NOT AGAIN! Bombing of Thisday Newsapaper Office in Abuja

BREAKING NEWS! Bomb explosion in Thisday Newspaper Building, Jabi Abuja.

With a similar Braking News in Kaduna which Kills 10 Near Thisday Newspaper's Bureau Offices In Kaduna

Some Facts about FCB-Chelsea: Did you know...

Tonight is going to a a night of war between FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC, as both team will figth to finish as the best in the on going Champions Leaguesemi final second leg at the Camp Nou.

Meanwhile, did you know that...

• FC Barcelona and Chelsea have met eleven times in Europe, with 4 wins for the
English club, 3 for the Catalans and four draws

• Barça have not lost a European fixture at the Camp Nou for 15 games, having put
together 13 wins and two draws

• In the five games they have played at the Camp Nou in this year’s edition, Barça have
scored 18 goals

• None of the last four results between Barça and Chelsea at the Camp Nou would
produce a result that would serve the interests of the former side this evening (2-1 in
2004/05, 1-1 in 2005/06, 2-2 in 2006/07 and 0-0 in 2008/09).

• But the 5-1 win in 1999/00, under similar circumstances to this year’s encounter, with
Barça needing to make up for 3-1 first leg defeat in London, would see the home side
through to the final

• Chelsea have been struggling to find form away from home in Europe this season,
having lost two and drawn two games, and only having won on the trip to Benfica.
Nevertheless, of their five away results, only the 3-1 loss to Napoli would not be
enough to see them qualify tonight at Barcelona’s expense.

• Barça have won 50% of their Champions League semi finals played to date (6 out of
12). Chelsea, meanwhile, have only won 20% (1 out of 5).

• Whenever they have won the first leg of a European tie, Chelsea have managed to
qualify 9 times out of 13.

• FC Barcelona have had the most shots (99) and the most corners (66) in the
competition, They have also received the fewest yellow cards (15)

• Puyol and Mascherano are both one booking short of suspension from a hypothetical
final appearance. Chelsea’s Ivanovic, David Luiz, Cole, Ramires and Meireles are all in
the same situation.

• Chelsea is the lowest scoring of all four quarter finalists (22) and is also the side that
has leaked the most goals (9).

• The Londoners are unbeaten in nine matches in all competitions, having won six of
them. They haven’t even conceded a goal for four games.

• Patience may well be a virtue on Tuesday night. 18 of the 38 goals that Chelsea have
conceded in the Premiership this season were scored in the last quarter of an hour.

• The referee tonight will be Turkey’s Cüneyt Çakir, who is taking charge of his eighth
Champions League fixture. He has refereed both Barça and Chelsea once before. He
whistled Barça’s 1-1 draw in Kazan in the 2010/11 group stages and also Chelsea’s 4-
1 win over Spartak Moscow in the 2009/10) group stages.

FC Barcelona Coach Josep Guardiola said in his pre match statements

Believe me when I say we will make it tomorrow. I believe this for hundreds of reasons; these players will beat Chelsea. I know there's a wish for us not to make it, but let us believe that we will. All our semi-finals have been very tough and we know the first leg was disappointing, but we can't think about that. I know they will do it tomorrow because I know they can do it. They will play to win. I don't have any doubt that we will be in Munich.

I don't know if this is my greatest challenge as coach. I always face challenges with optimism because I have faith in this team and the players. Whenever we lose or draw it hurts for a few days, but with my faith and optimism I know we will do everything we can.

Having said all this, i also strongly believe that FC Barcelona will win in Campnou which will make them to qualify for the Final in Munich.



Sudanese air raid on South Sudan; Not again!

It was announced on Monday that two fighter jets fired four missiles near the South Sudanese town of Bentiu which is divided by a river, hitting an open-air market, witnesses said.

Meanwhile, it was recorded earlier, that Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir ruled out talks with South Sudan, which could be a pointer to what just happen.

