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Its really getting tough instead of enjoyable after Facebook introduced Naira Ads account for Nigerians but Foskaay has got the solution for you about Facebook ads in Naira.

I wrote a post about how to open Naira dominated FB ads account in my previous post which you can click to read about here ( Breaking: Facebook Ads Now Accept Payment in Naira - Details ). This post is just to focus on solving issues of payment in Naira when about creating Naira ads account or after successfully setting up your account then need to payoff your debt and continue advertising with your account.

Many people argued that the Naira account stuff is not working off which they are not far from the truth but am here to tell you that its not true. How did I know? Because have been using the Naira dominated account for months now, paid and readvertise on it several times. As a matter of fact am oweing Facebook around N11,000 which will be paid within few days now so I can resume my ads again.
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As a professional Web and Digital Marketing Consultant at Foskaay Enterprises Group, I have tested and tried a lot of medium of payment including GTbank Mastercard but was declined then comes in a solution have tested and still using till now which is working perfectly well, its detailed on this article source page at http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/advertise-facebook-pay-naira-pay-facebook-ads-naira/

DadojoReloaded:
Some weeks ago, there was a post here stating that facebook now charges Nigerian advertisers in Naira. Due to the excitement generated by this news, I proceeded to change my billing currency on facebook from USD to NAIRA. And my account had to be reset!

I started seeing my adverts served in Naira and it was easy for me to estimate how much I was spending on ads. After spending a certain amount in NAIRA, I decided to offset part of the amount I owe facebook, only to discover that I could no longer make payments with the same first bank Naira Master Card which I was using to pay for my ads when my account was in USD.

It's about a week now and I have been unable to make payments for my facebook adverts. All my ads have been rendered inactive because facebook says I owe them.

Please does anyone know how I can go about restoring things back to normal?

I have tried changing the account billing to USD, but I can't still pay in dollars. It keeps saying The Card was Declined.

lalasticlala come oo

OP its not easy solving it earlier but there is solution now

Many people argued that the Naira account stuff is not working off which they are not far from the truth but am here to tell you that its not true. How did I know? Because have been using the Naira dominated account for months now, paid and readvertise on it several times. As a matter of fact am oweing Facebook around N11,000 which will be paid within few days now so I can resume my ads again.

As a professional Web and Digital Marketing Consultant at Foskaay Enterprises Group, I have tested and tried a lot of medium of payment including GTbank Mastercard but was declined then comes in a solution have tested and still using till now which is working perfectly well http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/advertise-facebook-pay-naira-pay-facebook-ads-naira/

Many people argued that the Naira account stuff is not working off which they are not far from the truth but am here to tell you that its not true. How did I know? Because have been using the Naira dominated account for months now, paid and readvertise on it several times. As a matter of fact am oweing Facebook around N11,000 which will be paid within few days now so I can resume my ads again.

As a professional Web and Digital Marketing Consultant at Foskaay Enterprises Group, I have tested and tried a lot of medium of payment including GTbank Mastercard but was declined then comes in a solution have tested and still using till now which is working perfectly well http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/advertise-facebook-pay-naira-pay-facebook-ads-naira/

Many people argued that the Naira account stuff is not working off which they are not far from the truth but am here to tell you that its not true. How did I know? Because have been using the Naira dominated account for months now, paid and readvertise on it several times. As a matter of fact am oweing Facebook around N11,000 which will be paid within few days now so I can resume my ads again.

As a professional Web and Digital Marketing Consultant at Foskaay Enterprises Group, I have tested and tried a lot of medium of payment including GTbank Mastercard but was declined then comes in a solution have tested and still using till now which is working perfectly well http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/advertise-facebook-pay-naira-pay-facebook-ads-naira/

You can use the updated version of Adk Portal or checkout more suggestion at http://foskaay.com/index.php/board,22.0.html

Integrityfarms:
Konji is a respecter of nobody. Age, tribe, religion, gender and whatever, Konji no fear you!

Lols...... Some do no their boundary oooo www.Foskaay.com

AngelJazz:
Wonders shall never end

Indeed it will never end

ultrazone:
What Does It Take To Grow A Blog Into Success As A Beginner?

New bloggers sometimes wonder what successful bloggers do that make them earn so much from their blogs. They are surprised that some people somewhere are raking in millions monthly from the internet even though this 'set of gurus' discuss the same topics and use the same blogging software as them.

