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Recognizing a True Online Guru (Contender) from a Fake (Pretender): Preventing Online Fraud

Since the proliferation of the niche ‘make easy money online’ a lot of charlatans have taken this opportunity to reap many unsuspecting individuals their hard-earned money. Promising to deliver to them easy systems that will enable them to make easy money online with no active participation or not even doing anything at all but sit and watch as the dollars roll into their bank accounts.  I find it really funny that in this information age where information abounds everywhere; from the internet to the media (electronic and print), from oral to written, people could still fall for their gimmicks and pay dearly by losing part or all of their money, a price they pay for being greedy and lazy.  However, it has been noted that approximately 97 percent of all online money niches are fraud: and as such one needs to be careful while carrying out online transactions these days. Having said this, I’ll like to take out time to list some possible online fraud, some from other people’s expe...

Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: Information Technology as a tool for development and Economic Emancipation

As customary to my write ups, I try to reflect on sundry issues as it concerns Nigeria and the rest of the developing (sounding cynical; underdeveloped) economies. As we are still struggling to catch up with the rest of the world mostly the West on every issue that regards development of values. Laying credence to this fact can be seen in the way we use the internet, the GSM communication system and every other innovation that is Information Technology based, Now back to the issue that gave rise to this write up, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the Millennium Development Goals are sets of eight point Agenda aligned by the United Nations to see it’s underdeveloped members with a low Human Development Index (HDI) and low per capita income (as most of these countries live an average of a dollar a day) to become developed by the target year 2015 .The motion was adopted by 149 leaders from different parts of the Globe and adopted by 189 countries in the year 2000. These agendas or ...
MAXIMISING YOUR GOD GIVEN POTENTIALS ONLINE: MY EXCERPTS "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) U.S President . Every person; black (Negro), white (Caucasian), occidental or oriental are born with a certain trait or innate capabilities that distinguishes him/her from the others. However discovering these potentials could be tasking and might take several years or even eternity to discover. Most people live their lives imitating others and as such find it relatively difficult to discover them selves and their innate abilities oblivious of the fact that "you can only be you" . It is never wrong to have a role model or an icon to emulate; but it is wrong to live your role model. For example pop star Michael Jackson’s role model was James Brown of blessed memory who wa...