NSE AND COREN REGISTRATION: Basic Requirements

According to the COREN Website the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) was established by decree 55 of 1970 and amended by Decree 27 of 1992, now the “Engineers (Registration, etc) Act, CAP E11 of 2004” Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Act establishes COREN as a statutory body of the Federal Government empowered to regulate and control the training and practice of engineering in Nigeria and to ensure and enforce the registration of all engineering personnel - Engineers, Engineering Technologists, Engineering Technicians, and Engineering Craftsmen) and consulting firms wishing to practice or engage in the practice of engineering.

Thus to effectively practice Engineering in Nigeria, one must be COREN Registered. This registration entails that you have attained some minimum qualifications. Day in day out, these minimum qualifications are tailored towards the prevailing international standard. Thus among other conditions currently, one must be a Corporate Member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) before being admitted by COREN.

Below therefore is the procedure on how to become a Corporate Member of NSE:

1.       You must have had at least 4 years post-graduation experience in engineering practice.

2.       You will sit for an exam conducted only twice yearly – April and September Diets.

3.       You will also write a Report of your engineering experience and defend it accordingly.

Procedure for NSE Registration

1.            Please read through these instructions as contained on NSE Website  very well before filling the application form

2.            Download the Acknowledgment Form, Statement of Experience Form and the Exam Time Table from http://membership.nse.org.ng/nse/Downloads.aspx. These you complete, scan and upload on the course of your registration.

2.            Visit the Registration Portal http://membership.nse.org.ng/nse/CorporateRegister.aspx to begin your registration.

3.    Choose your category as it applies to you. See the description of these categories below. On choosing your desired category, the application fee will load appropriately. Note any of the categories earns you the same Corporate Membership. The only difference is the conditions of passing the exam/interview.

4.    Fill all the basic details on the first step of registration correctly, especially your email address and phone number as these are very crucial for communicating to you. Please note that these details cannot be changed by you after logging to complete the other parts of the registration. You are expected to fill with utmost carefulness. Use a valid EMAIL ADDRESS to apply as this is where all correspondences will be directed throughout the registration process.

5.    On clicking on register button, a payment link will be sent to your mail, click on the link to make payment online.

6.    On successful payment you will be able to login to the portal with the Email address and Password you used when registering to fill the registration form.

7. On clicking on register button, you will be directed to upload your credentials, or click on My Uploads menu to upload your details. 

Description of the Categories NSE Membership Registration:

B1 - Candidates who are holders of Bachelors Degree in Engineering whose qualifications are accredited by COREN or any Overseas Accreditation Board recognized by COREN. Such candidates who must have acquired a minimum of 4 years & above Post-Graduation relevant Engineering Experience are admitted by sitting for NSE Professional Examination/Interview. Processing Fee: N20,000

B2 - Candidates who have obtained HND in Engineering before proceeding to do an Accredited Masters Degree Programme or Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Engineering. Such candidates who must have acquired a minimum of four (4) years post & above HND experience and two (2) years & above post PGD relevant experience are admitted by sitting for NSE Professional Examination/Interview. Processing Fee: N20,000

C1 - Candidates who are holders of Bachelors Degree in Engineering or HND/PGD in Engineering or HND/Master's Engineering whose qualification are accredited by COREN Standards and Regulations. The candidate must be 40years & above of age with either of the following qualification; B.Eng Certificate should be 10years old. HND/PGD -HND certificate should be 10years and PGD certificate should be 2years. HND/M.Sc -HND certificate should be 10years and M.Sc certificate 2years. The candidates will not sit for any examination; they will only submit a Report of their experience and go for an Interview. Processing Fee: N70,000

C2 - This category is otherwise called the Presidential Route. Top executives in Government or Parastatals, Industries etc, who are not only 45years and above, but who, as at the time of application, have a minimum of 15 years Post-Graduation Experience are expected to appear in person for an interview. However, the following combination was also approved by Council, for holders of: HND (15years) + PGD (4 years) or HND (20years) + PGD (2years). They will be interviewed by the President of NSE himself or his representatives. Processing Fee: N120,000. Please not that this category of registration can only be done strictly via the a Branch of NSE.

