ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD TITLED “THE SHORT SIGHTEDNESS (MYOPIC) OF NIGERIANS TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT IN ICT AND AUTOMATION WORLD”

It had been obvious that radical development is fast enveloping the entire continent of the world. Especially in ICT World and Automation; the  manually system of doing things globally in under developed world are fast phasing out while the introduction of automation had become the best attribute that nations of the world should emulate from the first world continent like United State of America and Europe.

In Nigeria, the routine system of division of labor had not created changes to development rather it had worsen the system to what is called Ghost workers in the labor force of the nation; whereby citizens receives monthly and annually payments for not doing anything due to lack of competent technical and automation skill and expertise. The lack of Automation skills also had created vacuum in Nigerian labor force as well.

Nigeria being ignorant of automation skills had also continued indulging in local and traditionally routine system of executing task which at the end of the day cannot bring changes and innovation to the development of the nation. Example: The time of going to embassies for Visa line up should have been a forgotten issue in Nigeria but because of lack of ICT skills in technology, people today still travel distance to submit application for Visa while the literate ones will cease desktop, Android and Laptop to forward application to the desired embassies as well as book appointment online; forward their documents through speed post like DHL or UPS while waiting for call up for interview, if there is need for interview after the consulate officers must have scrutinized the documents submitted.

The short sightedness (Myopic) towards ICT and Automation development had made the system Jacky as well as increased sufferings of citizens who relentlessly hustles under intense sun weather condition, only to end up with one sickness or the other at aged period due to abnormal weather condition and poor feeding habits. This is why the nation Nigeria should embark seriously in ICT and Automation literacy to entire citizen to minimize the mentality of manual labor as well as enlighten them with the automation substitutes. Example, the time of going to filling station to line up or queue for Petrol is fast phasing out like in some foreign countries, just with your credit card slotted into the automation machine, you purchase your fuel by yourself. And this system of serve yourself demands  serious automation induction to create serious awareness for people to pick up in Nigeria society, because to an average Nigeria, who does not understand what credit card mean will never agree with you, irrespective of level of his education due to traditional routine system that is uncivilized. I hereby encourage everyone to help better our Nigeria economy by welcoming ICT and Automation investors; but the problem is that people refuse to drop the old system first. You cannot work with the new system while holding the old method. You need to drop the old method first which makes you despise the new one.

The mentality of seeing computer users and ICT professionals in Nigeria as 419 should be clarified to the ignorant citizens. It is not all computer users are 419, what makes one 419 as a computer users or professional is dependent on the task you embark with these ICT gadgets. When one embarks on fraudulent acts with these sophisticated computer gadgets like Iphone, Ipad, Laptop, Android and Desktop computer especially in misrepresentation of personality or personating, which is also stealing by trick, the person is not only deemed as hacker but as a 419 according to section 419 of Nigerian constitution which specifies fraudsters’ felony as well as punishment as stated below:

SECTION 419

“Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, or induces any other person to deliver to any person anything capable of being stolen, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for three years”.

So computer usage  had remain a lasting solution to solve problem in developed world like USA and Europe; where automation in executing task is prevalent. If Nigeria should welcome this same gadgets as well as using it properly to execute task in the nation; our system will not only improve drastically but will create a avenue to a better working conditions. Like in the past, some locally built Public Limited Liability (PLC) Companies were recently improved just by collaborating with some foreign counterparts. One of the examples of these companies is Nigerian Breweries Plc. Using this company as a case study here, the company were once known for locally and manually system of Brewing and bottling as well as palletizing and De-palletizing crates of beer product. But the collaborating with Heineken enterprises Holland improved and upgraded the locally analogue system of manufacturing to digital system of production. These upgrade came with introduction of automation system in production like the use of automation panels and computer technology for regulating and monitoring Brewing and production process through automatic issuing of commands from the panels to the desired digital Brewing machines like the Fillers machine, conveyor belt, Palletizing and De-palletizing machine as well as computer used to monitor and regulate automation of intake of Malt, Sorghum and Maize grit which is received and conveyed by a chain, and screw conveyor through a metals separator(magnet) and spark detection mechanism for ferrous material to be removed. All these will be transformed further through the same automation command from the monitoring computer room to the drum sieve in the brewing house in order to remove bigger objects as well as dust is removed. It is of interest to also know that every unit of equipment from intake pit to the weighing bin has aspirator for dust recovery. Now, from the drum sieve, the grain is conveyed via a screw conveyor to the screen sieve (shaker) which is used only for further sieving of Malted Sorghum and malted barley.  The screen sieve has a by-pass for the maize grit.

