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UNBELIEVEABLE: Nigeria’s Super Eagles lose three points in World Cup qualifier (See Consequences For Nigeria)

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Nigeria’s Super Eagles have lost three points in their 2018 World Cup qualifier. The loss came as FIFA gifted Algeria a 3-0 walk-over defeat of the Eagles, because Nigeria fielded an ineligible player in the match.

The fixture on Nov. 10 had ended 1-1, but FIFA on Tuesday added that the decision did not affect the final standings in African Qualifying Competition Group B.

It said the decision also did not affect Nigeria’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup in Russia, as they had finished six points clear of Zambia.

The player involved in the match played in Constantine was Shehu Abdullahi, and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is also receiving a fine of CHF 6,000.

The sanction relates to Abdullahi failing to serve the automatic one-match suspension imposed on him as a result of receiving a caution in two separate matches of the same competition.

FIFA, in a statement, also said East Timor had forfeited seven games in the World Cup qualifiers for fielding a total of nine players who were ineligible because of nationality.

This was based on a decision previously taken by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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LG has taken Apple's unflattering title of most expensive smartphone following the announcement of the Signature Edition.

The limited edition "super " phone will hit shelves in South Korea and only 300 units will be made. The phone will sell for 2 million South Korean won (£1,370), exceeding the most expensive iPhone X by more than £200.

The Signature Edition will be almost identical to the V30, LG's mainstream flagship smartphone. It comes with 6Gb of RAM, 256Gb of memory, a 6-inch OLED display and a 3300 mAh battery.

It also launches standard with Android 8.0 Oreo. It will be made from the same materials used in boutique watches (the main factor separating it from the V30).

In comparison, the LG V30 sells for £799 for the 64Gb model at Carphone Warehouse.

LG has long used the "Signature" branding to sell devices such as home appliances and TVs. The company's 4K Wallpaper OLED TVs are perhaps one of the most notable consumer tech products on the planet right now. Thinner than a pencil, the Wallpaper TV houses most of its components in a sound bar.

Not to be outdone, dedicated Apple fans can still raise the price of their iPhone X to around the same mark of the Signature Edition phone if they include the £199 AppleCare+. The extended warranty and insurance will cover owners from two incidents of accidental damage.

Anyone game enough to skip the coverage will face paying £286.44 to replace a broken screen or £556.44 for any other damage (which usually requires a full replacement).

OnePlus recently announced its new 5T flagship smartphone, which retails for £449 - more than £100 cheaper than repairing an iPhone X.

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http://www.oddytech.com.ng/2017/12/this-lg-phone-is-more-expensive-than.html

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Tens of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin have been stolen as the cryptocurrency continues to surge above record high.

Slovenia-based bitcoin miner NiceHash provides a service where numerous people can group together and "mine" for the cryptocurrency. That process uses intense computing power to create new bitcoin – and so provide substantial sums of money to its s.

But it says that its security has been breached and that it's possible more than $60 million in bitcoin has been stolen. As the price of bitcoin continues to rise, the value of the stolen wallet will increase even more.

NiceHash says it had stopped operations for 24 hours and was working to how many bitcoins were taken.

There was no immediate response from NiceHash to an emailed request for more details. Unconfirmed reports said more than 4,000 bitcoins were missing valued at more than $60 million.

"The incident has been reported to the relevant authorities and law enforcement and we are cooperating with them as a matter of urgency," it said.

The statement urged s to change their online s.

Troubles with the website over the past day or so drew alarm and complaints, with many bitcoin owners posting panicked comments on NiceHash's social media s.

The price of bitcoin has surged to over $14,100.74, gaining $1,000 in less than a day, according to coindesk, a website that monitors the price. That compares with a value below $1,000 at the beginning of the year.

Bitcoin is the world's most popular digital currency. Such currencies are not tied to a bank or government and allow s to spend money anonymously. They are basically lines of computer code that are digitally signed each time they are traded. Miners of bitcoins and other virtual currencies help keep the systems honest by putting computer power into a blockchain, a global running tally of every transaction that prevents cheaters from spending the same digital coin twice.

NiceHash is a cryptocurrency mining application that lends computer power to bitcoin s' transactions.

Online security is a vital concern for such dealings.

In Japan, following the failure of a bitcoin exchange called Mt. Gox, new laws were enacted to regulate bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. Mt. Gox shut down in February 2014, saying it lost about 850,000 bitcoins, possibly to hackers.

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Guys, please flea from domainking. After making a payment for my domain renewal, after a month they suspended my domain and said that my domain was NOT paid for. After providing screenshots, they said they can't find my payment.
Now, in other to get my domain back, I asked them to get me my EPP code so I can transfer my domain to another registrar but this is almost 24hrs since I made dt request & they r yet to give me the EPP code.
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NB: my blog is: www.oddytech.com.ng and it has been offline for the past 4 days now.

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The Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, today, bagged the prestigious Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators award in Abuja.

The Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) is a professional body of practitioners in Nigeria that regulates and set standards for the practice of mediation and conciliation.

