HP and Intel have launched a one month campaign called the Summer Splash promo which targets lucky consumers who will get a 60 day internet connection from Airtel and a chance to win three grand prizes and then an all expenses paid weekend, with every purchase of elected HP Intel based notebooks.

Telecom giant MTN recently launched a new MTN talk on logo to mark it’s tenth year anniversary of operating in the country’s massive telecom and mobile business market at an elaborate ceremony held in Ikeja, Lagos.

THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said all is now set for the commencement of the issuance of new national identity numbers to Nigerians, beginning next month.

Crude oil prices fell on Monday on growing fears of a sovereign debt default on either side of the Atlantic and on the possibility of another emergency stock release from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Brent crude futures fell 96 cents to 116.30 dollars a barrel, after touching a low of 116.12 dollars earlier in the session. U.S. crude meanwhile fell 1.24 dollars to 96.00 dollars a barrel.

THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced that the international dialling code 211, has been assigned to the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN member state.

DR. Danjuma Almustafa is a UNICEF Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in this interview, he regrets that the near absence of data keeping culture in Nigeria, is hindering the general development of the country.

Twitter developers, Biz Stone, Jason Goldman and Evan Williams have unveiled plans to launch a new startup venture.

LEADING technological solutions to the physical and technological security problems facing the nation was top talk at the recently held Physical Security and Building Management System Workshop organized by WECO Systems in Lagos.

An Islamic scholar, Malama Hafsat Bello, yesterday, said that youth empowerment, through the provision of sustainable means of profitable employment will eliminate criminal tendencies and enhance national security.

While unveiling plans to launch a three-year, $3 million competitive grant programme to help recipients realize their vision of solving the world’s toughest problems, software giant, Microsoft at the end of Imagine Cup 2011 and awards ceremony held last Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater Lincoln center in New York,declared Team Hermes from Ireland as the top winners in the software design competition.

Telecom giant, Globacom has announced the launch of new internet tariff plans.

I used to wonder about the rationale behind the phrase “as cool as a cucumber”. So I decided to delve into the nutritional properties of this low-calorie vegetable. How cool can you get with cucumber?

The Nigeria equity market, represented by the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has been rated as unattractive and very expensive among its peers in Africa, South America, Eastern Europe and Southern Asia, ASEESA, according to a report by Dunn Loren Merrifield.

Benue State Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, has urged newly- appointed commissioners in the state to remain steadfast and resolute in the discharge of their assigned duties, which he said would transform the state into greatness.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ejigbo depot, said it has started the sale of kerosene in Lagos. The product sold at N50 per litre, was the first by IPMAN in more than two years. The sale followed the allocation of 10,000 litres of the product to each of 500 independent marketers.