Next, the pre-treatment raw material (either malt or adjuncts) will be conveyed via a bucket elevator to the top of Silo building. Inside the building are many Silos for storage. The malt will be stored in the Silos for malt while the rest are for adjuncts (either for sorghum or the maize). There are 26 silos , 16 silos are for storage while the remaining 10 silos are for adjunct storage. Out of the remaining 10 silos, 4 are for malted sorghum, another 4 silos are for maize grit and the remaining 2 silos are for adjunct barley. There is temperature reading giving indicator of levels of grains in the silo, and also helps the operators keep an eye on grain temperature reading which is not expected to exceed 35^oc. The above activities are regulated and monitored by automation from Silos automation room in Brewing House of Nigerian Brewery plc Ama.

Now, this is to show one the important of automation and ICT to developing world, it reduces a Job of 1000 persons to 5 or 10 persons due to expatriate and skills in automation operation. If a locally manufacturing company like Nigerian Brewries plc Ama location can be transformed to a world class based company (second largest Breweries in the whole world after Heineken Enterprise Holland)  in a space of 3 years from 2000 to 2003 when it was officially commissioned by EX-PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO just because they collaborated with Heineken Enterprise Holland, Nigeria as a nation can go far than this if they welcome foreign investors to improve our economy.

Finally, If Nigeria as a nation will welcome and embrace automation starting from ICT. The nation’s working condition and environment will improve as well as improving the economy of the nation Nigeria. Long live ICT and Automation Professionals, Long lives Federal Republic of Nigeria; Long live the nations of the world.

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ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD TITLED “THE NEED TO PERMERNENT GSM DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER’S SIM PACK NUMBER PER INDIVIDUAL IN NIGERIA”

The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) issues in Nigeria had become a different Issue compare to other nations of the world. The digital subscriber’s Networks in Nigeria were previously dealing with their customers anyhow, tossing their lines as well as helping to exhaust their recharged credits with unnecessary tricks as well as scams through text messages. These activities were mostly common among MTN especially, until other Networks like GLOBACOM, ETISALAT and Airtel started unfolding in the communication scene, though their subscriber’s kept complaining to their head offices; not until 2014 when Nigerian Communication Commission intervened and started hosting Consumer’s programs with these TELECOMS Digital Subscribers Networks. NCC first held their meeting in Enugu at Nodon Hotel Chime Avenue, New Haven, Enugu in 2014, summoning all  TELECOM GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) Digital Subscribers Networks like GLOBACOM, MTN, ETISALAT, AIRTEL ETC together with their consumers. The program was organized by Consumers Affairs Bureau Department of Nigerian Communication Commission. Their main aim was addressing the needs of GSM Networks consumers.

During the program, series of questions were elicited from the attendants of the programs concerning the common problem facing GSM Networks in Nigeria and their subscriptions as well as entertained. Everyone that attended the program received a piece of plain typeset sheet of papers to state his/her needs and views concerning Network Subscription and activities, which they still deliberated on some of the question elicited during the program. Based on the conclusions during deliberation, NCC also sat down with the representatives of all the TELECOM GSM Subscribers Network on the concluded answers to the needs of their consumers. Some of these concluded rules and regulations one will find at NCC Network at www.ncc.gov.ng/consumer. But yet all these do not solve the problem.

Last 2 years 2015, I lost my phone, with my MTN SIM. Though, I have two phones, I was using the second one, waiting to get a new phone and do the normal welcome Back of my SIM number. To my greatest surprise getting to MTN Office, they told me that my GSM number is no more available, that another person had taken my number. And I ran mad, that was precisely three months after I lost my phone. I was highly biased because the same number, I have used for series of online transactions which I may not get in touch again without that number. This is number one key point for the need to permanent GSM Number in Nigeria just as Social Security Number in the USA and INEC Permanent Voter’s Card in Nigeria. GSM number should serve as a means to track Criminals and fraudulent personalities. In the United States, your Social Security Number as a Citizen is one of the things they will use to track down all your activities anywhere in the world. So, this is not far from Nigerian, it is very easy since GSM registration is already established by former Minister for information and Communication LATE. PROF. DORA AKUNYILI. The only thing is to permanent these registrations to individuals.

Also, because of these recent recycling of unused registered GSM Numbers, the registration of GSM became ineffective. Some android phone has the features that display the names they used to register GSM in the Network’s Machines. Example I called one of my friend’s number, my GSM SIM number was showing a different name as registered name for the SIM number as well as different address , I have to go and rectify it. I discovered that it was a general problem due to recycling of unused GSM SIM after 3 months. This is to show you that there is already confusion in GSM registration in Nigeria.

Now, to solve these issue, just as INEC Permanent Voter’s Card and Local Government permanent National Identity Card (Nigerian National ID Card) with your passports and numbers; even if you did not use it for 50 years, it is your property. It will be good that NCC will advise the GSM SIM numbers to be registered as permanent identity communication number, so it will be easier to detect crimes and frauds within the country Nigeria as well as in external world relationships online. This will help to track down online fraudster and hackers who hacks foreign banks account and individuals. It will also limit the fraudulent intentions online.

