This New Year, our heart goes out to the victims of the Haiti Disaster, what a way to begin the year. The death toll is said to be unimaginable and aid is barely trickling in. Haiti needs your help and your prayers. Read this for more information.
There has been a general outcry from Nigerians all around the world over the inclusion of Nigeria among the terrorist nations of the world. The argument is that one Mutallab does not a terrorist nation make. Then again, the fact remains that since the attempted bombing, we have not heard anything from the President about it. In law, silence is taken to be consent. Does that mean that the President condones the actions of the young man? We think it is more an issue of the President not being in any state to say anything about the fiasco. Which brings us to the question: why is the Vice President not acting for the President right now?
Apparently, this question has weighed heavily in the minds of most right-thinking Nigerians, especially as the President by his long absence, is in direct contravention of the constitutional provision contained in Sections 5 (1) and 148 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Bowing under the pressure of several civic groups and patriotic minded Nigerians, including the Nigerian Bar Association, a High Court in Abuja finally granted the Vice President the power to exercise the functions of the President as delegated to him by the President. What does that mean? Though the words seem a bit vague, they in essence mean that the Vice President cannot act in his own initiative but only to the extent that the President allows him to. As preposterous as this is, we can only wait and watch how Vice President Goodluck handles himself.
Cloud computing seems to be the rage these days. Basically, cloud computing is about storing your data on a drive somewhere in the ‘cloud’. Once you have connection to the internet, you have your data. Goodbye external harddrives, goodbye USB flash drives and who cares if the computer crashes? Or at least that is supposed to be the general attitude. However, I have no idea how this will impact on everyday legal practice in terms of security and privacy of data. Can you really put your client’s confidential data out there in the ’sky’ and be sure of it’s safety? Do you even want to take the risk? With Google, one of the lead providers of cloud computing threatening to pull out of China because of restrictions and hacking…yes, hacking, it makes one a bit sceptical. Just recently, Gmail, Google’s mail provider was hacked into; the safety and security of the Cloud remains to be seen.
Writing on security, are you a facebooker and are you worried about your privacy on facebook? Check back here for 5 Tips to keep you secure and private on facebook.
As this is the first month of the year (and the first post), something needs to be said about goal-setting. Too many legal practitioners treat their practice like it is a hobby. If your legal practice is not your primary source of income, then it is alright to treat it that way. But if it is where you pay the bills from, some perception reorganization and prioritizing needs to take place. What would you like to achieve in 2010? How would you go about achieving these? That is Goal Setting. Be realistic in your expectations and do not be afraid to go for what you want.
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