Today, I'm happy to inform you that there is nothing magical about growing your blog to success. You just need to understand what these established bloggers are doing and apply the same with extra efforts. In blogging business, traffic translates into money so the basis of increasing your earnings from blogging is to work on improving your blog traffic.

Here are 10 steps that makes success automatic in blogging:

1. Do Extensive Niche Research
Before you launch you blog, be careful to carry out deep analysis of the main topics that your blog will be discussing. If you want to earn well through thirdparty ad publishing programmes like Google Adsense, your blog's main theme must be capable of attracting advertisers who are looking to do serious spending to promote or sell their goods and services. High paying niche topics include insurance, loans, online colleges, small business, technology, mobile and PC softwares and tips, health etc. You earn less from niches like art, poetry, music, entertainment, sports, jokes etc. An example of a free tool you can use for this niche keyword analysis is Google Keyword Planner.

2. Pick Quality Blog Platform And Design
Wordpress and Blogger are two commonly used blogging software. Each one comes with its own unique properties. Your choice of blogging platform can go a long way in influencing your blog traffic, blog pageviews and rankings on Search Engine Result Page (SERP). Whatever software or platform you decide to use, make sure it loads fast and is well optimized for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

When your blog has a good design, it encourages clicking on adverts which increases your blog Click Through Rate (CTR). With a good theme, your blog readers can easily discover and visit related posts which translates to increased page views and time spent on your blog. It has also been discovered that some layout facilitates subscription, following, sharing and tweeting of posts on social media which increases your blog's social presence.

3. Learn About SEO
As a serious blogger, you should be able to find out why some other blogger's post rank higher than yours when you search for things on Google. Understanding what it takes to improve SERP rankings is essential when it comes to increasing visitors to your blog especially from search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo. This is because a large fraction of traffic to most blog comes from these search engines.

I find it discouraging at times when I come across fellow bloggers who do not understand basic SEO terms like pagerank, metadata, H1 tags, keyword density, SERP, CPC, CTR, Moz authority, longtail keyword, backlink, outbound link, inlink etc. If you are determined to succeed with your blog, you better sit down and master SEO. Download tutorial manuals and videos from the internet and study them. It is more than just writing posts or writing thousands of them. For instance, a careful choice of words (keywords) in your post title can make that post rank very high in Google search results. Optimize first, don't waste your time writing post that people won't get to read.

4. Let Your Post Solve Readers' Problems
Entertainment bloggers generally publish events and happenings as they trend all in a bid to meet people's desire to inquire into celebrities lifestyle and happenings. Aside from this group, most successful blogger write posts that answer people's questions. They learn to research into what major questions people ask. If your post provides solutions to problems, organic traffic to your blog will increase naturally because more people will be referred to your post. The post will rank high in search results when people type their problems(questions) in Google. You can gather ideas on what problems to solve with your post when you look through:
==> online forums like (Nairaland)
==> comment sections of popular blogs in your niche.

5. Carry Out Keyword Analysis Before Publishing
It is good to know you can write articles really fast. You have tens of posts ready which you are eager to put up online. It is wiser if you can take the pain to carry out in depth keyword research before you publish. Not all keywords can generate enough traffic for your blog, not all keywords will guarantee low competition so you can rank easily in search engines and not all keywords have satisfactory cost per click (CPC). Seo Tool Book and Google Keyword Planner are keyword research tools you can use at no cost. SEMRush, Moz, Market Samurai and Longtail Pro are paid tools that gives you value for your money. The rule of thumb is to use keywords that offer decent traffic, low competition and medium to high CPC.

6. Avoid Duplicate Content (Copy And Paste)
Well, I'm sad to say this. Most entertainment and tech bloggers in Nigeria just copy and paste articles and pictures gotten from other sources. I shake my head when I see the same post and pictures appearing on many of these blogs. To you, you are working hard at blogging but to Google you are a plain cheat who deserves to be dealt with. If you are the type of blogger whose hobby is to steal posts and pictures from bellanaija, linda ikeji etc and then put them up on your blog without rewriting in your own words or giving credit, I pity you. Apart from the fact that law action can be taken against you when you use other people's materials without their consent (Linda Ikeji's Case), Google raises the hammer on blogs that contain articles and pictures that have been posted online before, reducing their rankings. Try this, paste a part of the article you copied into Copyscape or Google search and you will see the link to the original post staring at you.

