LAGOS- President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has said that the Senate would take action on the implementation of the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice, which upheld the rights of Nigerian children to free, quality and compulsory basic education.

Hon Ali Ajuh a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart in Kogi State was the immediate past chairman of Omala Local Council and is presently, commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state. In this interview, he speaks among others on why Kogi electorate should elect the Capt Idris Wada and Architect Yomi Awoniyi gubernatorial ticket of the PDP in the forthcoming election in the state.

Nigeria may not attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) sector unless it develops and implements targeted initiatives for identified priority sub-sectors, especially development of local software promoted through establishment of software innovation venture capital, the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has said.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has called on Igbo people living outside Igboland to protect the interest of their own at all times.

The Local Organising Committee for the seventh Obudu international mountain race and the third African nations mountain running championships has sent a message of congratulations to senator Liyel Imoke,the governor of Cross River state who was decorated yesterday with the Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) award by president Goodluck Jonathan.

Central Bank Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi may be an authority in banking, may make purposeful contribution to the economy, but when it comes to tecvhnology, he has to be taught and that is what the Second National Operator seemed to have done pennultimate week when it showcased the potentials of its international submarine cable, Glo 1 to top business and public sector chief executives including the CBN Governor himself.

IN apparent response to calls for amnesty for the deadly Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, stated that government was prepared to reintegrate and rehabilitate those who took arms against the state provided they lay down their arms.

Heads of Service (HOS) from the South-West geo-political zone have stressed the need for states in Nigeria to collaborate and agree on common position in handling matters of minimum wage and other labour related issues.

Etisalat Nigeria,last week at the Africa Com conference in Cape Town South Africa, said that outsourcing tower building and management to third parties were part of major initiatives that could help operators reduce Capital and Operational expenditure (CAPEX and OPEX).

THERE exists an issue I had wanted to write about for long which other matters kept pushing to the back. I hope readers of this column will remember that about mid-September, the Federal Executive Council, among others, approved contracts for the provision of Information technology in 387 schools across the country.