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AN INSIGHT ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

INTRO:

This is an insight compiled on the sustainable development goals, if you’re knowing about the SDGs for the first time or looking for a summarized article on the Sdgs, well, here we go:

•   The sustainable development goals are a collection of 17 global goals with 169 targets for each and each target also has between 1 and 3 indicators used for measuring its progress, in total there are 232 approved indicators that will measure compliance.
•   These SDGs were set by the United Nations general assembly in 2015 for the year 2030. The SDGs are part of resolution 70/1 of the United Nations general assembly, the 2030 Agenda.

• v These goals are broad and interdependent. The 17 sustainable development goals each have a list of targets which are measured with indicators.
  v In an effort to make the SDGs successful, data on the 17 goals has been made available in an easily understood form. A variety of tools exist to track and visualize progress towards the goals
  
  

Goal 1.

No poverty: ‘’End poverty in all its forms’’

Goal 2.

Zero hunger: ‘’End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

Goal 3:

Good health and well-being for people : ‘’Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’’

Goal 4:

Quality education: ‘’Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Goal 5:

Gender equality: ‘’Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.’’

Goal 6:

Clean water and sanitation: ‘’Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’’

Goal 7:

Affordable and clean energy: ‘’Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy for all’’

Goal 8:

Decent work and economic growth: ‘’promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’’

Goal 9

Industry, innovation, and infrastructure.

‘’Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.’’

Goal 10

Reducing inequalities: ‘’Reduce income inequality within and among countries.’’

Goal 11

Sustainable cities and communities: ‘’ make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.’’

Goal 12

Responsible consumption and production: ‘’Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.’’

Goal 13

Climate action :’’ Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy’’

Goal 14

Life below water: ‘’Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development’’

Goal 15

Life on land: ‘’protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reserve land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Goal 16

Peace, justice and strong institutions :’’promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Goal 17

Partnerships for the goals: ‘’strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development’’

                                 By m.kabir_sani 😏😏

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How to Optimize your Twitter account

Have you open a twitter account with a wrong username, phone number, email or password??
And you're always thinking of how you could change/correct them.

Or.
Are you a victim of account hacked account or afraid 😨 of your account being compromised

well worry no more.

Below are some simple steps you are to follow to rectify your wrong information.

💢 Username, phone number, email, password

1.login to your twitter profile
2. Tap on your display picture by the top right corner of the home page
3. Under login and security, click on settings and privacy
4. Click on account
5. There, you will see username, phone number, email and password
6. Click on any in 5 above to change or edit to your liking

💢 Top security
Here are the steps to follow to top secure your account
1. Login to your twitter account
2. Tap on the profile picture by the top right corner of the home page
3. Click on settings and privacy
4. Click on account
5. Scroll down and click on security
6. There you could either click on login verification to protect your account against compromise or click on password reset for added security.

Hope it's helpful 😉
We are always open for comments, questions or observations below.

CALL FORWARDING/CALL DIVERT

How to divert a  call  on

 Airtel network

Diverting a call means forwarding all your incoming calls to another different number

In order to divert a call on airtel network all you need to do is simple
 Dial **21*(the number you're forwarding to)# and call
 To cancel all divert options dial ##21# and call.
 To check the call divert status, *#21# and call

 ETISALAT NETWORK

TO forward Etisalat calls 
 Forward all calls: and to activate dial
*21*number(the no you're forwarding to)#
and to deactivate #21#

When busy: to activate dial *67*number# and to deactivate #67#

When no answer: to activate dial *61*number# and to deactivate dial #61#

When switch off/unreachable : dial *62*number# and to deactivate dial #62#

And you can deactivate all the above by dialing ##002#

DATA MANAGEMENT

Do you normally wonder how your data runs out easily before it's expiration date for you to be able to manage your data from such, here are some tips to follow in some of your favourite apps.

💢FACEBOOK

SWITCH off auto play and in order to do so:
1. Go to Facebook option icon (the three horizontal horizontal bars at the top right corner)
2. Click app settings under ( help and settings)
3. Click on auto play
4. Select never play auto videos

IN ADDITION
You can activate the data saver option and to do so:
1. Navigate to the option icon
2. Then go to the settings and privacy
3. Select data saver
4. Toggle the data saver ON.

💢 WHATSAPP 

DEACTIVATE auto download and to do so
1. Go to setting section in your WhatsApp app
2. Click on "data and storage usage"
3. Select media auto download option
4. Deselect all options under "when using mobile data"
5. You can also enable low data usage for whatsapp calls.

💢 TWITTER 

Deactivate auto play and to do so
1. Go to your Twitter profile icon
2. Click on settings and privacy
3. Select data usage
4. Set video auto play to never

💢 INSTAGRAM 

Add caption

USE less Data on IG and to do that:
1. Open Instagram options
2. Go to settings
3. Select cellular data use
4. Then thick use less data.

💢 SNAPCHAT 

Save on data while on Snapchat by:
1. Go to Snapchat settings
2. Click on manage under additional services
3. Tick the travel mode box.

💢 YOUTUBE

Limit mobile data usage and to do so;
1. Open the YouTube app
2. Tap on the profile icon at the top right corner
3. Select settings
4. Click on general
5. Turn on "limit mobile data usage"

💢 PLAYSTORE 

Update apps on WiFi only and to do so;
1. Go to Google play store
2. Click on menu and go to settings
3. Click on auto update apps
4. Select auto update apps over WiFi only
5. You can also have the option to chose "do not auto update apps" 

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MTN SME DATA

💢HOW TO PURCHASE MTN SME DATA.

To purchase MTN SME Data Share bundle, you first need to Migrate to SME Plus Plan and these are the steps to follow.

Send 460 to 131 or dial *460# to migrate to the SME Plus Service Class.
If Sim is eligible, you will receive a message telling you, you’ve successful register.