Writing unique contents (and including original pictures) is necessary if you want to succeed in blogging business. Although this is not easy if you are just setting out, you can develop great writing skills with time. The pictures you use in your blog post can also generate traffic to your blog.

To optimize your images for image search; ensure that the image is:
==> attractive
==> less than 100kb in size,
==> in JPeg (.jpg) format,
==> renamed to contain your keywords separated by hyphen (not spaces) and
==> given a good description in the alt tag.

7. Publish Often
How often do you publish on your blog. It is a sound advice to write at least 2-3 original blog posts weekly. Your blog will be crawled more often by Google bot because Google loves this. If you want to make decent income from your blog, please take it as serious business. Many bloggers have some other work they do during the day. Well, if you are the busy type, you could compose posts anywhere during the day immediately the inspiration drops, after which you garnish it up with more research and then publish on your blog when you are back from work in the evening. This basically what I use my phone's notepad (memopad) for. If you call yourself a blogger but you are in the habit of writing one post monthly, then I can boldly assure you that you are very much prepared to fail. Just like I recommended previously, you can help yourself out when you run short of ideas on what to write about with the following tips.
==> read related blogs daily
==> look for tips in the comment sections of popular blogs
==> check sections of established forums related to your niche.

8. Avoid Blackhat SEO Methods
Blackhat SEO are illegal techniques that some bloggers employ to rank high in search engine results. SEO techniques such as building bulk backlinks, buying traffic, link exchange farms, using traffic bot, keyword stuffing, publishing spinned articles that are unreadable, using bulk blog commenting softwares (like Scrapebox, Xrummer and Senuke) etc are greatly frowned upon by Google. Though you may come across popular gigs selling these services on Fiverr and Seoclerk, please do well to avoid using blackhat. This is because Google rolls out updates (e.g Panda, Penguin) periodically which are targeted at penalizing blogs that engage in these blackhat methods by reducing their rankings or removing them from search results (de-indexing). It's worthy to note also that most of the algorithms that blackhat SEO targets no longer count in ranking. Quality content is the new king.

9. Establish Social Presence
Do you know why many successful bloggers have thousand of followers on their Facebook and Twitter pages? Here is the reason. Your outreach on social network is one of the indices search engines calculate to know how much love people have for your blog. This invariably hinges on how much value your blog add to visitors and translates to how high you will rank in search engines. Increase social interaction on your blog by concluding your posts with statements that compel readers to drop comments. Google understands that when readers enjoy your post, it will attract comments inform of appreciation or questions. Install widgets and themes that encourage visitors to subscribe to your feeds, follow your blog and share your posts on social media. Ensure you have frequently updated profile pages on major social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

10. Diversify Your Blog Monetization
Blog monetization are methods that you use to make money from your blog. As a blogger who is determined to make it big in blogging, I'll advise that you look beyond publishing ads for third parties like Google Adsense, Chitika, Adbrite, Infolinks, Addynamo etc. Strive hard to achieve decent traffic so that you can sell banner and text link adverts directly on your blog. Advertisers pay straight into your bank account and you put up ads on their behalf. If you doubt me, send a mail to Jide of Ogbongeblog or Linda Ikeji for their ad rates.

It is also important that you apply for affiliate programmes like Konga, Jumia, Amazon, Media.net etc. Understand that affiliate companies whether indigenous or foreign will reject your application if your blog does not have their traffic requirements. So work on improving traffic first. While most affiliate sites will pay commission when someone you refer to them buys a product or service, a few such as Mobofree will reward you when your referrals sign up free with them.

If you have a large reader base or social media followers, you can make money writing sponsored posts from companies and individuals, as well as by tweeting or sharing sponsored links to your followers. Some bloggers charge between $100-$150 per sponsored post/tweet. That's cool money if you can get an average of 2-3 offers weekly.

The best way to make consistent income from your blog is create and sell information products and services. Information products may be inform of tutorial manuals or videos. Many established bloggers create tutorials that will help upcoming bloggers which they offer for sale at a price on their blogs.

