In a move targeted at reducing the importation of petroleum products and putting an end to the scarcity of kerosene President Goodluck Jonathan, unveiled an all-encompassing strategy to almost immediately boost the nation’s refining capacity to over one million barrels per day.

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.

In a bid to offer solutions to growing insecurity in the land, SystemTrust Limited, an indigenous ICT Security company, has partnered AccessData Corporation, a top provider of solutions in digital forensics applications and pioneer in digital investigations

Last Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web, www, becoming a publicly available service on the internet.

In a bid to provide specific, relevant and tailored telecommunications solutions to empower Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria has announced the appointment of Rajiv Seghal as Vice President: Enterprise, SMEs and Postpaid.

Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, last week repeated calls that the federal government should make the vandalisation of telecom infrastructure a capital offence to deter vandals from frustrating the efforts of telecom operators in Nigeria.

The Nigerian office of Research In Motion RIM makers of the Blackberry range of smartphones announced plans to launch five new BlackBerry smartphones based on the BlackBerry 7 Operating System.

While the IT community awaits the national software blueprint, it may not business as usual again for local and foreign software makers as the Director of National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has said that the policy, when fully implemented would set standards for software acquisition and importation in the Nigerian market which has so far remained the exclusive preserve of foreign vendors.

We are where we are because while we like ourselves, we just don’t like our country, as a result of which we labour all our lives but other nations enjoy the fruit of our labours.

The chairman, Offa local government area of kwara state Hon Saheed Olalekan Popoola of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN is the only opposition party member among the 16 local government executives in Kwara Sate.

The Aguata-Orumba Union, in the United States of America, (AOU-USA) is shopping for N20m to purchase diagnostic equipments for distribution to key health centers located in three local government areas of the State.

Senior Staff Association of Electricity Allied Companies, SSAEAC, has kicked against recent sack of four of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, by the Minister of Power, arguing their removal was politically motivated.

Ten glorious years have rolled by in Nigeria’s telecommunications history. Nigeria’s leading telecommunications operator, MTN, recently jolted Nigerians to this reality when it rolled out a programme to celebrate the milestone.

IT was a time of refreshing, prophetic declaration and great grace for change as Insight Christian Centre recently concluded its 2011 annual convention amidst joy and thanksgiving.

To the 16-year-old son of Mr. Lucky Olasanya, it was like a drama when police detectives stormed their residence at Bashorun area of Ibadan and arrested his 42-year-old father.When his father was being interrogated, the little Olasanya expected him to vehemently deny allegation that he is a member of an armed robbery gang.