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Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Facebook May Let Kids Under Age 13 Join

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook is working on a way to allow children under 13 years old join the social network.
The company has designs for a system that allows children younger than 13 to be supervised by parents, according to a new patent, to comply with the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (Co ppa), which prohibits children under 13 from using online services that collect data without explicit “verifiable parental consent”.
Facebook currently bans users under 13 from joining the social network.

“Child safety advocates, policymakers and companies have discussed how best to help parents keep their kids safe online,” said a Facebook spokesperson in a statement sent to the Guardian. “Like any responsible company, we looked at ways to tackle this issue, but a patent application based on two-year-old research is not a predictor of future work in this area.”

The truth is that children below 13 years are now on Facebook, with or without parental consent. It's becoming harder keeping kids out of social networks these days as long as they use handsets that are internet enabled.

Army court-martials 10 Generals,5 Others for aiding Boko Haram.

Aiding Boko Haram: Army Court-martials 10 Generals, 5 Others:

No fewer than 15 senior military officers including 10 generals have been tried before a court-martial and found guilty of giving information and ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists.In the recent past, the Army and the Defence headquarters have raised the alarm that some of their officers and men are leaking official information to the terrorists and that some of them have been arrested and arraigned before some court-martials in some army divisions in the north.Military sources told LEADERSHIP that some of them who were tried at their division levels still have hope until the final review of the judgement at the headquarters in Abuja.“There are a lot of arrests that have been made over some officers who were sabotaging the ongoing counter-insurgency operations. The suspects include about 10 generals and other ranks, not to talk of soldiers who have been found culpable of sabotaging our operations. They are facing trial before court-martials set up by their divisions; some have been found guilty, and some are still facing trial. Once the court martial rule, the recommendations are forwarded to the Army Headquarters or Defence Headquarters as the case may be,” a source disclosed.

Another top security source told our correspondent that four senior soldiers were found guilty of being disloyal and for working for the members of the sect.“Four generals have been court-martialed for divulging high-class security information to the members of the sect. They were found guilty of leaking military strategies to the Boko Haram people. This was why many soldiers have been ambushed and killed by the Boko Haram,” the source added.Our source who could not disclose the names of these generals simply said some senior military officers and soldiers from a particular section of the country are deeply involved in the treasonable acts.“They have been found guilty of also collaborating with some top politicians in the country to make the country ungovernable for selfish reasons. A lot of re-organisation is going on in the military. Many generals will go. Some will be court-martialed and some will be forcefully retired,” he added. “The movement of our troops in the north-east have been leaked to the Boko Haram by many of our colleagues, but the Defence headquarters has realized that and is seriously considering redeployment of some senior officers out of the north-east.”

During a press briefing, the then director, army public relations, Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru, said the new court would instil discipline and professionalism among its troops based on Army Headquarters’ directives.Although efforts to confirm from the Defence Headquarters’ spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, did not yield any result, a top serving general in the DHQ said a lot of trials were indeed going on: “A lot is happening. Those suspected are being tried, and this is why it is difficult to confirm or deny the story. But whenever the final verdicts are taken on these trials, the press would be briefed by the appropriate officers.”

LEADERSHIP

About 15 senior military officers including 10 generals have been tried before a court-martial and found guilty of giving information and ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists.

In the recent past, the Army and the Defence headquarters have raised alarm that some of their officers and men are leaking official information to the terrorists.

.Military sources told LEADERSHIP that some of them who were tried at their division levels still have hope until the final review of the judgement at the headquarters in Abuja.“There are a lot of arrests that have been made over some officers who were sabotaging the ongoing counter-insurgency operations.

Be grateful for what you have.

CHIBOK GIRLS VIDEO OUT.

Henry Cheks Odinigwe:

Must everything be turned into entertainment please?
What do you think of this?

Trust Nigeria film makers, they don't waste time at all, they capitalize on every events good or bad to make their money. The missing Chibok girls are now out on home video. Maybe we watch the part one and wait for further developments on this missing girls saga to watch the concluding part.

Or what do you think

THANK GOD FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Loneliness is a terrible kind of poverty on The Journey Home

Loneliness is a terrible kind of poverty. The love of family and friends is better than riches. Learn to appreciated those that mattered most in your life. Be a friend to get a friend.

Monday, 2 June 2014

MAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING SON WALK A MILE HOME FROM SCHOOL.

A Hawaii man, Robert Demond was sentenced to one year of probation and a $200 fine for making his son walk a mile home from school as a form of discipline for an offense he committed in school.

The judge who passed this sentence, said it's an old fashioned way of disciplining a child.

Sunday, 1 June 2014

The African Union takes up campaign aganist child marriage

Recently, The African Union lunched a major campaign to end child marriage across African. It is a well known fact that Africa has the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

According to experts, underage marriage cuts short the childhood of millions of girls and forced them into responsibilities they were ill-prepared to carry.

It"s a very commendable move by A.U. We hope that by the Union stepping into this war against child marriage, it will yield positive result.

In Nigeria it seems like a lost battle, when those who are supposed to protect the rights of the girl child are the very ones clamoring for the legalization of child marriage.