Examples of hot info products are Forex trading videos, fish farming manuals, tutorials on soap and cream making, video lessons on bead making and wire works, training on Adire tie and die, Blogger to Wordpress conversion services, weight loss guides etc.

To become a successful blogger, you need to work hard at improving your blog's traffic, loyal followership and monetization. Finally, I feel delighted to have revealed these top secrets to you. I'm also expectant that you will put all this into good use. Your beginning may be small now but continue working hard. Success is just by the bend.

Source: http://www.practicalbusinessideas.com/2014/10/10-powerful-secrets-of-successful-bloggers-exposed.html

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Almost a year but content still relevant and helpful. Thanks OP

It depends on the data sub you have. Express they have special share data plans for biz etc.
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Flexherbal:
China is doing well, technologically.

amazingly well for sure ..moving faster now

Cutehector:
This can't happen in nigeria where there is lawlessness on Nigerian roads.

That true for now..but things may not remain like this forever even in Naija...with time it could be...I think!

As am dedicated to updating my readers with latest in telecoms/tech world. I have an amazing picture of the first bus ever to drive over cars. its indeed a traffic jam solution and innovation.

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PresidKing:
www.Ogaonline.com is born.

plans is to make it the world best free ads website. release date will be announced soon and it will go viral

Have happy for you OP

Just checked through your website and its indeed going worldwide if you can give it what it takes. most Nigerians with your vision couldn't achieve it because of freebies mentality and other things unmentioned. The websites you covet spend billions of Naira yearly on Digital Marketing and Offline awareness to get to where they are today.

If you will like to have me as part of your team am open any day as a Web, Digital Marketing and BAS Consultant at Foskaay Enterprises group www.Foskaaygroup.com
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One of the missing schoolgirls abducted by the fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found, the Nigerian Army has said.

Activists also told the BBC that Amina was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon

One of the missing schoolgirls abducted by the fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found, the Nigerian Army has said.

Activists also told the BBC that Amina was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.



Amina was reportedly recognised by a civilian fighter. She told her rescuers that six of her abducted colleagues had died while others were being held in Sambisa Forest by their abductors.

The fighter belonged to the Civilian Joint Task Force, a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram.

Aboku Gaji, leader of the vigilante group in Chibok, said, “The moment this girl was discovered by our vigilantes, she was brought to my house. I instantly recognised her, and insisted we should take her to her parents.

“When we arrived at the house… I asked the mother to come and identify someone. The moment she saw her, she shouted her name: ‘Amina, Amina!’ She gave her the biggest hug ever, as if they were going to roll on the ground, we had to stabilise them.

“The mother called the attention of other relations to come out and see what is happening. The girl started comforting the mother, saying: ‘Please Mum, take it easy, relax. I never thought I would ever see you again, wipe your tears. God has made it possible for us to see each other again.’

“Afterwards, we had to make them understand that the girl would not be left in their care. She must be handed over to the authority.”

Hosea Abana Tsambido, the Chibok community in the capital, Abuja, told the BBC that Amina had been found after venturing into the forest to search for firewood.

“She was saying… all the Chibok girls are still there in the Sambisa except six of them that have already died.”

The Nigerian military said she was from the town of Mbalala, south of Chibok, from where 25 of the kidnapped girls came.

Amina was later moved to Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s Borno State.

Before their arrival in Maiduguri, the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who was apparently delighted about the news, told the visiting United Nations Under- Secretary on Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Stephen O’ Brien, that the freed girl might give information that could lead to the rescue of other abducted girls and perhaps to the hideouts of the insurgents.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, who brought the girl to Shettima, told the media that the governor had promised to present the freed girl to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The governor said as a sign of honour, he would take the girl to Mr. President on Thursday (today).

The girl was not allowed to have a chat with the media as she was led to meet with the governor by military personnel.

Shortly after presenting the girl to the governor, Ezugwu told journalists that Shettima would hand her over to President Muhammadu who would in turn present her to the nation.

“I want to further confirm to you that, we have found one of the Chibok girls but we plead for your understanding on this issue, we need to give her time to rest as you can see she is traumatised and nursing a baby.

“The governor has told us that he did not want to take credit for this and will hand over the girl to Mr. President who will in turn unveil her to the nation,” Ezugwu said.

