55,000 Personnel, sniffer dogs deployed by NSCDC nationwide

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday said it had deployed about 55,000 of its personnel nationwide to ensure a hitch-free Christmas and New Year celebrations.

NSCDC spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, said in Abuja that about 15,500 specially trained sniffer dogs had also been deployed. He also said the dogs would complement the efforts in ensuring law and order during the yuletide season.

Two Police Officers Shot Dead in New York

The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, was said to have a lengthy criminal record. He was arrested 15 times in Georgia for assorted crimes, four times in Ohio and New York Police Department's Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told reporters on Sunday.

Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, has roots in Brooklyn and his mother who he is estranged from lives in New York borough.

Authorities said Brinsley walked to the patrol vehicle where the officers were sited and shot the to death with four shots on Saturday.

Jaden Ramos, 13, wrote "Today is the worst day of my life" on facebook today about his slain father, Rafael Ramos.

"Today I had to say bye to my father who was there for me everyday of my life, he was the best father I could ask for. It's horrible that someone gets shot dead just for being a police officer. Everyone say they hate cops but they are the people they call for help. I will always love you and I will never forget you. RIP Dad."

Ramos and Wenjian Liu were assigned to an area of the borough that has more crime than their usual beat in downtown Brooklyn, police said.

Witnesses saw Brinsley walked to the car and assume what they described as a shooting stance. New York Police Commissioner, William Bratton, said Brinsley fired several times. Ramos and Liu were shot in the head. The officers were shot with no warning, no provocation, "they were quite assassinated."

Brinsley was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a nearby subway station, authorities said.

Dozens of officers gathered as the families of the fallen officers rushed to Woodhull Medical Center on Saturday. 

Ramos just turned 40; Liu had just been married for two months. Both had a dream of becoming police officers, said Bratton.

The Least Prosperous Nation in The World is Nigeria

Nigeria being the largest economy in Africa, the country has yet been ranked least prosperous nation in the world in 2014. Despite being the giant of Africa, Nigeria is also one of the poorest nation beaten by smaller countries like Niger, Benin, Mali and Cameroun, released by annual global survey.

A UK based Legatum Institute, a research organization that documents annual prosperity indicators around the world, ranked Nigeria as 125th out of 142 countries surveyed.

Despite Nigeria's acclaimed $510 billion economy, the nation failed to make the list of Africa's top 10 most prosperous countries; a league dominated hitherto by Botswana and South Africa. Other countries involved are Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, Algeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Burkina Faso and Senegal.

Na wa for Naija!

Please, can anyone sincerely explain what this means?

Serious issue for Naija.

These and many more are what we need to eradicate.

Winks.....if you know what that means.

Google searches that define 2014

Robbin Williams
One distinct habit of Google is the public review of searches each year. These are the world beholding moments, news and events.
 2014, the world was stuck by the death of a beloved comedian, unfolds about the horrific plane crash and the world most terrifying virus.

Passing of the comedian and actor Robin Williams shook the world, bringing people online to search for more information and to remember and putting Williams in the number one spot on global trends charts. There was also an uptick in searches related to depression tests and mental health in the days following his death. His iconic roles was revisited, in movies like Aladdin  and Dead Poets Society and found solace in gifs and memes that captured his spirit.

SoakSoak malware leaves 11,000 WordPress sites blacklisted by Google

More than 11,000 websites using WordPress blogging platform has been blacklisted by Google, after they were affected by the "SoakSoak" malware.
Security firm Sucuri, which initially reported the blacklist, said that the malware impact could be far wider through extending to hundreds of thousands of other sites.
SoakSoak modifies files in infected sites of WordPress and the loads a Javascript malware from the soaksoak.ru domain wherein the name was gotten.

Dr Sid's wife, Simi Esiri shows off baby bump

At the Headies 2014 Awards, wife of popular Marvin Record singer Dr Sid, shows off baby bump as they expect their baby very soon. She was gorgeously styled by wearing a floor length Badgley Mischka dress from Mischka's Spring Collection 2014.

Dr Sid is obviously proud to become a father in a some months. 

Ajegunle (AJ City) Gal Wins Nigeria's Next Super Model 2014

A new season of Nigeria's Next Super Model 2014 had emerged. At the finale of Africa's International fashion Week and the launch of Vogue Talent for Africa, the Nigeria's Next Super Model was crowned. Queen Onyemaechi from Delta State of Nigeria was the best.

Patoranking: I was a bricklayer and rat poison seller

A Nigerian fast rising music star said last night as he received his Headies 2014 award "Next Rated Artist of 2014" that he used to work as a bricklayer and a rat poison seller.

With his present level of stardom, he said this is what talent, hard work and perseverance can do for you

Forbes Africa Person of the Year is "Aliko Dangote"

Aliko Dangote, Nigerians billionaire businessman, has been named "Forbes African Person of the year 2014"
The Panel of Judges said he (Aliko Dangote) is a lion of Africa in terms of business. He is the second to none in investing in Africa. He is also a capitalist with a big heart.

Other finalist for the award included South Africa's Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela; Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria Arunma Oteh and President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka.

Keith Martin, world's fattest man dies at age 44

Keith Martin, world's fattest man dies at age 44 from pneumonia as announced by his family.

Keith Martin, suffered with weight problems for most of his adult life. At a point consuming as much as 20,000 calories a day, which is nine times more than the recommended amount.

Mr Martin said his extreme size came from a lifetime of eating high sugar junk foods such as pizzas and fizzy drinks which he turned to comfort foods. 