But if they neglect it, and the recycling continues, one will see that people who are ignorant of these recycling will be duped in the near future; especially those that does international business who uses different lines within and outside the country. A man I met the same day told me His own ordeal with the same MTN. This man travels out often, stays months and come back to Nigeria. This time he travelled to Paris, and stayed six months, only to come back to Nigeria picked his Set to make call, the line was not going and when he went to His Network office i.e MTN office the same day I met him, they told him another person had taken His number, he nearly fainted. While raking, he said if they had known the millions he lost through that same number as a business man. He said it was three much for him that day. Though, they searched for the number everywhere,  it happened that another person far away Northern part of Nigeria had taken the number, so he had no choice than to accept the loss and get new SIM pack the same day. That means starting from the scratch again to reconnect to lost business contacts.

In conclusion, I advice Nigerian Communication Commission to look into consumers transactions online and see the need to permanent GSM number to individuals for future crime detection and tracking as well as prevention of criminal intentions in the country Nigeria. Long lives Consumers; long lives Telecom Digital GSM Subscribers Networks, Long lives Nigerian Communication Commission, Long lives Federal Republic of Nigeria, Long Lives Nations of the Worlds.

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ZAMZAM WATER LOCATED IN MECCA SAUDI ARABIA

Everyday Moslems and Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia drinks water from a well at a ground square in Mecca known as ZAMZAM Water, the well had believed to have been in existence since the time of prophet Abraham, Now in this report NOAH MOHAMMADU observed the origin and significant of ZAMZAM Water.

According to NOAH MOHAMMADU, who said that the ZamZam well is located in Mecca of Saudi Arabia, the well is 20 meter width from Karba, the first building is believed to be dedicated to the worship of one god. The Zamzam is also said to be in existence for thousands of years. According to Quran, Abraham was commanded by God to abandon His wife Heggar and sent Ishmael in a desert where Mecca grand mosque is presently located. Heggar shuttles seven times between the hills of Suffer and Mower in search of water for her son Ishmael, when CHIEF ANGEL GABRIEL who was sent to have kicked the ground with his hills and water began to flow. Heggar in her attempt to contend with the spring water repeated “ZAMZAM”, a Hebrew expression meaning “Stop flowing”. But what is the significant of Zamzam water? MOHAMMADU TUKU ALMANAR is an Islamic Scholar.

According to MOHAMMADU TUKU ALMANAR who also said that the Prophets of Ala had to mention that Zamzam water is blessed water, and if one drinks it according to one’s intentions of taking it, that is how it will work out for that person. NOAH MOHAMMADU continues to say that Shell Mohammadu Almanar also said that even the hills of SOFFER and MOWER where Heggar walked back and forward searching for water has a spiritual essence.

According to SHELL MOHAMMADU ALMANAR who said that Ala said that the mountains of Suffer and Mower are the signs of worship as your own law that the Hajji will not complete unless one stands on the Mountain of Suffer and Mower.

Every year millions of Pilgrims drinks from Zamzam well during Hajji and omura less the Hajji, some of the pilgrims expressed their feelings after drinking the water, according to one of them who said that he was one of the lucky people who drank the water during Hajji and received his intentions.

Now the National Health Commission of Nigeria has announced the procurement of the water for pilgrims to be collectible and reliable in Nigeria MALLAM ABDULLAHIM OPTAL is the Chairman of the commission. According to MALLAM ABDULLAHIM OPTAL who said that the ZAMZAM water will be delivered to Nigerians and issuing the cost through the state pilgrim’s welfare Board and agencies as well as commission will have five liters of Zamzam water which they will collect from their Board.

There are more and more programs attached after the pilgrimage; many are still availing themselves of the opportunity of benefiting from the abandoned ZamZam water at the Grand Mosque Mecca Saudi Arabia.

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CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN NIGERIA

The People’s Democracy Party (PDP) has suspended MR. IFEANYI UBA for one month on matters related to indiscipline. The National Care Taker Committee and the Publicity secretary of the party MR. DAYO ADEYEYE made these known while briefing journalist at the National Secretariat in Abuja. These decisions were reached by the Party Caretaker Committee in line with the PDP Constitution. MR. DAYO ADEYEYE stated that the party had referred to MR. UBA and SENATOR BURUDI KASAMO representing Ogun East Senatorial District in Nigeria through the party’s disciplinary Committee.

Still on this, the Benue state Government Has banned the use of tyres in the roast of meat, the house which announced the banned and disciplinary advised roasters to abide with the order. The law maker decisions follow the notion made by ENEAJATO representing Kastina Ala East Local Government Area. He pleads the house to reserve right and should from henceforth desist from use of set of tyres in roasting the meat. MR. ENEAJATO also urged the colleagues at the health sector and Agriculture ministry to effectively regulate the activities of the Roasters to enforce of health and environmental Hazards.

Seconding the notion BEN UGOTO representing Taka described it as act considering the number of diseases emanating from consumption of meat roasted by tyres. The Speaker MR. TAKIMBI IYANGI granted all the prayers of the Movers organizations and urged the members of the public to report defaulters to the authorities.