A1 – This is for candidates that have earlier been registered by COREN as "Engineer". That is before NSE membership was made a prerequisite for COREN registration. They are exempted from NSE Examination/Interview. Processing Fee: N20,000.

A2 - Candidates who are Licensed as Professionals, Chartered or Registered Engineers of other Engineering Institutions recognized by COREN are admitted without having to sit for NSE Professional Examination/Interview. Processing Fee: N20,000

D4 - The candidate must be up to 50years of age & above and have either of the following credentials

B.Sc in Sciences with Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) and Masters degree in Engineering

City & Guilds of 1999 with PGD and Masters degree in the same field of Engineering. Processing Fee: N70,000

NB: Please be aware that some other fees may await you since you must belong to a Branch and a Division.

How To Complete the Acknowledgement Form

This form has three sections:

A.            Proposers’ Acknowledgement

Here, two up-to-date members of NSE will sign for you, entering their NSE Registration numbers. Note that these numbers are also needed for you to complete the Online Application. Make sure that they are truly up-to-date for they cannot be changed after submission. Otherwise you may be subjected to offset any of their outstanding.

B.            Branch Acknowledgement

Here, your Branch Chairman should sign acknowledging that he/she knows you as a member of the Branch. NSE currently has about 62 Branches nation wide. Majority of the Branches normally hold their meting once every month.

C. Division Acknowledgment

Here, the Chairman of your Division you sign for you. The implication is that you must be a member of a Division such as: Nigerian Society of Engineers - Metallurgical, Mining and Materials Division (NSE-MMM); Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE); Nigerian Institution of Electrical Electronics Engineers (NIEEE); Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE); Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE); etc

COREN REGISTRATION PROPER

Having obtained and NSE Corporate Membership certificate, one is then qualified to apply on the COREN Registration Portal

Always read every instructions carefully before applying.
You will be required to order your academic institution to forward your transcript to COREN; get two up-to-date COREN Registered Engineers to sign your Proposer's Form; and upload all relevant documents.

God bless you!

24th Engineering Assembly Opening Ceremony Speech

SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OSUN, OGBENI RAUF AREGBESOLA, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 24TH ENGINEERING ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERING IN NIGERIA (COREN), HELD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA ON AUGUST 11, 2015.

Protocols,

NIGERIAN ENGINEERING FOR NIGERIANS

I must sincerely thank the Council for the Registration of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) for the kind invitation to be at the 24th Engineering Assembly and to chair the opening ceremony.

Engineering is the oldest profession if we consider that the very act of creation by God was supreme engineering. From the structure of the atom, to the complexity of the human body and the perfect order of the galactic bodies, it is engineering at its sublime best. Indeed, engineering has drawn its greatest inspiration from nature and the best of engineering still mimics nature. The best helicopter does not even approach one-tenth of the elegance and efficiency of the dragonfly.

It is therefore a significant event when engineers come together to advance the cause of their profession and proffer solutions to national problems. The theme of this year’s Assembly, ‘Overcoming the Challenges of Nigeria’s Monolithic Economy: The Role of the Engineering Profession’ is not just apt, it has become a national imperative.

Engineering is at the root of development and so no nation can be more developed than its engineering capabilities. Nothing reflects more poignantly the level of engineering of a people more than their built environment – civil engineering! These are the houses, office complexes, factories, skyscrapers, roads, bridges, landscape, bunkers and so on. We can then say that it is engineers that have built this country and they are the ones who have failed to engineer its development.

The theme of this Assembly is coming from the background of crude oil extraction and its export being the pillar of our nation’s economy. Since oil is vulnerable to the vagaries of international supply and demand and the consequent price fluctuation, our economy too is vulnerable to price fluctuation. When price is high, we are fine, but when price is low, we are in trouble. A few years back, oil went past $140 per barrel and we had to create excess crude account to keep the excess we could not handle at the time. But some smart Alecs know how to handle it better than the rest of us. However, at least 17 states and the Federal Government since then have been in a financial strait since oil price crashed to $48 and still going down.

