Akwa Ibom Government has reiterated its readiness to industrialize the state through the establishment of one industry in each local government area of the state.

A Bullion van driver with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc , Mr. Olajide Gboroye, has been arraigned before an Okada Magistrate Court, Edo State, on a three-count charge of murder, reckless and dangerous driving

SEVERAL indicators had foretold the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to compile a fresh voters’register of about 70 million people in two weeks, but the Commission had insisted that it was equal to the task.

AHEAD of the 2011 general elections, Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr. Joel Onovwakpo, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to include in its screening exercise of politicians, the verification of their tax clearance certificates.

CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said the commission would need up to April 2011 for it to be able to conduct elections that would not only be credible but would be seen as ‘Grade A’ by all stakeholders and observers

Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s attempt to organise a trial for athletes it placed on probation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was almost stalemated yesterday as the concerned athletes refused run.

By Solomon NwokeHANDBALL Federation of Nigeria (HFN) has lamented that the absence of facilities and a dearth of sponsors were adversely affecting the development of handball in the country.

Football enthusiasts are likely to see fresh and new players as the Eagles’ interim Chief Coach, Austin Eguavoen has said that he would forward his list of players to the Nigeria Football Federation this week for approval.

Nigeria’s 10-man contingent to the 39th World Chess Olympiad arrived in Russia on Sunday, the Media Officer Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), Femi Solaja has said.

The award of contracts for the supply of about 132,000 units of direct data capture (DDC) machines for the voters registration exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to largely foreign vendors has drawn outright condemnation from Nigerian IT professional bodies including the Nigerian Computer Society, Information Technology Association of Nigeria, ITAN and the Institute of Software Professionals of Nigeria, ISPON , the Nigerian Internet Group, (NIG) as local players were left in the cold.

The purpose of this write up is to present an empirically informed understanding of the processes inherent in software development dynamics as a professional response by the Institute of Software Practitioners’ of Nigeria (ISPON) to statements and opinion published in the Guardian Newspapers of Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (COMPULIFE pg 34) and credited to one Steve Obiagbo a staff of Diamond Bank Plc.

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has urged the employers in the nation’s transport sector, under the aegis of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RETAN, to support President Jonathan because of his achievements in the transport sector, among others.

It is bad enough that many countries of Africa are today ravaged by hunger and starvation occasioned by incessant communal, ethnic and inter tribal wars. But the worst case is always the problem of reconnecting displaced relatives who in search of safety, scamper and eventually become refugees in different camps at different places.

Director of Sales MEA and CIS at Western Digital, providers of data storage and multimedia solutions,Mr. Mohammed Owais, last week reinforced the popular opinion that Nigeria is still a potential market for all ICT components and parts.

THE Oyo State Police Command has ordered the immediate detention of three policemen and redeployment of another one for allowing wireless messages sent to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Baba Adisa Bolanta to leak.