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ATTENTION PLEASE!!

It has come to notice that the following personalities Godwin Anni, Emeka Anni and Godwin Enyi cease Messenger’s friendship for SCAM, Personating and Fraudulent acts. They are a hacker and has the system connected to your Facebook account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. These personalities also have identity misrepresentation photos. Thanks. Beware! 

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7 YEARS OLD CHILD RAPED IN EBONYI STATE NIGERIA

A 60 years old man SIMON ALOGUN had been handed over to the police by the Ebonyi state Family Law Center in Nigeria for allegedly seducing and repeatedly raping a seven years child in Afikpo North Local government Area of Ebonyi State. The news correspondent said that the man was reported by the girl’s Aunt who alleged and confirmed that the man also raped her when she was a little girl.

According to the little girl who said that the alleged suspect called her to come and boil water for preparing Garri to eat, and after the preparation of the dish, her elder brother who was with them said that he was not eating and left, immediately he left, he locked the door and raped her on the bed, after which the man said to the little girl, “in the same manner He also uses the mother”.

The above paragraph is how the little girl Favor described how she was raped by SIMON ALOGUN living in the same compound with her Aunt in Ohawebu Viallge in Akpuoha, series of investigations on this issue revealed that the little MISS FAVOR moved to her maternal house where her Aunt lives following the death of her parents and was raped in first time in 2014 by SIMON ALOGUN. Her Aunt said that she became aware of favor’s condition after she complained of pains in her private parts, according to her Aunt, Favor was taking to a hospital in Afikpo where the rape was confirmed while the effort to make her reveal the  identity of the rapist failed towards making the act to continue till 2017.

According to another observer of the incident named MADAM MATHA who said that they went to the alleged rapist after the child confessed and the said rapist SIMON ALOGUN agreed that He was the one raping the child, and he repeated it five times. According to MADAM MATHA who also said that it was later discovered that the suspected rapist used razor blade and tear the child bottom to apply some charms while presumably trying to stop the girl from revealing His identity. The suspect SIMON ALOGUN had confessed having the carnal Knowledge of the little girl but since he was under the influence of alcohol. But ALOGUN also denied that he never raped Favor’s Aunt when she was small,

And after listening to the case, the presiding officer of the Ebonyi State Family Law Centre MRS. EUNICE NWALI invited the police to arrest the man with a promise to follow up the matter to a logical conclusion.

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ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD TITLED “SPAWNING PROCESS OF A CAT FISH”

Cat fish rearing had been seen as one of the lucrative farming business in Africa. A lot of people make their earning livings in rearing of Cat Fish in Nigeria, mostly in the River line areas of Nigeria like: Bayelsa, Calabar, Rivers and Niger Delta of Nigeria where the demands for the product are mostly very high due to the culture of making fish their main and favorite food. Also the demands are high from Hotel dealers in those areas and the indigenes who sometimes engage in exporting smoked Cat Fish in exchange of Foreign Currencies from United State and Europe. Now in this article, we are going to look at how these cat fish are being spawned in the water. But before we proceed let have understanding of the word “SPAWNING”. What do we mean by spawning? It is an act or process of producing or depositing eggs by aquatic animals like fish in the water. Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals in order to reproduce aquatic lives species of its kind.

The spawning process in a cat fish can be induced, and this is done by getting a very good species of Cat Fish called Brood stock which should be between 0.3kg and 2kg. Why do we need it like that? It is because the seed of Catfish determines the growth and health of the Fish after spawning. Now due to scarcity of good Fish seed, cat fish farmers now induce female catfish in order to discharge their eggs which are fertilized, incubated and there after hatched as well as nurtured for 6 to 7 weeks from fries to fingerling with good zooplankton feed for this level and for the fish to meet up to fingerlings which is the requirement suitable for the next or secondary level rearing of Cat Fish.

In order to achieve the above result in Cat Fish rearing, spawning process has so many gadgets or requirement to induce the process as required by a fish farmer. The following gadgets are necessary and they are: spawning net (Which is one of the vital techniques in the spawning operation; in making of the net, one may use pipes joined together to form a square shape). The net will also serve as where the eggs will be layed in the water. The good thing things here is that the net will float on top of the water to compare it to other method where the net sinks inside water with four stones to hold it under net, other gadgets like Tissue Paper, Razor Blade, Ovaprim, Injection,  and Saline Water are needed for this induced spawning process. These gadgets has different functions which we will still know during spawning but before we proceed to spawning process we have to first weigh the Brood stock Cat Fish to use and then determine the volume of ovaprim (drug use to induce spawning) to suck and inject the fish. Now depending on Kilogram (KG) of weight of the brood stock, each KG represents 0.5ML of Ovaprim for example: if the fish weigh 2kg, you need 1ML of Ovaprim to inject the fish. Another thing we need to put into consideration before the spawning is Saline Water. Saline water simply means salt and Water solution. It is required when the sperm (male mate) of the male bloodstock catfish is not sufficient. It is applied by rinsing the sperm sack with it. It is necessary also to have a PH testing kit like Hydrometer in order to ascertain the PH level of your water before spawning process.

