the twelve persons.

"Twelve persons lost their lives in the fire incident, may their soul rest in peace. Our men tried all their best, but couldn't do much because the burglar proof was so strong that we couldn't remove it. It is a pity that this kind of thing happened," he said.

The deceased were buried according to Islamic rites, with the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Bayero Nafada in attendance.

The Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau paid a condolence visit to the family where he inspected the burnt house and prayed for the souls of the departed.

Fashola: ICPC & EFCC wade in as Anti-corruption agencies to investigate governor

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on February 18, 2010 at 7:33pm

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) may soon wade into the raging demand to investigate allegations of financial improprieties levelled against the Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola. jpeg&STREAMOID=hl1QiYnnVrZJrOUTRs1Xvi6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxREg29$gcm$jXACJ4ZAv5VfnW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-

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This is because the same petition that was sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on February 3, which prompted the anti-graft agency to order a full investigation into the allegations, was also sent to the ICPC on February 15. Although the ICPC is yet to take any official action on the petition submitted by a Lagos based civil organisation, Campaign against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), the EFCC's public relations officer, Femi Babafemi, confirmed to NEXT on Wednesday that the EFCC's chairperson, Farida Waziri, has ordered a full investigation into the allegations.

The petition, which was signed by CACOL's chairman, Debo Adeniran, stated that "it is our belief that the cooperative endeavour between the House, EFCC and ICPC will go a long way in either vindicating the amiable Governor Babatunde Fashola and his government or nailing a bunch of crooks in high places who will desire to subject the poor people of Lagos State to more poverty and squalor."

CACOL believes that the truth will only be revealed when the investigation is conducted, not only by the Lagos Assembly, but also by other anti-graft agencies like EFCC and ICPC. "Everybody, no matter how high, mighty, powerful, influential or crafty must be given the opportunity to defend himself or herself openly and if found culpable, be brought to justice in an unbiased manner," Mr. Adeniran added. According to the petition, EFCC and ICPC must step in to investigate the allegations because there are "reasons to believe that the matter is on the verge of being swept under the carpet, going by various political manoeuvrings noticeable among the ruling elite in the state and their political overlords and associated. "No matter how laudable projects executed on behalf of the people are, its execution must be transparent and its costs must be appropriately accounted for," the petition stated.

Blackout looms as Shell prepares to shut gas plants on Saturday

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 18, 2010 at 7:30pm

Blackout looms as Shell prepares to shut gas plants on Saturday

Obinna Ezeobi, Abuja

Nigeria may be plunged into total darkness as from Saturday, as Shell Petroleum Development Company gives a notice of its plan to shut down three critical gas plants that supply dry gas to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.

The company made this known in a letter dated February 10, 2010 and addressed to the Minister of Power, Dr. Lanre Babalola and his petroleum counterpart, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman.

SPDC notified the Federal Government that it might be compelled to shut down the Oben, Sapele and Utorogu gas plants on Saturday unless the stock of condensate, a by-product of gas blocking its pipelines, was evacuated.

This came just as the total power generation dipped to 2,400 megawatts on Tuesday, compounding the woes in the nation's electricity sector.

Shell is the biggest supplier of gas to the Nigerian Gas Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which in turn transmits the gas to PHCN and other gas customers....

The thermal power plants, which run on gas, contribute 70 per cent of the nation's electricity; hence shutting the three gas plants would result in near total darkness in the country.

Because the Trans-Forcados gas network, which is the bedrock for Oben, Sapele, and Ughelli Utorogu gas plants has been repeatedly compromised by militants, a decision was taken to divert the condensate to Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, which would use some and sell the rest to Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company.

But with the refineries having not worked for a while owing to the vandalisation of the Channomi creek pipeline which supplies them with crude oil, the condensate was not used up, hence the need to find a new buyer who would move to the Warri refinery and lift the condensate.

SPDC explained in the letter that there were 437,000 barrels of condensate at the Warri refinery, which must be evacuated before it could continue producing and supplying dry gas, adding that it might be forced to shut down the plants as it would have nowhere else to evacuate the by-products to.

Oben and Sapele gas plants produce 3,000 barrels of condensate daily which must be evacuated daily and regularly for gas production to continue.

Our correspondent learnt that the matter had been brought to the attention of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, who was said to have been brainstorming with officials of the power and oil sectors on how to avert the impending blackout.

On why power supply had deteriorated in the past weeks, the Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Power, Mr. Yakubu Lawal, told our correspondent that gas supply to thermal plants had dipped considerably, with five thermal plants heavily affected.

