Mikel Obi’s elder, Ebele Obi has revealed the incidents that led to his father’s disappearance last week. Michael Obi is believed to have been abducted after he failed to return home on Friday.

Chief Executive Officer of Starcomms Plc, Mr Logan Pather, stunned his listeners last week when he hinted that the Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM, and Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA, the two telecommunication technologies presently operated by telecommunications operators in Nigeria would be phased out in the next few years.

On Tuesday August 2nd, 2011, the name Desiree Chidera Nwadike was announced in far away San Diego, as one of the top four finalists to have excelled at the 2011 Certiport Worldwide Competition that attracted about 228,000 participants from 57 countries who competed to demonstrate their mastery of Microsoft Office products.

Nigeria’s quest to become part of knowledge society is attracting global attention as the immediate past president of the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) and Chief Executive Officer of PiNet Informatics, Mr. Lanre Ajayi, has been nominated into the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) council of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The number of containers scanned at the ports daily has increased from about 60 to 130 with the introduction of direct trucking by APM Terminals, Managing Director of Cotecna Destination Inspection Nigeria Limited, CDINL, Mr. Tayo Rabiu, has said.

The National Software Policy Review Committee, (NSPC) will this week submit the draft copy of the National Software Policy to the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) for review by the governing board of the regulatory authority, Chairman of the National Software Policy Committee, (NSPC) Professor Wole Akinyokun has said.

A call has gone out to the general public to be wary of fake insurers and desist from patronising them because they won’t get any compensation when they encounter any loss.

The importance of Information and Communications Technology, ICT, to the national development has once again been reiterated.

The Chief Executive Officer of AAA Infotek Limited, Mr Akinbo Akinlabi has attributed the inability of the country to develop and manufacture telecoms infrastructure components both in the mobile stations, access, transmission and core networks to lack of financial encouragement and enabling environment.

Access to agricultural inputs, market linkages, technical support services as well as access to financial services through value-chain financing are the factors that could lead to revival and growth of Nigeria’s ailing agriculture sector, says Jacques Taylor of Stanbic IBTC Bank.

The naira yesterday depreciated in both the official and interbank market following 60 per cent rise in foreign exchange demand.

Kirikiri town, a sparsely populated community in Lagos which has become synonymous with the two prisons, (the Maximum and Medium prisons) situated therein has before now, remained a purely residential area.

A proposal for the phased completion of the troubled Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State will soon be sent to the Presidency.

Management of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc (STI) has enjoined all shareholders of the company to take advantage of the Rights Issue it is offering exiting shareholders and buy into the offer.

Personally, i do not like the taste of soybeans especially the milk, yet it comes in handy as a refreshing drink to some other people and very filling too, so the soymilk could be considered as a food on its own.