Now, the spawning process begins a day before where the spawning vat is washed thoroughly with detergent as well as the hatching spawning net prepared in square shape with a pipe. Then, after washing it, drain the water and rinse the vat, then wash with salt. After washing with salt, rinse off and then add fresh clean water NOTE: The Vat is like the big space container where the spawning will take place with other gadget filled with water. Now the next step is to identify the female and male brood stock Catfish to use for the process which is one of the puzzling issue every farmer have to master gradually as different fish farmer hold different opinion or view in identifying Brood stock gender. But if one can use these principles and they are:

(1)             Choose only Male and Female fishes that weigh above  1Kg so that the fries (which is the newly hatched fishes) will grow into big fishes as gene tells

(2)             Make sure that the Male organ (Crosses) and it is pink at the dot end.

(3)             When pressing out Female fish that have eggs that separate from each other and are golden in color

(4)             Make sure that the tummy of the female fish slightly protrudes out and when placed flat-faced down on surface, make sure that the egg outlet of the female brood stock is dark in color.

Now, after choosing the brood stock gender, based on the above qualities, and then transport them separately to the farm where you will continue the induced spawning process. Having done that, now we have to inject the female brood stock Catfish to induce spawning, but before injecting, make sure that it is free from stress when you bring it to the farm and make sure you separate both gender brood stock Catfish to avoid fight to death. Next is to drawn out Ovaprim based on the specifications we made earlier which is at 0.5ML per kg  of the Brood Stock and two persons are to hold the female brood stock as you inject the ovaprim just below the neck region of the fish. Now, when injecting one should be careful not to piece the needle so deep to the flesh; the injecting should be done at 9pm in the night, so that one can strip the brood stock by 7 am the next morning.

Again, is to strip the female brood stock induced to spawn. Now, 10 to 11 hours after injecting the female brood stock fish, the fish must be stripped. As soon as one notices that the female brood stock fish has started releasing its eggs by itself, one has to strip the female fully. The process of stripping begins by removing the female fish from container or bowl and held by two persons with a cloth. Provide a medium sized bowl where the eggs will be stripped out and should be ready with two Napkins which two persons that will grip the fish should use. The gripping should be done by one at the tale while the other at the head region. Depending on the size of the fish, the bowl should be held tightly especially when the fish is very big to avoid the spilling of the eggs during stripping from the bowl due to struggling of the fish. Now, during stripping keep on pressing its swollen tummy until it becomes flat and as soon as you see blood coming out, then it is time to stop pressing. But before stripping the female, the male sack should have been removed by turning the male fish upside down and cut the stomach with razor blade provided.

Now, gently take the Male mate which is in the sperm sack of the male brood stock Cat fish, and use a new razor blade to cut the Zig-zag end of the sack in to the bowl where the female eggs are stripped. The rinsing of the sac should be done with a Saline Water solution which one may purchase from a chemist shop, if you are confused in the mixing of salt and water solution as required for this exercise. And it should be too watering after rinsing the sperm sac begins to mix the solution together with plastic spoon or chicken feather. Then after mixing, gently spread the solution inside the Vat that was prepared for keeping the fishes.

Finally, during spreading some eggs might fall off through the net, so one has to siphon them out with a hose from the pond in order not to cause calamity later. Thereafter, cover the pond with its cover. Leave for 24 hours and after the 24 hours open the pond to see the result of your spawning process. If you are successful, you will see fries, very tiny fishes sometime in thousands or millions depending on amount of eggs that hatched. Sometimes it takes more than 24 hours during rainy for the fries to hatch. Though if you don’t succeed, try it severally until you get it right and when you get the result right you will not regret being a fish farmer. Thanks.

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ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD TITLED “THE TRENDS OF CORRUPTION IN THE SOCIETY”

Corruption had been illegal social vices dominating Africa and entire world at large. But due to controllable measure imposed especially the digital system in developed world like United State and Europe; Corruption had been minimized in those continent as a result of checks and balances with these sophisticated Information and Communication Technological (ICT) Gadgets..

