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