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Nice idea. But I have security concerns. Cos it means once a hacker successfully logs into my Google account, my location is just a click away. I think the security level should be improved like a face recognition using webcam. Just an opinion

Osakah24:
if this girls are really in captive,how do they feed,cloth,bath,and even relocate?

So true. It baffles me too.

pickabeau1:
You agree tweeting is ineffective yet think we should not stop talking

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Thanks for pointing that out I was confused. I suppose. My point is, his criticism is partly correct to push us to work.

I think he's right. I wonder what the military drones have been looking for all this while, if there are any at all or why the military is not even close to giving us any information. But I don't agree we should stop the talking as well. This issue is one that needs to be repeated, we can chose to forget corruption cases once the hype is gone, but please let's keep asking them to #bringbackourgirls

The 'Africanness' in us is dying, and
we're not doing anything about it. It's
like a war we're fighting in our
subconscious minds but inadvertently,
we are losing. The multiplier effect of
the loss is gradually shaping up and
wont to consume us all. Are we not
afraid of an era when respect will be
erased from our societal values? Or
where responsibilities will be left to the
individual to bear? Well, it's already
happening and we have ourselves to
blame.
I think it’s a ploy, neatly carved by the
influence of globalization and hurriedly
gulped, first by our elite, and then
anyone who wants to join them. Who
doesn’t? The need to make a mark in
the family, struggle to make some
money, build mansions, buy flashy cars,
send our wards to the best schools
around and prepare a befitting burial
for ourselves even while we are alive
have always been in the minds of most
of us, not all of us. The latter group of
persons who champion the common
good of the people and whose lives are
dedicated towards solving problems and
fixing things in the society is getting less
and less popular.
One particular area I wish to point out
is in the way we build houses these days
and partly also, how we raise our
children. The normal African setting is
the extended family, not the nuclear
one. As a scholar had argued that the
basic difference in the societal set up in
Africa and the Western World is that
the basic unit of the former is the
Extended Family, while the latter has
the 'individual' as its basic unit, some
have argued further that it is also the
nuclear family in the West. Well, I don’t
intend to join in the debate. One
criticism for sure is that whether
Christian or Muslim or those without
faith in any of the religions, Africans
are only, and I mean, only known for
the extended family life, not the nuclear
one.
Perhaps you might be wondering where
I am going with this. It's pretty simple.
The houses we build these days are
mainly for our nuclear family and each
nuclear family branches out from the
extended one. It has now become
normal for a member of the family to
disintegrate from the extended family
once he's established. He takes his wife
and children out of the 'family house'
and goes out either renting an
apartment or building his own. This
automatically lead to a disintegration in
the family structure and before you
know it, my cousins and I are like
strangers at a bus stop, or better still,
we fight over a queue in bank before
remembering our roots. Some cant even
remember their family history… I could
go on.
Now it has to be said, there may be
practical reasons why the need to move
out of the family compound may be
necessary. Things do not go as we plan
always and moving out may become
inevitable, at least for survival
purposes. This is not however to give
justification to every reason at all,
because in all, we should at least think
of the negative impacts. I'll like to go
religion for starters. When Churches or
Mosques break up into other units, side
by side or within the same vicinity, it
causes a sort of complexity even for the
members who offer prayers in them.
The idea with both religion is to have a
common place, say one in a particular
area where everyone converge, meet,
exchange ideas, assist one another in
their affairs etc. But once we break it
up, and in the alarming rate with which
churches and mosques are springing up,
we may not only have nuclear families
all abound, but nuclear places of
worship as well. I will like to paint a
picture of every household having its
own mosque or church and those
worshipping in it are only the parents
and children, maybe with the security
guard. God forbid.
The dangers we felt we were 'running'
from when we chose to cut our ties with
the extended family are issues our
predecessors faced and they survived.
Surviving in a similar situation could
call for some adaptations, yes I agree,
but we should make it work. Agreed that
our population is exploding and there is
the need to move, but we can still make
it work. I don’t have to build a mansion
that could accommodate a hundred and
live in it alone where there are family
members in tens sharing hallowed
rooms. Don’t get me wrong, we
necessarily need some space sometimes.
But if at all the four R's (Respect,
Reciprocity, Restraint and
Responsibility) which have given our
societal values an edge over the
individualistic stance of the Western
world can be understood as our
stronghold to our values, then a rethink
needs to be done before we find
ourselves living on the streets of New
York.