Now, Using Nigeria as a case study to represent African nations. Nigeria had recorded series of Cyber crimes and other human related crimes like: Child Trafficking, Women Trafficking, Rape, 419 (which is stealing by trick), diversion of Public and private sector funds etc. The puzzling issue behind these crimes is that the perpetrators sometimes are not really identified after executing the crimes due to poor investigation process and lack of digital facilities and competency to carry out result oriented investigation. The recent development was the importation and introduction of digital cameras like CCTV Cameras, 3^rd eye security system Camera and other surveillance ICT cameras mounted by individuals in private sector businesses and Public limited Liability (PLC) companies to monitor crimes. But unfortunately, the government of the federation of Nigeria which supposed to have made these facilities a priority to every sector of the nation to monitor crimes has done nothing about it except the Lagos state government have sometimes ago approved the contract of mounting these monitoring surveillance and CCTV Cameras in every nuke and cranny of the city to monitor crimes. This is the only means where crime can be monitored and investigated properly in a nation:

Also the issues of hacking government, institutions like banking and insurance companies as well as prominent individuals who are dealing online transactions are no more a news in Nigeria. Hackers of these days are good in hacking with plug-in gadgets and sophisticated ICT Phones to target rich and prominent personality’s remote computer system as well as prominent blogger in order to divert fund and revenue with any slighted opportunity to do that. They now go a long way by monitoring transactions after succeeding in projecting viruses to your system and are able to view your transactions from their different locations. Sometimes, they manipulate your documents and data in such a way you might be confused if it is your remote computer is operating itself without you issuing command. No, it is the activities of hackers, to a novice to these effects must be tracked and robbed of secrets on his online financial transactions which is their main target but to an ICT professional like me. I suggest you get strongest antivirus software that is up to date and setup Bit locker on your system. I think that these two can give them a minimal hedge to intrusion on your system but not 100% hedge as the ceaseless and determined ones will still penetrate your system with those gadgets. Now the best option is to keep checking your system through task manager to end their task.

To pump up the Task manager, hold down these keys like CTRL+SHFT+ESC keys at once on your key board, then the task manager will pump out to your view. Now check the software and other programs that are currently running on your system and distinguish them from any other suspected intrusions gadgets, Now when you continue this process you will master those intruded gadgets that are not part of your system. Now, what will you do to those ones that are not part of your system? You right click them and end the task, this is how you disengage their activities in your system; but this process is continues monitoring as the determined hackers enters your system every seconds to cause havoc as well as get hacking secret codes like your password, so that they can have access to your online transactions. If you are using USB plug-in access point as Modem, it is very easy for them sometimes t block your data connections, so that you don’t have access to your INTERNET connection, this they achieve through changing your setting from network to their computer settings thereby having direct access to your USB Modem while you are blocked. So in order to stop them, remove your USB Plug-in Modem Immediately they manipulate it like this or disconnect and connect back while checking their intrusion through task manager to end their activities by clicking the suspected gadgets and select end task.

Another way to check intrusion of these hackers is to go through MS-DOS and issue some specific command like: NETSTAT –ANO to display active connections on your system, under the state column is some of their status, some connection are in “LISTENING” state while the “ESTABLISHED” state is sometimes an intrusion or virus on your system. Now to get the only active connection use this command like NETSTAT –O and NETSTAT –F which will specify the gadget connected on the foreign status whether it a PC or Phone gadget, this command will display some transmission Command Protocol (TCP) Intrusion on your system. Now to end their activities through MS-DOS use this command :

TASKKILL /PID 1644

Taskkill is a command that will terminate the activities of the intruded gadgets through their Process Identification Number (PID) which is already displayed in the established state under state column when you typed in NETSTAT –O in MS-DOS environment. Now after typing the command TASKKILL /PID 1644 and hit the enter key, it will display:

Success: sent termination signal to the process with pid 1644

Though this is a continuous checking process to disengaged established hacker on your computer . 

On the other hand, these hackers are good in chasing every form of transactions you are making online to see how they can divert it. And that is why I recommend that all online business genuine dealers should always use a good Postal Agency or advise your clients when sending a package to you, that they should take security seriously by using pictures and documentation as a prove before delivering mails or parcel to the designated addresses as these criminal hackers will tend to block mails from the post office or try to deceive the mail delivering agents that they are actually the rightful owners of the mails so that they can make use of the information and in case of ATM, so that they can use it to withdraw because they have the information already. so whenever, the expected mail or ATM did not arrive at the specified time, please report back to the bank so that they will block the ATM and issue you another as well as deliver it through appropriate medium or you go to the bank yourself and get it as arranged. Though, these systems are not common in Europe and America where every activity are monitored with CCTV Camera and other surveillance security camera and systems. But they are common in Nigeria where individuals are dominating government policy with bribery and corruption.

Finally, I will not neglect the common goal and intention of every corruption which is to divert and use for personal gain and to detriment of their victims as a result of selfishness and greed dominating the human race. Based on these facts, I am beckoning on entire nations of the world to join and fight corruption of any kind to the root so that we can have peace co-existence in the society. Thanks.

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ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD TITLED “CURRENT TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY”

Comparing to what was obtainable from 15^th, 16^th and 18^th Centuries, there is a big difference in change of innovation and development of the nation’s economy and West African at large. The 16^th century emerged with the intimidation and domineering strength of Europeans migrants who ceased arms and ammunition to compel obedient from ancient West African and with sanction introduced their economy into the system. Like then in the 16^th Century, West Africa has about 85 million people; this was true of nearly all countries everywhere: the Population of England or France in the 16^th Century was only a small part of what it is today. There were fewer kinds of food but today more had dominated African nations especially Nigeria of 19^th Century.

