Contrary to opinion from some quarters that Nigeria is not yet ripe for a cashless society which the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is proposing to kick off next year, stakeholders in the e-payment ecosystem of the financial sector have thrown their weight behind the policy.

ABUJA- Plans have reached advanced stage to set up an African HIV Vaccine Research and Development Trust Fund, as part of initiatives to tackle the scourge of the disease in the continent.

STUDENTS of The Polytechnic, Ibadan now have a cause to smile as Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has ordered the management of the institution to immediately revert to the old fees charged before the controversial increment by the Adebayo Alao-Akala’s regime.

Nkemdilim Uwaje is the Managing Director/ CEO of Future Software Resources Limited and a Board member of the Global Youth Summit Award. After the just concluded WSYA held at Graz Austria, she told IT Journalists that Nigeria may not achieve Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) unless the youths were engaged in software incubation. Excerpt:

ASABA- DELTA State Head of Service, Mr. Okechukwu Ofili, Tuesday, confirmed the existence of ghost workers on the payroll of the state government.

Soldiers drafted to maintain security in Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Monday night, shot dead a member of the vigilante group in Anfana village, the District Head of the area, Mr. Kure Mallam, has said.

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has presented a N187.9 billion budget proposal for next year to the state House of Assembly for approval. The governor pledged to improve on the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state from N10 billion to N63 billion per annum by next year.

A group,Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described as retrogressive, unproductive and backward closure of all public schools within Abuja municipal area for 10 days by the Federal Capital Territory Administration to pave way for the ongoing Abuja carnival.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, and his erstwhile deputy, Mr Usman Bayero Nafada, will on December 14, open their defence against the 17-count charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, has lamented the delay in the completion of the state Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, secretariat by the contractors handling the project.