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  • Agency warns against fake empowerment scheme’s website 

    Agency warns against fake empowerment scheme’s website 

    Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has warned the public against a fake social media account claiming that NDDC is registering people for an empowerment scheme in the nine states under its mandate.

    Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, identified the website as  https://ndjobsskillsdb.ng/dataregistry saying it would usually lead unsuspecting members of the public to a fake “Niger Delta Youth HOPE” site and would claim to be a platform for “Register Youth Data Registration” and “Niger Delta Skills Data Base.”

    Ughakpoteni said: “The fraudulent social media account directs prospective applicants to fill an online form, as well as submit copies of their educational certificates along with  passport photographs.

    “We wish to state unequivocally that the NDDC is not behind this fake registration platform, which is clearly aimed at deceiving the people of the Niger Delta region. The public should note that the fraudsters are impersonating the NDDC-sponsored Project HOPE website.

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    “It is obvious that the scammers are using the name and logo of the NDDC, as well as that of Project HOPE to defraud the public. Clearly, the Online Account was created for the purpose of duping unsuspecting members of the public and in the process, bringing the NDDC and its Management to disrepute. The security agencies have been alerted to investigate and bring the criminals to justice.

    “We advise those who have genuine businesses with NDDC to always cross check facts at the commission’s official website: (www.nddc.gov.ng) and the authentic Project HOPE website: https//jobsskillsdb.nddc.gov.ng

    Anyone claiming to represent the NDDC or its Project HOPE in fraudulent empowerment announcements must be treated as a criminal and reported to security agencies for appropriate sanctions”.

  • Web designer arrested for defiling maid

    The  Police in Ogun State have arrested an Abeokuta based website designer,  Abiodun Amosu(42 ), for defiling his 16 year old housemaid.
    Amosu who lives at  the Ibara housing Estate  was said to have dragged the girl into his bedroom last Thursday while his wife was away in Lagos  and allegedly defiled her.
    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Sunday, stated that the suspect was arrested following a complaint  at the Ibara Police division by the Benue state born  victim, who was accompanied to the station by a member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR).
    The victim told the Police that Amosu forcefully dragged her into his bedroom and sexually assaulted her, and even when she was shouting after the man has had his way,  he still beat her up and sent her away.
    According to the Police Spokesman, a CDHR member who sighted the victim in her pitiable condition,  took her to the Police station to report the incident.
    “Upon the report, the DPO Ibara division, Dada Olusegun, led detectives to the scene where the randy suspect was arrested. On interrogation, the suspect initially denied the allegation, but when confronted with the blood stained bed sheet in his bedroom, he admitted to the commission of the offence.
    “The victim who claimed to be a virgin before the incident has been taken to general hospital for medical attention and the medical report has confirmed that the victim was actually sexually abused,” Oyeyemi stated.
    He explained that the  Police commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the case be transferred to the anti – human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation and prosecution of the suspect.

  • Firm improves website to drive recruitment

    Jobberman, one of the nation’s leading employment websites, has upgraded its platform to provide an easier and more effective job search experience for jobseekers, and a refined recruitment experience for employers.

    Since going live in August 2009, the platform has grown to become Nigeria’s preferred online recruitment platform, West Africa’s most popular job search engine according to Forbes and one of Africa’s top five recruitment sites.

    According to the co-founder and the  Chief Executive Officer of Jobberman, Adedeji Adewunmi said: “As a brand that listens, Jobberman has taken its audience feedback consisting of over 2,000,000 career professionals and 50,000 employers who connect daily on the platform by including new features that can help employers and jobseekers accomplish more of their career and company goals.

    He continued: “Employers on the Jobberman platform can now manage their job ads and applications better with the newly designed Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and create candidate databases for future use.

    “Jobseekers can now set up or update their profiles with a Profile Picture, which is visible to employers; create a Career Summary and Professional Headline that summarises education, experience, skills and goals; specify preferred jobs for easier job matching; let recruiters know their Job Search Availability status; add Projects & Portfolio to their profiles, allowing employers to see samples of previous accomplishments, amongst other new features,” he added.

    He  said Jobberman has grown to become Nigeria’s preferred online recruitment platform, West Africa’s most popular job search engine (Forbes) and one of Africa’s top five  recruitment sites

    “For over nine years, this organisation has helped job seekers find job opportunities, provided career tips, given employers access to qualified candidates and administered recruitment advice. That is why we were consistently rated as one of the most innovative technology companies in Africa,” he said.

  • How to create a website for your small business in 30 minutes

    You may be wondering if a website is really required by your small business.

    Its answer lies in a single line, if you are a business owner interested in growing you business, your business definitely needs to have a website.

    Who should be online?