Many valuable plants and fruits like Maize and Pineapples were brought from Central and South America in the Ships of Portugal, and cultivated in West Africa for the first time, though it was eagerly accepted and spreads rapidly. Then the little knowledge about science in 16^th Century was not enough for West Africans to make great investment compare to what is obtainable today but they managed to use it and solved many hard problems about living in their vast and difficult region. And this trial and error system had made them developed some degree of immunities to combat against dangerous fever with the help of medicinal herbs and how to use them cure sickness which science had helped improved standard of these local herbs today to a point of knowing the dosages, to take as well as the expiring period of the produced drug and check against substandard drugs, foods and water.

These new changes bring us to the 20^th Century where the main economic development has set a high and demanding standard for Citizens in the society. Using Nigeria as a case study, the introduction of National statutory Organizations like NAFDAC and Federal Ministry of Health has helped to improve the health sectors in Nigeria by phasing out substandard foods and drugs in the nation. These statutory bodies had helped to keep sanitary inspection to drugs and foods production in the country to ensure the safety of citizens to consumption of foods and drugs as well as water. The efforts have also increased the level of manufacturing products in Nigeria. Now, NAFDAC must inspect your production and manufacturing of any consumable and gives approval before the commencement of production; if not approved and one indulges in production, such production company or firm will be sanctioned and sealed up by NAFDAC from operation. This measure is also applicable in imported foods and drugs as quarantined machines are set up at the point of entrance to the country to monitor the importation of substandard products.

Also the current bill approved by the President MUHAMMADU BUHARI and Senate had set ban on importation of food stuff into the nation Nigeria in order to encourage local farmers and local products to improve the economy. The measure is to enable local producing and our local NAFDAC approved products to be recognized and improved on because the imported products are now dominating the economy of the nation. Thereby, making the citizens to rely more on importation and imported goods for subsistence which is not the best option to improve the economy. The federal government had also empowered the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) on this regard as they now monitor activities of local producers as well as foreign investors to make sure that they measure up with the required standards and clearance to invest in our economy and produce goods and services that will benefit the nation.

On the other hand, the system of cattle rearing as what was obtainable from 16^th to 19^th Centuries is about phasing out after the series of last clashes by the Fulani’s herdsmen who incessantly attacks local communities in states of Nigerian federation with local arms like Machetes, Bows and daggers killing the inhabitants citizens for open confrontation against the use of their cattle to destroy their cultivated crops during cattle grazing in their farms. Though this particular activity is just repeating itself last year for decades as Fulani herdsmen were noted for decades as threaten migrants and terrorist from 15^th to 16^th Centuries. It was discovered by history that these herdsmen hailed from Ancient Ghana and the rise of its successor state, but by the end of that century they have spread far across grasslands of West African from their original home near the upper Senegal River and Upper Niger. They formed the habits of sending out Nomad group of cattle breeders both eastward and westward, though these groups were certainly small to begin with. But they built up their numbers to the extent that some of them settled and formed states of their own, so that, in the course of time, there came to be two kind of Fulani’s: And they are (1) The Cattle Fulani, who lived the old nomad life of their country side, and (2) The town Fulani’s who preferred in the town. But because of their wondering habits, they have played a special and time leading in the history of Western Sudan.

Their recent activities in 2016/2017 in Nigeria were the display of their inherited attributes of dominating migrants who incessantly and ceaselessly engage in wars and open combats to opposition to their cattle breeding as well as settling migrants. Though Federal Government of Nigeria are making progress to accommodate them and their activities at strategic locations; which is the best option to end their incessant attacks on the dwelling communities in the country.

Again, the introduction of Mechanized farming into Nigeria economy had ended subsistence economy practiced as of ancient 16^th Centuries till date where people produces food for personal consumption due to lack of circulation of money for transaction. People engaged more on trade by barter to make livings. The introduction of mechanized farming had ended such process. Now people can farm especially in Northern part of Nigeria for commercial purposes like money making instead of personal consumption due to introduction of mechanized equipment like tractors. These developments had helped to regulate prices of commodities as when there is mass production of food beyond the demands of the people; the prices of commodities tend to decrease to the level that people can afford it. And when there is scarcity of the same food, inflation or increase in prices of commodities will skyrocket.

Finally, coming to the oil and gas sector, for sometimes most of Depots in Nigeria are not operational. The Enugu Depot and Department of Petroleum resources (DPR) Enugu are not functioning for years till date. Though, there are still NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) workers in offices; but the INDEPENDENT MARKETERS go as long as Port Harcourt Depot and to other operational Depots in the country to get their petroleum products like PMS (Premium Motto Spirit) which is petrol and the major product, DPK which is Kerosene and AGO which is Diesel for sales. This is the route of scarcity sometimes in the country Nigeria. If the federal government should make it a mandatory to create more refineries Depots for each states of federation. I think that will help to curb fuel scarcity 50% despite the corruption surrounding the diversion of fuel products from the designated Independent Marketers Filling stations to a private plc company that may pay challenging bid of price to illegally buy the same product from them known as “Black Market”.