Ensure your airtime balance you just successfully registered with can cater for the cost of data bundle you want to purchase.

SME bundle for 30days
10GB @ N7,500 for 30 days
20GB @ N14,000 for 30 days
50GB @ N30, 000 for 60 days
22GB @ N10, 000 for 30 days (promo)

Therefore to purchase any of the desired value
Simple dial *461*1#
The above list will be displayed

Pay for a data share bundle by sending the keyword that corresponds to the plan you wish to purchase.

💢 How can I recharge large sums of airtime to pay for the MTN SME Data Share Service?

Like earlier said, the registered sim must have sufficient airtime balance of desire purchase. In order to pay or get hug amount of airtime on our SIM you can recharge using the following means.

You can use Quickteller by visiting www.quickteller.com.

Quickteller enables you to recharge your mobile airtime using your ATM card. To recharge large sums of money online at Quickteller, please follow the steps below first:

Go to the nearest ATM, and insert your ATM card
Select the ‘Quickteller’ option from the ATM menu screen
Select ‘Pay Bills’
Select ‘Others’
Enter ‘322222” as the Payment Code
Enter your phone number as the Customer Reference Number
Follow the prompts to complete the transaction
Service costs N1.

Once your number is registered you shall be able to recharge large sums using one-time passwords that will be sent to your phone to securely complete each transaction.

💢 How can I top-up my MTN SME DATA when I still have data?

Yes, you can purchase any additional data share bundle plan multiple times within the month of existing subscription whether or not the data is exhausted. Data will be accumulated and expiry date will assume latest date of purchase.

💢 What is the least size of data that I can share?

Sponsor can share data in the following data sizes; 250MB, 500MB 1GB, 2GB and 5GB.

💢 Can I share data to another set of beneficiaries when I renew a bundle during the subscription period?

When sponsor renews or purchases a new plan during the subscription period, whether or not the current data bundle is exhausted, the sponsor shall have the ability to share data a maximum of 10 times specific to this new plan.

💢 Can a beneficiary receive MTN data from another sharer or dealer?

No. A beneficiary shall receive data from one sponsor at a time. Beneficiaries can however receive data from another sponsor when they exhaust the initial data.

💢 How many number of times can I share SME data?

Each sponsor shall have the ability to share data a maximum of 10 times per bundle plan purchased.

Is there a limit to the number of times I can share data with a beneficiary?

No. One beneficiary shall be able to receive data multiple times from a sponsor, irrespective of the bundle plan the data is being shared from, as long as the sponsor has not reached his/ her maximum of 10 shares per bundle. Data shared to the beneficiary shall be accumulated and expiry date will reflect latest data share.

💢 If the beneficiary receives multiple data from the same sponsor, will it accumulate?

Yes. the data will accumulate and assume the expiry date of the latest data bundle. However, unused data shall be forfeited once the bundle expires.

💢 When will the data of the beneficiary expire?

When a Data Share Sponsor successfully shares a portion of his data bundle to a Data Share Beneficiary, the data shall expire on the same date as the originating data bundle. For example if the Sponsor’s originating bundle is a 30-day plan expiring 1st APRIL 2017, then the  Data Share  created for the Beneficiary will also expire on 1st APRIL 2017.

💢 How do I share data with a beneficiary?

You can share data with any beneficiary by sending SMS format below to 131 as shown in the list below (or dial *461# and follow the prompt):

SMS Format to send to 131 to share data

Comment

SMEA <PhoneNumber> 250 <PIN> to 131

SMS to transfer 250MB

SMEB <PhoneNumber> 500 <PIN> to 131

SMS to transfer 500MB

SMEC <PhoneNumber> 1000 <PIN> to 131

SMS to transfer 1GB

SMED <PhoneNumber> 2000 <PIN> to 131

SMS to transfer 2GB

SMEE <PhoneNumber> 5000 <PIN> to 131

SMS to transfer 5GB

NOTE: You can only share data in multiples of250MB, 500MB, 1GB, 2GB or 5GB. Sharing data in multiples of any other data sizes is not allowed.

For example to share 250MB of data with beneficiary using phone number 07065463512 and MTN PIN ‘3456’, then the following is sent as SMS to 131 (or Dial *461# and follow the prompt);

 
SMEA 07065463512 250 3456 = Correct Format!

SMEA 07065463512 200 3456 = Wrong Format

SMEB 07065463512 200 3456 = Wrong Format

SMESHARE 07065463512 200 3456 = Wrong Format

Can I share data sizes multiple times to the same beneficiary?

Yes, especially when the data size which you wish to share is larger than 5GB. To share data of larger sizes than 10GB for instance, you may share 5GB twice or 2GB five times or 1GB ten times. For example, to share 10GB of data with beneficiary using phone number 07065463512 and MTN PIN ‘3456’,

simply send SMEE 07065463512 5000 3456 twice to effectively share 10GB.

💢 Does beneficiary’s phone number have to be an MTN phone number to enjoy the service?

Yes, the beneficiary’s phone number must be an MTN phone number on any service class.

💢 How do I check my MTN SME data balance?

You simply send DATABALANCE to 131 or dial *461#and follow the prompt or *461*2#

💢 How do beneficiaries check their data balance?

The beneficiary checks own balance by sending SHAREBALANCE to 131 or dialing *461# and following the prompt or *461*2#

💢 Can I use my existing MTN PIN for the MTN SME Data Share service? 

No, you have to generate a separate pin for data share, though the pin may be similar to the one you are using for share and sell to send airtime.
 

💢 How to generate a PIN for MTN SME data share
Send an sms in this format to 131

SMPIN_OLD PIN_NEW PIN to 131

E.g if the desired pin is 3456 then send the message in this format
1111 3456 to 131

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