Breaking News!!! FG Cancel Immigration Exercise - Jobs/ Vacancies

Nigeria Immigration Exercise / Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, Immigration, SSS
Has been cancel.

On Wednesday, President Goodluck
Jonathan directed the immediate
cancellation of the immigration recruitment exercise that led to the death of more than twenty applicants and scores of others injured.

The presidential directive was given at today's Federal Executive Council meeting where the president further directed that all those who lost their loved ones would have automatic slot for three applicants, one of whom must be a woman.

Those who sustained injuries will also be automatically employed.

The questions is how can they cancel one's effort and also reach the families of those lost one's?
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Sad News: “19 members of Redeemed Christian Church of God who were travelling in one bus were burnt beyond recognition"

A multiple crash on the Potiskum-Maiduguri highway, involving three vehicles on Monday killed 35 people, including 19 church members on their way back from Lagos where they attended a religious meeting.

"All the 19 members of Redeemed Christian Church of God who were travelling in one bus were burnt beyond recognition as the bus caught fire on collision with the other two vehicles which also burst in flames shortly afterwards," said Yusuf Sani, spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Yobe state.

"The victims in the other two vehicles were returning from a wedding."
The spokesman blamed the collision, which occurred on the highway, on speeding.


On Sunday, 20 traders returning from a local market were killed when the open van they were in collided with an articulated truck, Sani said, attributing the accident to "reckless overtaking".
Sixteen of the 20 victims were girls who had been selling wares, he added.
Another 10 persons also died in another crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
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Football Transfer gossip

TRANSFER GOSSIP
Liverpool are targeting 23-year-old Argentina and Sporting Lisbon defender Marcos Rojo ahead of the summer transfer window.
Full story: Daily Mirror (external)

Juventus and Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal, 26, has played down speculation he could join Manchester United, stating "when one starts to dream, they move too far away from football".
Full story: Daily Express (external)

Napoli are set to rival a host of Premier League clubs for Porto's 20-year-old forward Juan Iturbe - the latest in a long line of players to be compared to Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
Full story: Daily Express (external)

Dnipro president Igor Kolomoyskyi says he is in talks with Tottenham over a deal for 24-year-old Ukraine winger Yevhen Konoplyanka, who saw a move to Liverpool fall through in January.
Full story: Daily Star (external)

Manchester United could look to make a double raid on Spanish club Atletico Madrid this summer, targeting 25-year-old striker Diego Costa and manager Diego Simeone.
Full story: Football Direct News (external)

Championship promotion chasers Wigan are lining up a loan move for West Ham midfielder Jack Collison, 25.
Full story: Sky Sports News (external)
OTHER GOSSIP

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's decision on whether to extend his contract at the club will depend on his side's next few crucial fixtures.
Full story: Evening Standard (external)

Wenger will be given £100m to spend on new players this summer.
Full story: Daily Telegraph (external)

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet admits Argentina striker Nacho Scocco, 28, has struggled since arriving at the club for £4m from Internacional in January.
Full story: Evening Chronicle (external)

Manchester United have dismissed reports that manager David Moyes fell out with player-coach Ryan Giggs, 40, after Sunday's 3-0 defeat at home by Liverpool.
Full story: Manchester Evening News (external)

United's board will give Moyes three games to prove he should remain in the Old Trafford dugout.
Full story: the Sun (subscription required) (external)

And Moyes stayed away as United suffered another defeat on Monday - with the reserves losing on penalties to Bolton in the quarter-finals of the Lancashire Senior Cup.
Full story: Daily Mail (external)

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 33, wants the club's American owners to sort out a new contract for manager Brendan Rodgers straight away.
Full story: Daily Telegraph (external)

Neutral fans want to see Liverpool win this season's Premier League title as a reward for Gerrard's loyalty, according to their former midfielder Jan Molby.
Full story: Liverpool Echo (external)

Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, 20, should be in England's World Cup squad despite a dip in form, says his club manager Roberto Martinez.
Full story: Guardian (external)

Former Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, 25, says football is still not providing enough defibrillators at football grounds, two years after he suffered a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham.
Full story: Guardian (external)

