Boko Haram release 158 kidnapped women and children.

Boko Haram has released a total of 158 women and children after holding them captive for three

weeks.

The women and children were abducted by the insurgents from Katarko village, Yobe state.

They are now reunited with their families in Damaturu, the state capital, The Cable reports.

This was disclosed on Thursday, February 19, by the state commissioner for justice and chairman of the state committee on rehabilitation of victims of

insurgency, Ahmed Goniri while addressing journalists in Damaturu.

According to him, the abductees were freed three weeks

Boko Haram Splits Apart? New faction attacks Shekau

A leaflet containing condemnation of Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau is reportedly being circulated in some towns in Adamawa state.

According to Daily Trust report, the leaflet was allegedly dropped by a purported breakaway
faction of the radical Islamist sect.
Some of the residents of Song and Gombi where the leaflets are circulating claimed that a helicopter which hovered around the skies dropped them on
Thursday. One of the resident of Song said the several copies
of the documents being dropped from the sky, prompted suspicion about the authors. The leaflet being circulated in Adamawa

Dangers of rooting your android device

Rooting of Android devices has proved to be the most stunning activity of many Android users but
I’ve come home with some observations (what I termed “dangers of rooting”) with regard the action.
There are so many reasons to root your phone but when you consider the demerits below, you will have a good chance of comparing why and why not. Recently, we’ve presented you with many
reasons to root your android but today we’ll show you the other side of the game. We present you
with only 3 reasons not to root your device.

How to use whatsapp from your computer

Tired of only being able to access your WhatsApp conversations on your phone? Start using WhatsApp Web. Earlier this year, Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced WhatsApp Web .
The new service makes it possible for a user to link a website accessible only through Google's
Chrome browser to his or her WhatsApp account.
In doing so, WhatsApp conversations will sync
between the mobile device and desktop. As long as you're signed in, your conversations will sync --
even when you're away from the computer, or on a cellular connection (as opposed to the same Wi-Fi
network as your computer).
The process for linking your WhatsApp account to your computer is streamlined, and easy enough for Grandma to follow. First, download Chrome if you
don't already have it installed on your computer.
Next, download  whatsapp for PC  in Chrome.
Follow the instructions to pull up the WhatsApp Web QR code scanner on your mobile device.
The method for launching this section of the app is different based on the platform you're using, but directions are listed just under the QR code. Scan
the QR code and watch as your conversations magically appear in your browser. iOS users will
notice directions to connect your iPhone are missing from the list
of supported devices. WhatsApp says the reason is due to "Apple platform limitations." The layout of WhatsApp Web should mirror the mobile experience, just on a larger scale. You can still
send emoji, photos, voice notes, view your contact list and so forth. To receive alerts of incoming messages on your computer, click on Allow (top-
right corner of Chrome) when prompted. You'll need to approve access to other aspects of your
computer in a similar fashion as you attempt to send photos or record voice memos. Going
forward, anyone who has access to your computer will be able to pull up your WhatsApp
conversations as long as you remain logged in.
If your computer is password protected, that's probably not a big deal. But when using WhatsApp Web from a public computer, you'll want to sign
out when you're finished. You can do that by clicking on the three-dot menu icon and selecting
Log out.

Have you used WhatsApp Web yet? If so, what are
your thoughts?

Obasanjo officially dumps PDP.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday morning dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He handed over his PDP membership card to the Ward 11 leader in Abeokuta North local
government, Alhaji Surajudeen Oladunjoye and instructed him to tear it. Oladunjoye, who led about 350 members of the ward on a fact-finding mission at Obasanjo's residence, tore the card into shreds to the admiration of the part

Don't talk in front of your Smart TV, it might be listening.

