Despite Ban By NBC, Falz’s ‘This Is Nigeria’ Crosses 15 Million Views On YouTube The video for ‘This Is Nigeria’, the controversial song by Folarin Falana, better known as ‘Falz The Bad Guy’, has crossed 15million YouTube views within six months of release. This is despite the ban by the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) just three months into his release. NBC announced the ban of the song in August, a letter by Igomu Onoja, one of its zonal directors, branding a part of the song “vulgar” and declaring the entire work “unfit for radio”. But it appears the ban has done very little to halt the popularity of the song among the people, as it had exactly 15,141,548 views as of the time of filing in this report on Thursday evening. Earlier, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) had given Falz a seven-day ultimatum to withdraw the “hate video”. “This video has the potential of causing religious crisis of unprecedented dimension. It is an assault on the self-dignity of every Muslim. It
8 Things To Do Before You Head Home From Your Study Abroad You’re finally done. Your study abroad semester is over. Be sure to do these 8 things before you leave. Time sure flies when you’re having fun. It felt like just yesterday you arrived in this beautiful foreign country and now it’s time for you to go back home. Finals are almost done and your flight back home is only a few days away. Bummer! Here are 8 things that you should do before you leave. 1. Decide who you want to stay in contact with One of the best things about studying abroad, whether it’s only for a semester or for the whole duration of your course is the valuable friends and contacts that you make while you’re there. You would have met so many people during your semester abroad, made new friends, co-workers, professors etc. Shortlist the people that you want to keep in touch with and ask for their contact information- this includes both the friends and your own network. After you’ve completed your degree you m
You probably already know that sites such as Facebook, Youtube or Google.com are blocked in China and that the only way to access them is with a VPN . But what about the other hundreds of web sites that we normally use? Are we sure that they’ll work in China? One of the most frequent questions we receive is if a certain website or app, such as Dropbox Google Play, is blocked in China. Related news: Censorship of facebook In this article we’ll list all web sites, which at the moment, don’t work beyond the Great Firewall of China, or the system developed by the Ministry of Public Security, (MPS) to control access to websites considered “dangerous” for Chinese citizens. Which websites are blocked in China? Here’s a list of the most popular websites which, at the moment, are blocked in China: Social Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Snapchat, Picasa, WordPress.com, Blogspot, Blogger, Flickr, SoundCloud, Google+, Google Hangouts, Hootsuite. Apps Google P
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