    Almost every small business can benefit from being online.

    Right now there are over 93 million internet users in Nigeria as per stats by Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC). Almost every internet users is now favorable to buying things online such as clothes, shoes, grocery and gifts online.

    Their search is not only limited to buying goods but they also look on Google for services such as legal advisors, local medical clinics, and consultancy services & jobs. So, whether your business sells products, have an open vacancy or you are a service provider, it is must for your business to have a website.

    Moreover, your existing clients may be searching for your company/brand on internet and if they don’t find you online then your competitor who is online may convert them into his customers.

    A website ensures your customers can find you, establishes your brand and credibility, markets your business, and expands your reach to a wider audience.

    What are the options to build your Business website?

    There are 2 ways for you to create a website for your business. You can choose the best depending upon your convenience and budget.

    1) Hire a web designer (Minimum cost is N25,000): If you are not into DIY solutions then you can hire a professional web designer/developer to build your website for you. But this can be expensive & you should consider this option if you can afford it. You can look for various web designers in your area on Google and other business portals.

    2) Use WordPress (Cost starts from N300/month): You don’t need to have deep pockets or HTML/coding skills to start your business website. With WordPress you will get access to 1000s of free theme/templates for every business type, be it a lawyer or exporter or ecommerce store.

    WordPress software is free to use but you only need to find a good web hosting provider like DomainKing to register your domain name & host your WordPress for you. The cost of a starter web hosting plan at DomainKing is N300 per month that will be only cost involved.

    Steps to create your website:

    Whether you plan to use the service of a web designer or even if you want to build your website on your own, you will have to get 2 basic services that are required by every website on internet.

    Register your Domain name:

    A domain name is your business’s address on the internet just like your company’s name such as abcstore[dot]com would be perfect domain name for you if your company is “ABC Store Limited”. Your business website will be accessed on the internet through your domain name, so it is really important to choose a unique, relatable and easy to remember name. It just costs N699 to register domain name in Nigeria from any popular Registrar like DomainKing, Godaddy, Namecheap & many more.

    The domain name that you will choose is very influential to drive direct traffic and via Google search to your business website. There are 1000s of domain extensions (tlds) available right now.

    The most widely used domain extension by small businesses on internet is .com, but that also makes it very crowded. Very few good names are left now in .com so you would have to get the right name through auctioning. But there is good news because if you are a local Nigerian business then the best option for you is to get a .ng domain like abcstore[dot]ng. This will not only give your website a Nigerian feel but will also help you rank higher for your keywords on Google search rankings.

    Choose a web hosting Provider:

    Your web hosting provider will help you to get online space for your website as well they will register domain for your business. It is easy for SMEs to find a number of providers on internet but it is important to choose the best provider that will offer full suite of web services at a reasonable rate.

    A good provider should offer you a free domain with your hosting account, Free CMS installation, Free Malware/virus scanner & should allow you unmetered traffic on your website.

    There are many providers out there but you should choose the top hosting providers in Nigeria such as DomainKing.NG, Godaddy and 1&1. For example, you can choose to host your website with DomainKing.NG which allows you to create your website with WordPress on their SSD powered servers backed by LightSpeed technology for good hosting experience at just N300/month.

    You need to visit DomainKing as they offer web hosting in Nigeria (it will make your website load faster) and you can choose any plan on their website. You can choose from 3 web hosting plans i.e. Soldier Plan, Minister Plan, and King Plan that have different pricing & resources.
    Web Hosting

    Once you have selected your plan, on the next page, you will be entering the domain name that you want to use for your website. You will need to select the first option ‘ I want DomainKing.NG to register a new domain for my Hosting Package’ if you have not registered your domain till now.

    If you see your domain as available, then simply click to continue, you can also select the other domain extension for your domain such as .net or .ng for brand protection.
    After that just follow the onscreen instructions and you will reach the final checkout page where you will be able to see the final price. You will need to create an account with DomainKing by which you will be managing your website as well paying and renewing the services.

    After adding your details, you need to accept the terms & conditions and select a payment method to complete the order. You will be able to pay via your debit/credit card such as Verve Card, VISA and MasterCard along with that Bank deposit/transfer option is also available.
    Once your payment is successful and your account is registered, you will receive all the instructions for starting your website on the email that you gave during sign up. If you have followed all these steps, you will now have a domain and web hosting for your website. Now you can either hire a web designer to design a website for you or you can simply install WordPress to start your website.

  • Journalist launches human interest website

    A new on-line media has been added to the growing numbers of websites in the country. The website, taiwoabiodun.com, will be accessible from Monday, January 15.

    According to the founder, Taiwo Abiodun, the website will for now on every Monday feature human interest, investigative, personalities, arts and culture stories, among others.

