ThE Chief Consultant Physician with the University of Calabar Medical College, Cross River State, Dr. Etette James Peters, has been appointed the new Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Akwa Ibom State.

Commuters in Calabar, Cross River State, have continued to experience hardship as they search for vehicles to take them to their various destinations within the metropolis since the ban on commercial motorbikes commenced, weekend.

The Police in Bayelsa State have arrested about nineteen persons suspected to be repentant militants for allegedly disturbing the peace of Sagbama in the Sagbama local government area of the state.

The alleged presidential ambition of the Kaduna State governor, Mohammed Namadi Sambo may have pitched him against President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Government activities at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, seat of the state government have virtually come to a halt since penultimate Monday when newspaper reports said that Sambo may succeed Yar’Adua in 2011.

WITH the conclusion of 2009 science week , organised by the Lagos state ministry of science and technology, recently, at the state secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja,the state government may have kicked off a conscious campaign of reawakening the youths through the the use of ICT.

WITH the judgment in the suit instituted by Dr. Andy Uba, now delivered, the coast is clear for 25 governorship candidates of different political parties vying for the February 6, 2010 election to move into the field.

Resourcery Plc, Nigeria’s foremost ICT Company, Resourcery Plc last week, won Cisco’s prestigious Partner of the Year, West English Africa award, at the recently concluded Cisco Emerging Africa & Nigeria Partner Summit 2009 in Senegal.

There was a general consensus that the link between skills training and emplo-yment opportunities needed to be stronger.The Internet and Internet Governance.

At the just concluded 8th edition of the Nigerian Information Technology and Telecom Awards (NITTA) 2009 held last weekend at the Grand Ballroom, Eko Hotel, Lagos, indigenous smart phone maker, Anabel mobile has won the Best Indigenous Mobile Innovator of the Year.

APC by Schneider Electric has launched its Back-UPS RS 550VA line-interactive uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that contributes to eliminating wasted energy.