Blurbs by Sadiq

(Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ‘Īdu l-’Aḍḥā) "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is a holiday celebrated by Muslims (including the Druze) worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God. Eid al-Adha is the latter of two Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims, whose basis comes from the Quran.[1] Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a short prayer followed by a sermon (khuṭba). Eid al-Adha annually falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (ذو الحجة) of the lunar Islamic calendar. The festivities last for three days or more depending on the country. Eid al-Adha occurs the day after the pilgrims conducting Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat. It happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan. Insight on History Four thousand years ago, the valley of Mecca was a dry and uninhabited place. According to Islamic history, th

Ever since the president left for a medical checkup in Saudi Arabia, the rumour of his death was born, this is the fourth time the president is rumoured to be dead, the first time was when he was a Gov in my state of Katsina, the second time was when he was campaigning, the third time was last year and this is the fourth time. Mallam Ummaru is Alive as reported by the Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba Aminchi, he was Ummaru's Deputy in Katsina. He said that Umaru is recovering, he needed a rest and he even asked him to bring Tuwo and miyan kuka to him and Koko da kosai (a traditional Hausa food). The news of his death was all over Nigerian media, Facebook profile of some Nigerians, Rumour travels faster, especially with Internet now playing a role. Internet is a wild fire. once anything is posted, you will see it within a blink of an eye.While some Nigerians were spreading the rumour of the President's death, others were calling for Prayers, May Allah

I began a self study to obtain certification in Ethical Hacking , Its a most known knowledge to all Computer Science Students in any college world wide, but use the knowledge for legal works and things only. I started with a tutorial downloaded online by my Friend (Nabbo247), he is far ahead of me in the tutorials, but I am doing what I can to finish it before school resumes. Ethical Hacking is defined HERE. Since my project and major is Project, it will be a disgrace to my profession not to know how to carryout a man-in-the-middle attach using any opensource software. To do that, there are alot of softwares that can help you learn and explore how these things work. Automated WEP Decryptor is the title of my Project, I am making research daily to find new things related to WEP decryption, I will be posting on the title my Project Notes, Its one of its king because alot of Networks are WEP encrypted, I have already said bye to Internet Bills because I've got my project by my side.

I follow the Tech Blog Techcrunch and I do read it three times daily, I found this fascinating news about the much talked operating system from Google Inc . Currently they only have a developer version (for testing), I still dont know the release date. One important thing I like about it is focuses on what people are doing while using the computer, the video below discusses alot about it. You can have more on this operating system here. Until then, sit back and enjoy your current OS while Google keep working on their new one. Have a nice weekend.

I am a big fan of 24 , the TV Series is currently at its 8th Season and will be looking forward to seeing the first episode by January 17th, 2010. Its going to be an interesting season as Jack said, its one of the Best Season's of 24 ever, it is shot in New York and Starring new characters, I cant wait to see Jack back in action. You can watch the video of the trailer below: Season 8 Trailer in HD Kiefer Sutherland talks 24, season 8

I was browsing youtube videos on Nigeria and found this interesting clip, Its about the sites we have in Nija that Foreign Media dont show on TV, instead you either see a dirty slump, a child carrying a gun and alot of other things they feel like showing the world about Africa, this Video clearly shows the other way round of things. Hope you enjoy it.

I was reading the famous Nigerian Forum NAIRALAND and found this very interesting topic "Nigerian Pidgin Internet Slangs", I read it learned more, you also can learn to use alot more of them. Here they are: 1. LWKM - Laugh wan kill me 2. LWKMD - Laugh wan kill me die 3. MIDG - make i dey go 4. WGYL - we go yarn later 5. IGA - I gbadun am 6. ICS - I can't shout 7. DJM - Don't jealous me 8. WBDM - Who born d maga 9. UDC - U de craze 10. NUS - Na u sabi 11. WSU - who send u 12. OSABZ - over sabi 13. ITK - I too know 14. WDH - wetin dey happen 15. NDH - nutin dey happen 16. FMJ - free me jo 17. BBP - bad bele people 18. HUD - how u dey 19. WKP - waka pass 20. BBG - baby girl 21. KKL - Kokolette 22. MML - mamalette 23 GFF- Gbono fe le fe le (e.g., she GFF) 24. NTT - Na true talk 25. IKU - It koncain u? 26. NDM - no dull me 27. LGT - let's goo there 28. IFSA - I for slap am 29. IGDO - I go die o 30. YB - Yess boss 31. NLT - No long thing 32. 2GB - 2 gbaski (e.g., the s