As of the time of going to the press last night, the governor and the freed girl had not emerged to address the media.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who had earlier confirmed Amina’s rescue in a statement on Wednesday, added that a suspected Boko Haram suspect, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be the ‘husband’ of the girl had been arrested by the troops.

Usman, who had earlier given the name of the rescued girl as Fatmata Mbalala, said her name was Amina Ali.

He said that the troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade rescued the girl and arrested the terror suspect who claimed to be her ‘husband’ during what he described as a booking operation at Baale, near Damboa, Borno State.

He said that investigation conducted by the Army showed that the girl was one of the 219 girls abducted from GSS, Chibok

Usman said that the girl was rescued with her one-year old child, named Safiya.

He added that the girl, her ‘husband’ and the child had been taken to Maiduguri for medical screening.

“Please recall that we informed you that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been rescued earlier today and promised to give further details.

“Further to that, in continuation of Operation Crackdown, troops of 25 Brigade Damboa in conjunction with the Civilian JTF deployed in one of the blocking positions at Baale, near Damboa rescued one Miss Amina Ali and a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be her husband.

“Both were brought to the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa at about 2.30pm today (Wednesday).

“Preliminary investigation shows that she is indeed one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014 in Chibok and her name is Amina Ali as against Falmata Mbalala that was earlier stated.

Meanwhile, the BringBackOurGirls movement on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed that the found girl is one of the over 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok.

A statement by the spokesperson for the #BringBackOurGirls#, Sesugh Akume, gave her name as Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki from Mbalala.

Culled from PunchNg written by Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor and Kayode Idowu

An EgyptAir plane headed to Cairo from Paris with 69 people on board disappeared from radar at dawn Thursday, the airline said.

Flight MS804 operating an Airbus A320 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport at 11:09 p.m. with 59 passengers and 10 crew members, the carrier said in a statement. The aircraft lost communications with radar around 2:45 a.m. Cairo time, it said in a separate statement. All communication has been lost with the missing plane and search and rescue operations are underway, a spokeswoman said.


Source: PunchNg

Nairaland is a leading forum to discuss issues pertaining to the current state of the Nation. Thus, lets give report on NLC strike nationwide under this thread.

<> Anambra Report: Anambra workers too busy for strike. Strike did not hold as expected as commercial and social activities progressed unhindered in Awka, Anambra State. PM News Reports revealed that most civil servants reported early at their various offices.

<> Ogun: Still observing

Lets give live updates of other states....

wahooooo..nigerians are becoming smarter and we should be ready for the change...tumbup ooooooo

Congratulations to fellow NairaLanders that the budget was finally approved and then...What next? Will it be promise and fail as usual or promise and do as said..Whats your view?

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adeaks:
Wow. What an inspirational story. She doesnt use orostethics yet her handwroting is comparabke with that of a oerson with nornal arms. This is a girl who has refused to feel sorry for herself or let her condition limit her.

indeed inspiring

Indeed amazing and a point of encouragement to my fellow NairaLanders.

No matter what you have been through, still going through or may go through in LIFE. Do not give up your dream even when situation disqualifies you at initial stage. I was indeed encourage by the story of a Handless 7-yr-old girl that won handwriting contest.


Culled from: http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/amazing-handless-7-yr-old-girl-wins-handwriting-contest/

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Nbote:
Trust me dis awufu will run ur bele...

hmmm..Hope..please explain better for all to learn..Thank!

It seems to be a season of competition for Nigerian networks. MTN is not left out in rolling discounted offers and one of the best offer is the 3.75GB data but now another one supersede it with huge data allowance and free call credit. “D2000” to “131”

http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/get-5gb-data-and-free-n2560-credit-on-mtn/
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CaptPlanet:
I still see no reason or moral justification of building a fence with 1 billion naira. It's outrageous.

Building a bungalow for 300 million is possible especially when you're doing it out of your own purse and to a certain taste.

In this case, it's tax payers money and at a time when the govt claims there's no money, with all these economic disaster we're in. Frivolous spending is what we can't afford right now.


It would have made more sense if that money was used to fix the power issue.

We all look forward to nigeria with stable power supply oooo

I want to notify you of an SMS received this morning from MTN with subject “MTNSurprise” and the wahoo data offer it presented to me.

“New offer 500% deal zone! Get 1.3GB data for N1000. SMS 106 to 131 NOW. Valid for 30 Days.”