Samsung is warning its customers not to talk
about personal information in front of their smart
TV, as the device may be “listening” to the
conversation.
Samsung’s privacy statement dealing with the
voice recognition functions of its TVs states that
voice commands may be transmitted to a third
party service that converts and captures the
speech.
“Please be aware that if your spoken words
include personal or other sensitive information,
that information will be among the data captured
and transmitted to a third party through your use
of Voice Recognition,” said Samsung.
The warning about the TVs’ ability to capture data
through voice commands is being compared to the
discription of telescreens in George Orwell’s
dystopian novel 1984, where all citizens’ actions
are monitored through the device.
Online news magazine the Daily Beast reported
that intellectual property lawyer for the Electronic
Frontier Foundation Corynne McSherry said the
“third party” was probably a company providing
speech-to-text conversion for Samsung.
“If I were the customer, I might like to know who
that third party was, and I’d definitely like to know
whether my words were being transmitted in a
secure form,” she said.
Samsung responded to the criticism, and
according to BBC News said the privacy statement
was its attempt to be transparent with TV owners.
“If a consumer consents and uses the voice
recognition feature, voice data is provided to a
third party during a requested voice command
search. At that time, the voice data is sent to a
server, which searches for the requested content
then returns the desired content to the TV.”
Samsung said it did not retain voice data or sell
the audio being captured, and did not name the
third party involved.

Obasanjo to Jonathan: Be ready to face dire consequences of election shift.

On Saturday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo
warned President Goodluck Jonathan of the
possible dire consequences of delaying the
elections.
Obasanjo spoke to journalists at his Presidential Hilltop Estate, Abeokuta mansion in Ogun State. He opined on the state of the nation and gave his opinion on the elections postponement.
He drew parallels between President Jonathan and
the former Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) leader Laurent Gbagbo. Gbagbo, Obasanjo said, kept
shifting the election date in his country until he was sure of winning. When the elections came
resulted in a run-off, not only did he refuse to hand power over upon losing, but also “unleashed
chaos, confusion and crisis” on his people “until nemesis caught up with him.”
Obasanjo maintained President Jonathan should be careful of those prodding him on, because “when the heat begins, he [Jonathan] would be left naked
and isolated.” Obasanjo insisted that the elections dates shift was
informed by Jonathan’s fear of

I intentionally infected my wife with HIV: Nollywood actor.

Popular Nollywood actor Hanks Anuku, who is known for playing criminal roles in Nigerian movies, has revealed he tested positive for HIV.

Hanks Anuku

The Nollywood actor also revealed how he

deliberately infected his wife with the deadly

disease. Pulse reports that the actor, now a born-

again Christian,

Samsung set to buy blackberry

Samsung Offer To Buy Blackberry
4 weeks ago

Reuters claim that sources close to its media
agency say Samsung Electronics recently offered
to buy BlackBerry Ltd for as much as $7.5 billion,
seeking its valuable patents as it battles Apple in
the corporate market.

South Korea’s Samsung proposed an initial price
range of $13.35 to $15.49 per share, representing
a premium of 38 percent to 60 percent over
BlackBerry’s current trading price, the source said
on Wednesday

Representatives from the two companies, which are
working with advisers, met last week to discuss a
potential transaction, the source said, asking not to
be identified because the conversations are private.

Samsung and Blackberry are among the best
smartphones
that can be found in the mobile market.

Is charging your phone all night safe?

The poor electricity situation in Nigeria has made
many of us to always look for any available space
to charge our phones even when our phone
battery is full.

This is because one can never tell when the Power
Holding Company of Nigeria will strike, as their
incompetence is as glaring as their counterparts in
the police force.

Read also: Samsung, set to buy blackberry.

Nigerians now charge their phones everywhere!
Churches, mosques, markets, restaurants, hotels,
schools, you name it. While most ladies have their
handsets in their bags, the men tuck inside their
pockets, laptop bags, handy bags e.t.c
In fact, a phone charger is an average Nigerian
man/woman/youth most needed device at any
point in time, especially for those who use
smartphones that the batteries are easily drained.
Many of us plug our phones at night before going
to bed, with the hope that we’ll wake up to a fully
charged device.
But is it really safe to leave our phones plugged
into the charger once they’re fully charged? Is it
damaging the battery — or shortening its lifespan?

From what is always said, too much of everything is bad, I'd say, too much of charging too is bad. Someone might say, The best option might be to get a low class mobile phone and convert the smart phones to home phones but is that convenient?

