Facebook introduces ‘dislike button’

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgqR0XCMKFERCUvWXPUPTQlAWKqRrWejHX035dhg73Xa_hIOUolIRB-BbL4_a396TFLe1hQsqY2Tyf_TscKuO7fwD9GgK4ptphkTw6jJMgCRG3kGEXVBpqF396Y_8DXpQhBKShbpq0N_L/s1600/facebook-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgqR0XCMKFERCUvWXPUPTQlAWKqRrWejHX035dhg73Xa_hIOUolIRB-BbL4_a396TFLe1hQsqY2Tyf_TscKuO7fwD9GgK4ptphkTw6jJMgCRG3kGEXVBpqF396Y_8DXpQhBKShbpq0N_L/s400/facebook-logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Facebook has on Friday responded to solve its users’ call for a “dislike” button, in the form of six new emoji.<br /> <br /> Speaking about the latest development from the social media giant, Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Facebook, noted that for a long time that the feature wouldn’t be integrated in the “dislike” button that many people had asked for.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Zuckerberg hinted last month that social media site was planning to expand the ‘Like button’, thereby creating more ways for people to express their feelings.<br /> <br /> He disclosed that the new development is going be in form of emojis that represent ‘Haha, Yay, Love, Wow, Sad and Angry.’<br /> <br /> According to the CEO, similar to the Like button, the reactions will appear on any post in the news feed on mobile or desktop. The number of reactions that any post has received will sit underneath the post and users will be able to see who reacted and how.<br /> <br /> Thus, to test run the latest development, the site will start rolling out the feature in Spain and Ireland and<br /> once the buttons are rolled out to a users’ feed, there’ll be no way of turning them off.

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Forget Enyeama, get capable replacement – Onigbinde

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG33HTP34l9fXiJOO6FZyh1GrF1rBsSdRJjJkolwoLCzSK_3YmYg5CoVIl_DS1ZZ15qfNB9fuSG82qAvprzzgZozQKgDpSmIMTuBGayBEORaUA2yFZGjD-P4cvKtD8KyBYwFJ6m8q6GjP/s1600/adegboye-onigbinde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG33HTP34l9fXiJOO6FZyh1GrF1rBsSdRJjJkolwoLCzSK_3YmYg5CoVIl_DS1ZZ15qfNB9fuSG82qAvprzzgZozQKgDpSmIMTuBGayBEORaUA2yFZGjD-P4cvKtD8KyBYwFJ6m8q6GjP/s400/adegboye-onigbinde.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> As Nigerians continue to react to Vincent Enyeama’s retirement, former Super eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to comb the country for quality goalkeeping talents.<br /> <br /> The 32-year-old drew the curtain on his international career, 13 years after making his debut for the Super Eagles.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to the Onigbinde who discovered him and later took him to the 2002 Fifa World Cup where his awe-inspiring displays earned him the no.1 jersey, Enyeama stands out among his peers and has served the country very well.<br /> <br /> “Enyeama is a grown up man and if he feels he has had enough, we should congratulate him for the services he has rendered and wish him all the best,” Onigbinde told Goal.<br /> <br /> “When I started recruiting for the Super Eagles for the 2002 Fifa World Cup, I went to watch a game between Enyimba and Julius Berger in Abeokuta, he stood that in the game and I invited for to the Super Eagles.<br /> <br /> “There were some good goalkeepers’ qualities that I saw in him with most in the Nigerian league do not have, so I made up my mind that he was going to be in my team.”<br /> <br /> With fingers pointing at coach Sunday Oliseh who has been held responsible for the former Enyimba’s decision, Onigbinde said Nigeria should stop crying over spilt milk, rather the NFF should start hunting for better goalkeepers for the senior national team.<br /> <br /> (Goal)

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Enyeama lied, I never insulted his mother – Oliseh

