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More effort and emphasis is likely to gone into planning a funeral for this slain reporter than he or his staff devoted to his security and survival

well trained Bodyguards will always identify the threats and then immediately neutralize it.

i was told that this man got security team, my question is.where did he hire them from?what where they looking at when the kidnappers came?

this is a good idea,is only in Nigeria where you see police men providing security for vip.pls let the police men go back to barrack so we can have work to do.

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i go to gym everymorning to lift some iron

na who be dis girl sef? the news is every where about the incident.dis one go teach her lesson say next time if she see or hear a siren from any convoy make she give way.me i no support d Naval guys but they are just doing their job.few of us know while so many Nigerians don;t know that is very risky not to make way or chase after any convoy.some of these VIP are under high risk protection and the detail are ready to get going should anything go wrong.in my kind of job what happen to the Naval chief would be seen as a very Big threat to the Principal,and come to think of it na who position there with d camera dey record d whole thing

una dey make me laugh,make d girl go tank Baba God say she dey alive.the job of these navy guys are to protect the OGA,make we no get d idea say na d mentality of Nigerian Arm forces. make i use this time self Beg everyBody for here,if u see any convoy coming behind pls give way and don;t follow or try to chase d convoy.few of us know and so many Nigerians don;t know that some Principal under protection by either d police sss and d Military are high risk.d girl sef no say she dey wrong because she na Barrack girl,and come to think of it na who place d camera there to record that incident for my kind of job we go see that her act as a big treat to the Principal.

when one of my friend lost his job he came asking for loan to carry on with his life,but i was surprised to know that he bought a taxi with the money i gave him.d man don swear say he no go do any other business apart from taxi business.then i thought he was joking not until he bought a land and built a house on it.i was speaking with him the other day and he told me that on a good day he makes 10,000 naira. the business is profitable but u just have to know the secret which i won;t let out here.08038282389

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na wetin course d wahala? the SA police discovered after investigating the murder of lucky dube that it was Nigerians that shot him in an attemp to rob him of his car.pls don;t say i told u.

na wetin course d wahala? the SA police discovered after investigating the murder of lucky dube that it was Nigerians that shot him in an attemp to rob him of his car.

somwtimes i visit night clubs,mainly taking my friends out to see shapes and figures.iam married though.

iam happily married,but i still fance figures and shapes as eye still dey rotate.

we do this so many ways,i did mine on top of 3rd main land bridge at about 1.30am.

i still dey wonder if na only yoruba men dey US,abeg make dem change both home and abroad.

i dey very happy say i be igbo man,the company too is located right in my village.

my kind of job include locating missing person.contact me and we help you locate your father.

george what else can u do?abi na only d thing wen u study for school u sabi? i once be like u but i look d other way,and today i dey very happy. minor jobs dey out there go get them.

It is said, in somewhat bowdlerized form, that the lawyer who chooses to represent himself in a law suit has a fool for a client. The great Spanish philosopher, Ortega y Gasset observed that the difference between a fool and a knave is that the knave does take a rest sometimes. It never ceases to amaze how foolish are the otherwise most sagacious and successful among us when it comes to hiring those entrusted with their personal security. They seem, at such times, to be affected by a kind of myopia that borders upon denial. It is rather like the disinclination of some to make a last will and testament out of a king of superstitious fear of acknowledging the inevitability of death. The serious among us, once these fears have been overcome, will usually seek competent counsel to make sure that their wishes are properly formulated so as to be reasonably certain that they are acted upon after the desired fashion when they are no longer around, themselves, to attend to matters. Generally speaking, it is those who have something worthwhile to leave behind who are most anxious to make sure their worldly goods do not fall into the wrong hands. Yet, how many of these take action, in the matters of personal protection that might well risk their departing this life more speedily than they might have wished? So…, ?