Meet the artist who won four grammy awards

British soul singer Sam Smith has won four
Grammy Awards in the US, including the
prestigious prizes for record and song of the year
and best new artist.
Smith was rewarded for being the only solo artist
to sell more than a million albums in both the UK
and US in 2014.
Pharrell Williams, Beyonce and Rosanne Cash,
daughter of country legend Johnny, won three
awards each.
Beck won two, including best album. Other British
winners included Clean Bandit with Jess Glynne
and Aphex Twin.
Madonna, Katy

Perry, Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir
Paul McCartney were among those performing at
the Los Angeles ceremony.
But the night belonged to Sam Smith, who has
cemented his place as one of pop's biggest stars
just nine months after the release of his debut
album In the Lonely Hour.
Earlier, he said: "Before I made this record, I was
doing everything to try to get my music heard... I
tried to lose weight and I was making awful music.
It was when I started to be myself that the music
flowed."
Smith's ballad Stay With Me won both song of the
year and record of the year - the former recognises
the songwriters, while the latter goes to the
performer and producer.
Accepting the record of the year trophy, he said: "I
want to thank the man who this record is about,
who I fell in love with last year.
"Thank you so much for breaking my heart
because you got me four Grammys."
Smith also performed his the song on stage with
Mary J Blige; while his other awards were best
new artist and best pop vocal album.
He lost out on the best album award to long-
serving indie troubadour Beck, who was honoured
for his twelfth studio LP, Morning Phase. It also
won best rock album.
"We made this record at my house for the most
part, so I would like to thank my kids for letting
me keep them awake a little bit longer," he said.

International Actress: Omotola Jalade Ekeinde turns 37 years old.

Beautiful Nollywood Actress, Omotola Jalade
Ekeinde is now 37 years old.
The screen goddess became a year older
yesterday .
The beautiful mother who recently celebrated her
20 years in the movie industry took to her
facebook page to thank God for her life, health and
achievements. She wrote, “What a Great privilege
to be able to see another year! I am grateful to
God almighty , the giver of life and health. Thank
you too for giving me a reason to smile , aspire
and be inspired by. With Love …”

Joke of the day: PRESIDENCY EXPLAINS WHY ELECTION WAS POSTPONEDED.

There has been recent stories going on about the postponement of the election, immediately I shared it with my friends, the crazy one popped one in, saying, "the election was postponed so as to enable buhari finish school and get a certificate"
Hehehehehehe.

JEGA: WHY WE CAN'T HOLD THE ELECTIONS YET

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, Attahiru Jega, has concluded a
briefing meeting with 25 civil society groups in
Abuja Saturday informing them that all security
agencies in the country have indicated to him, in
writing, that they are not available to support the
elections planned for February 14 and 28.
Prof. Jega, who had an earlier meeting with political
parties, is rounding up another meeting with his 36
resident electoral commissioners now on what will
amount to an INEC position on whether to
postpone or go ahead with the elections.
Insiders at the meeting said “its pretty much a
done deal at this point that the elections will be
postponed” and many of the attendees told
Reporters  they were shell-shocked and
depressed at what they characterize as “a clear
case of political blackmail of the state against civil
society”.
Jibrin Ibrahim, a leading African election expert
and senior fellow at the Centre for Democracy and
Development, CDD, in Abuja, who was at the
meeting, said Mr. Jega told the meeting that
security operatives from all the agencies told INEC
that they were commencing a six weeks special
operations against Boko Haram insurgents in the
north eastern corridors of the country and would
rather not be distracted by the elections.
Mr. Jega announced that the security forces also
said the operations are due to commence on
February 14, the date INEC had planned for the
presidential and federal legislative elections.
This decision, by the security forces, successfully
renders INEC’s hitherto insistence to go ahead with
the elections a risky venture.
To even collect ballot papers from their storage in
the Central Bank of Nigeria for the elections will
require security escort, which apparently is now
unavailable in the light of the move by the security
forces.