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6JXtTTKo5vOV4YKaIUCQHmvB3kC1ZmTGHIK-YsR5_qaF_2tpEfq-qxWOokxq9tFz0zXk39hwapwN0nAKMaf_qDFEz9DFuvU3mDinkFityj78KGZiCDa8QVKrUgyRF06SfxOue_0XT6g-/s1600/enyeama-oliseh-600x216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6JXtTTKo5vOV4YKaIUCQHmvB3kC1ZmTGHIK-YsR5_qaF_2tpEfq-qxWOokxq9tFz0zXk39hwapwN0nAKMaf_qDFEz9DFuvU3mDinkFityj78KGZiCDa8QVKrUgyRF06SfxOue_0XT6g-/s640/enyeama-oliseh-600x216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Vincent Enyeama ditched the Super Eagles in Belgium; calling time on his international career, but not without some controversy. He alleged the head coach Sunday Oliseh insulted his late mother, had security throw him out of the camp and stripped him. In an exclusive interview with <i>www.footballlive.ng</i> Sunday Oliseh debunked the claims insisting the 33-year-old defamed.<br /> <br /> <b>The full excerpt of the interview:</b><br /> <br /> I am deeply saddened, troubled and profoundly hurt by the assassination of my person as Vincent Enyeama has done over the past two days on social about me insulting his mother, these allegations are unheard of.<br /> <br /> When I was appointed the chief coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, I drove to Lille to see Vincent, took him to lunch and discussed how we wanted to move forward with him as my captain. I shared my philosophy with him and he made a statement I didn’t like, he said he was going to retire in a year or two and I told him I wouldn’t hear of it as he was the captain of the team because we were thinking of taking the team to the 2017 AFCON and 2018 World Cup; but we can’t build a team with you as captain if you are retiring in 2017.<br /> <br /> 2 weeks ago before the camp started he told us about his mother’s burial but I couldn’t go and there was an arrangement with the President who assured me he’d be there on behalf of the NFF and team. But he started talking about retirement so at that moment I felt we needed someone else as captain; it had nothing to do with hurting anybody.<br /> <br /> I don’t know Vincent personally, I’ve only been named coach and in fact we’ve seen only once. He’s served Nigeria very well and as Captain, I was also captain and I know how difficult that job is.<br /> We started camp on Monday, to my greatest surprise Mikel Obi and Ighalo camp in on Sunday night. We had invited 4 goalkeepers and he told us he had to bury his mother. So, Obviously he couldn’t report to camp early until Tuesday, just about the time we were rounding up; he drove into training ground.<br /> <br /> Prior to his coming in, we had the Nigeria ambassador to Belgium come in to talk with the team because our delegation had not been given visas to come in, 6 players were stuck in Nigeria over the hitch; 2 of them were goalies. And somebody had to act in the absence of the Captain which Musa had been doing well prior to the Tanzania and Niger games. And I remember, when the Ambassador wrapped up I told Musa; as the captain, to introduce the team as a way to appreciate the support.<br /> <br /> <br /> But the boys did not train well that afternoon, the ball playing was good but our objectiveness on the ball was not up to my liking so later at dinner I called the team and told them I was not happy and demanded more from them. Only for Vincent to stand up insisting on saying somethings but I told him to see me about it later. He refused and as side talks persisted I called him to order, he started raising his voice, I told him we couldn’t have two coaches in the team and that he had to retire to his room. His colleagues got up and escorted him out of the hall. Two of his colleagues came in later to see me; the Captain Ahmed Musa and Mikel Obi, pleaded on his behalf and we left it there. Only for issues to start popping up on social media alleging we insulted him and his late mother.<br /> <br /> Most people are not aware of this but I’ll tell you now that when we went to play in Tanzania I personally asked for the team to wear the black band in honor of his mother and for us to observe a minute’s silence , we asked and we went through the channel of Dayo Enebi, but they said we should have made the demand earlier, does this sound like a man who wants to humiliate his captain?<br /> <br /> What happened after wards, was alarming. We had only two goalkeepers, 15 players and we were playing a friendly game so we had to call in players who did not need visas to come into Belgium as quick as possible to make up numbers. We now had to call in Alampasu because we had only 2 goalkeepers; we were already making a case with Alloy to get ready if anything happened. We called Efe Ambrose and Madu in, working like we were a fire brigade.<br /> <br /> I did not even have time to reply social media chats because we had to work.<br /> <br /> However on the match day, Vincent did not come to lunch, I was confused because I thought we’d put all of the previous night’s issues behind us. I called him and asked why he wasn’t in for lunch and he said he was returning to his club. He said because I invited Alampasu he was leaving. Alloy Agu is my witness, God is my witness.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Culled from www.footballlive.ng

