IBM turns  100; pledges support for IT industry

IBM turns 100; pledges support for IT industry

IBM West Africa has joined other IBM offices around the world for the global launch of the company’s centenary celebrations. Marking the 100-year anniversary of its founding on June 16, 1911 with a year-long initiative, IBM will engage local communities and thought leaders with a series of activities themed around changing the way the world works
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Panabiz partners media on counterfeit products

Panabiz partners media on counterfeit products

Sole distributor of Panasonic and Canon’s office jet printer machines in the country, Panabiz International Limited have reacted to the influx of substandard printer and toner parts that have continued to flood the nations market by partnering with the media to raise levels of awareness.

INEC registered 1.6m  eligible voters in Ondo

INEC registered 1.6m eligible voters in Ondo

ABOUT 1.6million eligible voters were registered during the recently concluded registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ondo State.

INSIDE the ICT Market – Computer Village,Ikeja – GSM Village, Ikeja – Saka Tinubu, VI

INSIDE the ICT Market – Computer Village,Ikeja – GSM Village, Ikeja – Saka Tinubu, VI

Nokia E7 arrives markets this week With Emeka Aginam Ahead of its showcase at the Mobile World Congress 2011 slated for next week in Barcelona, Spain, the anticipated Nokia E7 will begin arriving in stores in select markets this week, with broader availability building up quickly in several markets. With its tilting 4-inch ClearBlack display, […]

NCC joins NCE, NCCP to campign for cancer awareness, prevention

NCC joins NCE, NCCP to campign for cancer awareness, prevention

The Nigerian Communications Commission is collaborating with the National Cancer Prevention Programme, NCPP, an NGO, and the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, in a month_long activity to raise awareness on prevention of cancer and its treatment in Nigeria

CWG’s Okere named ICT Man of the Decade

CWG’s Okere named ICT Man of the Decade

AT the recently concluded West African awards organized by ICT Watch which also marked its 10th year anniversary, the Chief Executive Officer of Computer Warehouse Group, Mr Austin Okere was names as the ‘Most Outstanding ICT Man of the Decade’.

Copyright Commission, NOTAP take on IP development

Copyright Commission, NOTAP take on IP development

By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian Copyright Commission NCC, and National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP, have committed to exploring avenues of inter-agency collaboration towards boosting the development of the intellectual property (IP) industries and technology transfer in the country. This was a fall out of the consultative meeting between the Director-General of NCC, […]

Microsoft warns on dangers of fake software

Microsoft warns on dangers of fake software

Despite legislation and ongoing anti-piracy campaigns, there has been growing concern by the software giant, Microsoft on the dangers of using fake product even as majority of consumers still have challenge of distinguishing genuine product from counterfeits.

PFN holds biennial confab amidst security concerns

PFN holds biennial confab amidst security concerns

THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, is holding its biennial conference at the National Christian Centre, Abuja amidst fresh security concerns about plans to implicate some senior members of the Fellowship for sedition.

Early screening is the best prevention, says Osinubi

Early screening is the best prevention, says Osinubi

Even as Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2011 World Cancer Day on February 4, the focal person for cancer control in Nigeria, Dr Patience Osinubi, National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, pointedly attributed the increasing incidence of cancer in Nigeria to general lack of awareness and apathy to go for screening

INEC clears Dariye

INEC clears Dariye

Former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, was among the candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to contest the April elections, contrary to earlier speculations that his candidature might not scale through.

How Jonathan starts S-West campaign with glamour

How Jonathan starts S-West campaign with glamour

The campaign rally for the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan was so colourful as all the powers that be in the politics of the South West added glamour to it with their attendance.

S-Africa is fuelling Ivorien crisis – ECOWAS

S-Africa is fuelling Ivorien crisis – ECOWAS

THE lingering political crisis in Cote d’ Ivoire has been attributed to the support the South African government is presently giving incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo by stationing a warship in the coast of the troubled country.

Registrants sell voters’ card in Kwara

Registrants sell voters’ card in Kwara

Some pros-pective voters in Kwara State have commenced selling of their voters’ registration cards. Vanguard investigation revealed that those involved in the sale of their cards were mainly those who were engaged in multiple registration exercises while others dispose their cards for want of money.