Tottenham Hotspur defender Danny Rose, 23, says Spurs must improve their "unacceptable" home form if they are to qualify for next season's Champions League. Arsenal were the latest team to take three points at White Hart Lane, winning Sunday's north London derby 1-0.
Full story: Independent (external)
GLOBAL GOSSIP (FROM BBC MONITORING)

Barcelona will pay 26-year-old Argentina forward Lionel Messi about £209m in wages over the course of a proposed new-five-year contract.
Full story: AS (in Spanish) (external)

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, 21, says he will only leave the Italian champions for Real Madrid. The former Manchester United player had been linked to a move back to Old Trafford.
Full story: Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish) (external)

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi says Clarence Seedorf's position as manager is safe and he will still be in the job next year, having only been appointed in January.
Full story: Tuttosport (in Italian) (external)

Real Madrid assistant Zinedine Zidane's son Luca, 15, is to join an under-16 squad training camp with the French national team. Luca, a goalkeeper, follows in the footsteps of his 18-year-old brother Enzo, who is already in the team's under-19 setup.
Full story: Le Figaro (in French) (external)

AND FINALLY
Mexican side Celaya's players came up with an unusual way of protesting after going two months without wages - as they posed for a team photo with paper bags over their heads.
Full story: Sun (subscription required) (external)

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, 31, warmed up for Tuesday's Champions League match against Galatasaray with a training drill that involved alternately catching footballs and tennis balls.
Full story: Daily Mirror (external)

A lifelong Middlesbrough fan has honoured a 10-year-old pledge to wear a Sunderland shirt for a whole weekend after losing a bet that they would never reach a Wembley cup final in his lifetime.
Full story: Teesside Evening Gazette (external)
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WhatsApp founder Jan Koum denies 'careless' reports

Facebook bought messaging application WhatsApp for $19bn (£11bn) in January.

WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has spoken out against "careless and inaccurate" reports about possible changes to the messaging app's privacy policies.

In a blog post, Mr Koum sought to reassure users that Facebook's $19bn (£11bn) purchase of the firm would not change core principles.

"Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," he wrote.

The post comes in the wake of complaints to US regulators by privacy advocates about Facebook's purchase.

Mr Koum referenced his childhood in Ukraine in the 1980s, and wrote that "the fact that we couldn't speak freely without the fear that our communications would be monitored by KGB is in part why we moved to the United States when I was a teenager".

He said he would not have allowed the firm to be acquired by Facebook if it meant changing core WhatsApp policies like not asking for users' names, email addresses or birthdays. He said he would not allow user data to be used for advertising.

"Speculation to the contrary isn't just baseless and unfounded, it's irresponsible," he added.

"It has the effect of scaring people into thinking we're suddenly collecting all kinds of new data. That's just not true."

Privacy concerns

WhatsApp currently makes money by selling a $0.99 subscription to users.

Mr Koum previously railed against advertising in a 2012 blog post.

But privacy advocates have asked US regulators to block the purchase, arguing that Facebook has a long history of promising not to use user data for advertising purposes, only to do just that.

In a filing with the Federal Trade Commission, two privacy groups - the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy - argued that WhatsApp users provided the firm with personal data under the assumption it would not be shared.

"Users provided detailed personal information to the company including private text to close friends. Facebook routinely makes use of user information for advertising purposes and has made clear that it intends to incorporate the data of WhatsApp users into the user profiling business model," wrote the groups.

"The proposed acquisition will therefore violate WhatsApp users' understanding of their exposure to online advertising and constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice, subject to investigation by the Federal Trade Commission."

The FTC has not yet said whether it will open an investigation.
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Bitcoin: Man identified as inventor moves to 'clear name'

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto has repeatedly denied being the inventor of Bitcoin.

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, the man named by Newsweek as the creator of virtual currency Bitcoin, has taken on a lawyer to "clear his name", the 64-year-old said in a statement.

US magazine Newsweek ran an article on 6 March making the claim, and still stands by its story.

But via his lawyers, Mr Nakamoto said: "I did not create, invent or otherwise work on Bitcoin."

He said that "financial distress" meant he did not have an internet connection.

"I am writing this statement to clear my name," Mr Nakamoto wrote.

"The first time I heard the term 'bitcoin' was from my son in mid-February 2014.