He was part of a documentary '70 Stone and Almost Dead, which featured him dropping 25 stones in order to qualify for a gastric band operation in 2012.

However, health complications arose from the surgery after Mr Martin discharged himself from the hospital against doctor's order because he was home sick

So Far So Good-2014

In this year, I'm quite sure everyone has learnt something new. These things if not acted upon wouldn't have made any meaning. Unfortunately, most of us would prefer to keep such things to ourselves which is very bad in my own opinion and might be so to anyone that wishes to make impact. The world is not about keeping successful ideas to oneself but rather sharing it even if at a charge.
That little secret you know might be all someone needs to kick-start their success in life which will in-turn glorify you and also put you on the spot of unthinkable limelight.
All you've learnt, known and practiced will only value itself when you decide to share it (free or at a fee). Better ideas comes while sharing as the person might give some insights that will be of great benefit to you or even while teaching it.

Hello December!

Source: www.thefancyhub.com

December is the twelfth and the last month of the year. It is one of the festive months for the Christians and the most celebrated worldwide. It is a general celebration month that marks the end of the year. In this month, people make plans for how the coming year will be spent,

Drug Trafficking: Malaysia sentenced a 35-year old Nigerian man to death

Abuchi Ngwoke, a Nigerian was sentenced to death yesterday November 25th by a Malaysian High Court on the conviction of drug trafficking. He was arrested at the Malaysian airport in 2012 after being found with a 251.66 grams of Methamphetamine.

According to reports, the drugs was swallowed from Nigeria before boarding a flight to Malaysia.
The court is yet to fix a date for his execution.

Naira Devalued

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele yesterday devalued by N13. The Governor said it was part of the effort to strengthen the nation's economy. This was announced after the meeting with Monetary Policy Committee.

source: silverbirdtv.com

The Governor said under the new arrangement that the Naira would exchange for N168 instead of the old official rate of N155 to one dollar.

He said the meeting also decided to increase the Monetary Policy Rate by 100 basis point from 12% to 13%. The MPR is the rate which banks borrow from CBN to cover their immediate cash shortfalls.
The Governor noted that there was an increase in Cash Reserve Ratio on private sector deposits by 500 basis point from 15% to 20%.

After the devaluation of Naira, it was noticed on 26th of November that the value of Naira has even became weaker as it already fell to N176.85 against one dollar.
Value of Naira to Dollar is now at 0.0057.

Oldest Man Ever Lived

An Indian man named Mahashta Murasi who claimed to be 179 years old was born in Bangalore on the 6th of January, 1835.
He lived and worked in Varansi as a cobbler till 1957 when he retired at the age of 122 years.
He claimed all his children and grand-children have all died for decades, said somehow maybe death has forgotten him and that he had already lost hope in dying. He also claims he may be an immortal says death cannot kill him again saying nobody dies after 150 years of age.
His birth certificate and identity cards all confirmed it but no medical examination can confirm his claims for now. The last doctor Mr Murasi visited died in 1971, so there is little information about health problems.
He name has now been entered into the Guiness World Book of Records as the oldest man of India in history.

November: Financial Intelligence

The month is here again! The month certain preparations for December, Christmas precisely.
To make a better financial success in the coming year, you need to start putting your accounts together; balancing your costs, credits, debits purchases and liabilities. For a greater financial success in 2015, you need to put all these into considerations and make proper corrections and amendments.
Your Financial Adviser will tell you to start making financial better plan for your 2015.

Your plans could include how to start a new stream of income or how to start and build a new business-if you have non or need more income; how to maximize profits and minimize loss. To make a great success in 2015, INVEST!

Don't get confused, for explanations on what how to go about anything you want to do, consult a qualified Financial Adviser or your Broker.

Is Linda Ikeji back online?

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Upon all the trends in the past days of people ever warned world known blogger Linda Ikeji on hosting of her blog to a full site so someone won't host her popular name and claim it to be theirs. To the surprise of the world, it happened and stunned the world on the future of blogging on google platform.

Upon this happening, millions of her readers have made a comment or the other about her blog and mostly affected by what they gain, learn and know by reading her blog.

The latest development on this issue is that today as at the time I tried to visit her blog (cuz I'm one of her dedicated readers and perhaps reading her blog motivated my getting involved in the blogging habit), it went through and I saw it that it has even been on since and other updates could be traced back to as far as September 30th, 2014. So I don't really think it went down and if it does, could someone be using her account?

To be part of her reporters or journalist, Linda is recruiting for these posts, to apply, send an eamil to her on lindaikejiads@gmail.com

Hottest Business Reigning

Recently, I came across a few businesses rich men invest in and made their billions. These businesses are businesses many people overlook or think they need a very huge capital to start But I can tell you as a student in my final year, I've already ventured into two of out of it.
The first one is a "wow" profit making which they (the rich) men protect so well that it should not be revealed to the world. Why? Because they simply don't want you and I to compete with their wealth.
Thank God the info is out, I came across it and I also want you to know it too-cuz I care.

Two out of these businesses are Online Importation and Oil & Gas.

PayPal Now in Nigeria

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After a lot of online protest, PayPal finally brings her online payment platform to Nigeria. Their initial withdrawal was due to the illegal ways it was used by the so called "yahoo-yahoo" scammers. All thanks to PayPal for giving Nigerians the level of trust it takes.
For more on PayPal Nigeria, Please check back. Thanks.