He said Egbin had the capacity to generate 1,000MW, but could only do 600MW currently due to gas constraints.

Other thermal plants, which were negatively affected included AES located within the Egbin precinct, Omotosho, Olorunsogo and Geregu.

He explained that Chevron Escravos 1 was supposed to supply 185million standard cubic feet of gas per day but was not making gas available at the moment just like the Chevron Escravos 2, which was expected to supply 300 million scfd.

Lawal said, "500 million scfd was supposed to come from Sapele but nothing at all is coming. Ughelli is also expected to supply 90 million scfd but is only bringing 30 million scfd.

He, however, explained that Ughelli was meant to be a dedicated line to Sapele power plant, which was undergoing some rehabilitation and could only utilise 30 million scfd.

He said that the 90 million scfd obtained from Oben was now under threat if the condensate produced by the plant was not evacuated

"Utorogu is expected to bring 360 million scfd, but we only get 300 million scfd," he added.

When the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. Mohammed Barkindo, undertook a facility tour of the gas and power stations run by the SPDC last year, he had said that the Utorogu gas plant would increase production to 350 million scfd ahead of December 2009.

He said NNPC had initiated discussions with SPDC on the expansion programme of the plant, so as to ramp it up to 510 million scfd this year.

He said, "I have got firm reassurance on the recovery of the Trans-Forcados pipeline, which is the heart of the domestic supply system, accounting for nearly 900 million scfd of gas.

"The Trans-Forcados network is the bedrock for Oben, Sapele, Ughelli Utorogu and once that network is compromised, then we have significant challenges."

Natural gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields. It condenses out of the raw gas if the temperature is reduced to below the hydrocarbon dew point temperature of the raw gas. The natural gas condensate is also referred to as simply condensate, or gas condensate, or sometimes natural gasoline because it contains hydrocarbons within the gasoline boiling range. Raw natural gas may come from any one of three types of gas wells:[1][2] Crude oil wells – Raw natural gas that comes from crude oil wells is called associated gas. This gas can exist separate from the crude oil in the underground formation, or dissolved in the crude oil. Dry gas wells – These wells typically produce only raw natural gas that does not contain any hydrocarbon liquids. Such gas is called non-associated gas. Condensate wells – These wells produce raw natural gas along with natural gas liquid. Such gas is also non-associated gas and often referred to as wet gas.

Gen T.Y Danjuma for Vice President ! Northern elements push Danjuma for VP

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on February 18, 2010 at 7:27pm

Political elements in the North have continued to map out strategies to ensure that the region is not shortchanged in the event that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan becomes the substantive President.

A group of Northern intellectuals and professionals met in Abuja yesterday and resolved to push the candidacy of General T.Y. Danjuma as Vice-President to Jonathan should the Acting President become substantive President.

Northern elements are said to have canvassed that the region is entitled to eight years just like the South, which had done eight years under President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as such, if President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua cannot continue in office on account of his ill-health, the North should have its remaining one term by 2011.

Danjuma was Chief of Army Staff under the Murtala/ Obasanjo regime and was also Minister of Defence from 1999 till about 2002 during Obasanjo’s civilian administration.

Those in attendance at the meeting held at a secret location in Abuja, included Ahmed Joda, Mamman Daura, Adamu Fika, Mahmud Tukur, Abba Kyari, Mohammed Haruna, Adamu Adamu, Nuhu Sani Zango, Rufai Jumar Jose and Wada Maida.

None of those who attended the meeting was ready to speak on record about the meeting.

THISDAY learnt that key among the reasons they adduced for putting forward Danjuma are the fact that he seems to be a non-ambitious politician and not interested in 2011 and as such can help to guarantee a level playing field in the 2011 election.

They also said as a retired General who enjoys tremendous respect in the military, Danjuma can help stabilise the army and ward off military intervention in politics.

The issue of Christian/ Christian pairing, Jonathan and Danjuma being Christians, came up at the meeting but the issue was dismissed as some of those in attendance counter argued with the cases of Yakubu Gowon/ Joseph Akinwale Wey who were both Christians, Muhammadu Buhari/ Tunde Idiagbon who were both Muslims and also MKO Abiola/Babagana Kingibe who were also both Muslims.

“The North cannot afford to be short-changed in the scheme of things in the build-up to 2011. We feel that there is a need to have a Northerner who is not ambitious and has a strong personality to help in steering the ship of the state in the event that Jonathan becomes substantive president,” said one of the Northern intellectuals.