Personal Protection does not come cheap. Those who can afford it, very often do not need it, while those who need it the most, all too often, cannot afford it. If you do need it, and can afford it, it is axiomatic that you had better acquire the genuine article, something truly adapted to your needs. Why hire a butler with a gun, who might be hesitant or reluctant in its use when called upon to do so? When you hire a personal protection specialist, you are placing your life in that individual's hands. It behooves you to make a wise choice - especially if you hope to live not to regret it. You may be a genius on Wall Street yet an ignoramus when it comes to reading people rather than numbers. You are a fool when you read people as numbers. Again, you may be good at hiring the right kind of staff for the business in which you ordinarily engage. You should know how to engage the services of good accountants and lawyers and know how to avoid shysters of either profession. In your personal life, you know how to avoid quacks in the medical profession and snake oil vendors of all types. It is easy, then, to assume that these sterling qualities of judgment will serve you in the matter of safeguarding your physical integrity and that of your nearest and dearest. Don't count on it. And why not?

Bodyguards have been around, seemingly, since the Dawn of Mankind. The Chaldean chronicles contain an intriguing reference to one Enkidu, who served as a personal protection specialist for the celebrated traveler, Gilgamesh. Kings, princes, presidents and captains of commerce and industry have, since that time, availed themselves of the services of such as might stand between them and the jaws of death. Basically, this is a very wise idea. But the road to Hell is, as we are told, paved with the best of intentions. Over the centuries, how many of the Rich and Famous have come to an untimely demise at the hands of those who, supposedly, were there to protect them, or who were clandestine participants in some "palace intrigue." A propensity for subversion is, all too often, more dangerous than the rankest incompetence. Yet, who are you to judge in these matters? And, if you cannot trust your own judgment in these delicate affairs, to whom can you safely entrust such a grave responsibility? It is in this department that the matter most usually goes seriously awry. The job is all too often given to those whose skills and experience have been developed in the selection of persons for other tasks and responsibilities. Even in our dangerous world, hiring personal protection specialists is not an everyday matter. It is easy for those entrusted with procurement to believe that hiring a bodyguard is no different from signing on a confidential, executive secretary or a chauffeur. Wrong!

Hiring a personal protection specialist is not a job for the run-of-the-mill human resources department, unaided. Sadly, the great American world of business, that functions so well in other ways, is often plagued by a kind of internecire warfare between Directors of Security on the one hand and Directors of Human Resources on the other. This is decidedly unhealthy. Trials of strength serve no purpose save to weaken the organization and frustrate the selection process. There is an unfortunate kind of hubris at work in these turf battles that needs to be addressed at the highest of levels. Oftimes, the struggle is mediated by others in the hierarchy who are, themselves, no better equipped to appreciate or address the substantive and procedural issues involved. You do not buy personal protection specialists off the peg, however attractive their appearance to the untutored eye. We are dealing, putatively, with matters of life and death, here. Those choosing personnel to undertake these onerous, demanding, sometimes dangerous tasks have a heavy responsibility to discharge. There is a lot more to all this than being able to write a good job description and carry out a conscientious and thorough background check. Would that even these necessary steps were satisfactorily taken.

The selection of personal protection specialists is not a job for ordinary headhunters or other business consultants. You may be very good at finding, and recommending a CEO for a Fortune 100 Company yet utterly clueless about acquiring the services of a bodyguard to protect him and his family once he is in place. There is a simple principle at the bottom of all this: you do not hire even the best optometrist to perform brain surgery. In this, as in other matters, take the appropriate advice - and act upon it. Why keep a dog and bark yourself. Just make sure you don't buy a basenji. Again, only a fool would substitute his or her own judgment for that of a carefully selected, experienced professional. A note of caution is introduced at this juncture. It is rarely wise to purchase advice from one who has an interest, manifest or concealed, in the product or services being recommended. The unscrupulous have little hesitation in compromising in this regard. That is why the IRS insists, under penalties of law, on the independence of those who undertake to report upon the business needs of individuals claiming to deduct certain security related expenditures. Serious consequences can flow from making recommendation from which the individual making them can be seen to have personally benefited from the subsequent provision of the goods or services recommended. Good, honest consultants do not come cheap. But they are worth their weight in gold in the long run.