    Abiodun is a seasoned journalist who has worked in various media houses including the defunct Concord newspapers, The Hope newspaper (owned by Ondo State government), Village News (Ogun State), The Comet and The Nation newspaper.

     

     

  • Union launches website

    Private Telecommunication and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria  (PTECSSAN)  has inaugurated a website to bridge communication gap between the union and its members.

    At the inauguration, its President, Oladapo  Sunday Moses , said workers in the sector are scattered within and outside the nation, handling projects aimed at making communication easier for Nigerians.

    “We felt the need to make reaching us a lot easier. We launch the website to bridge communication gap between PTECSSAN and its members (existing and new). Majority of companies in our jurisdiction are multi-nationals,” he said.

    The world, according to him, has become a global village where one can reach any person anywhere at the same time, adding that for the first time in the history of Nigeria, they have a registered trade union in the private telecommunications’ and communication’s sector.

    He said: “Forty-eight hours after the launch of the website, we have had over 20,000 mention on Twitter, site traffic, which can be monitored even right on the site, and it showed tremendous visit from Europe, America, Asia and others. We have more inquiries now than before even from places and companies we never knew existed in our sector.

    “The site is not close or peculiar to our targeted audience only, in few days, researchers looking into the history and origin of labour and workers’ right will have our website as a valuable tool for a good result. Our team of experts are looking into the history of the civil service union right from the 1900, the world over and Nigeria in particular. Also, the website will be a good link as our news page will beam live and updated news around the world and in Nigeria.

    “Virtually all news feeds will be accessible via our channel. When we say news we mean serious news about important and necessary happenings.“

    Secretary-General of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR),  Comrade Segun Esan urged all unions to patronise the telecommunications’ union on ICT issues in other to  champion the affairs of labour movement.

    National President of United Labour Congress, (ULC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, commended PTECSSAN  for the achievement The General Secretary of PTECSSAN, Comrade Abdullahi Okonu  said the reasons behind the website  is  to project the image of the union to the world and to reach out to its current members and the prospective ones.

  • UTME: JAMB directs candidates to check results on its website

    UTME: JAMB directs candidates to check results on its website

    THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has advised candidates, who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday, to visit the board’s website or check their e-mails for their results.

    The organisation’s Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

    Fabian said the results of candidates, who wrote the UTME were released within 24 hours of the examination.

    “The results were released within 24 hours of the examination. Candidates are to check their e-mail addresses or visit the board’s website for their results,” he said.

    He said about 1,144,198 of the 1,718,425 candidates that registered for the UTME had written the examination.

    The UTME started on Saturday in 642 Computer Based Test centres across the country.

    “A total of 742,906 candidates took the examination on Saturday, 13th and Monday 15th May, 2017. Another 401,292 candidates are expected to join them today, raising the number to over 1,144,198 out of the 1,718,425 candidates slated for the examination this year.

    “The conduct of the examination has been adjudged to be excellent by all stakeholders, parent, students and the mass media. Particularly acknowledged is the prompt response of the Board to the very few technical issues that have been reported during the nationwide exercise. A rapid standby response technical team is on standby at the headquarters to receive and address complaints from the 642 centres across the country.

    “All these and other innovation put in place by the board has made the on-going examination seamless and coordinated.

    “The 2017 UTME is slated to end on Saturday May 20, 2017,” he said.

  • OLX is best classified ads website

    OLX is best classified ads website

    Nigeria’s number one online classified, OLX, has won the best classified ads website of the year at the sophomore edition of the Nigeria Technology Awards (NiTA) in Lagos.

    Receiving the award on behalf of the company, its Business Operations & Finance Manager, Goodluck Ikporo, thanked the organisers of the awards for the recognition. He said though it had been a challenging year for Nigerians due to the economic recession, OLX remained steadfast in providing a safer and secure platform for its users and more options for them to earn additional income on the platform.

    “We are truly honoured to have emerged winners in this category. I want to specially thank our OLX users who believe in us. I will like to dedicate this award to them and to the OLX team.” he said

    NiTA is organised to recognise and reward technology entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors, academics, and policy makers in Nigeria.

    The theme for this year’s award was: Celebrating technology excellence & innovations.

    It was attended by major players in the ecommerce industry across various sectors of the economy.

    OLX is the world’s leading classifieds platform in growth markets and is available in more than 40 countries and over 50 languages.  It sells a wide range of products, including vehicles, electronics, phones, among others.

  • Visually impaired trains pupils on apps, website development

    A 27-year-old visually impaired Mr. Rasak Adekoya, has trained 60 pupils of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Lagos, on website and mobile apps development.

    After two months of rigorous exercise, the pupils, developed Lagos State laws mobile apps and the official website of the Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA).

