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Read this story from a Nigerian Newspaper: The Punch, Daily Sun, Daily Trust, This Day at http://newsng.com/story-detail.php?title=PDP-suspends-Nnamani,-Masari,-Odili,-others&story=1e168420f3

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will either transform or liquidate,” declared Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, group managing director of the corporation, as he flagged off a three-day exploratory meeting with international investment banks to finance the capitalisation needs of the new NNPC.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will either transform or liquidate,” declared Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, group managing director of the corporation, as he flagged off a three-day exploratory meeting with international investment banks to finance the capitalisation needs of the new NNPC.

Position of GM:
Qualification: B.Sc in Computer Science or the physical sciences. Or B.Sc in any discipline but with at least 5 years post qualification experience 3 of which must be at management level in an IT firm.

Experience: 3 years management experience in IT, with good knowledge of IT businesses and the industry in general.

Duties:
1. Responsible for managing the company’s day-to-day operations and reporting to the Vice President
2. Oversee, supervise and lead the financial growth of the company
3. Ensuring clients receive first class services in accordance with stated mission
4. Be the chief project Manager for all projects under execution
5. Develop yearly budget and implements strategic and operational plans
6. Provide regular report to the Vice President of company activities
7. Lead the marketing team towards generating and closing deals
8. Monitor and regularly conduct appraisals on staff performance.
9. Facilitate cordial relationship between the company and its clients

Compensation: Comparable with Industry standards


Deadline
Apply before July 14 2009

Apply to
jobs@atlastechng.com
vp@atlastechng.com
oyusuf@atlastechng.com

Position: Application Developer (PHP Programmer)

Job objective:
To develop and deliver robust, scalable software solutions based on defined technical/functional specifications. The ability to balance practical experience of software building with business vision is very important.

Job Function:
• Development and design of technical specifications for web application development
• Analysing, designing and documentation, including testing of new software applications.
• Improving existing systems by analyzing and identifying areas for modification.
• Researching new technologies.

Required Skills:
• System Analysis and Design skills.
• Creative problem solving skill.
• Ability to focus, interact, and establish relationship with decision makers on solution provision
• Good communication skills
• Good programming experience using PHP
• Good understanding of database systems especially MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server
• Ability to work with minimal or no supervision

• Good graphic and Web Interface design skills will be an added advantage


Qualification:
A good first degree from a reputable university. Professional certifications would be an added advantage.
Minimum of 2-3 years in programming.
Remuneration is dependent on Skills proficiency.

Deadline
Apply before July 10 2009

Apply to
jobs@atlastechng.com
vp@atlastechng.com
oyusuf@atlastechng.com

Hi everyone,
We are no longer accepting entries for this job vacancy.
Sorry for the quick closure, we are currently flooded with applications.

Thank you.

Nb: However, entry is still on for the post of a .NET programmer: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-278646.0.html

Position: Application Developer (.Net Programmer)

Job objective:
To develop and deliver robust, scalable software solutions based on defined technical/functional specifications. The ability to balance practical experience of software building with business vision is very important.

Job Function:
• Development and design of technical specifications for web application development
• Analysing, designing and documentation, including testing of new software applications.
• Improving existing systems by analyzing and identifying areas for modification.
• Researching new technologies.

Required Skills:
• System Analysis and Design skills.
• Creative problem solving skill.
• Ability to focus, interact, and establish relationship with decision makers on solution provision
• Good communication skills
• Good programming experience using the .NET framework (C#, VB.NET),
• Good understanding of database systems especially Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005.
• Ability to work with minimal or no supervision.


Qualification:
A good first degree from a reputable university. Professional certifications would be an added advantage.
Minimum of 2-3 years in programming.
Remuneration is dependent on Skills proficiency.

Deadline
Apply before June 12 2009

Apply to
[email]jobs@atlastechng.com[/email]
[email]vp@atlastechng.com[/email]
[email]oyusuf@atlastechng.com[/email]

Position: Network Engineer

Job description:
Responsible for installing, maintaining and supporting computer communication networks of designated clients of Atlas Systems. The goal is to ensure the smooth operations of communication networks in order to provide maximum performance availability for users.

Experience:
• Working knowledge of hardware and software troubleshooting is required
• 2-3 years experience in network administration and maintenance.
• Working knowledge of software installation (especially mail servers - MS Exchange and Mdaemon) and database administration are key to this role.