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Ex-Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan to lead 33-nation election observers in Tanzania

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fJZsvRDjhyphenhyphentFK_yj9bMIba_EZjVdZ4hRm7PwKbQUdAAn0Jc9zRaLfMQf8I40KOlWgNJpJNtXbZIv0PhhsmS8Hiifut3DP6UtB18Ircv0GZ845Ru4gRnKDynET9HiByr8X-c6WnysdsRQ/s1600/JONATHAN+sitting+smile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fJZsvRDjhyphenhyphentFK_yj9bMIba_EZjVdZ4hRm7PwKbQUdAAn0Jc9zRaLfMQf8I40KOlWgNJpJNtXbZIv0PhhsmS8Hiifut3DP6UtB18Ircv0GZ845Ru4gRnKDynET9HiByr8X-c6WnysdsRQ/s400/JONATHAN+sitting+smile.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been named to lead the a 33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25, 2015 General Election to be held in Tanzania.<br /> <br /> The Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Yahya Simba made this known in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital, adding that the mission will be made up of observers from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Speaking at a meeting jointly organised by the UN and the government of Tanzania on the event of the former’s 70th anniversary which will be commemorated next week.<br /> <br /> Simba further enthused that while Jonathan will lead the Commonwealth observer team, former Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza will lead the African Union (AU) observer team.<br /> <br /> He said: “Tanzania is pleased to note that the Post-2015 Development Agenda, inter alia, has taken on board the unfinished business of the MDGs, focusing on trans-formative change, and endeavouring to eradicate poverty in all its forms by 2030.”<br /> <br /> Also speaking at the event, the UN Resident Coordinator for Tanzania, Alvaro Rodriguez said: “Men and women in Tanzania look forward to peaceful and credible general elections and their voices to be heard on October 25, the date of the elections.<br /> <br /> “They view the future with optimism and continue to rely extensively on community radios, local administration, the media fraternity and civil society organisations for information on political events and changes facing the nation.”<br /> <br /> “Tanzanians are more aware than ever before about the MDGs and the upcoming transition to the SDGs, while the details of the goals are the targets may be unclear, they know there is a concerted attempt to assists in ending child stunting, ending discrimination and enhancing the overall quality of social services.<br /> <br /> “The 70 years’ anniversary of the United Nations is a call for a reflection on lessons learnt over the decades and focus on how to eradicate extreme poverty in Tanzania and the world at large”.<br /> <br /> Yahya Simba, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a press conference said more than 600 observers from across the world, including from the African Union, will monitor the elections.<br /> He revealed Tanzania had received requests from election observers from almost all European Union member countries.<br /> <br /> Alvaro Rodriguez, the UN Resident Coordinator in Tanzania, at the conference reiterated that the UN looked forward to seeing peaceful and credible elections in the country.<br /> <br /> Over 23 million out of a population of about 46 million Tanzanians will go to the polls to elect a new president, members of parliament and councillors.<br /> <br /> The presidential candidate for the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, John Magufuli, is facing fierce competition from Edward Lowassa of the leading opposition party CHADEMA.<br /> <br /> The winner of the presidential poll will succeed incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete who is completing his second five-year term.