A Sudanese military commander, Kamal Marouf, was also quoted by Radio Sudan's website as saying that more than 1,200 South Sudanese had been killed.

Not too long after the bombing, Ban Ki-moon condemned the bombardment and called on Sudan to cease all hostilities immediately, a spokesman for the secretary-general said in a statement, also, the United Nations called for Sudan to halt the aerial bombings after what it described as four morning attacks, including one on the capital of oil-rich Unity state.

"There will be no negotiation with the South,"

Bashir said Monday in Arabic on Sudanese government radio. "We have spoken to them now with guns and bullets. ... We will teach the government of South Sudan a lesson."

Both countries are accusing each other of being behind the destruction.

THE QUESTION IS WHO ARE WE TO BELIEVE?

SAY NO TO WAR!!!

10 most powerful women in technology

It's a very big previlege to introduce to the 10 most powerful woman in Technology world. Knowingfully well that the Tech world is fast growing with lot of males throwing lot of challenges at the woman technology wise.
Despite of all the challenges, some of the most prestigious and best-remunerated roles are still held by females.
Carolyn Leighton, founder and chairwoman of Women in Technology International, have successfully identifies the 10 most powerful women in tech.

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2012/04/tech/interactive.women.tech/?hpt=hp_c2

Jane Moran

As Global Chief Information Officer, Jane Moran oversees business systems for Thomson Reuters, which sells information to scientific, legal, financial, business and media markets and employs 55,000 in more than 100 countries. Moran took up the role in London in 2008, when Thomson Corporation merged with Reuters, and now manages a centralized taskforce of 1,200.

She is a roundtable member of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and sits on the CIO Council for salesforce.com, Workday, and Oracle. In an interview with the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, Moran attributes her decision to enter technology to time spent in her math professor father's lab at Ohio State University.

"Within minutes of meeting Jane, you get a strong sense of why she is one of the world's leading CIOs. Despite a ceaseless schedule, she's both an active participant in WITI and in Thomson Reuters Women's Network, among other organizations. She's a leading example of utilizing a career in technology to create greater business opportunities while supporting the advancement of other women along the way," says WITI EVP, Michele Weisblatt.

Cher Wang

As co-founder and chairwoman of HTC Corporation, Taiwan's leading tech business, Cher Wang has overseen the development of smartphone and mobile technology, partnering with Google and Microsoft on Windows-compatible smartphones and PDAs primarily sold in the U.S. and Europe. With her husband, Wang is also chairwoman and cofounder of VIA Technologies, which supplies PC processor platforms. Wang represents Taiwan on the APEC Business Advisory Council and HTC is an industry partner of the World Economic Forum.

A devout Christian, she was ranked the 276th richest person in the world, with an estimated personal wealth of $4 billion, by Forbes Magazine, which describes her as "the most powerful woman in wireless."

"Her impetus for starting HTC was to develop hardware products that foster easier, more efficient communication. She's led HTC in approaching development from the perspective of creating a holistic experience with a focus on personal choice, observing and listening to create products that cater to a perceived consumer desire," says Leighton.

Deborah Estrin

Deborah Estrin is a professor of computer sciences at UCLA, and director of its multidisciplinary $40 million Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, which pioneers new technologies for collecting information from the physical world, and processing and communicating that information in useful ways. The idea is that, embedded with networked microprocessors, environments (buildings, buoys, ecosystems) could report and perhaps even correct in real-time their own faults.

She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers and was inducted to the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2008.

"Deborah and Judy (her sister -- see previous box) hail from a strong family of successful technologists. Both their parents -- their mother Thelma, a WITI Hall of Fame winner as well -- set these remarkable women on an inevitable path to success, which was accomplished through encouragement and their own merits in their fields of study," says Carolyn Leighton.

Judy Estrin

A serial entrepreneur, Judy Estrin studied computer science at UCLA and electrical engineering at Stanford alongside Vint Cerf, who is recognized as one of the fathers of the internet, in the 1970s. At Zilog Corporation, she led a team that developed one of the first commercial LAN systems, and has co-founded three companies manufacturing networking devices and software. From 1998 to 2000, she served as CTO for Cisco Systems and has been a board member for Disney, FedEx, Rockwell and Sun Microsystems.

