The Nigerian Computer Society, (NCS) has among other things advocated the passage of cyber security legislation to provide legal backing and confidence to fighting cyber crime.

The long awaited Cyber security law may soon be a reality if the worlds of House committee Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Hon. Ibrahim Shehu Gusau is anything to go by.

Software giant, Microsoft, in partnership with British Council will each invest $1 million over the next two years including human resources and in-kind resources to build 80 digital hubs across 6 Sub Saharan countries.

Mobile Devices, Social Media, Advanced Business Analytics, and More Stringent Regulation are part of the strategies Financial institutions across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will adopt, if they must survive in 2012 business year.

For more than seven decades, they have been lining up for travel and immigrant visas in the dead of the night. In their millions, they traveled by air, sea and on land, through the deadliest deserts of the world.

Local computer manufacturer, Omatek Computers, has announced plans to build a multi billion naira factory in the country. The company said the new factory is aimed at consolidating on its achievements and its extensive presence in Nigeria.

When released last year, Nokia CEO Mr Stephen Elop described the Nokia Lumia 800 as “the first real Windows phone”.
Since the debut of the phone, the operating system now boasts over 40,000 apps, making the deal between the two companies superb.

With its application for e-banking, First Bank of Nigeria Plc is retooling to be among the leading players driving the cash-lite initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) through its alternative channels including FirstCards, FirstMobile and FirstOnline.

Although designed for good as a social network to keep up with friends, share ideas, photos, links and many more, its humble creation on campus at Harvard University in 2004 after the site’s designer, Mark Zuckerberg came up with Facebook, it has become an integral part of people’s lives. With over 600 million active users worldwide, Facebook literally has become an overnight success, impacting on life and living.

SAMSUNG Electronics West Africa has unveiled its Notebook Series 9 which was manufactured in 2011.

Submarine cable company, MainOne has announced expansion of its infrastructure to enable people in other parts of the country access its services. Before this expansion, MainOne had huge presence in Lagos where scores of businesses depend on its services for cheap and reliable broadband services.