Providing personal protection is somewhat akin to bespoke tailoring: there is no one size fits all. A bodyguard who might be ideally suited to serve the needs of a highly visible celebrity entertainer might be woefully out of place in a low-key, corporate environment. Yet, in the abstract, there are basic similarities which all these positions enjoy in common. Perhaps the most important of these, and certainly, the most difficult to evaluate prospectively are integrity and a sense of commitment. If you develop a distaste for your principal, however well you conceal it, you are placing him or her, and perhaps yourself in jeopardy. It requires a singular kind of whole-heartedness to put yourself on the line for another on a daily basis. Being a bodyguard is not just another job. It is almost akin to a sacred trust. You have to believe wholeheartedly in what you are doing and why you are doing it. Providing personal protection demands an extraordinary degree of single-mindedness. It does not admit of a conflict of loyalties. Career advancement is a fine objective, but how can one trust the job-hopper in this super-delicate field of endeavor? The astute evaluator will always inquire, diligently, "Why did you leave your last situation?" The poignant historical precedent of the fearsome Mongol conqueror, Halagu comes to mind. Investing the ancient city of Baghdad, he received a secret representation from the Wazir, the Chief Minister to secure for him entrance to that place without resistance from the defending forces. He accepted the offer, and speedily took the city without bloodshed. Shortly thereafter, he had an audience with the new ruler. "I suppose," said he, "you have come to claim your reward?" The former Wazir humbly admitted that was indeed his purpose. "Take him out and hang him," commanded Halagu. "If you could thus betray your master," said he, "how could I be so foolish as not to consider that you might, in the future, not accord me a similar flavor?"

Competence, the ability to do the assigned job, according to narrowly drawn specifications, can be measured by reference to objectively verifiable standards. This is not an unfamiliar task for those concerned, professionally, with the hiring process. But how, in this delicate field, does one assess the loyalty of a candidate who might be required to take a bullet for his or her prospective protectee? The past is the best, perhaps the only guide to the future. The assessment requires a most rigorous questioning of the job-seeker and a painstaking review and verification of the answers given. The process demands a certain expertise and experience, with, perhaps, a touch of cynicism throw in. Leopards are not known to change their spots. Those who have not demonstrated their loyalty in the past can hardly claim any high degree of credibility in the matter for the future. Present day employment practices tend to inhibit useful enquiry of others. They do not prohibit rigorous enquiry of the candidate, him or herself. The Halagu test is not recommended, here, though in our own times it seems to have served a certain ruler of Iraq well enough in many departments. But there is no excuse for timidity or carelessness in these matters. Too much hangs upon them. Those who presume to offer counsel in these cases should carry out their obligations without fear or favor. There is always the possibility that they, too, might pay a heavy price for giving bad advice.

This piece is not addressed to the really great power-mongers of this world. These may be assigned, broadly to two classes for the present purposes. There are those who, like the president of the United States, ordinarily have little choice over those detailed, at any particular time, to protect them. And there are the Saddam Husseins, who deal summarily and unpleasantly with those who give bad advice as well as those even remotely suspected of unfaithfulness or potential betrayal. Rather, it is for the instruction of those who, in our times, have a need for personal protection, expensive as it is, and who are concerned to get value for their money. We live in an age of kiss and tell, by word of mouth, on the Web or otherwise in print. This may suite the celebrity entertainer whose business includes more than just a little kissing, the telling of which can only serve to enhance an already powerful reputation. Captains of industry and commerce must view such possibilities in a different light. The revelation of some discreditable or embarrassing episode in the past can be very damaging when it comes time to merge or sell the company or make a public offering of its stock. Close protection means just that; the protector is close enough to see all that is going on. We cannot always rely upon the attitude of 'so what' to protect us from our enemies waiting to take advantage of the failings or proclivities of those we have chosen to protect our persons.

At some stage in our lives we have all attracted unwanted attention from a third party. Being threatened can be a life changing experience.
The types of threats and reasons that they are made are normally specific to the individual that they are aimed at. Revenge, obsession, rivalry and radical pressure groups are just a few reasons why you, your family, your residence or your business could be threatened or targeted.  Whether you are a Celebrity, Company Director/Chairman or you are wealthy, you could be exposing yourself as a potential target.

