While Nigerian market continues to be the toast of international community, Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Kevin Turner at10 year anniversary of the company’s operation in the country has restated the software giant’s commitment to the economy, saying that Nigeria is an important market.

In furtherance of its reach in African emerging markets, Nokia has announced that Ovi Life Tools, its leading emerging market information service, is now available in Nigeria.

One of the GSM oerators in the country, Globacom, in partnership with Hewlett_Packard, HP, last week, unveiled an innovative offer that would enable millions of Nigerians to own to-end internet-equipped netbooks.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, recently held a Board and Management retreat in Abuja during which the Commission did an appraisal of its performance and charted a new focus for its new leadership.

The United Nations Information centre and the World Bank has launched an Information centre in Lagos to provide a special, accessible and dedicated public space for development communication in the state.

Since some members of the house of representatives, penultimate week, shot down the N6.1 billion Naira budget of the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC on SIM card registration, every who is who in the ICT sector has raised his voice against the act.

With virtually no other Nigerian operator at the recent concluded AfricaCom conference and Exhibition in Cape Town South Africa, the multitude of participants who may have attended the expo to learn one or two things from Nigeria on how to lead a market even from the backwaters, had to rely on the country’s fifth largest operator, Etisalat Nigeria .

One of the revelations of the just concluded AfricaCom conference in Cape Town South Africa was that the African mobile market has exceeded half a billion subscribers during the third quarter of this year.

In recognition of the astronomou s growth of ICT in Africa, Google has launched its first voice recognition search technology for Africa, as part of a long_term bid to extend its influence in the continent.

MTN Nigeria, has restated commitment to sustainable development in Nigeria, even as the company unveiled a staff_focused initiative tagged Employee Value Proposition (EVP).

The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has advised striking doctors in the state public hospitals to call off its 3-month old strike in the spirit of the festive season.

Paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, Awujale II, yesterday described the presidential system of government adopted in the country as “evil.”

President Goodluck Jonathan appeared to have skipped rewards for the Super Falcons when he received the African Women’s Championship trophy in Abuja on Monday but Director General of the National Sports Commission, Dr Patrick Ekeji has said that all the Nigerian athletes and players who have won laurels for the nation will be rewarded in a colourful ceremony in Abuja in December.

Eagles’ coach, Samson Siasia is in dilemma over his contract with Owerri-based premier league side, Heartland FC. The contract will expire in December.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to use the occasion of the Muslim Eid-El-Kabir Celebration to make more sacrifices that would take Nigeria to greater heights just as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, urged politicians in the country to shun provocative statements as they campaign for the 2011 general elections.