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April elections:  Women step up sensitisation work

April elections: Women step up sensitisation work

NIGERIAN women who are always at the receiving end of any national crisis are leaving nothing to chance in the efforts to have free, fair, transparent and acceptable elections come April. Recently, an interfaith, non-partisan and non-profit organisation

Man who allegedly murdered his in-law pleads forgiveness

Man who allegedly murdered his in-law pleads forgiveness

ABOUT three weeks ago, a mammoth crowd besieged Ago Police Division in Lagos, to have a glimpse of a man who allegedly killed his brother-in-law and tucked his remains inside a plastic container. The incident which occurred Friday, March 5, threw the entire area into panic when the alleged assailant turned out to be a popular boutique owner on Okota road.

Solution to poor quality of service is outsourcing, says WECO boss

Solution to poor quality of service is outsourcing, says WECO boss

Apparently showing concern over the poor quality of telecom services that has bedeviled the telecom industry in recent times, the Business Unit Manager, Weco Systems International Ltd, Mr Sidney Ogueri, has said that the operators should as a matter of urgency, begin to think of outsourcing most of their services.

Fashola flags off construction of Falomo  bridge- on-ramp

Fashola flags off construction of Falomo bridge- on-ramp

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Sunday performed the concrete pouring ceremony to formally flag off the construction a new on-ramp designed to carry traffic travelling from Victoria Island to Ikoyi

When Nanna’s spirit resurrected in Koko

When Nanna’s spirit resurrected in Koko

The quiet community of Koko, in Warri North Local Government Council of Delta State, was thrown into a frenzy last weekend when the 89 year old grandson of the great Nanna of Koko, Chief Victor Esimajemite Nanna, was installed the Olare-aja of Koko (Akatagbeni). The title is normally bestowed on the oldest man in the community.

Walking education on its feet

Walking education on its feet

IN the primary school in the Lagos of the late 1960s, pupils were taught three key subjects; arithmetic, English language and social studies. For the third subject, we had two primer books on the lives of great people.

Why SIM card registration is necessary,  Juwah

Why SIM card registration is necessary, Juwah

At the flag-off of a nationwide SIM card registration exercise on Monday in Abuja, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) Engr. Eugene Juwah has said that the major significance of the exercise is the achievement of a Central Data base for all mobile phone users in Nigeria.

FG’s scientific R&D gives birth to72 products to be commercialized

FG’s scientific R&D gives birth to72 products to be commercialized

The Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Mohammed Abubakar last week at the 2nd scientific briefing on the utilization of research and development, R&D, listed about 72 products, developed by its parastatals for commercialization to improve standard of living of the people

Finacle fetches award for CWG’s ExpertEdge

Finacle fetches award for CWG’s ExpertEdge

At this year’s event, an in depth look was given into software development and deployment not just in Nigeria, but across board. The Finacle banking application manufactured by Infosys technologies but deployed and supported to banking institutions by CWG was recognised as the most preferred software application.

Amnesty: Ex-militants turn hardware engineers

Amnesty: Ex-militants turn hardware engineers

The Amnesty programme put together for the re-integration of Ex-militants back into the mainstream of normal socio-economic and political lifestyle in Nigeria finally yielded fruits as all the delegates last week, under the ICT training at New Horizons Systems Solutions, Nigeria graduated as Hardware Engineers.

He wants to know how many men I’ve slept with

He wants to know how many men I’ve slept with

What’s a girl supposed to say if a man asks her how many men she’s slept with? I read somewhere recently that the average female had between seven and ten lovers in a life time. Well, I’m currently 30 years old and I’ve had lots more than that.