THISDAY also learnt that the intellectuals and professionals are already in discussion with Danjuma. It is not certain if they discussed the health and fitness of Danjuma to take on such a rigorous role.

Ahmed Joda

One of the former super permanent secretaries, Joda is a seasoned technocrat and boardroom guru. Now in his 80s, his contributions to public discourse are often seen as insightful and mature.

Mamman Daura

Daura, ex-Editor and former Managing Director of the New Nigerian Newspapers, has played prominent roles in Nigeria’s political development by serving on critical national committees.

Adamu Fika

The Wazirin Fika rose to the pinnacle of public service when he became the Head of Service (HoS) during the Babangida era. He is a passionate defender of Northern interests.

Mahmud Tukur

Tukur, a former Minister, was the first Principal (later becoming Vice-Chancellor) of the then Bayero University College (now Bayero University, Kano). He is generally seen as one of the most vocal policy advocates in Northern Nigeria.

Abba Kyari

Though he served as MD of UBA only for a brief period, most people still remember this boardroom player fondly. He is currently on the board of several blue chip companies.

Mohammed Haruna

Haruna is one of the most widely read columnists in the country. His opinions are often used as reference points in public discourse whether one is on his side or not.

Adamu Adamu

Also a popular columnist from the North, Adamu is an unabashed defender of Northern interests.

Wada Maida

Maida served as Chief Press Secretary to a former Head of State in the 80s before going on to become MD of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Though his voice is rarely heard, his contributions to national discourse are often measured and deep.

Kill Jonathan Plot uncovered in shocking revelations from Cancelled Oil Bid Saga

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 18, 2010 at 7:20pm

Fresh plot to kill Jonathan uncovered *2 ministers, 2 ex-govs implicated *Misguided elements want to pull me down - Acting President

THE Federal Government, on Wednesday, uncovered a plot against Acting President Goodluck Jonathan by some elements said to be aggrieved about his emergence.

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The office of the Acting President has confirmed that there is, indeed, a plot to discredit the acting president and pull down his administration.

Besides the anger in some quarters over his emergence, some forces were also said to be aggrieved about the decision of the acting president to cancel the proposed sale of oil wells, in another oil bid round that would have empowered some key figures in the polity.

Sources in Abuja told the Nigerian Tribune that some top security operatives had uncovered a plot by a group said to be "utterly disturbed and bitter" by the acting president's resolve to cancel the oil bid round.

The bidding was to take place last week, but the acting president stopped it.

Sources said that some of those who lost out in the bidding round were already being investigated to know their involvement in the alleged plot.

A source said that some of those who lost out in the planned oil well deal included two former governors, who had planned to take one oil well each, two ministers and a presidential aide, who is said to be interested in three oil wells and fronting for three foreign interests: a Taiwanese, a Chinese and a Middle East company.

It was gathered that some highly connected persons had concluded arrangements to ensure that certain persons grab some lucrative oil wells through the bid round and that those who had already targeted some wells were bitter that Dr. Jonathan cancelled the bid.

Sources said that a group working in and outside the government met on Monday night at a location in Abuja and resolved to deal with the acting president for "daring to cancel the oil bid round."

It was gathered that a tape recording of the discussions at the said meeting was already in possession of the government, which is already investigating those linked to the plot.

Sources said that the discussion at the said meeting dwelt on the anger of the group and the ways by which it planned to deal with the acting president.

One of those involved in the meeting was said to have said in exasperation: "We have to deal with him; we have to kill him."

It was gathered that one of the decisions was to deliberately distort information about the emerging administration of the acting president in a way that would portray him as a spendthrift and an administrator who was eager to loot the treasury.

A source said that the group plotting against the acting president had been linked with unfounded allegations that the acting president had spent N300 billion since November 23, 2009, when President Yar'Adua travelled out of Nigeria for medical treatment.

A source said that the group had also been spreading rumours that the lawmakers, who facilitated the passage of the motion that empowered the vice-president as acting president, were financially mobilised.

"We have watched these people and we have to allow the operatives to do their work. They are responsible for the lot of distortions in the land. Whereas the information we have is that those opposed to the emergence of the acting president were mounting pressures on senators not to budge and were making promises of huge financial rewards, they want to turn the information around and turn things on their heads.

"The government cannot go to sleep over this," a source said on Wednesday.
...

'Misguided elements want to pull me down'

The office of the acting president, Dr. Jonathan, has alerted the nation to a grand plan by some people to pull his government down.

