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.

AS far as solving problems on the African continent, and indeed, the entire Third World is concerned, various multilateral organizations have churned out billions of text on blueprints that will help transform life and living from the negative trend we experience now to something more positive.

SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a leading global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems, has announced that it has been chosen as broadband fiber connectivity solution provider for Starcomms, one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company and provider of 3G services and triple-play.

At the just concluded German/Nigerian Economic Forum held in Abuja last week, Wincor Nixdorf has announced plans to continue its support for the expansion of retail banking in Nigeria with innovative self-service technology for cash process automation with the supply of 600 ATMs to its partners, Computer Warehouse Group.

National President of the Association of Telecommunications Association of Nigeria, Engr. Titi Omo-Ettu has commended the management of VDT Communications for maintaining very high standard of service delivery in broadband services in ten years of its industry life.

The talk in recent times has been whether the CDMA operators deserve a bail-out fund to help them re-grow their networks to be able to face competition against their GSM counterparts whose fortunes are in an upward swing.

Telecoms giant, Alcatel-Lucent sponsored the just concluded eighth edition of West and Central AfricaCom, the conference and exhibition that focuses on commercial telecoms in all 24 countries in West and Central Africa.

The APM Terminals, Apapa, has offered importers N1.3 billion waivers on accumulated storage charges as part of efforts to decongest the port.

State-owned People’s Insurance Company of China Group (PICC), one of the country’s largest insurers, plans to raise $5 billion to $6 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong and Shanghai, IFR reported citing two sources with knowledge of the plans.