That was the sms above which shows that if I subscribed using 106 to 131, I will be given 1.3GB 24hours data access for the next one month which is recommended for average data users especially on Android. Though, for me its of no help because I belong to the class of heavy data users due to my nature of job as Web and Digital Marketing consultant plus updating a blog like this.


You can give it a try and comment below.

Culled From: http://telecomsadvocate.foskaaygroup.com/mtnng-discover-how-to-get-1-3gb-data-for-n1000-on-mtnsurprise/

If Nigeria decides to build perimeter and operational fences around the 22 airports that are currently partially fenced or without fences, the country would require about N25 billion.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) recommends that countries fence their airports to ensure safety and to check influx of unauthorised persons into the airports.

This is as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has assured all the airport users of absolute security and safety of humans, cargo and equipment at all times.

A recent survey carried out by FAAN indicated that to properly fence the 22 federal government-owned airports, the authority would need about N25 billion.

According to FAAN’s spokesman, Mr Yakubu Dati, each of the 22 airports is about 50 kilometre long and would require serious investments for all of them to be properly fenced according to the ICAO, recommended practices.

Apart from the four international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt that are partially fenced, other 18 airports owned by the federal government are not fenced, a situation, which has led to encroachments on the lands by some indigenes.

The 22 airports across the country occupy over 500 kilometres of land mass and ICAO security guidelines prescribe that all airports must be secured with double perimeter fences.

Dati however explained that there are other safety measures FAAN has taken in line with international best practice to boost security and safety within the nation’s airports.

He said, “The agency has introduced the perimeter patrol, built perimeter towers, which enables the Aviation Security, (AVSEC) personnel and other security agencies to have a full overview of the airport environment and installed latest technologies in strategic locations to increase surveillance.

“Most of the leakages observed in the past by analysts and other aviation stakeholders had been closed by FAAN and this has made it possible for FAAN to scale the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security audit carried out earlier in the month at the Lagos Airport.”

A team of the Airport Council International (ACI) was in Nigeria to carry out security audit on the airports and they identified some gaps, which Dati said FAAN was able to close the gaps without being specific.

“That is why when TSA came calling about two weeks ago, we were given clean bill of health because all the loopholes have been closed,” he added.

He however identified insider’s threat as another area that the authority is observing and taking action against.

“We profile anybody that works within the terminal or in the terminal in line with global standards. It is after passing that we issue them the On-Duty-Card, ODC. Even at that, the ODC also have some levels of restrictions such that it is not every holder that has access to every part of the terminal. We have different levels and colours based on the level of clearance you have received,” he said.

Dati observed that airport as an enabler to the nation’s economy contributes about $1 billion annually while also providing more than 300,000 jobs, stressing that the government would continue to ensure growth in the sector.

Source: http://leadership.ng/news/512878/construction-airport-fences-cost-n25bn?

Nigeria wants to know if two girls arrested before they could detonate suicide bombs are Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram two years ago, state broadcaster NTA said Saturday.

Friday, three female suicide bombers planning to carry out an attack near the northern Cameroon village of Limani were spotted by local vigilantes before they could blow themselves up, Cameroon's state broadcaster CRTV said.
One girl escaped. One girl who was captured claimed to be part of the group of 276 teenage girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from the Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014, NTA reported.
Boko Haram sparked international outrage when it abducted the girls from the town in northeastern Nigeria, police said. About 50 girls escaped but authorities fear the rest may have been raped, brutalized or forced to convert to Islam.
The Nigerian government designated two parents from Chibok to travel to Cameroon and visit the girls, NTA said. A timeline has yet to be announced about the Chibok parents' trip.
One of the attackers is being held by the Cameroonian military and a second was sent to a health unit for medical treatment, though her condition was not revealed, CRTV reported. One of the two was also believed to be heavily drugged and therefore not in full control of her senses, NTA said.
Boko Haram is a militant Islamic group based in Nigeria whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law.
The group especially opposes the education of women and its name translates to "Western education is a sin" in the local language.
Under its version of Sharia law, women should be at home raising children and looking after their husbands, not at school learning to read and write.
Culled from http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/26/africa/bomb-suspect-says-shes-kidnapped-nigerian-schoolgirl/index.html