In 2008, feeling that the United States had become focused on short-term gains at the expense of encouraging creative opportunities, she published "Closing the Innovation Gap," which looks at how to sustain innovation on an organizational and national level.

She is currently CEO of JLabs, a consulting and advocacy "work lab."

"Judy and Deborah (her sister -- see next box) hail from a strong family of successful technologists. Both their parents -- their mother Thelma, a WITI Hall of Fame winner as well -- set these remarkable women on an inevitable path to success, which was accomplished through encouragement and their own merits in their fields of study," says Carolyn Leighton.

Marissa Mayer @marissamayer

Marissa Mayer was one of Google's first 20 employees, joining in 1999, as the company's first female engineer. She has been VP of Local and Maps for Google since 2010, leading the search engine's product development efforts. Prior to that, Mayer worked on Google's search products.

At 36, she is one of the world's youngest leading tech executives. She serves on the boards of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and was recently nominated for the board of Walmart.

"When Marissa presented her keynote at the Women Powering Technology Summit in 2011, the strongest message to resonate with the audience was her insistence on gender neutrality in technology by advocating gender-free geekdom. Marissa shares this message globally in her work at Google and through her presence in the media," says Carolyn Leighton.

Maxine Fassberg

Maxine Fassberg manages manufacturing operations at Intel Israel, the world's biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips and the country's largest private employer. As well as overseeing fabrication plants in Kiryat Gat and Jerusalem, and a design center in Haifa, Fassberg handles relations with the Israeli government, which has kicked in $210 million (740 million shekels) of funding, according to Haaretz.

Fassberg received a master's degree in Applied Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1978. She joined Intel in 1983 as an engineer, becoming general manager in 2007. She holds a patent for a way of forming a protective polyimide layer over a semiconductor.

"Maxine is a WITI Hall of Fame inductee of the 2009 class, who returned in 2010 expressly to support the newest class of honorees. Maxine is a powerful center of influence, a great supporter of her fellow Hall of Fame colleagues, and a mentor for emerging tech leaders, no matter their gender," says Carolyn Leighton.

Sandy Carter @sandy_carter

Sandy Carter is Vice President, Social Business Evangelism at IBM, where she is responsible for directing the company's social business initiatives, and working with clients to develop best practices. (Social business is the application of social media tools and techniques to a company's internal and external processes, in order to connect clients, partners, citizens and employees). Since joining the company in 1989, Carter has also been a VP of IBM's Service Oriented Architecture, which achieved 70% market share under her management.

She is fluent in eight programming languages; has travelled to more than 60 countries; has authored three books about business and social media, and is one of IBM's top bloggers and tweeters, winning MarCom awards for her communities.

"Sandy Carter uniquely combines extraordinary expertise in the worlds of business and technology, traveling the world to evangelize the use of social media to help strengthen communication and revenue in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer strategy. She is a passionate, committed advocate and supporter of young women and girls achieving their greatest possible success," says founder and chairwoman of Women in Technology International (WITI), Carolyn Leighton.

Sheryl Sandberg @sherylsandberg

Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the social media mammoth's business operations -- which includes sales, marketing, business development, human resources, public policy and communications. Ted.com describes her role as "monetizing the world's largest social networking site while keeping its users happy and engaged."

Sandberg came to Facebook in 2008 from Google, where she built and managed the search engine's online sales. She has also served as an economist for the World Bank and Chief of Staff at the U.S. Treasury Department. According to company records, in 2011 she was Facebook's highest paid employee with a net salary of over $30 million.

"Sheryl's advocacy for women to 'take a seat at the table' while growing Facebook to one of the most significant valuations to date, is a perfect example of leading by example. At the 2011 WITI Summit, Facebook represented through their Director of Engineering, Jocelyn Goldfein, the many women engineers driving some of Facebook's most widely used applications. It's important that the tech community at large also recognize the women driving innovation in tech," says Michele Weisblatt.