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Ministerial screening: Senate has power to set conditions – Presidency

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZ4vjMhN6N1yYJJcAjA3e9HcVAxEngbcfIRKjC0Yv9-dwTzhXDs1EIFeLJCPFmm8X8RcD7l4PDa8qld4aCuG2EHc319oxIUOMFQB9uETMPvkq1P0-fMM0cfcJ8fO6_59MtFiRe-Pwt3lj/s1600/senate+buildn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZ4vjMhN6N1yYJJcAjA3e9HcVAxEngbcfIRKjC0Yv9-dwTzhXDs1EIFeLJCPFmm8X8RcD7l4PDa8qld4aCuG2EHc319oxIUOMFQB9uETMPvkq1P0-fMM0cfcJ8fO6_59MtFiRe-Pwt3lj/s400/senate+buildn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> With just four days to the Tuesday date for the screening and possible confirmation of the ministerial nominees, the Presidency has said the Senate is empowered by the constitution to set its criteria and conditions for the screening of prospective ministers.<br /> <br /> The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, stated this on Friday while speaking with reporters in Abuja.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Senate has set October 13, 14 and 15 as the dates for screening of 21 ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari.<br /> <br /> Enang, who was answering question on the demand of the Senate that ministerial nominees must submit certified true copy of their assets declaration forms, said the Senate is free to set its criteria for the screening of ministerial nominees appearing before it.<br /> <br /> He noted that the nominees are expected to comply with whatever standard, principles, measures, norms or conditions set by the Senate in the course of their screening.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said, “The Senate is the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and it is free to set its criteria for the screening of the nominees appearing before it. Our job is to make sure that we work with the respective senators and the nominees to make sure that the senators are satisfied and agree with the nomination.<br /> <br /> “We will not dispute with the Senate what they want because it absolutely lies in the heart and mind of the respective and distinguished senators to determine what questions to ask.<br /> <br /> “The senators are free to ask questions just like the nominees are equally free to answer them.<br /> <br /> “The senators are within their rights to request for what they want.<br /> <br /> On the gains of the recent meeting between President Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly, he said the meeting had further cemented the mutual relationship between the two arms of government.

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Northern governors raise panel to find Boko Haram sponsors

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZZSs7NyQ37mo_eVxs-j6ih77lY_fYMS7A_CHyJgE7QV55pD1n_juNN_dKtW16x_5rja051pC97LAwnS4x3RHvrOJr0y0C7zvwVDVUGjPZNPonMvBXIHXNlcG2-wS9AZyIRk1EHsx0EAI/s1600/BORNO+GOVERNOR+ON+BOKO+HARAM.preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZZSs7NyQ37mo_eVxs-j6ih77lY_fYMS7A_CHyJgE7QV55pD1n_juNN_dKtW16x_5rja051pC97LAwnS4x3RHvrOJr0y0C7zvwVDVUGjPZNPonMvBXIHXNlcG2-wS9AZyIRk1EHsx0EAI/s400/BORNO+GOVERNOR+ON+BOKO+HARAM.preview.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Northern States Governors’ Forum has inaugurated a committee to identify the sponsors of the Boko Haram sect and ensure their prosecution.<br /> <br /> The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Kashim Shettima who inaugurated the committee at Kaduna State House, Kawo, on Friday, also said the days of the sect are numbered considering the dislodgement of its members from their strongholds by the military.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Shettima said the committee which would operate under the aegis of the Committee of Attorneys-General and Commissioners of Justice of the 19 northern states had the mandate to review the criminal justice system in the region as agreed by the northern governors during their last meeting.<br /> <br /> He said the inauguration of the committee has become imperative considering the complex problems of insurgency, cattle rustling, armed robbery, inciting preaching, and kidnapping confronting the northern states, adding that the panel has two months to complete its assignment.<br /> <br /> He said: “The committee should also look at the condemnable activities of the so called sponsors of the insurgency and come up with legally pragmatic, appropriate and proportionate punishment. The committee should also focus specifically on parents who because of pittance sacrifice their children as suicide bombers. Such parents must be made to face the full wrath of the law.”<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Specifically, the Borno State Governor said the committee should conduct a “thorough and meticulous review of the penal code as it exists with a view to pointing out its weaknesses and constraints in the overall administration of Criminal Justice System in the Northern states. ”<br /> <br />

