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Shebi u don see MAGA wey u go YAHOO YAHOO him/her money baa? Naija too wise 4 dis YAHOO.

Dey don quench de fire?

adctrl: Ok then, I can see that this thread has been viewed over 100 times in a short time and that means people must be interested in seeing what it looks like just like myself.....as usual in the military days, everything is blamed on "security reasons"
I have done a lazy job of Google imaging it and I reckon the 2 attached should be it

Omo, post more photos. I wan view dem

No be lie

BY DAN ONWUKWE

ELECTED public office holders ought to think of their place in history. It’s because history is often in the future. But it is written by the events of today.

That’s why politics matters. In that regard, in making any decision whose effects and meaning will be felt for years, or even for a short period, circumspection is absolutely necessary.

A plan must be well thought through. It must be consistent with the laws of the land. It must be in consonance with the philosophy on which the people elected the candidate. In other words, every policy, every decision made by the government in power, must be for the greater good of the society. It should not be self-serving. Restraint is also vital.

Unfortunately, when an opportunity to exercise far-reaching influence on the future life of their states and citizens comes, a lot of our elected politicians are found wanting by the kind of decisions they make.

They behave as dictators, as if the people do not matter. In fact, it hurts like pins of fire in the lips to see what some State governors are currently doing with the mandate given to them by the electorate. It hurts even deeper when these governors ought to be role models for the “Generation X” in their States.

It pains when a governor pursues trivia things with zeal, but pays scant attention to important issues for which he could be remembered for good.

Without stretching matters too far, the proposed antı-rumour bill by the Bayelsa State government is one piece of bizarre executive mishmash that ought not surface in a decent democratic society.

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly is already waiting to receive the proposed Executive bill that has the bullish imprimatur of Governor Seriake Dickson. First, let’s look at the content and uselessness of the bill.

According to the governor, the bill will provide punishment for false dissemination of information and propaganda, in has words,” either against the reputation of private individuals or about government or its officials”.

To rub in his iron major towards the passage of the bill which would be a formality once it arrives the House, the governor had this to say a few days ago: “Of course, we are aware that existing laws provide for offences such as criminal defamation of character and so on. But we are going to come up with a legislation to punish “deem say, dem say”.

According to the State government, it does not intend to make the proposed law draconian, but with it,” people will find ıt unprofitable to wake up one day and begin spreading the rumour that the State government has been sacked by a court in Port Harcourt, and in the process causing panic among the people in their numbers…”

I abjure in its entirety the provisions of this proposed bill. It is as obnoxious, if not was than the infamous Decree No.4 of the discredited Buhari/Idiagbon military regime. Did I hear somebody say that Gov Dickson is a lawyer, a former commissioner of Justice in the State, and until he was railroaded into Government House in Yenagoa, courtesy of the power of the presidency member of the House of Representatives? That’s fıne.

But so far as governor, Dickson seems more like a perfect definition of chaos than a solution provider.

Substance, not appearance defines a man. Tough-minded but with a personality that ranges from tempestuous outbursts to brinkmanship, many of the polices initiated by Dickson have become folders you cannot look through without wincing.

Some are next to hopeless. Sometimes one is compelled to ask: what will Gov Dickson look like without controversy?. He seems to revel in it. Perhaps it provides him with the oxygen of publicity to initiate more divisive bills for the House of Assembly to rubber-stamp.

Last year, he kicked up quite a huge dust when he announced the appointment of the President’s wife, Dame Patience Jonathan as a Permanent Secretary (Perm Sec)in the Bayelsa public service. Does the First Lady need that? Is that the way to repay political IOU? In government, as in the most intimate personal relationships, the glue that holds things together is trust.

The proposed anti-rumour law not only is it anti-democratic, it’s a dubious proposition that was a common feature in the rocking-horse nations like the Central African Republic and during the regimes of two late African dictators, Idi Amin of Uganda and Mobutu Sese Sekou of former Zaire. Does Dickson want to be compared with these despots?.

History teaches that anyone in power begins to run aground the very moment he or she begins to confuse his own destiny with that of others. Unknown to Dickson, being secretive generates rumours. Or is there something the governor is hiding or has up his sleeves that he believes gagging the people against the provision of Section 39 of the Constitution, will be one of the ways to cover tracks?

Those in power need reminding that perhaps a sure way that a government could avoid adverse comments and peddling of rumours by the people is through solid performance. Even with that, you cannot silence the opposition or prevent people from freely voicing their views. I want to believe Dickson does not have this self-aggrandizing tendency to bully his people or indeed Nigerians who may feel strongly about his style of governance.

His Achilles heel is more of misdirected energy and apparent lack of creative ferment and good ideas. By trying to crimınalise official information not made public by his government in these times of Freedom of Information Act, that seeks openness and transparency in governance, it will be strange and indeed against everything a responsible government should do or contemplate, let alone legislate on.