In conclusion, these trends of development is what we need to look into, as well as improving on them to boost a better economic platform for the nation’s investment and foreign investors to come in and improve as well. Thank you

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ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD

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ARTICLE WRITTEN BY ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD TITLED “THE WORLD’S HAPPIEST DAY OF THE YEAR”

It was recorded that human race were sometimes in the past captives and depended of one or two nations of the world and freedom from this captivity created happiness and changes. These changes bring us to the world happiest day. The world happiest day is a reality as well as a discovery. Tracing these facts as far back as 15^th and 16^th Centuries till date, we should have marked remarkable events that will ascertain the world’s celebration days. Not limited to United Nations but to include mostly the remote African and Asian Nations and in this case we are using Senegal and Nigeria in West African as two nations to our case study in trends of development that will ascertain changes innovatively and improvement in the economy that created better lives made easy today.

Starting this discussion from 16^th Century, which was the period several Europeans nations began sailing frequently to the Coasts of Africa and Indian nations in a voyages of discoveries. On the process, they began conquering and plundering the Islands of Caribbean Sea and mainland of Central and South Americans, and in doing all these, opened new range of adventures and ambitions. Much of this shaped a new pattern of power in Western Europe, and this made itself increasingly felt along the Coast of West African; which is our centre of focus on this article though other big changes occurred in Egypt and North Africa. These, too, formed a new pattern of power; and this likewise affected many of the inland countries of West Africa. All these outside changes were important for futures; counting on the Senegal, the Walloff empire which comprises the Walloff Political system where the growing European’s sea merchants brought their ship to Walloff Coast and Senegal river. A Portuguese report of 1506 says that Portuguese merchants brought horses, cotton, goods, and other manufacturing products for sales here and took slaves and a little gold in exchange is a remarkable tragedy to thank God today for up keeping in development and improvement in the societal values to lives and human  which was little regarded as of then.

Notwithstanding that at first, the Portuguese was in the region of Senegal Coast trading on African slaves in 1440s and later from there they raided the mainland right down to the mouth of Senegal River and beyond seizing prisoners whom they enslaved, and ravaging the coastal country. But by the 16^th century there was existing peaceful slave trading partnership between the Portuguese sea merchants and the Kings and Chiefs mainland of Senegal which was already flourishing in different Coastal part of the world as genuine deals and business. Following this slave trend is the migration of the Fulani’s from the Ancient who later spread far across grassland of West Africa with incessant attacks of conquering lands especially the Nomad herdsmen. Entering different part of West African including Nigeria: they were after revenge for real and fancied hurt; even more. The Fulani’s had the habits and culture of living together in a migrated land as well as dominating their affairs. These great changes of 15^th and 16^th Centuries was later became mild as civilization approaches, the introduction of Western Education by white Colonial masters brighten up some of these ethics which were brought under control till date.

Now, Counting the World’s happiest day is from the day people became free from inhuman and degrading treatments of slavery and incessant attacks of Fulani herdsmen in our society especially in Africa. Now, these days varies from country to country. Nigerian’s happiest day of the year started from 1st October 1960, which is marked as remembrance every year till date. This was the day we became free from leadership of European Colonial Masters; it was a day of freedom from racism and discrimination. Now, we can make our decision and move along as we plan our government and society as we wish. The prevailing western culture is now limited in domineering to our own cultural heritage. Just as Nigeria enjoyed this freedom in 1^st October 1960, other nations of the world had their own freedom from slavery. South African that recorded the highest inhumane long lasting slave treatment as well as Apartheid nation has trends of stories and challenges to narrate for such an ugly experience which they finally had their independent on the 11^th December 1931 and ends Apartheid with the help of Nelson Mandela on the 4^th of April 1994. They were colonized by Britain while Senegal had their independence on the 4^th of April 1960 from France as their Colonial Master. Burundi had their independent from Belgium as Colonial master on 1^ST July 1962 while Angola had their own independent on November 11^th 1975 from Portugal as their Colonial Masters. Now, the six Europeans countries that colonized African countries are France Mostly, followed by Britain, then Portugal, Belgium, Spain and Italy. Italy colonized only Libya and Somalia while Spain colonized only Eq Gunea. Others are colonized by France and Britain with few colonized by Belgium and Portugal.

Now, in conclusion, the World’s happiest day is a day of freedom from racism and independent of foreign nations as well as slave trade and migration of Fulani herdsmen terrorism (incessant attacks as of 16 centuries) which had also erupted in Nigeria again from last year but controlled by the government. With these facts we can ascertain that freedom and happiness begins from independent of nations, personalities, government but dependent on almighty creator of Universe. Thank you.

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ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD

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