Ursula Burns

Starting as an intern in 1980, Ursula Burns is now chair of Xerox, a $23 billion global business with almost 140,000 employees. She became CEO in 2009 and company chair the following year, at the tail end of a decade that saw the company restructuring to meet changing needs, moving from photocopying into digital technologies. One of her first moves was the $6.4 billion dollar acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services -- the company's largest purchase.

Burns is also a board director of American Express, works with community initiatives including the National Academy Foundation, MIT, and the U.S. Olympic Committee, and is a founding board director of Change the Equation, an organisation that seeks to improve the U.S.'s science, tech, engineering and math education. She is the first African-American woman to lead a major U.S. corporation, and the first female CEO to succeed another woman, according to Bloomberg.

"Ursula's story is inspirational and epitomizes the true American success story. Her dedication to mentoring, encouragement of girls and women, and her commitment to advocacy are remarkable. Ursula often credits her mother's influence and belief that education, confidence and hard work can change everything. This is a message that bears weight in every tech community the world over," said Carolyn Leighton.

Susie Wee @susiewee | Blog

Susie Wee is VP and CTEO (Chief Technology and Experience Officer) of Collaboration and Communication at networking giant Cisco Systems -- a role that she says reflects her passion for combining user experience and technology. From Palo Alto, California, Wee manages a team of 90 user experience designers, researchers and technologists, working on collaboration products.

Wee came to Cisco in April last year after 15 years at Hewlett Packard, where she oversaw cloud strategies for personal computing products, and founded HP's Experience Software Business which employs 100 people in five countries.

"Like her Cisco colleague Padma Warrior, Susie's exemplary leadership and outright enthusiasm for her work encourages the brightest ideas from the brightest talent in tech. Susie's energy is strong, fair and infectious. She effectively communicates the 'fun' in technology, while teaching us to think differently about the practical applications for various types of technology. She is also a committed advocate for her fellow women in technology," says Leighton.

Thanks for taking your time to read this.

Best Regards.

Mali picks Microsoft official as interim PM - Africa

Mali picks Microsoft official as interim PM - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Cheick Modibo Diarra, is an accomplished astrophysicist who has worked on five NASA missions and became a US citizen, but he says he has never forgotten the Malian town of his birth.

James Ibori Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison.

The former governor of Delta state James Ibori has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption and money laundering charges at the Southwark Crown Court 9 in London by Judge Anthony Pitts at about 3.20pm today 17th April, 2012.

Judge Pitts said he "recognizes that there is another side to the man James ibori but he is not the proper person to judge your achievements and failings as a governor, which is up to the people of delta state"

The judge also noted that, if he had fought the case he would be looking at 24 years but will get a discount for pleading guilty. Judge deducts 645 days already spent in jail, says Ibori would serve the rest in British jail. That means Mr. Ibori will be in prison for at least 7 years.

In addition, Judge Pitts said that the sentencing will not be the end of the matter as his property will also be confiscated.

One down, more others to go... All thanks to Southwark Crown Court 9 in London UK.

John Fashanu, gave character testimony for James Ibori.

It was unbelievable that John Fashanu who is often referred to as Fash gave a character testimony for James Ibori today at the Final Day Of Sentencing Him (jame Ibori) For Money Laundering at the Southwark Crown Court in London.

I think we need to know, Since Fashanu is under oaths, he should be asked how much he was paid for this open testimony for Jame Ibori. I think this is power of money that is at work here; even when Ibori has fallen, Fashanu is willing to go with him. Is this the man that tried to lead Nigeria Football Association? I think Fashanu is a complete disgrace to this country base on this testimony. If am not wrong, I think Okocha should be in his late 30's;

The Big Question is?

Ø  When did he (Okocha) benefited from the stadium built by Ibori?

Ø  Where is this shooting range located?

