The world celebrated the 10th anniversary of Intellectual Property Day (IP Day), Monday and Nigeria was part of the annual ritual. Ordinarily, it is a time to take stock and ruminate on the ravages of piracy and effects of those who steal what others spent sleepless nights to initiate.

AAA Infotek Limited, a telecom engineering solutions providing company, is introducing into the Nigerian market engineering risk management training. The training will review the risk factors of the infrastructure of mobile and fixed network operators.

Anabel Mobile, Nigeria’s first manufacturer of smart mobile devices has won the Communications Week excellence award for “Smart Phone of the Year” for 2009.

Frontline microwave company, Aviat Networks Incorporated, has announced plans to capitalize on its new brand identity to further rededicate itself to providing advanced IP wireless network solutions.

The Nigerian imaging market is all set for a major boost with the introduction of Panasonic range of Small Office Home Office (SOHO) imaging solutions. Panabiz, is the sole representative of Panasonic in Nigeria.

The recent launch of Etisalat CSR Centre at the Pan_Africa University , Ajah, has been described as an unprecedented initiative worthy of emulation by other corporate organizations in furtherance of corporate social responsibility in the country.

ABUJA _ Minister of State for Information and Communications, Mr. Labaran Maku, has directed telecommunication operators in the country to ensure prompt payment of taxes to the government coffers.

The naira further depreciated by five kobo at the official segment on Wednesday due to nine per cent upsurge in demand.

The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday said it did not ban the use of banks’ shares as collateral for lending.
Similarly, the Nigeria Stock Exchange assured investors that banks’ shares can be used to secure loans from any bank.

A group of micro- finance institutions, comprising microfinance banks, co-operative societies and NGOs, has come together to seek funds for the survival of the microfinance sector.

PayLid.com, the fastest growing online money transfer service to Africa, has announced the launch of money transfer service to Nigeria, Africa’s biggest market.

A clergyman, Ven. Samuel Isemede, has urged the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) to persuade those in authority to evolve a viable mortgage institution.

Awareness and the perception of insuring public towards insurance are fast changing for the better says Mr Femi Okuniyi, Managing Director of Goldlink Insurance Plc.

The management of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has paid a total of about N12 billion to its 1,742 retired and disengaged staff between 2000 and 2008 in terms of retirement benefits, gratuity and pensions.

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Malam Shehu Ladan, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will promote economic activity among Nigerian ship owners who freight crude oil. An NNPC statement in Abuja on Monday quoted Ladan as speaking at a reception held in his honour and two other members by the Indigenous Ship-owners Association of Nigeria (ISAN) in Lagos.