    At the launch of the apps and websites at Ojodu LCDA secretariat, Adekoya said he embarked on the exercise to equip the pupils with skills capabile of imbibing in them the quest to be employers of labour.

    According to him, the training became imperative given the need to catch the youths early enough, to develop them  to be become self reliant in future  .

    He said some of the challenges facing youths could be traced to what he called ‘lack of pragmatic change’ to transform young minds into budding entrepreneurs.

    Adekoya, who lost his sight shortly after graduating from Lagos State Polytechnic, noted that he would carry his gospel of entrepreneurship to 57 schools across the state 57 councils before 2018.

    He lamented that unemployment has become a challenge in Nigeria, saying that equipping younger ones with requisite skills to become self employed is the most ideal choice.

    With about 1.8 million graduating from the tertiary institutions yearly, Adekoye said he felt relevant skills acquisition would help reduce their number in the labour market.

    “I trained these young minds as part of my contributions to better the society. Nobody or organisation supported me throughout the programme. I deployed my personal resources to achieve this,” he noted.

    He urged the beneficiaries to utilise the knowledge acquired to better themselves and the society at large.

    One of the beneficiaries of the programme , a 15-year-old SSS 3 of the school, Master Akintola Ebenezer, said  he was  happy for undergoing the training, saying it had impacted much on his life and perceptions towards entepreneurship .

    He, alongside his 59 other contemporaries, designed the website in such a way that the platform is accessibile while visitors to the site  can get information on Ojodu  LCDA without much hitches.

    “The training and experience is worthwhile for me and I will make good use of the knowledge to improve and develop myself”, he said.

    Another beneficiary a 13-year-old SSS 2 of the same school, Miss. Kaku Kemi Marvelous, said the Lagos State laws mobile apps, when downloaded on their mobile devices, would afford the general public knowledge about the laws of the state.

    The Sole Administrator of Ojodu LCDA, Alhaja Olushola Kokumo, and Principal of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Mrs. Adepoju  Oyefunke praised Adekoya and his crew for the laudable initiative.

  • Bayelsa gets transparency website

    Bayelsa gets transparency website

    The Bayelsa State Government has launched a transparency website to help members of the public access the financial reports and other issues of revenue accruing to the state from different sources.

    The website, Bayelsa Watch, was inaugurated by Governor Seriake Dickson during the 50th edition of the state’s transparency briefing recently.The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite said the establishment of the Transparency Watch would reduce the speculations about the government’s financial transactions.

    He also called on the people of the state to remain supportive of the policies and programmes of the government. According to him, the restoration administration had always demonstrated genuine commitment to the wellbeing of the people and the overall development of the state.

    Dickson while inaugurating the website said it would be domiciled within the ministry of Information but updated by the Ministry of Finance. The governor also confirmed that the state  received N95bn from the Federation Account (FAAC) in one year.

    Of the amount, the governor said N12bn went to the eight local government areas bringing the state government’s receipt to N83bn. The governor spoke on Monday during the 50th edition of the state’s monthly transparency briefing and the launch of transparency website, ‘Transparency Watch’ at the Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall in Yenagoa.

    But computations of all the breakdown reeled out by the governor showed a total expenditure of N111.6bn, against the N95bn receipt. He said N14.89bn was used to service bond repayments taken by the Timipre Sylva administration while salaries of workers consumed N32.38bn.

    He further added that bank loans gulped about N15bn,  local debts including inherited debts and overdraft N24.6bn,  overhead costs for running the three arms of government N3.9bn while the sum of N20.9bn went to projects.

    With the expenditure profile of about N111.7bn, the state government is in deficit of about N28bn. He said if not for his administration’s prudent management of resources, the state would have collapsed.

    Dickson decried what he described as lopsided federal system, saying that though Bayelsa is an oil-rich state, the nation has not been fair to the state.The governor commended the Federal Government for publishing the revenue that accrued to the states from the federation account.

    But he said: “For those of you, who read that report, you will see that Bayelsa is not number one on that list in the sense of who got what. We produce the bulk of the resources, but when you look at the list, Bayelsa is probably number five or six. That issue has to do with addressing the lopsided federal structure of our country, which some of us have been talking and will continue to talk about.

    “I commend the Federal government for publishing what goes to the states. That is what we have been doing here by law for the past four years and still counting. But, it will also be interesting for the Federal Ministry of Finance to publish what the Federal Government and its various agencies are getting and spending. That should also be put in the public domain.

    “We are the state that is teaching Nigeria transparency; what it means to be transparent in the running of government; what it means to show tolerance and democratic temper in the way we allow people express their views and how no one is hunted and hounded in this land.”