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EFCC screens call logs of oil barons

<div align="center"> <img alt="EFCC screens call logs of oil barons" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Xl2xXRNdZyQ8Y1LsR-II2-SPCidc-7RxDe9tRkd1L0wD0n444N9do600AA-1FypFoHbXRiC2MznpGpb6ijgYDD96SFowULNa_iJYi171xlqAZbbzq85XGsmhxjBr4xei4tT5qYXCl6nW/s1600/diezani+dd.jpg" title="EFCC screens call logs of oil barons" /></div> <br /> Detectives are closing in on more associates and aides of former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke.<br /> <br /> The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is screening the call logs of her business associates, friends and selected players in the oil and gas sector as part of the investigation.<br /> <br /> The outcome of forensic analysis of the call logs has been described as “revealing”.<br /> <br /> Six companies are being investigated by the anti-graft agency. They were not named yesterday.<br /> <br /> A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “We are closing in on more business associates, aides of the ex-Minister and stakeholders in the oil and gas sector. The scandal in the sector runs through a syndicate. Some of these people will need to explain one or two things.<br /> <br /> “We may also interact with some former general managers, executive direcors and group managing directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).<br /> <br /> “Preliminary investigation showed that one or two former GMDs resisted certain unsavoury developments in the oil sector when Mrs Alison-Madueke was in charge.<br /> <br /> “In fact, there was a GMD who wanted to resign because he could not withstand the ‘looting’ in the sector.”<br /> <br /> When asked about some companies under the searchlight of the EFCC, the source said: “At least about six companies, but we will not release their identities.”<br /> <br /> “We are not talking now in order to avoid any act capable of creating a setback for us in our investigation,” he added.<br /> <br /> Another source confirmed the screening of call logs of some suspected oil magnates and business associates of the former minister.<br /> <br /> It was learnt that when the EFCC raided some offices and homes in Lagos and Abuja, some phones were seized.<br /> <br /> The source said: “We are doing forensic analysis of the call logs for more clues on how some fraudulent practices were perpetrated. We are screening Mrs. Alison-Madueke call logs, including the ones she made through a third party handset.<br /> <br /> “And the profiling of the call logs of some suspected players in the oil and gas sector so far has been revealing<br /> <br /> “After the screening of the call logs, we will return all the handsets to their owners.”<br /> <br /> Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested Mrs. Alison-Madueke and four others last Friday for alleged bribery and money laundering.<br /> <br /> On its website, the NCA explained why it was paying more attention to money laundering.<br /> <br /> It said that money laundering was becoming a threat to the UK economy and reputation.<br /> <br /> It said: “The NCA assesses that many hundreds of billions of pounds of international criminal money is laundered through UK banks, including their subsidiaries, each year.<br /> <br /> “The scale of the laundering of criminal proceeds is, therefore, strategic threat to UK’s economy and reputation.<br /> <br /> “The proceeds of virtually all serious and organised crime in the UK as well as the proceeds of a significant amount of international serious and organised crime (including corrupt Politically Exposed Persons seeking to launder the proceeds of their corruption and hide stolen assets in the UK) is believed to be laundered into and through the UK.<br /> <br /> “The NCA is increasingly focusing its efforts on targeting ‘high end’ money laundering, which is particularly relevant in major frauds and overseas corruption work, where the raw material of the crime is electronic and cash is only used further down the laundering process to disguise audit trails or extract profits.<br /> <br /> “The ability of criminals to launder large sums of money themselves without attracting attention is limited.<br /> <br /> “Therefore, criminals need someone professional, capable and trustworthy to make the necessary arrangements.<br /> <br /> “Although there are many ways to launder money, it is often the ‘professional enabler’ who holds the key to the kind of complex processes that can provide the necessary anonymity for the criminal.<br /> <br /> “Whilst our assessment is that the vast majority of professionals working in these fields have a high standard of integrity, lawyers, trust and company formation agents, investment bankers and accountants are among those at greatest risk of becoming involved, either wittingly or unwittingly in high end money laundering.”

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