A solution to reduce the immediate threat to you is to employ a Close Protection Officer (CPO) or a Close Protection team. The modern day CPO is a highly trained and highly motivated individual who can react to situations as they arise.

does 2face need to be told what to do about his personal security? 2face go soon no say the threat na real.dis guy just dey take risks and his life might just depend upon it.potential threat scenarios are endless and good security is supposed to be at least one step ahead of the aggressor.

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this is a sad news but we can do better when we take security more seriously.how many of these churches or Estates are rated high security.

so many people in here really do not know much about MKO, i worked with him during his political years and he sound very nice.the only problem with MKO is that he is  an Adulterer he love women so much and that made him got so many wives.

if d poor can not sleep because they hungry,the rich no get sleep because the poor dey awake.

I'm only surprised she lasted this long,

hey Carlosein security is a personal thing.she need not ask the government for increase in security details.she can hire as many as she want.does who fail to prepare have prepared to fail.The Pakistani opposition leader knew very well the risks she ran when she decided to wage a public campaign for the restoration of democracy.so many well trained protective detail are in that country searching for job.if this kind thing happen for naija i for say na money dem no wan spend.

I've been watching the news replays on several channels, her security did not look very tight at all. I know alot of you guys here can spot some serious flaws after you watch the news,Tragic, what can I say. the bomber shot her then blew himself up.Especially considering that was the third "known" go at her. Certainly a bad thing that has the potential to be a crazy bad thing. These people have nukes, obviously they have a severe internal problem with radical islamists. Some reports indicate that the government (if it could be called that) is heavily infiltrated by radicals, whole areas of the country are basically lawless, and the list goes on and on. Some seriously bad indeed.Something amazing about this tragedy is that although the US and people in the industry here have been complaining for years about radical Islam - and their intent and scope - the rest of the world has largely poo-poohed us. Now, after this assassination, even Russia suddenly wants to announce to the world that these nutjobs can pose a threat to the world.I am very suspicious of their so called government and leary of who has control over those nukes. This thing could poteitially spin way out of control and the whole counrty could end up in a civil war. A really big mess now.It is a sad state of affairs,she really seemed as though she had the best of pakistan in her agenda. I am just wondering is it possible that this incident could cause people to come forward with information once kept quiet as to the various radical cells within the country.Benazir Bhutto got all she could ask for but fail to ask for security.

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i thanks God is christmas, i will be very busy working.no fun and holiday for me

all this na junk news,just don;t believe what u read in all this evening newspapers.

The yorubas should be held responsible for the whole mess in Lagos.

Hiring the right people to protect you can be a matter of life or death.
The basic principle in hiring a bodyguard or a personal protection team is to make the principal a hard target. Recently we did and interview with Elijah Shaw of Icon Services. Elijah correctly points out that military and police experience doesn’t necessarily make one qualified in Executive Protection; additional training is necessary. Elijah is correct with his analysis.

Here’s a quick list of what criteria and qualifications to follow when choosing a private protection firm. Following these steps can help you to make the right decisions:

1. Identify what your executive protection needs are. Which individuals in your organization are at risk? What are the risks to your organization – is there a potential for kidnapping, do high ranking officers of the company go to dangerous places or interact extensively with the media? By taking the time to identify what your executive protection needs are, you can better choose the right professionals to perform those services.

2. Recognize that executive protection is not about muscled bodyguards as much as it is about having a plan in place for dealing with threats should they arise. Someone who offers executive protection is likely to have a keen eye for detail and to notice any indication that something could go awry.

3. Ensure that the staff of the company who will benefit from executive protection recognize that the service is meant to keep them safe; if your staff do not know and understand the risk, they will not work well with the members of the executive protection team.

4. Set limits so that the staff members to whom executive protection are assigned do not feel as though their personal space is being invaded; choose a protection system that will still allow them to feel as though they can leave work at the office.

5. Take the time to research your options and interview more than one person when you plan to hire executive protection. It’s important to know that you’re hiring the right people for the job.