Okpe local government area of Delta State is to spend N1, 913,396,200.00 for the 2010 fiscal year, with capital expenditure alloted over 56 percent of the total sum.

AS agitation persists over government’s acquisition of land for the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, project in Koko town, Delta State, the community head of Koko, Chief Victor Nanna, has assured the youths that what they were pursuing in the vexed matter was in their best interest and that of generations to come.

Mr. Steve Eruotor has declared his intention to contest for the Delta State House of Assembly in next year’s election.
Addressing community leaders at Okpara town, Eruotor thanked people of the council area for their immense contribution to the development of the area.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the Nigerian Institute of Welding, NIW, have partnered to train over 3,000 competent welders in the Niger Delta for the next three years.

At the end of a capacity building eWorld forum held last week in Lagos, stakeholders in the Nigerian ICT industry were worried over snail speed of broadband penetration across the nation, saying that for Nigeria to leap-frog into global economy and compete favourably, deeper and wider broadband penetration across the country is very imperative for the challenges ahead.

At the just concluded 2010 edition of Cebit trade exhibition held in Hannover, Germany, the German district of Brandenburg was trialling the open source Navit car navigation system for its Police System

Since the introduction of free late night calls by the GSM operators, many Nigerians, especially youths take advantage of the offer to stay in touch with friends and acquaintances, often for long periods at a time during the night.

SEARCH engine giant, Google has announced the start-off of it’s annual African software programmers competition which is coming barely two weeks after the launch of it’s latest map domains which featured an elaborate and very extensive navigable map of Nigeria and that of thirty other African countries.

Executive ViceChairman of Nigeria Communication Commission, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has identified broadbased consultation with stakeholders in the industry as key to the success he achieved so far as NCC boss.

“Digital inclusion brings about a level playing field. It means that the little girl in a village in Nigeria can get information for her research project as a little girl in Washington or China.”— Professor Turner Isoun, Former Minister of Science and Technology