Subscribers’ preference for Multi_Links Telkom’s Internet service branded 3G Blue Broadband was justified at the weekend as the brand won the top most prize at the 8th Nigerian Information Technology and Telecom Awards (NITTA) 2009 held at the Grand Ballroom, Eko Hotel, Lagos .

Second National Operator, Globacom says it will revolutionise Cote d’Ivoire’s telecommunication services to help transform its economy and position the country as one of the most powerful telecommunications market in Africa and indeed the world.
Globacom was fired up with the passion from an operating licence granted the network in Cote d’Ivoire recently.

Office automation and telecommunication solutions provider, Panabiz International Limited has said that it would continue to improve on its effective response time to customers, knowing that it contributes to the business efficiency of any Organization.

MR. Emeka Nwokeke is a driver with Chisco, a popular transport company that has buses plying different parts of the country. Emeka left Lagos about 7p.m. penultimate Friday en route Port-Harcourt. Unfortunately, he ran into a traffic gridlock at Ore and by 12.30 pm the next day, Emeka who was totally worn out was still trying to manouvre his way out of the jam which he attributed to bad spots along the expressway, the illegal parking of trailers on both sides of the expressway and the recklessness of drivers.

The Nigeria-Ghana rivalry was rekindled at the weekend in Lagos when the Accra Tennis Club visited Ikoyi Club 1938 Tennis section for the 2009 Nigeria-Ghana International Tennis Tournament.

While their names and faces have become familiar, the roads paved by Jamaican Usain Bolt and American Sanya Richards on the way to their World Athlete of the Year honours were anything but ordinary. Indeed, the pair continued to add superlatives to their already extraordinary resumes with total dominance in their respective events in 2009.

Mr. Frank Nneji is the managing director of ABC Transport Plc. He recently withdrew his luxury bus from plying some parts of the country, citing the poor state of roads in the affected areas. In this interview, Mr. Nneji calls for increased funding for the road sector. Excerpts LET’S look at the Lagos-Benin highway. Many […]

Nigeria’s Green Eagles have been valued at N1 billion by the Nigeria Football Federation as the Glass House seeks to renegotiate their sponsorship deal for the senior national team.

Events of the April 28, 2007 Governorship Elections in Imo State can be likened to the events of the night of February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida in many ways: High drama, suspense, surprise, shock and above all, the triumph of courage and careful planning.

By Chukwuma Nwakanma Id-El-Kabir is the festival  that  marks the end of Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam. It is traditionally celebrated by Moslems around the world with the slaughtering of domestic animals, especially rams, in commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s submission to the will of Allah. Traditionally, the […]

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA—The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole has charged the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) to sanction corrupt leaders within the sub-region. Bankole gave the charge at the West African Regional Roundtable Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, following the admission by heads of governments of […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The people of Owerri Municipality have expressed displeasure over what they called “the marginalisation of the area in the creation of local government development areas, since the inception of the current democratic dispensation.” Disclosing the position of his people on the matter before the Imo State House of Assembly,  the member representing […]

The Nasarawa State Government has condemned the standard of accommodation secured for its pilgrims in Mecca by the National Hajj Commission (NAHCOM), saying the area lacks proper sanitation. The state’s Amirul Hajj and the Andoma of Doma, Alhaji Ahmadu Ogah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Mecca that his team found […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO—The National Chairman of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Chief Edwin Ume Ezeoke, has attributed the crisis  rocking the  PDP dominated federal legislative chambers as an indication that the ruling party has failed the country. Chief Edwin Ume Ezeoke, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, spoke […]

Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience Jonathan, will between December 4 and 6 play host to the National Association of Ijaw Female Students (NAIFS) whose bi-annual convention is billed for Abuja within the period.