President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with Mr. John Odey, Minister of Environment, on the death of his mother, Madam Martina  Ogar Odey. In a condolence message to Odey, Jonathan noted that “even though Mama lived to the grand age of 86, I knew that her passing on will still be a source of great grief […]

THE Lagos/Ogun arm of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria has rejected new grading and allied levies fixed on Cocoa by the Ogun State Government saying that it has banned all cocoa buyers and its members from paying the new levies.

The Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) is to establish skills acquisition centres in the nation’s six geo-political zones to facilitate the training of the workforce for the housing industry.

TAKING the educational system o f ThirdWorld economies to the next technological level may have begun when global software maker, Microsoft gathered about 125 innovative teachers from 70 countries around the world in Cape Town, South Africa last week, celebrating their unique innovations targeted at transforming the traditional classroom into 21st century learning environment.

By  Emmanuel Elebeke Apparently to lure customers for higher patronage for the Yuletide season near the corner, one of the major mobile phone dealers in the popular Otigba market, Mizbeach limited has offered a Christmas bonanza to its customers tagged “Super Promo”. The promo which is open to every customer for every single phone purchased […]

Unlike refurbished phones that had stepped into the nations ICT market a few years back and witnessed a steady increase in sales and popularity, refurbished computers, which had been launched a few years prior to this time had not been too successful. It’s reception had been poor and plagued with bad sales.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is not resting on its oars to ensure that it is again prominent in the politics of Nigeria especially in the South West geo-political zone.

The African Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector is set for growth following Bharti Airtel’s selection of IBM, Tech Mahindra and Spanco as partners to pursue world class customer service across 16 African countries. An agreement is expected to be finalized soon.

As Nigeria ibids to actualize Vision 20-2020, an industry expert, Mr. Olanrewaju Samuel has identified capacity building as the only sure way to actualize the set objectives.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah at the weekend called on the political leadership of all African countries to support a liberalized telecom market so that the continent will benefit from the various opportunities presented by the industry at the moment.

A member of the Computer Registration Council of Nigeria, Dr. Idika Ocha, and yesterday in Abuja, advised Members of the House of Representatives opposed to the proposed SIM Card registration to give consideration to the lives and safety of Nigerian citizens above whatever other consideration.

Subscribers of top telecoms operator, Glo Mobile can now recharge their lines via Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and Point Of Sale (POS) machines across the country through a new service called Glo quick-CHARGE.

The 2010 budget of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, seems to have once more opened up the rivalry between the upper and lower houses of the Nigerian legislative arm of government.

Like the proverbial patient dog that eats the fattest bone, Mobitel Nigeria last week bounced back into the Nigerian telecoms market with one of the smartest technologies of the new era, the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards otherwise known as 4G.

The economic benefits of using technologies to do business was once again restated on Thursday, at a teleconference session with journalists in Lagos.