The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has said that the Rt Hon Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the UK, will deliver the keynote address at the Cybersecurity Forum 2010 slated to hold next week United Kingdom.

THE Court of Appeal inBenin, has upheld the election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the April 14, 2007 House of Representative seat, for Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency of Delta State, Mr Charles Onyekweli.

The Bayelsa House of Assembly has asked the state Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, to constitute a 7-member panel to investigate allegations against the Deputy Governor, Mr Peremobowei Ebebi.

INTERNATIONAL Trade Union Conference, ITUC, has warned that decisions reached by G20 Finance Ministers Central Bank Governors, at their meeting held on June 5, 2010, Busan, Korea, portends dangers to global economic recovery, saying “their decisions risk undermining recovery.”

The African Development Bank (ADB) assembled experts from the African diaspora, representatives of governments, the private sector and Governments of India, China and South Korea to exchange lessons on mobilizing the contribution of the African diaspora for development in their countries of origin and across the region.

AS controversies continue to trail the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) project, the Managing Director of the Ghana Shippers’ Council Mr. Koffi Mbiah has said that projects such as the CTN is usually administered by Shippers’ Councils.

THE much -vaunted customs electronic clearance process, which is meant to fast track cargo delivery system at the port, is being systematically frustrated by the large congregation of government agencies and their innumerable toll-collecting points at the ports.

Apparently burdened by the mirage of issues leading to the creation of the ministerial task force on port charges and efficiency in port operations, the minister of transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman has charged the team to ensure that users of shipping services henceforth get value for their money and that no port user or operator is cheated.

The Honourable Minister for Transport, Yusuf Suleiman, has formally inaugurated the ministerial committee on the proposed National Transport Commission Bill.

The Dangote Group recently said that local production of iron rods and steel materials would reduce the incidence of building collapse and other construction failures in the country.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has urged the Revenue Allocation Mobilization and Fiscal Commission (RAMFC) to dust from the archives its previous intention to review downwards the salaries and allowances of public office holders to release scarce funds for capital projects that will create enabling environment for economic growth and investment to enhance job creation activities to absorb able bodied Nigerian youths and graduates.

Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) recently flagged off its 2010 Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF) prospectus.

The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) on Tuesday, said the Nigerian-British Business Day (NBBD) will be holding a two day event comprising of exhibition of products and services, a lecture and dinner.

Investors’ woes heightened further, Tuesday, as the value of their investment on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), represented by the market capitalisation, dropped by 95.22 billion.

Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has said that it plans to leverage on the strength of its capital and healthy liquidity position to grow its business in the year 2010, despite the challenges posed by the local economy and global economic landscape.