"After being contacted by a reporter, my son called me and used the word, which I had never before heard.

"Shortly thereafter, the reporter confronted me at my home. I called the police. I never consented to speak with the reporter. In an ensuing discussion with a reporter from the Associated Press, I called the technology 'bitcom'. I was still unfamiliar with the term."

'Confusion and stress'

Neither Newsweek nor Leah Goodman, the reporter who wrote the original story, have commented on the latest statement.

In the days following the publication of the story, Newsweek put out an additional note saying it stood behind Ms Goodman and the reporting contained in the article.

"Ms Goodman's research was conducted under the same high editorial and ethical standards that have guided Newsweek for more than 80 years," the magazine said.

"Newsweek stands strongly behind Ms Goodman and her article."

The magazine called for Mr Nakamoto's privacy to be respected - an issue he had hit out at the magazine about, and has reiterated with his latest comment.

"Newsweek's false report has been the source of a great deal of confusion and stress for myself, my 93-year-old mother, my siblings, and their families," he said.

"I offer my sincerest thanks to those people in the United States and around the world who have offered me their support. I have retained legal counsel. This will be our last public statement on this matter.

"I ask that you now respect our privacy."
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Google and Viacom settle seven-year YouTube row

High profile shows owned by Viacom were uploaded to YouTube
Google and Viacom have resolved a long-running legal battle regarding copyrighted material on YouTube.

The out-of-court settlement brings to an end a dispute that began in 2007.

Viacom had sought $1bn (£600m) in damages from the search giant.

The companies said in a joint statement: "This settlement reflects the growing collaborative dialogue between our two companies on important opportunities, and we look forward to working more closely together."

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the BBC understands no money has changed hands.

Shared revenue

Last April, a judge in New York rejected Viacom's damages claim, but the company launched an appeal.

Viacom's complaint was that shows such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, South Park and SpongeBob SquarePants had been uploaded to YouTube without authorisation, and subsequently viewed hundreds of thousands of times.

In its defence, Google said it had followed the law set out by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which states that a host site - such as YouTube - cannot be held accountable for the material uploaded by its users, provided it acted to remove content when asked by the copyright holder.

Since its launch in 2005, and particularly after its acquisition by Google a year later, YouTube has tussled with content creators regarding copyrighted clips being uploaded and viewed for free.

However, it has settled many of those disputes thanks to its shared revenue model - in which advertising is displayed alongside copyrighted content with a share going to both Google and the copyright holder.
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Miss Teen USA hacker jailed for 18 months

Teen USA winner Cassidy Wolf attended the same school as hacker Jared Abraham.

An American teenager who blackmailed young women with compromising images grabbed by hacking their webcams has been jailed for 18 months.

Jared James Abrahams broke into about 150 online accounts over a two-year period to commit the crimes.

More than two dozen women in the US, Ireland and other nations had their computers hacked by Abrahams.

One victim was Miss Teen USA 2013 beauty contest winner - Cassidy Wolf.

Abrahams was arrested in early 2013 and pleaded guilty to one count of computer hacking and three of extortion in November.

In a statement about the sentencing, the US Department of Justice said Abrahams had targeted women he had known personally or found by hacking their Facebook pages. Abrahams took over email, social media accounts and computers and used this access to remotely turn on the machine and grab pictures when his victims were naked.

Abrahams had then extorted cash from victims by threatening to publicly post nude photos and videos, said the DoJ in a statement about the sentencing.

"As digital devices, email accounts, and social media accounts now contain the most intimate details of the public's daily lives, the impact of this type of hacking and extortion becomes more pronounced, troubling, and far-reaching," wrote DoJ prosecutors in a document filed in advance of the sentencing hearing.

"In some cases, this type of criminal behaviour can be life-changing for the victims - especially for vulnerable victims who may feel it is impossible to rebuild their tarnished reputations," said the document.

People should be careful where they posted images and videos to avoid becoming a victim of extortion and escape the risk of compromising content being stolen, said the DoJ. In addition, it said, people should choose hard-to-guess passwords, keep security software updated and avoid opening unexpected attachments.

Lastly, it said, people should keep webcams covered when they are not in use.
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