Others who were conferred with the prestigious Fellowship award of the ICMC during the Annual Conference and Induction Ceremony 2017 in Abuja include: Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, DG, Standard Organisation of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Abaloma, DG of the Nigerian Law School, Dr. Olanrewaju Onadeko (SAN) and the Chair of the Delta State Traditional Rulers, His Royal Majesty, Dr. Emmanuel Onyidike Efeizomor.

Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, Gov. Lalong, Gov. Geidam, NNPC GMD, others conferred with the prestigious Fellowship award of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC)

Speaking to journalists shortly after the induction ceremony for the awardees, Ubah said alternative dispute resolution mechanism remained the best way of resolving any conflict.

He also noted that there was so much work to be done in order to promote this noble Institute and its work. He summed it up by charging his fellow awardees to continue steadfastly in preaching their message of peace among Nigerians.

In his goodwill message, Governor Lalong stated that his "state is a direct beneficiary of mediation and conciliation", urging both public and private institutions to embrace the concept for swift conflict management. Lalong further declared that the deployment of security operatives during conflict was no longer yielding fruitful results, but called for the use of ADR as a veritable means of managing disputes.

Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, Gov. Lalong, Gov. Geidam, NNPC GMD, others conferred with the prestigious Fellowship award of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC)

The NNPC boss, Dr. Maikanti Baru while expressing his gratitude to the institute, revealed that his corporation had adopted the twin concepts of mediation conciliation as the first route of dispute resolution, adding that they are cheaper than litigation.

President of the ICMC, Mr. Emeka Obegolu said his Institute preferred the promotion of mediation and conciliation for dispute resolution, adding that "they are a vehicle to the enthronement of political, communal and ethnic/tribal peace and harmony in Nigeria."

Emeka noted: "We are challenged to continue to interrogate the incessant crisis that bedevils the polity and threatens to tear the social fabric of our society apart."

Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, Gov. Lalong, Gov. Geidam, NNPC GMD, others conferred with the prestigious Fellowship award of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC)

In his presentation as a keynote speaker, Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu who spoke on the theme of the conference: "Myth and Reality of Agitations; The Place of Consensus Building," said Nigeria as presently constituted is not working. Ekweremadu lamented that Nigerians were split along ethnic and religious lines. "As a nation, however, we have to tell ourselves the hard truth. Nigeria, as currently constituted, is certainly not working well. Nigerians are not only dangerously split along ethnic, religious, and sectional lines, the gap is widening on a daily basis. The trend of insults and divisive verbal attacks traded by younger ones against one another’s ethnicities, sections, and religions on the social media on every matter do not also inspire any hope of a brighter future. "Therefore, I believe the constituent parts of this country must come together around the table immediately to discuss and agree on how to fix the country. I also believe that the 2014 National Conference Report is a starting point.

"It is the most recent roap produced by every shade of opinion and group in the country. Sadly, it has been abandoned to gather dust. It is rather unfortunate that several months after the Senate requested Mr. President to transmit the Report to the National Assembly for legislative actions, nothing has happened. We only read a recent statement credited to the presidency to the effect that it has no confidence in the Confab Report. I do not believe, in good conscience, that a report produced by the cream of all spheres and units of the Nigerian society is worthless. Does the present government intend is to set in motion a process to convoke another conference, which outcome it can trust? That will be a waste of time and resources. But, whichever way we look at it, Nigerians must work out a blueprint for a workable, equitable, and prosperous nation. We cannot continue to play the ostrich while our world appears to sink. It is heartwarming that ADR now thrives in the country and practitioners are eager to lend their expertise and weight to the consensus building efforts," the Deputy Senate President said.

SOURCE: http://www.fullgist.com.ng/2017/11/dr-ifeanyi-ubah-gov-lalong-gov-geidam.html

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http://www.fullgist.com.ng/2017/11/now-you-can-post-insta-stories-via.html

On November 16, 2017 Instagram post an official statement that now a can post stories using mobile web. This feature is useful for those who doesn’t have Instagram app and want to post stories.

How to post Instagram story using mobile web:

Step 1: Visit Instagram.com on your mobile browser.

Step 2: Enter your name, and press .

After you can see your profile and posts/stories of your friends and followers.

Step 3: To add Insta story via mobile web you have to tap on your profile icon available at left hand top corner.

Step 4: After tapping it will give you 2 options Camera and Documents (May be vary on different handsets). To add real time photos to your story use Camera and to add photo from your library use Documents.

Step 5: Once you’ve done tap on “Add to Your Story”

Now your story is published.

fun features like face filters, stickers, and different post types aren’t available. You can’t add videos yet. The feature is pretty basic for the time being.

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West Brom vs Chelsea (LIVE STREAMING)

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Konquest:
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ I wonder why some people love to cheat others with impunity?
These rogue Uber drivers using the so-called lockito have no conscience! Uber should immediately follow what Taxify has done by updating their app.

As in eeehhh

Argentina 2 vs 4 Nigeria (Highlights and Goals)

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Some Uber drivers in Lagos have been using a fake GPS itinerary app to illicitly bump up fares for local riders.