Qualification:
First degree in any of the physical sciences plus a Diploma in Networking and/or computer Engineering


Specific Training:
Certification in hardware/software maintenance


Apply to
[email]jobs@atlastechng.com[/email]
[email]vp@atlastechng.com[/email]
[email]oyusuf@atlastechng.com[/email]

Deadline
June 12 2009.

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Victoria Island on Oyin Jolayemi Street, last updated 6 min(s) 44 sec(s) ago
(Karimu Kotun Street -> Akin Adesola Street = 20% congestion) (Akin Adesola Street -> Karimu Kotun Street = 100% congestion)

Victoria Island on Sanusi Fafunwa Street, last updated 8 min(s) 42 sec(s) ago
(Akin Adesola Street -> Adetokunbo Ademola Street = 100% congestion) (Adetokunbo Ademola Street -> Akin Adesola Street = 90% congestion)

Victoria Island on Ajose Adeogun Street, last updated 54 min(s) 37 sec(s) ago
(Adetokunbo Ademola Street -> Ligali Ayorinde = 20% congestion) (Ligali Ayorinde -> Adetokunbo Ademola Street = 90% congestion)

Source: http://www.xtraffix.com

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Victoria Island on Oyin Jolayemi Street, last updated 6 min(s) 44 sec(s) ago
(Karimu Kotun Street -> Akin Adesola Street = 20% congestion) (Akin Adesola Street -> Karimu Kotun Street = 100% congestion)

Victoria Island on Sanusi Fafunwa Street, last updated 8 min(s) 42 sec(s) ago
(Akin Adesola Street -> Adetokunbo Ademola Street = 100% congestion) (Adetokunbo Ademola Street -> Akin Adesola Street = 90% congestion)

Victoria Island on Ajose Adeogun Street, last updated 54 min(s) 37 sec(s) ago
(Adetokunbo Ademola Street -> Ligali Ayorinde = 20% congestion) (Ligali Ayorinde -> Adetokunbo Ademola Street = 90% congestion)

Source: http://www.xtraffix.com

PLEASE contribute so others too can benefit

Victoria Island on Oyin Jolayemi Street, last updated 6 min(s) 44 sec(s) ago
(Karimu Kotun Street -> Akin Adesola Street = 20% congestion) (Akin Adesola Street -> Karimu Kotun Street = 100% congestion)

Victoria Island on Sanusi Fafunwa Street, last updated 8 min(s) 42 sec(s) ago
(Akin Adesola Street -> Adetokunbo Ademola Street = 100% congestion) (Adetokunbo Ademola Street -> Akin Adesola Street = 90% congestion)

Victoria Island on Ajose Adeogun Street, last updated 54 min(s) 37 sec(s) ago
(Adetokunbo Ademola Street -> Ligali Ayorinde = 20% congestion) (Ligali Ayorinde -> Adetokunbo Ademola Street = 90% congestion)

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Replying this post was a difficult decision in the light of the originator of this thread's new choice of language. But I will suffer it again.

With EVERY public icon (person or organization), there is always the potential risk of "losing your well earned reputation when something goes wrong", so it's nothing new. As I said before security for any resource on the Internet is ongoing (You never know which upgrade will give you what new bug or vulnerability, its just unfortunate if it was exploited before you apply patches - that's if the patches are released yet)

About shutting of a domain name, www.punchng.com is still a valid domain through which free electronic copies of news from The Punch is disseminated to readers on the Internet (It's a VERY normal thing for multiple domains to point to one Internet resource, if in doubt, as Guardian - www.ngrguardiannews.com and www.guardiannewsngr.com).

It's just unfortunate that most of tend to be very condemnatory of our own things (Very like the government's willingness to quickly shut down a TV station based on misinformed news that was later retracted, when news agencies like BBC aired and withdrew the very SAME item of news without any kind of threat whatsoever). I am not given excuses for what has happened, I am only saying that it is unfortunate that Nigerians are one of the most intolerant breeds of people and crucify quickly and rashly when their own lives are strewn with many mistakes that they had readily forgiven themselves of.

The bottom line is: if you want news and you can't get it on www.punchng.com, kindly go to www.punchontheweb.com. If you do not desire to go to the alternative website address, it's ok too. People who want unadulterated news will search for it and find it (for several days last year BBC news was showing "Site is currently Unavailable" error, but I am sure people still got over it and still visit the site in their millions. And by the way Channels is still one of my favorite TV channels, l wholeheartedly concur with Simon Kolawole of Thisday who wrote, and I quote: "Me, I will stay tuned to Channels. If you don’t like the news, you can switch to NTA."

What kind of server are you running?
1. ASP on Windows
2. ASPX on Windows
3. PHP on Apache

The implement form-to-mail differently.