In a statement, on Wednesday, the spokesman of the acting president, Mr. Ima Niboro, said the enemies of Jonathan had voted billions of naira to fight the acting president.

The statement entitled "of N300 Billion and other absurd tales!", read: "Today, the first instalment of the planned and well coordinated media onslaught against the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was published in a national newspaper" [not the Nigerian Tribune], "alleging that he (the Acting President) approved the expenditure of a whopping N300 billion, for both pro-Yar'Adua rallies and those that were in his interest." The report also claimed that members of the National Assembly were bribed to do their patriotic duty to save the nation from drift.

"It can be recalled that a few days ago, there was an allegation of a purported release of two billion US dollars from the Excess Crude Account to governors to facilitate their endorsement of Jonathan as Acting President.

"While we commend the Chairman of the Governor's Forum, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for dealing satisfactorily with that allegation in a rejoinder, it is interesting to note that two billion dollars translate to roughly N300 billion. There is, therefore, no question that both allegations emanate from the same source.

"We know those behind these publications. Nigerians have come to know them as careerists in power. But we see them as misguided elements determined to exceed their call of duty and play God over the affairs of the Nation.

"They are wicked and ungodly and their time is up! Never, again, must we allow our nation to be strangulated by a privileged few who will rather fiddle with our common wealth while the nation burns.

"We are aware that they have set aside a huge war chest in billions of naira to bring the Jonathan Acting Presidency to disrepute by any means possible. It is, therefore, hardly surprising that as cunny as these allegations obviously sound, they still get mention in our media space. We are fully on the tracks of this so-called group; this unfortunate band of liars. In the fullness of time, they shall be brought to book.

"We find no need to dignify the N300 billion allegation with a response. What is more, those selling this lie are careful to state that the money was procured from a certain businessman, who is to be settled in a matter of weeks by "a huge oil contract."

"Three hundred billion naira sourced from one man at a go? We demand to know who this businessman is. Anyone that keeps liquid cash of N2 billion dollars to bribe people belongs only in jail! Huge oil contract? Maybe Nigerians need to ask those who have been involved in handing out such contracts how such quid pro quo deals are done.

"Let me use this medium to reiterate that we shall not be deterred by campaigns of calumny or any other method whatsoever in our collective efforts to reform this nation, and change our ways of doing things once and for all. The acting president is determined, and he is counting on the total support of all Nigerians", the statement concluded.

culled from the Nigerian Tribune

Man Performs Birdshot Vasectomy On Daughter’s Boyfriend

Posted by jackie webLondonGirl on February 18, 2010 at 4:24am

Santa Rosa County, Florida: A 29-year-old has been released from hospital after being shot in the groin by his girlfriend’s father.

PNJ.com reports that deputies were already dispatched to deal with a noise complaint on Lost Bottoms Lane in Navarre at 12:51 a.m., when they heard what sounded like a large caliber gunshot. That sound was 48-year-old William Russell Kelly Jr. discharging a round of birdshot from a .45-caliber revolver into Randall Carter’s nether regions.

Bleeding and wounded, Randall Carter and his uninjured 18-year-old girlfriend Amanda Kelly ran to deputies when arrived at the scene.

Mr. Kelly explained:

I shot him in the nuts with birdshot because he was beating my daughter.

His daughter, however, told a different story and told deputies that her father had fired on her older boyfriend:

Because he hates him, dude! That’s it.

In examining Kelly’s silver-colored Taurus, a five-shot .45-caliber revolver known as “The Judge”, investigators noted an empty birdshot casing in the chamber, along with three other unfired birdshot rounds – the last shot was a lead slug.

William Kelly was charged with aggravated battery with intent to cause bodily harm or disability and later released from Santa Rosa County Jail on $20,000 bond.

NETWORK SECURITY TIPS How to use Google Webmaster tools to help protect your site

Posted by technology on February 18, 2010 at 3:48am

I often use a search engine to explore and review my clients' websites and check if anything is untoward. The other weekI came across a report on one client's site that was obviously intendedfor internal consumption only. I immediately rang my client to warnthem. They explained that the report had been posted to the publicwebsite instead of the internal intranet by mistake and they'd removedit as soon as the error was discovered. Obviously they were quitealarmed that I could still access it more than a week later.