The interesting thing about our monoculture economy is that while we sell crude oil abroad, we import refined petroleum. Basically then, we produce what we don’t consume and consume what we don’t produce. This is a vicious cycle in which we get the least value from a resource on which we have a comparative advantage of nearness to source and available market for its processed goods. It is comforting however that our refineries are up and running now and we will reduce our dependency on imported fuel.

Before we even proceed to how engineering can take us from a monoculture economy to a multi-culture one, it is apposite to begin from how much of our engineering has impacted even the oil industry. Besides that we have universities and tertiary institutions that churn out graduates in geology, petroleum engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and other core professionals relevant to the oil industry, what level of our engineering is deployed to oil exploration, extraction, processing and transportation? I am not talking here about the number of welders employed by the oil companies.

The answer to this, of course, will be found in the number of refineries producing refined petroleum for our local consumption (and possible export) to whether indigenous companies have dominated the oil business in Nigeria. Therefore, there is a big challenge for our engineers to conquer the oil industry first before talking of a multi-culture economy.

According to a report earlier this year, about $10 billion will be added to the Nigerian economy in the oil and gas sector within one year and thousands of jobs will be created, if we can meet up with the local content act. But the question still remains: do we have the technical and man power capability for this?

There are other possibilities still in the extractive industry, especially solid minerals. It has been said that Nigeria has the largest bitumen deposit in the world, in the Ondo State axis. However, we still rely on bitumen from Trinidad for road construction and other uses. The gold deposit in Osun is on an industrial scale and compares to others found in South Africa and United States, yet, it has been lying fallow and we have been running from pillars to post looking for those with the right engineering to come and exploit it for us.

But there are other areas of the economy still where engineering could have made much impact. The area that should command primacy is agriculture. There is no denying that for a very long time post-independence, we have relied on imported food. A visit to any of our markets will reveal that apart from yam, corn, beans, vegetables and palm oil, most other food items, especially rice, wheat and vegetable oil, are imported. Last year, the government admitted that its annual food import bill had dropped from $7 billion it was spending in 2009 to $4.35 billion. This is still a humongous amount.

Yet, agriculture, apart from providing food security, is the foundation for industrialisation since it provides the raw materials for industries. Agriculture is still an area where we rely largely on crude implements and farming practices. The productivity we can bring to farming is still about one tenth of the potentials if we deploy the right technology in implements, farming methods, food processing and farming inputs.

Civil engineering is one other area where we can develop the economy. It is regrettable that apart from sand, building plans and cement, virtually other materials used in the building industry are imported. I am aware that a few indigenous companies produce some materials for the building industry, but the share volume of other materials, even measuring tapes, doors and locks imported from Euro-Asia is simply alarming. This is an area where we could have added significantly to the economy and create thousands of jobs if we can at least produce 50 per cent of the materials being imported currently.

Information and communications technology (ICT) is the fastest growing industry and another area to develop our economy with engineering. Our telephony is driven largely by Euro-American and Japanese engineering.

The Chinese and Koreans too are coming up. Again, if we can produce half of the computers and mobile telephones consumed in this country, the impact of this on the economy is better imagined.

Medicine is an area where technology could have aided our economy. According to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), not less than $500 million is spent by Nigerians annually on foreign medical trips. We see Nigerian technology in our hospitals in crudely made drip stands, beds and gurneys, but we are still far from the engineering of critical lifesaving equipment, health improving devices and medical procedures. The design and manufacture of these gadgets would have created jobs and contributed something significant to the economy.

Not the least is in the area of security. President Muhammadu Buhari last week charged the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) to start manufacturing arms and ammunition. This should be strange coming from the president since we know that DICON has been established since 1964. Nevertheless, this 51-year old institution has been famous for its Union-DICON salt, rather than guns and military hardware. It should be worrisome that we rely on foreign technology for protection and defence. At least, our ancestors could make bows and arrows, spears and charms while the local blacksmiths still make some crude guns for hunters. But then, as the eminent scholar of dependency, Johan Galtung, wrote, you can only manufacture tanks when you have manufactured a tractor.