http://opinionsallowed..in/2015/04/against-individualistic-african.html?m=1

TrumpetMedia:
Have you seen a solution to yours

I mean have you repaired your Spark Tablet

If you're in Ibadan, whatsapp or call this guy 07031175291

kcdegr8:
Mine had the same problem 2wks ago. I dropped it on my car seat which was vry hot due to sun, but on getting to a complex where i wanted to sell or repair it, it started working fine. I still cant say how it happened.

Bought it on Konga, black friday sale last yr

Okay. I noticed that as well. There was a day i found some sort of pixels on it after having kept it in my bag and the screen started flickering. It all came back to normal when I applied a little pressure on the pixels. But the outer glass is now the problem

Yes. Yakata sale at Konga

Thanks OP.

Haven't we lost it?
These lines have been playing in my
head...
They were about to torture my brain,
hand and pen, till I got forced to
write...
To some, a deliberate attempt...
We have subconsciously created a
'rival' for the Quran....
Despite clear warnings, havent we
failed?....
The rivalry had come through
preference and a matter of choice...
And the space they battle to occupy in
our heads....
Music and Quran now fight on our
Mp3 players, DVD, Mobile phones, cars,
radio, even on the streets....
A war of superiority, but clearly, music
is winning...
And it was said, a very long time ago,
that the holy book will be wept
away....
It sounded like fiction, a farce...
But behold, this is happening, and we
are all witnesses to our failure...
I am not spared in this sin...
But my conscience wouldnt allow me
breathe...
Haram or not, Music has eaten us up,
we've given a part of us to it, not the
quran....
As absurd as it would seem...
To imagine an Imam sing and dance to
the latest hits....
Right in front of us, while giving
sermon during a prayer...
Much have been said, my pen is just a
wanderer....
But truth be told, when death comes
and we are to account....
Quran will be there to shield us,
protect us...
And music, well, I have seen no hadith
that even the so called 'islamic songs'
would be of any help....
It is not 'some peoples' duty to read
the quran, understand it and bring it
to your brains to swallow...
It is every muslim's duty to learn it, a
command from Allah (swt)
..... And fear that day, when we'll all
return to Him....
Agreeing with these lines is also a
matter of choice...
My thoughts would allow me rest now, I've
done my part....

Were you able to solve it? I have the same problem

I have the same problem. Have you been able to solve it?

