FOLLOWING its soon-to-be proclaimed amnesty for kidnappers and criminals who go by the name freedom fighters, Abia State government has embarked on the construction of 1,000- bed space, well equipped hostel at Asa High School, Ukwa West, to serve as transit camp for repentant kidnappers in the state.

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) limited, Mr. Ahmed Rufai has said that having fully trained nearly 150 young engineers who are equipped to fit into any global engineering field, Nigeria was ready to take on the world in science and technological excellence.

Bharti Airtel Telecommunications has expressed its readiness to host this year’s edition of MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs), holding in Lagos, Nigeria.

Technology will dominate discussions at the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) when they meet in Yaoundé, Cameroon in November. Other issues to be discussed at the forum include: funding African Media in an Age of uncertain business models which will also be the main theme of the event.

Friday 10th August declared public holiday by the federal government was not only a day for celebration of Eldel Filtri by the Muslim faithfuls, but it was also a day stakeholders in the Nigeria ICT industry converged to celebrate one of their own, Engineer Ernest Ndukwe who just recently completed his two terms tenure as the Executive Vive Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission.

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.

Organizers of Information Secu
rity Training Summit known as Infosecurityuk 2010, said it is offering Nigerian journalists, particularly IT reporters free attendance to the training conference on ‘Data Loss Prevention & Information Security Best Practices’, scheduled to hold from October 18_20, 2010 at the Copthorne Hotel, Slough Berkshire, United Kingdom.
According to the head, Infosecurityuk 2010 Team, Cleopatra Harry, the registration fee for the summit was £1,200 for each attendee but was offered free to Nigerian Journalists to enable them learn how to report more effectively on information security related issues that was currently hot on global agenda.
“We want you to take advantage of this opportunity to increase your knowledge of information security and be relevant to the next technology revolution”, she said adding that the event would provide platform to network with global information security experts coming from other parts of the world.
She assured that Nigerian journalists would be educated on the latest information security threats, risks, vulnerabilities and compliance issues, stating that the conference has gathered some of the world’s foremost security experts with Mr. Winn Schwartau delivering the keynote topic.
However, the offer did not cover return ticket and hotel accommodation. Interested journalists are requested to confirm their interest with full names and media organizations with the organisers.
Meanwhile, the InfoSecurityuk 2010 team has announced the keynote topic for the summit – “The Future of InfoSec” to be delivered by Winn Schwartau, Chairman MobileActiveDefence. Winn was voted in 2008 as one of the 25 Most Influential People in the Security Industry by Security Magazine. He is known to be one of the Top 5 Thinkers in Information Security Worldwide. He has authored over 20 books on the subject and would be doing on site book signings with free copies being given away to all delegates.
Other topics to be discussed include Corporate Vigilantism: Right, Wrong or Necessary? What are the impacts on business and productivity? When law enforcement won’t respond to or investigate cyber_attacks, what should we do? Take the law into our own hands? How do con_focal vulnerabilities affect corporate, national and global economic security? The Ultimate and safest means to protect networks in worse case scenarios, among others.

Organizers of Information Security Training Summit known as Infosecurityuk 2010, said it is offering Nigerian journalists, particularly IT reporters free attendance to the training conference on ‘Data Loss Prevention & Information Security Best Practices’, scheduled to hold from October 18_20, 2010 at the Copthorne Hotel, Slough Berkshire, United Kingdom.

THE crisis rocking the Ogun State House of Assembly further deepened as the Group of 15 lawmakers led by Speaker Tunji Egbetokun sat and passed a vote of no confidence in Governor Olugbenga Daniel and suspended indefinitely four other lawmakers including the new Speaker Mr. Soyemi Coker.

In the spirit of Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary and in its commitment to better the lots of the people offering them affordable tariff structures, Etisalat Nigeria has introduced a new tariff proposition called Easy Life on its network to enable its numerous users have a worthwhile independence celebrations.

Mr. Nwodo Monday Obinna, of Odogbolu Grammer School, Ogun State was among 18 teachers honoured at the recently concluded regional finals of the 2010 Innovative Teacher Awards at the Pan-African Innovative Education Forum which held at the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, Kenya.

European legislative pressures target for minimising landfill use in European countries and the amount of biodegradable municipal solid waste (BMSW) going to landfill must be reduced by 25 per cent by 2010, 50 per cent by 2013 and 65 per cent by 2020. Do we as a nation have such a plan? I don’t think so.

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday, said it was not party to the alleged threat by any militant groups in the region on the Director-General of the Ibrahim Babangida Campaign Organisation, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.

Director-General of the organising committee for the celebration of Nigeria’s Golden Jubilee, Dr. B.K Kaigama, has narrated the ordeal his committee had passed through in the hands of foreign multi-national companies operating in Nigeria over sponsorship of the events lined up for the anniversary

The Village Head of Okoroba in Ikot Ansa, Calabar, Cross River State, Esinjo Francis Edet, has called on Police authorities to investigate and apprehend the mother of a day old baby, who was dumped in a garbage bin and left to die.

he Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to amend the timetable for the conduct of 2011 general elections forward.
Okogie said at the second plenary session of Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Ijebu-Ode that the time-table released by INEC for the elections was too early for a free and fair exercise.