This is a great example of the all-consuming nature of Web searches, Google searches in particular. Google takes a snapshot of each page itssearch crawlers examine and caches it as a backup. It's also theversion used to judge if a page is a good match for a query. Myclient's report was only on the Web for about three hours and yet acopy of it ended up stored in Google's cache and was still availablefor anyone to read. The fact that sensitive information that getscrawled can remain in the public domain means data classification andcontent change processes are vital to prevent this type of data leakagefrom occurring.

Unfortunately, private or sensitive business information makes its way onto the public Internet all too often. In this tip, we'll discussreasons why this happens, and some strategies to help enterprises keepprivate or sensitive data off the Web.

Problems that can cause website information leaks

The incident noted above gave me the opportunity to address with my client some specific information security problems that led to thereport being posted on its website. The first problem was that theorganization didn't properly classify its data and documents.Implementing a system of data classification and clearly labellingdocuments with that classification would make such an incident far lesslikely.

LAGBUS ATTACKED by MObile Policemen

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 18, 2010 at 3:09am

A convoy of mobile police officers, on Wednesday, assaulted passengers in the Lagos State Asset Management bus transit popularly called ‘LAGBUS' with tear gas leaving a driver and some passengers injured.

According to an eye witness, the LAGBUS with serial number 241 and license number XS584 AAA was driving out of the Ikorodu Bus Station when its path was barred by a three-vehicle convoy of mobile police officers moving on the wrong side of traffic. jpeg&STREAMOID=uVH4P$y53CUtgDPwU1UmeS6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxQerx_My0WQwrn71vR7jMvFnW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-

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Drama ensued when the captain of the LAGBUS, Mr. Peace, was ordered to drive backwards so that the police convoy could proceed.

Witnesses said the driver was unable to comply because other buses where lined up behind him. This enraged the officers and one of them opened a canister of tear gas and threw it directly into the driver's face and subsequently into the vehicle. At this point, commuters panicked and fled for their lives with some inhaling tear gas in the process.

"The bus had already loaded and wanted to come out. Those mobile police followed one way and blocked the bus. So about four or five police officers came down to meet the driver and told him to move back," said an eyewitness, Usman Abiodun a LAGBUS driver. "Another bus (my bus) was behind my captain's (peace's) bus, so there was no chance for him to go back. Before everybody knew a thing, they had sprayed tear gas inside the bus. It poured on the captain's face and another woman sitting behind the driver. All passengers ran away from the bus. The captain has not opened his opened his eyes. Peace's eyes are swollen. We had to carry him to Alausa but he still has not opened his eyes."

Abuse of law

Though two traffic cops and some road safety officers were in front of the bus station when the incident happened, the mobile police officers went unchallenged.

Attempts to speak to the traffic officers on duty proved abortive as they fled the scene immediately after the incident.

NIGCOMSAT from satellites to mobile phones ..Company targets handset manufacturing

Posted by technology on February 18, 2010 at 3:07am

After the recent launching of the multi million dollar satellite and its eventual succesful failure to stay in the earths orbit , maybe Pluto will accept it some industry pundits say . So we can browse the internet and maybe an MTN base station in Mars ! .Now, Some brainiacs and original Naija Rocket Scientists have come up with another brilliant masterplan ! Let us make Handsets !

The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), plans to start producing handsets and computer hardware in the country in less than two years.

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To this end, the company has completed and commissioned a locally made Printed Circuit Board Micro Electronics Centre, manned by NIGCOMSAT engineers.

The centre will focus mainly on the production of printed circuit board - which is the basis for electronic systems - for computers and handsets.

The Managing Director of the company, Ahmed Rufai, who disclosed this at the commissioning of the centre on Tuesday in Abuja, said it will have diverse implications on the electronic industry. "Imagine if all the basic electronics we use are produced in Nigeria. Everything you are holding today is imported. But our projection is that in less than two years, we will have standard handsets produced locally. We are also talking to some local computer assembly companies to use our mother boards produced here."

Manufacturing capacity

Mr. Rufai said that at the moment, the centre has the capacity to produce 500 handsets a day and can also produce good quality mother boards for computers. He added that within the next two years they will be able to perfect the products. "What we have here is the prototype. We just want to show the concept that it can be done," he said.

He explained that NIGCOMSAT engineers have been trained to produce these boards, utilising the best international standard to bridge the gap in the Information Communication Technology industry in Nigeria and Africa at large.

