About 50 Youths may have been arrested while carrying placards around major streets in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, protesting what they claimed as the wrongful detention of Senator John James Udoedeghe, governorship aspirant for the forth coming 2011 general elections.

“We must put the best interests of children at the heart of every political and social decision making as well as at the centre of our day-to-day activities and engagements. We can build a world favourable for children, if each one of us does his part and considers that the welfare of children is our own responsibility.”

Rising from its national executive committee meeting, the President of the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Titi Omo-Ettu has reiterated his administration’s resolve to respect all laws of government and directives of the Nigerian Communication.

Different speakers lined up to bring sparkle into the coming conference on ICT and the Nigerian environment, has indicated interests to attend the event as well as promising to tackle the thorny and topical issue of Multiple Taxation in the Nigeria ICT sector.

NetApp and DataGroupIT, NetApp’s exclusive distributor in Nigeria, today has announced SANscreen 6.0, the latest edition of its award-winning storage management solution, to enable service providers and enterprises to optimize storage efficiency and performance across their entire virtualized infrastructures.

The Asagba of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien, will today lead a delegation of indigenes of Delta North Senatorial district to the National Assembly to demand for the creation of Anioma State in the Igbo linguistic area of the oil rich state.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for Wema Bank and Unity Bank to recapitalise by three months till September.

AS the debate over President Goodluck Jonathan’s political ambition in 2011 gathers momentum, Major General Paul Omu (rtd) has thrown his weight behind the clamour for the President to vie for the number one seat.

Further reforms, including pensions and insurance, are needed to enliven Nigeria’s corporate debt market, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said on Monday.

Governments must slash budget deficits decisively and central banks should not wait too long to raise borrowing costs as side effects from measures prescribed to tackle the global recession may create the next crisis, the Bank for International Settlements said.