Let’s get this straight: rumours and pernicious propaganda are as old as mankind. They can be harmful if unchecked.

But they thrive where government hoards vitals information necessary for good governance. In a situation like that, nether the people nor the press has little obligation to protect the government from itself. It is therefore disingenuous to blame the people or the media for carrying information(whether true or false) about government or its officials who are paid from public treasury.

Again, I ask: does governor Dickson want to threaten people with this proposed bill? He should hear what Donald T. Regan, President Ronald Reagan’s ex- Chief of Staff said about information dissemination:”

As a practical matter it is impossible to control leakage of information in a large democratic society in which many people in the government have access to its innermost deliberations”. Unless Dickson has run out of ideas on how to move Bayelsa forward, this anti-rumour bill deserves a place in the dustbin of history.

But we know that the State legislature will help him take his own poison.

Source: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/opinion/bizarre-bill-from-bayelsa/

Hehehe... The hackers also need their AMNESTY. FG should set up AMNESTY committee for them.

@ MOD. please move this thread to front page, alot of need to read and take the security steps.

Josh316: Na laptop MEND dey bark.... Complete fools wey just dey haphazardly confused! 1st they claimed to have killed the 12 policemen in Bayelsa but events have proven them as stupid opportunists seeking relevance or as a fake one-man laptop crew seeking to make MEND look fearful.

Why did they wait all this while to attack mosques and kill Imams? Hopeless cows without brains.

Your post makes no sense

According to Forbes magazine, this is the ranking of the current top richest clubs:

1. Man United : $2.24 billion
2. Real Madrid: $1.87 billion
3. Barcelona: $1.31 billion
4. Arsenal: $1.29 billion
5. Bayern Munich: $1.26 billion
6. AC Milan: $989 million
7. Chelsea FC: $761 million
8. Liverpool FC: $628 million
9. Juventus: $619 million
10. Schalke 04: $587 million
11. Tottenham Hotspurs: $564 million
12. Inter Milan: $490 million
13. Manchester City: $442 million
14. Borussia Dortmund: $394 million
15. Lyon: $385 million
16. Hamburg: $355 million
17. AS Roma: $354 million
18. Marseille: $349 million
19. Valencia: $288 million
20. Napoli: $283 million

AFOLSNETWORKS: I pray this does not affect the one and only website I have on wordpress.

Take the security STEPs outlined, it will help.

There is global attack on Wordpress sites

Read here: https://www.nairaland.com/1255788/global-attack-wordpress-sites

As I write this post, there is an on going and highly distributed, global attack on wordpress installations to crack open admin accounts and inject various malicious scripts.

To give you a little history, we recently heard from a major law enforcement agency about a massive attack on US financial institutions originating from our servers.

We did a detailed analysis of the attack pattern and found out that most of the attack was originating from CMSs (mostly wordpress). Further analysis revealed that the admin accounts had been compromised (in one form or the other) and malicious scripts were uploaded into the directories.

Today, this attack is happening at a global level and wordpress instances across hosting providers are being targeted. Since the attack is highly distributed in nature (most of the IP’s used are spoofed), it is making it difficult for us to block all malicious data.

To ensure that your customers’ websites are secure and safeguarded from this attack, we recommend the following steps:

1. Update and upgrade your wordpress installation and all installed plugins
2. Install the security plugin listed here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/
3. Ensure that your admin password is secure and preferably randomly generated
4. Other ways of Hardening a WordPress installation are shared at http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

These additional steps can be taken to further secure wordpress websites:

1. Disable DROP command for the DB_USER. This is never commonly needed for any purpose in a wordpress setup
2. Remove README and license files (important) since this exposes version information
3. Move wp-config.php to one directory level up, and change its permission to 400
4. Prevent world reading of the htaccess file
5. Restrict access to wp-admin only to specific IPs
6. A few more plugins – wp-security-scan, wordpress-firewall, ms-user-management, wp-maintenance-mode, ultimate-security-scanner, wordfence, http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/. These may help in several occasions

Also, we recommend using Cloudflare, which is available free with all our cPanel accounts, to prevent the attack from affecting the functionality of your site.

Source: http://www.gossimer.com/announcements/8/Global-Attack-on-WordPress-Sites.html

Oh God! I have miss great opportunity. I never knew about TBill since, if not for Chidi who raise the topic today on Skype group chat. No wasting time, i am going venture into TBill soonest.

Go to your Bank and report, they can trace the THIEF.

Check out foxaza.com , it's a shopping site like alibaba.com, aliexpress etc

Rich Dad: I need you guys to hack GEJ'S Facebook page. Let see how creative you are. Lol

BAD PIKIN

Thanks for sharing...