He also said that the technology is a spin off from the Know-How Technology Transfer and Training of over 100 Nigerian engineers in China, UK, US and the United Arab Emirates, adding that the satellite technology encompasses all engineering aspects. "It therefore affords these talented engineers the opportunity to look at this aspect of engineering, which is rare on this continent," he said.Mr. Rufai explained that this technological intervention is crucial in the achievement of Nigeria's vision to be amongst the top 20 economies of the world in the year 2020, and the realisation of the present administration's seven-point agenda since technology is the driver of every economy.

Furthermore, he said the revenue prospect for printed circuit board is high, as China has an annual production capacity of six million valued at $80billion (N12trillion), which if replicated in Nigeria will have a great impact on the socio-economic life of the nation.

Technological revolution

Alhassan Bako Zaku, the Minister of Science and Technology, while commissioning the project said the project has marked the onset of a technological revolution in Nigeria.

"It will not only impact on our technological advancement, but also, the socio-economic effect will be positively felt especially in the area of job creation for the youth. In the area of education, the microelectronic centre will also serve as a learning ground for our undergraduates to receive hands-on training and firsthand experience in electronics manufacturing, as the centre is fully equipped to meet their educational needs," he said.

The minister said the centre will also serve local manufacturers and reduce production time and costs - as before now, they had to import the circuit boards for the manufacture and assembling of local electronic products - thereby moving Nigeria from a resource to knowledge based economy.

Toyota Nigeria commences recall of cars

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 18, 2010 at 2:54am

Toyota (Nigeria) Limited has said there would be a reassurance check in Nigeria on three of its car models affected in the car defect and recall all over the world. jpeg&STREAMOID=QH6Z1_5EAz0rBc7C0EN06y6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxQ$OkDhAnfYHBjN87jlkOxWnW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-

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At a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, Toyota said it has received directives from Toyota Motor Corporation's to carry out a reassurance check on three of the model. Chandrasheker Thampy, the Managing Director TNL, apologised for the panic, concern and inconvenience the news of the global recall had caused their customers.

"The company is making a reassurance call to inform its customers that there is no cause to panic as the problem is very much not likely to occur with Toyota models in the country.

The three models are Toyota RAV4, Toyota Avensis 2.0 and a few sub models of the corollas.

TMC has been making recalls of some of its car model with faulty accelerator pedal which makes the brakes falter on slippery or frozen roads.

"This reassurance recall is a means of checking for any possibility of the defect being faced in other parts of the world, but we doubt we will be having any," said Michael Ade-Ojo, the company's chairman in Nigeria.

No extra charge

Mr. Ade-Ojo said the exercises will also be free of charge for cars bought from the accredited dealers, while "Toyota brands imported into the country through other means will also be attended to after we have attended to our own but it would be with a fee," he said.

Mr. Thampy explained that the problem is synonymous with the cold region where they have to put on the car heater during winter leading to a wear and tear on the sliding surface of the accelerator.

In the last week of January this year, TMC announced its intention to recall certain models of Toyota vehicles in American, European and Chinese markets in order to inspect and fix a likely problem that would have arisen.

Mr. Ade-Ojo said the lateness in addressing the issue was due to the fact that they believe there will be no occurrence of the problem, but TMC wants the company to be doubly sure that is why the check is going to take place.

Mr. Ade - Ojo further said that the company had not met to discuss the recall with the government since the beginning of the recall process all over the world.

This is contrary to the response from the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in an earlier story in NEXT that it had a meeting with the minister of state for Commerce and Industry, Humphrey Abbah, and all automobile importers and assemblers in Nigeria, and part of the outcome was that the Toyota cars that are being recalled were not in Nigeria yet.