Written by Steve Chandler and Duane Black, this book discusses on mentoring people and allowing them to be successful in all they put their self to do. It is recommended for all managers as it will allow them to fully maximize their staff's effort. I finished reading the book today, and I learnt how to develop good managerial skills and also know how to deal with people and encourage them to use what they have to their own benefit. I gained alot from this book and also call on anyone interested to get a copy and enjoy it, My Toastmasters Leadership track requires me to have a 10-15 mins speech, and I will be talking on mentoring during my Advance Leadership Speeches, I will add to what I have on ground with the knowledge obtained from this book. Alot of life illustrations were given, also how the methods applied have helped people realize their true potentials. This book is not only important for managers, but also for all, because it allows you to explore your natural go-given tal

Every year, Airline companies do get an award for their services rendered to its customers, this year Etihad airlies of Abu Dhabi is awarded the best airline on the planet and the World's Leading First Class. The award was given to them at the 2009 World Travels Award. It was voted for by over 180,000 travel industry professionals from over 175 countries, these awards stand testimony to the quality of service, product innovation, customer relations, creativity and business acumen the airline has. I am yet to give a test to this airline, but I will soon do that. I only get to know it through their advert placed on Manchester City Jerseys and Chelsea FC, I look forward to flying Etihad Airlines. Until then, I am going after reference letter from school to enable me aply for masters Degree at KAUST and KFUPM . Have a nice flight...

The current economic downturn forces people into different phases of life, people are loosing jobs, some are dropping out of college and some are getting paid less, Companies are downsizing and the cost of Education is getting more expensive. I have passion for having my own IT business, and as I have just a semester left on my school's calendar, I began to research on how to write a Business Plan for an IT company, I began to think of what type of IT Entrepreneur I will be, Is it an Internet Marketing Company, IT Training company, IT product and Services or what, these are the questions that are always in my mind for the last one week. I got alot of articles, Samples and write-ups on Business plan for Companies, especially Technology based. I wrote down my Ideas of what I would like to do and then took a Print out of the things I found on the internet. I began to read the Sample Business Plans and then match them with the Ideas i wrote on the other paper. After that, I concluded o

Am becoming addicted to Facebook, 2-3 status updates daily and viewing alot more profile than I use to do before (30-50), adding more friends than I use to do before, Chatting with more people than I use to do on Yahoo or MSN messenger. I don't read my novels anymore, Facebook is beginning to take alot of my time. Is Facebook becoming more interesting or is it a platform that distracts people from what they are suppose to do, very often I do see people facebooking while in the office, I begin to wonder, if you Facebook while a work, when will you do your office work? I dont know for you, but facebook is really slowing me down from alot my work, throughout this week, I spent most of my time on facebook while I was suppose to be doing some personal research work. I searched alot about Facebook etiquettes and found some very important response from some useful sites that really talked about my concern. YourTango talked about 10 Facebook etiquettes and PCWorld.com have their own eti

David Plouffe (Obama Campaign Manager) put the whole strategies he applied to the overall campaign the led Barack Obama to be elected President of United States of America. I cant wait to lay my hands on this book and start reading the book. Its really important for people with interest in politics to ready this book, you will not regret reading this book. Barack Obama called him the unsung hero of his campaign, who assembled the best political team he think in the history of United States. The Audacity to Win. Future campaign managers, I recommend this book to you all and I look forward to seeing a book review by the readers of this great literary work, I cant wait to read David Axelrold's book, he was the Chief Strategist of the Barack Obama Campaign and currently a senior White house advisor. Above all, a documentary by HBO is also out, its a behind the scene activities that involved the the overall campaign of Barack Obama. The directors started following the candidate even

Starter's Guidelines for Persuing Expert Network Certifications After many emails from youngsters and juniors asking how I started my career and pursued a successful career in Information and Communications Technology. Finally i was able to devote some time to write something as a guideline to pursue a successful career in networks engineering. First things first, there are a lot of misconceptions getting into the Systems / Networks Engineering, most of the fresh graduates are asking me repeatedly the same question that "is it worthy enough to pursue a career in it after graduation and do certifications, will it be a good career with growth and progression?" The simple answer is, it depends. There are several specialization paths that could be followed such as "Systems Engineering" , "Network Engineering" , "Security Administration" , "Storage Area Networks Engineering" , "Voice over IP Administration" and "Wireless N

Nigerian Universities in the 21st century are still using the Outdated curriculum that was used since the inception of some of the universities. It no became very difficult for our Nigerian Graduates to compete in the Job market with other graduates from other part of the world, why is this so? I think most of the problems Nigerian Universities are facing is funding, Lack of Infrastructure for Research and Development, Research Grants are not made available for most of our Research assistants, and lots more. How do you think we can save our universities from their current state?