Permit me to ask: where is the Nigerian engineering in electronics and household products? Every year, hundreds of thousands of televisions, refrigerators, microwave ovens, wall clocks, wrist watches and myriads of other gadgets are brought into the country with zero engineering inputs from Nigeria. In 1972, Prof Makanjuola of Agriculture Engineering Department of Obafemi Awolowo University invented the yam pounding machine. For the reason of lack of local support, a Japanese firm took his invention and has been selling the machine to Nigeria and other parts of the world where pounded yam is enjoyed.

Lastly, where is our engineering in the automobile industry? What has happened since Prof Ayodele Awojobi made his famous contraption? There is a motor mechanic in every nook and cranny of our cities and villages, yet, there is no made in Nigeria car. Of course, we had assembly plants that used to assemble Volkswagen, Peugeot, Leyland and Steyr vehicles. Recently, Nissan has joined the fray but Steyr and Leyland have since shut down. Even if we don’t have a wholly indigenous vehicle manufacturer, at least we should be able to do what the United States did to the Japanese brands manufactured on its soil.

The deployment of engineering in economic development is limitless.

There are other rarefied areas in aviation, shipping and space exploration. It is my sincere hope that our engineers will critically engage these areas at this assembly, not just to lament but to critically engage the issues and come up with solutions and a realistic and implementable plan of action. There should also be provision performance review and evaluation at subsequent Assemblies.

No matter how far we are lagging behind, the right thing to do is to begin the journey to greatness by taking the first step. Once again, I thank you for the privilege to be here and chair this opening ceremony.

I welcome all

participants to this Assembly and wish us all a fruitful and successful meeting.

To the distinguished audience, I thank you for your kind attention.

USE OF GLO BLACKBERRY SUBSCRIPTION ON ANDROID PHONES

The simple magic of changing the IMEI number of Android Phones

Although the phenomenon of tweaking the International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEI) number of android phones is no longer new, I wish to present the step by step approach for the benefit of a few that are yet to be familiar with the process, and also for reference purpose to many. As many Android users that are highly inquisitive to gain cheaper internet data bundle, the act of changing IMEI number has been quite rewarding. For instance, changing the IMEI number of many Android phones to that of a BlackBerry has given us the opportunity to use BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) on Glo Network. Recall that BIS is as cheap as N1000 for 3GB of data or even more. So permit me to remind you of the tweaking process:

1. Download, install and run Mobile Uncle Tools app

2. Click on Engineer Mode

3. Click on Engineer Mode (MTK)

4. Slide to Connectivity and click on CDS Information

5. Click on Radio Information

6. Select the slot you wish to change – either Phone 1 or Phone 2 (that’s SIM 1 or SIM 2)

7. Click on the box with AT+ and type, say, the letter E

8. from the dropdown that appear:

 AT+EGMR=1,7,”” – which is for Phone 1

 AT+EGMR=1,10,”” – which is for Phone 2

So select the desired SIM and move the cursor in between the inverted commas. Note that this overwrites whatever selection you have made in step 6 above.

9. Type in the newly generated IMEI of the particular phone you wish to change to e.g. AT+EGMR=1,7,”xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” (I will give tips on how to generate IMEI later)

10. After keying in the number, click on SEND AT COMMAND; and if successful, the message would be “AT Command is mSent”

11. If instead a failure message, add a single space between T and +, and resend. If still not successful, try a different IMEI number.

NOTE:

• It is not advisable to use same IMEI for more than one device, although it will not even be able to send in most cases.
• Ensure you copied out the original IMEI of your device should you require to revert in future.
• There are applications that could help you generate IMEI numbers, particularly BlackBerry numbers 
• To check the IMEI of any phone, simply press *#06#