I made $500m from oil block, but didn’t know how to spend it — Danjuma

Posted by SULE BELLO on February 18, 2010 at 12:18am

I made $500m from oil block, but didn’t know how to spend it — DanjumaBy Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja, Published: Thursday, 18 Feb 2010A former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen Theophilus Danjuma, shocked his audience at a consultative meeting his Foundation and some Non-Governmental Organisations had in Abuja on Wednesday when he narrated how he made $500m from an oil business, and was in a fix on how to spend it.The chief executives of the NGOs at the meeting could not believe their ears after hearing Danjuma’s narration.The former Chief of Army Staff said the $500m, came as his profit from the total of $1bn he had realised from selling an oil block, which was allocated to him 12 years ago.About $500m had been used to settle some pressing personal issues, pay his staff, and tax to the government.He recalled that the story started 12 years ago when he was allocated an oil block by the regime of late Gen. Sani Abacha.He said that the oil block which was in Port Harcourt, River State, however, took him about 10 years before his company first struck oil. Luckily for him, by this time, the price of oil had soared in the international market.He said this made him to sell the block because he knew that “whatever goes up must come down,” stressing that the deal fetched him $1bn.He also said that he was left with ‘just’ $500m after he had taken care of the essentials of life.He said that he was not sure whether the money would be secured in the bank. Still, he said that he contemplated saving the money for his children. Yet, a second thought, told him this was not the wisest thing to do as his children might fight over it after his death. So, what would he do with the money?“It was at this junction I decided to establish a foundation which I have committed $100m to. Before I ventured into the business, I told the participants how I retired early from the army.“I retired at an early age of 41 from the army; it was also because I got to the top early and after that, I started shipping business and became reasonably rich.”Danjuma wondered what he would be doing with an extra $500m at the age of 72, saying, “I decided to set up a foundation and endow it with my fund. This is because the Nigerian government no matter how noble its intentions cannot address these challenges on its own.“In fact, in all developed countries, the implementation of social projects is never the sole responsibility of government; there are often strong collaborations as well as the private sector.”

TOP 100 Universities in AFRICA

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 17, 2010 at 8:08pm

CONTINENT RANK	UNIVERSITY	COUNTRY	WORLD RANK	SIZE	VISIBILITY	RICH FILES	SCHOLAR

1	University of Cape Town		317	322	343	293	451

2	University of Pretoria		531	457	1,046	721	63

3	Stellenbosch University		549	732	971	414	229

4	University of the Witwatersrand		688	1,536	969	646	222

5	Rhodes University		997	1,396	1,258	1,276	567

6	University of Kwazulu Natal		1,014	1,217	1,507	926	681

7	University of the Western Cape		1,032	1,133	1,394	1,072	805

8	University of South Africa		1,290	1,080	2,386	2,291	144

9	Cairo University		1,387	1,592	1,384	2,077	1,421

10	American University in Cairo		1,614	1,642	1,662	1,464	2,554

11	Ain Shams University		1,713	5,145	1,886	3,085	372

12	University of the Free State		2,095	2,399	3,844	1,561	1,035

13	University of Johannesburg		2,179	3,378	4,451	1,929	407

14	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University		2,300	3,245	1,785	3,173	3,341

15	Makerere University		2,685	1,829	5,020	3,937	907

16	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar		2,828	2,774	2,860	3,958	3,318

17	North West University		3,023	6,980	3,826	4,640	845

18	Mansoura University		3,100	3,128	4,980	2,445	2,176

19	Al Akhawayn University Ifrane		3,416	4,057	4,131	2,484	3,909

20	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology		3,527	3,108	5,132	9,712	726

21	University of Namibia		3,562	2,665	5,150	4,334	2,579

22	Strathmore University Nairobi		3,623	4,605	3,509	5,288	3,401

23	University of Zimbabwe		3,694	4,284	4,909	5,076	1,993

24	University of Dar Es Salaam		3,750	3,530	4,204	4,487	3,834

25	Université Cadi Ayyad		3,781	4,284	4,109	2,678	5,547

26	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen		3,782	3,916	5,149	3,106	3,381

27	University of Mauritius		3,792	4,284	4,681	3,381	3,661

28	University of Nairobi		3,897	3,136	4,679	4,363	4,104

29	Cape Peninsula University of Technology		3,954	6,108	5,511	4,478	1,807

30	Addis Ababa University		4,022	4,921	5,477	7,714	1,268

31	Durban University of Technology		4,050	5,123	6,677	5,784	978

32	University of Botswana		4,148	6,785	4,690	5,667	2,207

33	École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs		4,256	5,142	4,963	3,459	4,505

34	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport		4,288	8,380	3,754	4,891	3,637

35	National University of Rwanda		4,310	4,181	3,452	8,533	4,795

36	Assiut University		4,335	4,653	7,829	3,240	1,904

37	Polytechnic of Namibia		4,480	4,665	5,678	4,607	3,651

38	Université Senghor d'Alexandrie		4,538	11,223	1,935	6,506	6,984

39	German University in Cairo		4,586	6,021	7,032	3,150	2,694

40	University of Ghana		4,627	3,371	3,516	8,448	7,515

41	Faculté des Sciences Rabat		4,691	7,277	8,162	3,131	1,509

42	Zagazig University		4,746	5,400	6,673	4,049	3,132

43	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane		4,860	7,281	4,235	7,342	3,828

44	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda*		4,900	5,948	6,405	2,926	4,788