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”

Whether in business or life, there's a fine line between success and failure. Booker T. Washington’s quote highlights the inevitability of obstacles on the path to success. In fact, I firmly believe success and failure go hand-in-hand. Those looking to succeed must first fail or learn from those who failed.

Successful individuals aren’t just born, there’s a lot more that goes into the equation. I've found those who are highly successful have a lot more in common than we may think. If you’re seeking success, these habits may come in handy.

1. Fail. No matter how hard you work, failure can and will happen. The most successful people understand the reality of failure, and its importance in finding success. Rather than running and hiding when you fail, embrace it. Learn from this mistake and you won’t fail in the same way again.

2. Set goals. Those who are successful set daily achievable goals. Find success by solidifying S.M.A.R.T. -- smart, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely -- goals. Stop juggling a mental to-do list of just long-term goals and establish small daily goals to achieve your vision.

3. Don’t rely on luck. Many relate success to being in the right place at the right time. While this is an element of success, there’s also the crucial involvement of blood, sweat, and tears. Don’t hold yourself back by waiting for the perfect timing or idea. Some of the most successful people got there by hitting the ground running, even if timing wasn’t perfect.

4. Track progress. Success comes from regularly monitoring behaviors, strategies, and tactics. How can you make adjustments if you don’t know how you’re doing? Hold yourself accountable by checking your progress as often as possible.

5. Act. Successful people don’t always know the right answer, but the keep moving anyway. Don’t let obstacles stall you when you’re searching for the right solution. Taking action will lead to answers.

6. Connect the dots. Those who are successful have the ability to see the greater picture. They identify and connect the tiny details to get there. Look at things in a “past, present, and future” context to receive favorable results.

7. Display realistic optimism. Those who succeed truly believe in their abilities. This respectfully drives them forward. Assess your abilities to gain a clear understanding of what you are able to accomplish. This will allow you balance yourself through the aid of find someone or something else.

8. Continued improvement. Successful people habitually thrive on self-improvement, whether it’s in terms of learning from mistakes or simply using their weaknesses as opportunities. Channel this habit by continually searching for ways to be better. Maybe your networking skills are rusty or you need some extra training -- set goals for improving your weak spots.

9. Commit. Success doesn’t come without effort. The most successful individuals are often the most committed to what they’re working toward. Throw yourself into your tasks and go the extra mile every single day. Make no exceptions.

10. Be alert. A keen sense of awareness breeds success. If you’re not keyed into your environment, you’re sure to miss opportunities. Do you know what’s being said within your company, feedback from clients, or even in your entire industry?

11. Persevere. Truly successful people never give up. Do they ever fail? Yes. But as times get hard, their stamina to move forward doesn’t wane. Develop a willingness to work through the challenges you encounter along the way.

12. Communicate with confidence. Those who are successful have an ease for convincing others. They don’t manipulate or pressure, but logically explain the benefits. Communicating with confidence will allow you to more easily negotiate your visions.

13. Display humility. The most successful individuals lack an ego. It’s their fault when they fail. Hold yourself accountable for every aspect of your life by focusing on remaining focused and humble.

14. Be flexible. Plans may change. Successful people roll with the punches. Rather than getting frustrated, swiftly maneuver in another direction.

15. Make connections. Successful people often attribute their achievements to the help of others. You can’t and won’t be able to do this alone. Invest in generating mutually beneficial business connections and partners. Even if you have all the skills necessary to run your company, a business partner could complement your weaknesses.

Initiating these habits of successful people will fuel you on your search for achievement.

What do you think is the most important habit of successful people?

All i have to say is that, Mr. Presient should create a MINISTRY for AMNESTY, because more groups are coming for their own Amnesty.

(CNN) -- Internet users around the globe are facing slowed-down service, thanks to what's being called the biggest cyberattack in history.

The prolonged denial-of-service assault is targeting The Spamhaus Project, a European spam-fighting group that has gone after CyberBunker, a data-storage company that offers to host any content "except child porn and anything related to terrorism."

The organization has been in a long-running feud with CyberBunker and claims spammers use it as a host from which to spray junk mail across the Web.

Internet security firm CloudFlare said Spamhaus contacted it last week, saying it had been hit with an attack big enough to knock its site offline.

Security experts say the attack uses more sophisticated techniques than most DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks and targets the Web's infrastructure, which has led to other sites performing slowly.

"It's the biggest attack we've seen," Matthew Prince, CloudFlare's CEO, told CNN.

The FBI is involved in the investigation into the cyberattack on Spamhaus, though a bureau spokesman didn't provide any details on the FBI's role or the scope of the probe.

The Spamhaus Project is a nonprofit organization that patrols the Internet for spammers and publishes a list of Web servers those spammers use. According to Prince, the group may be responsible for up to 80% of all spam that gets blocked. This month, the group added CyberBunker to its blacklist.