Then How to Use Glo Black Berry Subscription on Android

• Change your Access Point Name (APN) to: blackberry.net
• Change the IMEI of your phone to a BlackBerry IMEI number using the process above
• You can generate BlackBerry IMEI by using PIN IMEI Generator (this is done on the system) or generate one by the trial and error method by inputting the first 9 digits of any BlackBerry phone and then randomly complete it with any other six digits. Particular phone models always have same first 9 digits out of the 15 digits.
• Below are some first 9 digits of some BlackBerry phones: 354262045; 357484101; 355932031; 355466046; 351841033; 351971043
• To be sure you successfully effected the change to a functional BlackBerry IMEI, you will receive a message from 4321, which may read: "Welcome to BlackBerry ..."
• Subscribe for 3GB BlackBerry data from Glo by texting BBCMONTH to 777
• To check your data balance, dial *777*0#
• You can equally share your data to other devices via hotspot

Kindly drop your questions and comments.

Will be glad to help you generate IMEI, if that should give you issues.

ENSURE ADEQUATE SECURITY OF YOUR PASSWORDS

The rate of cyber crimes in our society today is increasingly alarming. Just as technology has offered us better and faster means of internet dealings, so have some group of persons succeeded in upgrading their defrauding techniques. As a matter of fact, cyber crimes have taken multiple dimensions.

Initially one would think that information saved online is secured forever, based on the fact that they cannot be lost; and can be retrieved anytime, anywhere in the case of loss, damage or virus attack. Again they can be sourced from anywhere even when not with your original device. But on the contrary and quite worrisome, ICT and cyber security experts have recently began to advice otherwise; that all vital information be saved offline in order to avoid being tampered with by hackers.

There is an Igbo adage which says: Filling a cup to the brim is a case while not filling it might mean an insult. Documents and information kept offline are prone to virus attack, system crash and can even be stolen - leading to a permanent loss. Yet, saving them online might mean exposure to hackers all over the world. So which way forward? Therefore, the safety of our information, both online and offline, are now cases of probability.

Be that as it may, a lot of information are already online by the terms of their usage. We operate a good number of online accounts such as email, social media platforms, and most importantly, internet banking. Coincidentally, these are the major interests of the numerous hackers. Thus we are already their targets; and so must endeavour to stay safe, secure and avert the danger of braking into our bank accounts or social media platforms, using it to defraud others on our behalf.

Password is the first line of defense against any cyber crimes. The tactics employed by these cyber criminals are generally geared towards getting hold of our passwords. Although there may be a few other means by which they can achieve this ugly aim, the easiest way their victims fall prey is by indirectly revealing their passwords or keeping them unsafe for the criminals to guess. Consider the fact that whenever a thief brakes into your house, he will first search your draw, wardrobe; raise your pillow, mattress, carpet, rug. So also have the cyber criminals got their first guess when they want to hack. And it's very unfortunate that a lot of persons do not pay closer attention to the security of their passwords.

COMMON PRACTICES THAT MAKE US VULNERABLE TO HACKERS

• Many people like easy passwords. Some use simple words like favour, blessing, password, etc as passwords; or simple digits like 1234, 2222, 7777, etc as ATM PIN
• Many people use their phone number as passwords
• Many also use their nickname or business name as passwords
• Many also consider their year of birth as ATM PIN
• Many people, especially women use the name of their son, daughter or husband as passwords
• So many people also use one password for numerous accounts