Initially created for developers to “test geofencing-based apps,” Lockito, an Android app that lets your phone follow a fake GPS itinerary, is being used by Uber drivers in Lagos to inflate the cost of their trips.
In some cases, inflated trips can cost riders more than double the rate they should be paying. “It’s more like a parasite,” says Mohammed, a driver for both Uber and Taxify in Lagos. “It sets the false GPS movement while allowing the phone also to keep track of its actual movement. The Uber app can’t tell the difference between both so it just calculates both.”

When a driver uses Lockito for an Uber trip he or she can have the fake GPS running (and calculating a fake fare) from the pickup point to the drop off location, before the enger has even got into the car. When the real trip starts, the real GPS starts running and calculating the actual fare. But at the end of the journey the fares from both trips (real and fake) are tallied up as one fare which the unsuspecting rider pays.

Uber Nigeria is aware of the abuse of Lockito by certain drivers. Spokeswoman sca Uriri, said it is in violation of Uber’s guidelines and the company is “constantly on the lookout for fraud by drivers and riders who are gaming our systems.”

The drivers Quartz spoke with said Lockito or “Locki”, is simply a reaction to Uber’s 40% slash of its base fare implemented in May. Many drivers were unhappy about the price drop and there were a series of protests which had little impact.

Williams*, an Uber driver who asked his real name not to be used, says he heard about Lockito a while ago but initially had no interest in using it. “Uber was sweet, until they slashed the price,” he says. “They did not bring back their price up, so the work started getting tough and tougher.”

“When the thing was just getting tougher, I had no choice but to go on Lockito.”

He claims he uses the app four to five times a week, but has specific targets and does not use it on just anyone.

Williams says the main reason he uses the app is to ensure he can meet his weekly payments to his Uber partner [the owner of the car], a situation he says many other drivers are in. Most ridesharing drivers in Nigeria do not own their cars, instead they partner with car owners and pay them a weekly fee, which according to Williams has become harder to meet as a result of the base fare slash.

Despite coming out of recession in September, the economic situation is still tough in Nigeria, which is still struggling to bounce back from the global drop in oil prices. A recent report from the World Poverty Clock predicts that by February 2018 Nigeria will overtake India and become the country with the most people living in extreme poverty. Food prices are still high although inflation has dropped and many Nigerians still lack access to basic amenities. Unemployment and underemployment are rife, leading some Nigerians to cut corners to make things work.

In recent weeks, two Uber drivers representing other drivers on the platform have started a class action suit in Nigeria’s economic hub arguing that they should receive employee benefits from Uber.

“There are a lot of drivers on Locki, every driver on Uber is on Locki,” Williams says. “The only ones that are different is the new drivers…and they’re still coming to us to teach them Locki.”

Some drivers use Lockito to inflate fares by adding 1000 naira to 2000 naira extra (roughly $3 to $6) but some drivers are believed to inflate fares to exorbitant levels.

A trip from Lekki, a neighbourhood in Lagos, to Murtala Muhammad International airport is roughly 32 kilometers and would normally cost just under 3,000 naira ($. Williams says he recently heard of a Lockito trip that cost more than 5 times that amount.

Williams’ highest Lockito ride so far is 10,000 naira, (the trip normally would have cost the rider N3,000), and although he has expressed guilt over using the app he remains adamant that an increase of the base fare is the only way to stop it being used, a sentiment shared by other drivers.

“If you block that same Lockito today, another one will come out,” says Uchenna*, a partner and driver on Uber who claims not to use Lockito. “If that base fare is normal [and] everybody’s receiving their incentive on a normal level, that thing [Lockito] will go off. They want to get the normal, accurate price that Uber were before.”

“Lockito or no Lockito,” adds another driver who asked not to be named, “if Uber want the Lockito not to exist, that means they have to come back to the base fare.”

Perhaps most surprisingly, drivers accuse Uber of not only knowing about app, but purposely not doing anything about it because they still want to maximize their profits.

“If you’re using Lockito [with] Uber [it] will tell you “fake location detected”…they will tell you [the driver],” says Williams. “Sometimes when I run it [Lockito], Uber will tell me, “your map of your location…is fake,” you’ll now click OK…and still yet, I take my money…”

Uber denies these allegations. “Uber has automated rules in place that warns and permanently deactivates any or s associated with fraudulent activity,” Uriri says. “Uber encourages both riders and driver-partners to rate their journey at the end of the trip. Honest helps ensure that everyone is able for their behavior.”

Uber says all riders that report fraudulent activity will be refunded. But Uriri adds that the use of the Lockito will not impact Uber’s pricing policy.

Taxify, one of Uber’s biggest rivals in Nigeria, has been blocking drivers that try to use Lockito.

“You can’t do that anymore on Taxify, they were doing it before on Taxify but then Taxify made drivers update the app, once you update your app, you can’t use Lockito anymore,” says Williams.

Despite issues with the base fare, Uber’s brand stays strong in Nigeria and drivers want the company to remain, but only if the system changes. This is important as competition increases from newcomers including local e-hailing apps like Motionplus and Alpha One, some of which are offering to pay fuel for drivers.

“I pray Uber should learn from now,” says Williams. “This is Nigeria, not abroad, the more things are getting worse, the more drivers are planning things.”

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