Again you are right. However, The Punch has two urls (www.punchontheweb.com and www.punchng.com), both reside on different IP addresses (so If one is bogged down, the other could continue running without impediment). Right now you might have difficulties accessing the site through www.punchng.com, but the same does not apply to www.punchontheweb.com.

And we are still working. We are looking at cross-linked re-directions such that when one is down, users are automatically redirected to the other domain.

For the look and feel of the site, we are currently redesigning the website, so most of the look and feel corrections will be effected in the new design, with the redesign, you won't have cross-browser issues anymore, and you will get to see much more features than the present site is touting.

Thanks for your constructive criticism (But I must say it bothers on cynicism - pardon my choice of words)

@Yawa-ti-de. You do not think one can make enlightened contributions without pulling it off articles? Anyway I agree with you that the security of your PC and data is in the long run your sole responsibility. (Please, don't take my replies as confrontational)

@badesemowo. Yes, if anyone has to be blamed, it is the "company maintaining the website", and yes there is a maintenance contract in place. But as you rightly said, no one is free from external attack, the purpose of maintaining a contract is not always for proactive management (forestalling/preventing any breach of security), but it is also for reactive management (correcting any breach of security - which was the case with THIS last episode). And as relating to the backdoors left by the Naughty Boys, we resorted to moving the files to another physical dedicated server in another network segment of the same hosting company, and to implement as many security features as possible around it (I think anything more than what is already in place will be tantamount to paranoia)

And yes, we replaced with backup copies.

Thank you. Your 2 kobo is actually worth much more (at least we know we are in the general right direction - I am interested in your other kobos too)

You are very right. But the truth is that there is an extent you can secure ANY resource on the internet. Even at the present level of security, Yahoo! Inc. and Google are still far more secure than Punch (We put the Punch files on a new dedicated server from a new Service provider we just got, and under 24hrs, the Naughty Boys brought that server down - i think using DDOS).

So as much as it's ok to secure as much as possible, there is no optimum security (A network is as secure as the HACKERS' inability to gain access), even Pentagon servers are compromised sometimes. Come to think of it, even gov.palin@YAHOO.com and gov.sarah@YAHOO.com (The US Republican Vice President nominee's personal email) were very recently compromised.

As far as you are on the Internet, you are open to attacks. Online, security is an on-going thing, if you doubt it, kindly tell me your URL (protect it as much as you know how to) and give us 48hrs.

That said, The reason why Firefox 3 flagged the Punch site as malicious is because it compares all websites to the list in the badware.org database (which Google actively updates via their bots), and if you had taken time to read the google report on the site at that time, you would see that it was flagged for being used as a medium for TRANSMITTING malicious content (Due to specific SQL injections), and clearly not for HOSTING malicious content.

Conclusively, as much as the threat of hacking is EVER present, we shall continue to try our very BEST to protect the viewers of the Punch site from people with malicious intents. And thanks to tools like badware.org, google.com, Firefox3, google chrome, AVG 8.0, asquared free, adaware, and online armour we can browse the Internet knowing that someone is watching our back (By the way if your firefox says it's safe to browse a site, I think you should trust it - You trusted it enough to stop viewing)


Additionally, the punch site originally cost =N=X,Bleep,Bleep (It was not cheap), and we have just gotten an account with another service provider (Reputed as the best webhosting company in the world - It is not cheap too)

Yes it's true that the Punch site has been continuously hacked lately, however the company providing their website hosting service (Atlas Systems) has been up and doing about combating the hackers. On Thursday (18/09/08), the hackers eventually hacked into the CMS of the punch site and posted a story as the lead story of that day. In the story they identified themselves as 'a group of Nigerian Hackers' and they claim to have logged off all the administrators blah blah blah (reference is made to this incident in a disclaimer on The Punch print edition of Friday 19/09/08).

However as at the time of this writing, The Punch site is free from any kind of attack whatsoever (I dare say it might be the most secure server in Nigeria at the moment), thanks to the security features put in place by the webhosting company (Double Firewall protection, VPN restriction, locally resident CMS, McAfee's daily vunerability scan of the system - cost $,$$$/year, server load balancing, stricter form validations, segmentation of all domains e.t.c. - and some other things I can't mention here due to security issues).

The hackers must be seriously disappointed, and I must commend the paper's (Punch) support of the technology company providing web hosting access.

How I know all these?


,   because I work with Atlas Systems. (In the long run it was a bit disappointing for us the programmers, we thought it would be more fun ;-)