TIPS ON HOW TO STAY SAFE AND SECURE ONLINE

• Do not use any of your public information as password. These include phone number, name, nickname, business name, name of son/daughter/husband/wife/school, etc. They are all the first guess of any hacker.
• Do not save your password on phone or any device. It should be memorized by you alone.
• If you must write down your passwords, let the note itself be as secured as the passwords.
• Do not use same password for various accounts. Surely this is very difficult considering the various accounts that we operate, but you can device a pattern to remembering all while maintaining their uniqueness. Using just one password is as much dangerous as using one key for all your rooms, shops, offices, cars. An access to one would automatically entail access to all.
• Make use of strong passwords with a mixture of upper and lower cases, numbers, and symbols
• As much as possible, do not use a pronounceable word/phrase as your password. In fact, very strong passwords should not contain any vowels.
• Do not share your passwords to anybody – even your husband/wife, relatives, best friend, pastor, etc. Be fast to imagine that their account may have been hacked or could be hacked some other time.
• Do not believe any story that is too good to be real even if it is coming from someone you ordinarily should trust such as your spouse, relative, friend, pastor, lecturer, boss, etc. Their accounts are also vulnerable to hackers.
• Do not reply to any suspicious mail or try to enter your vital information, even if you do not hit the ‘submit’ button.
• Do not click on any suspected link. They can generate virus attack that will break and expose your security details OR may simply be a cloned website intended to get your details.
• Do not believe that you have won or could win millions of dollars in a lottery you never subscribed.
• In the case of internet banking and online payments, be sure to use secure websites. Secure websites usually begin with https:// where ‘s’ means secured. You will also see the symbol of a padlock. All these indicate that the site is encrypted.
• Remember to sign out after using a public computer.
• Keep your browser and applications up-to-date. Old versions may be susceptible to virus attack and the activities of hackers.
• The security of your passwords begins with limiting the access to your personal devices. You can make use of screen lock.
• Critically analyse any link telling you to enter your details. They have began to clone sites like yahoo, gmail, facebook, and even bank websites. You may think you are logging in while you are simply giving out your details. Always take a closer look on the address bar to be sure you are logging in to the intended website, not a cloned one.
• Very importantly, you can dedicate a particular email address for your online banking only, and never give it out for any purpose or even write it down any where. Don't even use it to send mail to any of your other address let alone to another person!

HOW TO GENERATE SECURE PASSWORDS
There are a thousand ways of having very strong passwords, which cannot be guessed by anybody. You can decide to use a particular phrase or statement to remember your unique passwords. For instance, you can memorize a statement like the one below and use it to generate a password as you may desire, and only you will know it whenever you want to key it in. Example: “I wish to keep my gmail safe and secure.”
The following passwords could be generated from the statement above, which can only be interpreted by you.
Iw2kmgS&S; Iw2kmgS/Secure; Iw-2-kmgSafe; etc
As you can see, none of the above is a pronounceable word. They can only be
memorized by the owner alone! That's just one method. Device your own means.

CONCLUSION
Nothing is as painful as falling prey to these 419ners; and so we must ensure to stay safe from their evil acts. Keep your passwords safe, strong, long, and impossible to guess. Make all necessary analysis before believing any information received online, no matter from whom it‘s coming from. And indeed you must realise that nobody has ever won or will ever win millions of dollars, legitimately, from an unsubscribed lottery as you may be promised by these unrepentant fraudsters. Kindly be warned! Many have been revealing their passwords to hackers unkowingly, just that they don't have much money in their banking transactions yet as to become their real target.

THE SANCTITY OF OUR POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The present day ICT has offered enormous advantages to the daily activities and interactions that characterise human existence. Technology has essentially collapsed the bridge and true meaning of distance in human relations. The emergence, constant upgrade and daily invention of new platforms in the social media have facilitated the exchange of ideas, products and services within a twinkle of an eye, to and fro any part of the world. The several means of exchanging information via the social media include telephone calls, electronic mails, instant text messages/chats, and video calls. Through these means the exchange of all sort of information such as voice calls, texts, pictures, videos, documents and life coverage are all common practices. Presently, one can hardly keep count of the numerous social media platforms through which information are shared with ease – WhatsApp, BBM, 2go,  Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, Skype, Instagram, etc.

It is quite disheartening, however, that so many people have failed to realise or perhaps have remained ignorant that any information shared via most of the above media are open the entire globe and even to the spirit world. So many people are still guilty of several unpardonable blunders while publishing information online. Since the whole world has no unified language, effective communication must be a key while sharing information. One must be aware of the possible interpretations of any information he/she intends to publish and so try as much as possible to achieve just the intended. Ignorance and indeed unnecessary carelessness have caused many to publish information different from what they had in mind.

The need to be very careful while sharing information online cannot be over emphasised. As little as the absence of a punctuation mark, omission of just a word, and error in spelling, or even the common gross grammatical blunder, might constitute great negative impacts than could ever be imagined. On many instances, the whole sentence may lose its intended meaning, making it subject to several misinterpretations. Thus one must pay special attention to the choice of words and composition as well as avoiding unnecessary omissions. The issue of obvious grammatical errors is beyond imagination.