45	University of Khartoum		4,941	4,622	6,002	6,213	3,688

46	Helwan University		4,978	4,057	4,946	4,962	8,001

47	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi*		5,313	7,069	5,109	6,621	4,531

48	Université de Ouagadougou		5,371	7,456	4,740	6,224	5,475

49	Mauritius Institute of Education		5,539	8,800	3,268	7,919	8,563

50	Sudan University of Science & Technology		5,550	4,566	9,673	2,804	3,433

51	Université de Batna		5,598	6,838	7,318	4,717	3,686

52	Tshwane University of Technology		5,662	6,769	6,403	3,988	6,261

53	Université Mentouri de Constantine		5,715	6,820	8,187	5,339	2,715

54	Université Virtuelle de Tunis		5,809	7,324	5,887	5,251	6,154

55	University of Ilorin		5,846	6,589	10,553	3,955	1,629

56	University of Zululand		5,882	8,540	8,255	5,553	2,160

57	Alexandria University		5,883	6,408	5,708	6,113	7,086

58	Central University College		5,946	12,546	2,642	7,834	9,750

59	Université Mohammed V Souissi		5,983	4,803	7,423	4,547	6,984

60	University of Malawi		6,114	9,048	6,901	6,947	3,056

61	Obafemi Awolowo University		6,265	7,114	7,303	6,511	4,249

62	University of Fort Hare		6,302	5,571	6,437	5,867	8,563

63	University of Ibadan		6,396	6,654	4,762	9,009	9,750

64	Université M'Hamed Bougara de Boumerdes		6,472	6,602	8,900	4,185	4,739

65	Université Ferhat Abbas Setif		6,509	9,149	7,224	7,523	3,168

66	Egerton University		6,548	8,205	6,553	5,379	6,825

67	University of Zambia		6,769	9,806	3,835	11,726	8,563

68	Université Djillali Liabes		6,784	6,904	7,607	5,249	7,086

69	Université d'Alger		6,792	7,264	6,327	6,512	8,563

70	University of Tanta		6,851	7,988	7,078	5,285	7,515

71	Al Azhar Al-Sharif Islamic Research Academy		6,854	6,568	5,800	8,364	9,750

72	Université Saad Dahlab Blida		6,924	9,601	5,818	7,008	7,252

73	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem		6,928	8,061	7,159	9,646	4,043

74	University of Jos		7,000	8,087	8,889	6,737	3,440

75	College of Medicine University of Malawi		7,108	9,480	10,137	7,071	1,697

76	Kenyatta University		7,189	8,026	8,054	6,061	5,852

77	École du Patrimoine Africain		7,190	9,761	4,851	9,222	9,750

78	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene		7,217	6,391	7,380	7,929	7,631

79	University of Lagos		7,246	6,625	10,014	7,880	2,948

80	École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis		7,274	9,878	9,649	6,740	2,368

81	Nile University		7,323	5,261	8,830	7,507	6,042

82	Sokoine University of Agriculture		7,337	9,728	5,756	8,583	8,001

83	Moi University		7,352	8,675	6,534	6,410	9,750

84	Institut National des Postes et Telecommunications Maroc		7,385	8,955	7,966	7,520	4,664

85	Université Hassan II Ain-Chock		7,424	6,113	8,057	5,932	9,750

86	British University in Egypt		7,445	7,502	11,368	4,366	3,089

87	South Valley University		7,476	6,462	9,769	4,149	7,086

88	Mogadishu University		7,498	13,007	2,828	15,764	9,750

89	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf		7,509	7,822	9,014	4,929	6,624

90	Vaal University of Technology		7,520	6,394	8,914	6,200	6,825

91	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Fes		7,537	6,426	7,620	7,018	9,750

92	Suez Canal University*		7,605	6,914	6,986	8,484	9,750

93	Université de Nouakchott		7,666	10,081	6,054	7,550	9,750

94	Minufiya University		7,689	8,308	8,466	5,229	8,001

95	Central University of Technology		7,846	6,301	8,657	7,104	8,563

96	Université Mohammed V Agdal		7,850	9,048	6,878	7,506	9,750

97	Ashesi University*		7,906	8,386	7,870	9,727	5,815

98	Université d'Oran		7,934	10,378	7,473	6,576	7,515

99	Monash University South Africa		8,027	8,169	7,365	8,140	9,750

100	Université Mohamed Khider Biskra		8,043	9,833	6,972	7,297	9,750

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