"While we don't know who was behind this attack, Spamhaus has made plenty of enemies over the years," Prince wrote in a blog post. "Spammers aren't always the most lovable of individuals, and Spamhaus has been threatened, sued and DDoSed regularly."

In a DDoS attack, computers flood a website with requests, overwhelming its servers and causing it to crash or become inaccessible for many users.

One way to defend against those attacks, Prince said, is to deflect some of the traffic targeted at a single server onto a bunch of other servers at different locations. That's what happened in this case, and why Web users experienced some slowdowns on other sites.

He told CNN the last big wave of the attack hit Tuesday morning, but that he doesn't "live under the illusion" that there won't be more.

For its part, CyberBunker isn't taking credit for the attack. But the Dutch company, housed in a former NATO nuclear bunker, isn't shying away, either.

"This here is the internet community puking out SpamHaus," CyberBunker founder Sven Olaf Kamphuis told CNN. "We've had it with the guys ... . What we see right here is the internet puking out a cancer."

He said the owners of various websites got together on a Skype chat and hatched the plans for the attack. He says that StopHaus, a group organized to support CyberBunker in the dispute, ceased the attack after three days but that other hackers and activists kept it up after that.

Kamphuis and other critics say that Spamhaus oversteps its bounds and has essentially destroyed innocent websites in its spam-fighting efforts.

"Spamhaus itself is a more urgent danger" than spam, Kamphuis told CNN. "Pointing at websites and saying they want it shut down and then they get it shut down without any court order. That is a significantly larger threat to internet and freedom of speech and net neutrality than anything else."

Vincent Hanna, a researcher with The Spamhaus Project, said the group's record speaks for itself. He said the project has existed for over 12 years and its data is used to protect more than 1.7 billion e-mail accounts worldwide.

"We have 1.7 billion people looking over our shoulders to make sure we do our job right," he said. "If we start blocking things they want, they won't use our data any more."

He emphasized that Spamhaus doesn't have the power to block e-mail from anyone -- it merely makes its data available for service providers and other Web companies to use.

Hanna said Spamhaus experienced its first denial-of-service attack in 2003.

"This has been the biggest for us," he said, "but certainly not the first one."

Cloudflare's Prince said denying access to a website through cyberattacks is the truest assault on Web freedom.

"Our role is to allow the internet to achieve what it aspires to -- that anyone, anywhere can publish any piece of information and make it accessible to anyone, anywhere else in the world," he said. "It's blatant censorship.

"Whether Spamhaus is a good organization or a bad organization is irrelevant to me. We protect American financial institutions, which some people think are evil, and we protect WikiLeaks, which some people think are evil."

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/27/tech/massive-internet-attack/index.html

Bros Opene, Etisalat still remain the BEST internet providers in Naija. I think the recent network outage on Etisalat is because of the MASSIVE ATTACK on the INTERNET which affect network globally. Read http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/27/tech/massive-internet-attack/index.html

Meanwhile, are you from Iyi-Owa Odekpe? Do you relate to Late Ajie?

N. Korea's Twitter account hacked amid tension; Anonymous allegedly grabs N. Korea data.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea's government-run online sites Thursday, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.

The North's Uriminzokkiri Twitter and Flickr accounts stopped sending out content typical of that posted by the regime in Pyongyang, such as photos of North's leader Kim Jong Un meeting with military officials.

Instead, a picture posted Thursday on the North's Flickr site shows Kim's face with a pig-like snout and a drawing of Mickey Mouse on his chest. Underneath, the text reads: "Threatening world peace with ICBMs and Nuclear weapons/Wasting money while his people starve to death."

Another posting says "We are Anonymous" in white letters against a black background. Anonymous is a name of a hacker activist group. A statement purporting to come from the attackers and widely circulated online said that they had compromised 15,000 user records hosted on Uriminzokkiri.com and other websites. The authenticity of the statement couldn't be confirmed, but the North's official website did not open Thursday.

Tweets on the North's Twitter account said "Hacked" followed by a link to North Korea-related websites. One tweet said "Tango Down" followed by a link to the North's Flickr page.

North Korea opened its Twitter account in 2010. It has more than 13,000 followers. The North uses the social media to praise its system and leaders and also to repeat commentaries sent out by North's official Korean Central News Agency.

Tensions have been high in recent days between North and South Korea, and the North's military warned Thursday that it had been authorized to attack the U.S. North Korea is angry about sanctions against its nuclear program and joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nkoreas-twitter-account-hacked-amid-091726564.html

Ok

dgitrader: confirmed local HYIP

No be lie.

Oh God! Dis people don enter 1 chance. Dis na confirmed High Yield Investment Program (HYIP).