Although mare omissions and actual mistakes may be pardonable by some few readers, the aspect of rudeness and arrogance in airing your opinion to the greater audience remains a big slap in the face to all. As humans, you may be easily annoyed by other person’s post or comment online, but it will be very catastrophic to your integrity if you fail to be consciously selective in the choice of words while expressing your anger to the entire internet community.  Even if you have been insulted by other person(s), engaging in retaliatory actions in similar manner could be a self inflicted sickness to your dignity. You should recall that the Scripture admonishes in Luke 6:28 and Matthew 5:44 that you should bless those who curse you. By so doing, you are strengthening and re-energising your own blessings.

Therefore, on no account should you be rude to anyone online. Even if your post is targeted to a subordinate. Remember that your audience is never limited. Any post online is directed to all, not to any particular person(s); and the number of comments to a post may not be proportional the readers attracted. Many will read and appreciate, extract what is important for them, make necessary criticisms but will save time and data by ignoring the comment box. And remember that rude statements enthrone greater curiosity, even to the non targeted audience. Also, your post could be shared by others, even on different platforms.

Ok! Let me talk a bit on the posting of pictures and videos online. Some persons post pictures and videos that speak ill about their personality. If you are doing so just for fun, please be aware of the multiple interpretations. Why should someone, male and female inclusive, display very provocative pictures online? Of what benefit will you publish pictures of where you are smoking or drinking to stupor? What message do you intend to convey by posting where you are performing rituals in front of deity? Do you intend to be applauded when you teach evils online by way of your posts? All these and many more are the questions you need to answer before engaging in such a demonic act.

It is true that evils have taken different dimensions, but you must be very careful in every of our actions by considering both the moral and legal consequences. Today we can see advertisements online for Sugar Mummy/Daddy, homosexual and lesbian partners, etc. Not only that the reward for these acts is eternal damnation, they are also punishable under the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The evil of examination malpractice has gained such a universal acceptance to the extent that people now publicly advertise for it online. There are even websites and social media groups and pages that are essentially for the services of examination malpractices. In fact, some people now consider it a fun to paste questions/answers of external examinations such as NECO, WAEC, GCE, UTME, etc. These are sometimes made available several hours or even days before the commencement of the particular examination. I hope to talk about the gravity of the sin of examination malpractices some other time. But quickly, I want you to realise that it is punishable by the law and by God in heel fire! Very importantly, posting them online do not in any way speak good of your personality, but instead might register your name in the security watch list.

The sanctity of your posts online cannot be complete if you fail to regulate and curtail your curiosity to some referral links. It is not every link that you must be quick to click. There is a need to at least imagine the possible terms and conditions before rushing to click. Some links will, on your behalf, automatically be posting rubbish on your timeline just after the first uncoordinated visit. Examples of such links include daily periscope, daily mood, etc. Certainly, they force those posts on people’s timeline for better advertisement. They will equally be sending you unsolicited mails on regular basis.

I cannot forget my terrible experience with Daily Periscope, which I know many equally suffered and some still suffering. They kept on posting rubbish on my Facebook timeline, which I struggled hard to stop. The peak of the annoyance came when they sent me a mail one day with the subject: “Nsukka Diocese Gets a New Bishop”. I was highly attracted to this subject because it came just the after the installation of the current Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Prof. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah. And so when I opened the mail, it was rather a great surprise to be greeted with a different demonic broadcast. The message I intend to preach is that we should not be too inquisitive to click on every link that is advertised on the social media without first reasoning the possible terms and conditions.

In conclusion, I wish to remind you that the sanctity of the information you share online is a critical issue that must be accorded priority. Try and be as impeccable as possible in your communication in order to avoid misinterpretation and misinformation. Avoid rude statement even when reacting to an insult or when the target audience are your subordinates. Finally, ensure you do not seem to teach or portray evils online, even as you regulate you curiousness over social media advertisement.

Thank you!