If none of this could be proven with valid evidence within the court room, am afraid to say that He "Fash" has just successfully compounded Ibori's case.

Mr. Fash, please note that even though Jay Jay Okocha might have his ancestral home in Delta State, He is an Enugu State born and breed. Jay Jay NEVER learnt to play football in Delta State...not even for a minute. Jay Jay is from Asata area of Enugu and started his playing career with Co-operative and Commerce Bank Football club (CCB).

Fashanu's testimony or character... (Whatever it is) is just a big slap on all Nigerians and most importantly a slap on his loyal fans.

As for me, I henceforth withdraw the gratitude I expressed to you as a loyal Fan. :( :( :(

Fabrice Muamba discharged from hospital!

Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder who was dead for 78 Minute on the pitch last month during an FA Cup quarter-final march against Tottenham at White Hart Lane has been discharged from The London Chest Hospital on Monday.

Muamba said in a statement after being discharged:  

"I am naturally very pleased to be discharged from hospital and would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to every single member of staff at The London Chest Hospital who have played a part in my care,"

"Their dedication, professionalism and expertise is simply amazing and I will forever be in their debt. I also wish to say thank you to all the many well-wishers who have sent thousands of messages of support," he added.

"Now I am out of hospital, I am looking forward to continuing my recovery and spending precious time with my family."Now I am out of hospital, I am looking forward to continuing my recovery and spending precious time with my family."

ALL GLORY BE TO GOD FOR A LIFE SAVED!

US choice is new World Bank chief

Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was defeated today by The Korean-American health expert Jim Yong Kim who is currently the president of Dartmouth University as the new president of the World Bank.

Dr Kim will take up his post on 1 July, 2012.

My Personal Commitment!

After my last Training, I have plan to improve my productivity at work/home through a concious effort by improving the following:

1. Be true to who I am. Stop trying to please other people or be someone else.

2. Quit complaining. Don’t be like the howling dog, always howling and never doing anything. Stop complaining about my problems and work on them instead.

3. Be actively proactive. Stop waiting for others around me to prompt me to do something before taking active steps.

4. Rather than think “what if”, think “next time”. Stop thinking about stuffs I can’t change or unhappy things because they can be demoralizing. Instead I will focus on the things I can action upon. That’s the most constructive thing I can do in any situation.

5. Focus on WHAT vs. How. Focus on WHAT I want first, before I think about HOW to do it. Anything is possible, as long as I set my mind, heart and soul to it.

6. Create my own opportunities. I can wait for opportunities to drop in life. Or, I can either go out there to create my own opportunities. The latter is definite and much more empowering.

7. Live more consciously each day. Stop sleepwalking through life. My life is something to be experienced, not coasted through.

8. Be committed to my growth. In the Map of Consciousness, there are 17 levels of consciousness – from Shame to Enlightenment. The higher level of consciousness you are in, the richer your life experience. Achieving higher consciousness comes from your commitment to growth.

9. Knowing my inner self. This means knowing who I am and what I represent. Be clear of my personal identity.

10. Live every day on a fresh new start Never to be held back by what happened yesterday, the day before, the week before, the year before, and so on. I hope this will be usefull for someone also?

Best Regards.

FC Barcelona beat AC-Milan 3-1 to Move up to a Champions League semifinal spot!

The quarter final second leg 2011/12 Champions League Return to CampNou on April 3rd, 2012 between FC Barcelona and AC-Milan, a game that is tactically rich and with great maximum intensity, Barça sent AC-Milan packing with a very good football, ambition and superiority to quality for the semifinals for the fifth straight with a 3-1 aggregate goals.

However the victory didn't come without its controversies. Inevitably, it was Lionel Messi who was the MVP of the march scoring two first half penalties which happen to be his his 50th and 51st goals in the Champions League, before Andrei Iniesta's second half goal inevitably set up by Messi put clear blue water between Barcelona and Milan.

Hegemony Barça has no end and now fight in the semifinals to play Benfica or Chelsea.