RECENTLY, a draft piece of regulation by the telecommunications regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission, titled Draft Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations has become the focus of attention.

Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it would commence full implementation of the new Land Use Law in the state from July 31, 2013.

AWKA—ATTENDANCE of today’s ceremonies in Awka for the burial of the late Professor Chinua Achebe is mandatory for civil servants in Anambra State, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, has said.

Football Kenya Federation has made a passionate appeal to prospective sponsors, the government and well wishers to step in and assist the national team Harambee Stars financially as they get set to ‘beat’ Nigeria in the return leg of the World Cup Qualifier in Kasarani on June 5.

The Managing Director, Dragnet Solutions, one of the Nigeria’s leading people based screening and Computer Based Testing(CBT) solutions, Mr. Robert Ikazoboh has with optimism that national development can be achieved if the government invest in technology.

Last week, we considered the actions required of the current Board of Directors of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc – UBN, following on the judgement of the Investments and Securities Tribunal, IST, in respect of an originating application, case no IST/LA/OA/20/2010, brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against UBN and 19 others.

A 32-year-old driver with Nigerian Bottling Company Plc, Wale Orisanmi, was, yesterday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, for allegedly stealing 14 cartoons of Five Alive Juice, belonging to the firm.

Residents of 500 Housing Estates, otherwise called ‘Bafarawa Quarters’ in Sokoto metropolis, recently demonstrated how communities can assist in fighting crime in their vicinity. It was at about 5.30am when they were going to the mosque to say their early morning prayers. They accosted a 15- year- old JSS II boy, Godwin Dominic who was brought from Aba to run errands for one of their neighbours identified as Mrs. Bola Balogun. He was in possession of two sacks popularly called Ghana Must Go.

Unilever Nigeria Plc has appealed to its shareholders to embrace the electronic dividend and electronic bonus as a solution to the problem of unclaimed dividend in the country.

AT 6. 00am yesterday, the remains of 82-year-old Nigeria’s literary icon Chinua Achebe, who died in a Boston hospital arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from his US-base. The body was released by government officials led by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Anyim Pius Ayim.

Two people were feared dead, while others were injured, yesterday, when two rival cult groups clashed in Odo-Kekere area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

LAST week’s declaration of a state of emergency in three states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe has received the official endorsement of the umbrella body of Christians across the country, especially from among the most affected faithful in the troubled region, reports SAM EYOBOKA.

THE remains of Major Isaac Adaka Boro (1938-1968) were excavated from the Ikoyi cemetary last month and re-buried at Heroes Park in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State on Saturday May 18.

By next week, the Federal Government is expected to receive the first batch of software developers that would undergo one year training at the Lagos Incubation Centre.

Cable Company, Main One, has rebranded itself as Main One. The rebranding marks the conclusion of the company’s evolution from a submarine cable company to a full-fledged communications services provider, poised to play a greater role in providing a wide bouquet of data center and connectivity services across Africa.