Hi guys, I need help with my Spark CP C002 Tablet. I bought it online a few months ago but got the outer glass broken last week . I've given it to a few guys around Ilorin where I live but all efforts to get the outer glass have proved abortive... The specs are
Processor: 1.2GHz quad-core Processor
(MTK 8382)
GPU: Mali 400
Memory: 1GB RAM
Colours: Blue
Dimension: 198 x 135 x 7 mm
Weight: -
SIM Type: Micro SIM
SIM Count: Single
Display
Display: 7.85-inch IPS Display, 1024 x
768 pixels (163ppi)
Display Protection: -
Camera
Rear Camera: 5 MP Camera, Video
Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, Geo-
tagging
Front Camera: 2 MP Camera
Storage
Built-in Storage: 16GB Storage
Memory Card Support: Up to 64GB
Bundled Cloud Storage: -
Network Support
2G GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz
2G CDMA 1X: No
3G WCDMA: 2100MHz
3G CDMA EVDO: No
4G LTE: No
Internet & Connectivity
GPRS: Yes, up to 48kbps
EDGE: Yes
3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
HSPA+: No
CDMA EVDO: No
4G LTE: No
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes, Bluetooth 3.0 with EDR
NFC: No
Infrared Blaster: No
USB Port: Yes, microUSB 2.0, USB on the
Go,
Messaging
SMS/MMS: Yes
Instant Messaging: Yes
Push Emails: Yes
Email Protocol: -
Entertainment
Music Player: Yes, mp3, WAV, FLAC, eACC
+
Video Player: Yes, MPEG4, H.263, H.264,
XviD
FM Radio: -
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm Jack: Yes
Navigation
Navigation: Yes, GPS with A-GPS
Maps: Yes, Google Maps
Sensors & Control
Digital Compass: No
Accelerometer: Yes
Proximity Sensor: Yes
Light Sensor: Yes
Barometer: No
Pedometer: No
Gyroscope: No
Fingerprint Scanner: No
Iris Scanner: No
Intelligent Digital Assistant: -
Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: -
Voice Control: -
Other Features
Video Streaming: Yes
Traditional Voice Calls: Yes
Active Noise Cancellation: No
Wireless Charging: No
Water Resistant: No
Dust Resistant: -
Image Editor: Yes
Video Editor: No (download at store)
Document Viewer: No (download at store)
Document Editor: No (download at store)
Battery
Battery: 4000 mAh Li-Po Battery
Standby Time: -
Talktime: -

How sad! We've got a long way to go in national orientation and accommodating other people's views. Young ones using knives, adult using guns and the old trading words. Its a shame.

My first thought about the topic was to have it read like 'How secured are you with your online presence?' But then I thought, it might scare people off. Well, for starters, businesses would grow online only if your online presence is strong (at least it has been argued http://pandecta.com/online-presence.html that twelve reasons are to be considered for your business to grow).

Apart from business, the question is, do we really need a 'detailed' online presence about our personal lives?
I had created my facebook account about six years ago when the zeal to belong to that great social media was high (at least to me). I was happy to meet friends, but soon enough, I started meeting friends of friends too (especially those I had no connection with at all). My list increased by day and I was happy 'competing' the number of friends I had. Plus, my profile had to be updated, fill in all the gaps (options created by facebook).

Well, if for anything, Harold Finch was right, I was part of those gullible users of social media who put all their details online for public consumption. The lesson had deepened in me when about a few years ago I received an unknown caller who for everything in the world wanted to confirm my present location. It was pretty simple, all he needed was a perfect bait. My low point was my political activism online around that time. I merely exercised my freedom of expression and publicly satirized politicians, government officials et al. My fears grew and I swiftly removed my phone numbers, contact details, pictures and dissociated myself with tags. As if that was not enough, I deactivated my account for a while, returned, and then deactivated it again... and then returned. Whew! I guess I survived.

Cynthia's case (the gruesome murder connected to facebook) is perhaps the Nigerian example for us all about the delicate nature of online interaction. Well, I got another one recently. The man is of middle age, a civil servant and a law abiding citizen who almost fell into the hands of criminals. All the criminals had to do was to look up his profile, get his contact details and gave him a call. That was all that almost landed the man in cell. The criminals had been carrying out a series of activities like that and the police were looking for any contact details when they found the man's phone number on the log they obtained from the network providers. It could have been messy if he had anything at all to do with them. But luckily enough, he also escaped as he was merely a potential victim.

In sum, the idea of having potential crimes related to social media is increasing. Your name, phone number, email address, location, place of work, likes, dos and don'ts, pictures and even your posts can tell a lot about you (more than a curriculum vitae). Party things! On my way to school! Meeting in a bit!... all of these could give potential criminals an Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA). To make it all worse, there are even options of linking your social media accounts, such that posts on one is automatically reflected in another... I could go on.

Don't get me wrong. The idea is not to preach about social media, but to plead for our lust in it, forgetting the threats attached to it. Just be careful of what you tell the whole world about yourself. Once it goes online, its gone!

I'll end this post with my favourite BBC podcast by Musa Okwonga in his description of where our online social media addiction is leading us.... please download and listen.... http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/fourthought/fourthought_20110803-2045b.mp3