Nigeria postpones elections to fight terrorism

Nigeria announces a six-week delay to its presidential election as it battles the threat from the Islamist group Boko Haram

Nigeria's electoral commission will postpone Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure northeastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram, an official close to the commission said

Comparing FIFA 15 and PES 2015

FIFA 15 vs. Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 Comparison: http://youtu.be/6nLARfilqgw

Ebola again: 9 years old Nigeria girl quarantined for the disease.

Months after Nigeria recorded success in managing the deadly Ebola virus, fears over a new wave of epidemics occurred February 2, Monday.
A 9-year-old Nigerian girl with symptoms associated with Ebola, was admitted to the special Ebola quarantine unit at the Ernakulam General Hospital, India.
By the time of arriving at the Cochin International Airport on Monday, the child had already had cold, fever and breathlessness. Therefore she was immediately quarantined, Times of India reports.
Health official sat the airport confirmed the information saying that it was the first case of a passenger arriving at their airport from an Ebola-hit country with the dangerous signs of the disease.
The girl was travelling together with her both parents. The family arrived in an Emirates flight.

The airport authorities followed the quarantine procedures as prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and also placed the girl’s parents under observation.
It is worth noting that in case of Ebola, the incubation period, or the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms, corresponds from 2 to 21 days.
The 9-year-old’s blood sample was flown to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in New Delhi for testing.
It should be recalled that Nigeria was declared Ebola free by the WHO on October 20, after 20 cases had been recorded in the country, with eight of them – lethal.

President Jonathan plans to postpone election date as hope of victory eludes him.

THIRD PARTY SOURCES REVEAL.

In the face of dwindling prospects for his re-election bid, President Goodluck Jonathan has embarked on a renewed three-pronged approach to scuttle the presidential election scheduled for February 14, several sources within the Presidency have disclosed. In a startling disclosure, our sources said Mr. Jonathan was willing to entertain a military take-over as one of his options.

Over the last two weeks, it had dawned on Mr. Jonathan that his hopes for winning re-election had dimmed significantly. Our sources said the president was deeply distressed to find out that several governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been working quietly with the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to thwart his re-election. “Apart from Governor Godswill Akpabio of

I intend to marry this year. D'banj announces.

35-year old D’banj stands tall as one of the most eligible bachelors in the Nigerian entertainment industry.

And despite being romantically linked with several women, some of them the most beautiful in this part of the world over the years, he remains single.

D’banj has, however, said that it’s his desire to settle down and have a child this year.

D’banj admitted that he was under pressure to get married last year, saying: ‘Yes, I was under pressure towards the end of last year to get married, my mum really wanted it.’

When asked if he has plans of taking a bride home to his mum this year, D’banj said: ‘Well, I don’t know yet but I know that I am intending to do it this year.

More importantly for me, I’ve always wanted to have a child, but last year my brother, Kay Switch had a child and it brought so much joy to me.

So this year, I’m thinking of settling down to have my own Koko junior soon.’

7 aweful eating habit that you should drop now.

By CYNTHIA
In my one-on-one work with clients there is a dual focus: I help them adopt a healthy new eating regimen, but in order for new patterns to stick, we also have to zero in on unhealthy habits that tend to keep them stuck. If you've ever uttered the phrase, "I know what I need to do, but I just can't seem to do it!" my bet is lingering detrimental habits are the culprit.

Here are seven that come up often, and why breaking them may just be the final solution to achieving weight-loss results that last!

Drinking Too Often For most of my clients, drinking alcohol has a domino effect. After one drink, their inhibitions are lowered and their appetite spikes. That combo -- in addition to the extra calories in the cocktails themselves -- results in

8 Seemingly Innocent Habits That Could Take Years Off Your Life

By Anne Smyth

You know the biggies: Don't smoke, stay out of the sun, and go easy on the processed food. But if you really want to maximize your chances of living forever (or, okay, if not forever than just for a really long time—and healthily), you need to pay attention to some lesser-known culprits, too. Here are 8 habits to start avoiding:

Obsessing about your age.
Does the thought of another birthday make you bristle? Believe us, you aren't alone. But it's best to check your attitude, because dwelling on it can have serious implications for the aging process.