THE controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, has again suffered setback in the Senate as the planned public hearing had been put on hold as a result of the ongoing Hajj by the Muslim lawmakers.

The Minister of Agriculture and Urban Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has urged the EU member states to pay more attention to investing in agribusiness in Nigeria, rather than focusing on granting Aids to the country to develop the sector.

MR Uzo Azubuike, Chairman of House Representatives Committee on Public Petitions in this interview dismissed the rumoured impeachment moves against President Goodluck Jonathan and the House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal. Azubuike, who is also a member of the Unity Forum,UF, in the House also noted that his group would support President Jonathan should he decide to run for a second term in office.

For the third time in as many years the national Independence Day celebrations usually marked with pomp and ceremony were held in the relatively safe confines of Aso Rock Villa. Eagles Square, venue of the event in Abuja since the movement to the Federal Capital, is now a no-go area for such matters even though the states still manage to hold relatively public celebrations at parade grounds and parks.

Head coach of the Nigeria national team, Stephen Keshi has predicted a torrid time for his wards ahead of Sunday’s 2014 Fifa World Cup playoff against Ethiopia.

How best to help big,and small medium size organizations in the Nigerian market to combat security threats was the focus of a one_day seminar organized recently by Check Point Software Technologies in partnership with DataGroupIT in Lagos. The seminar aimed at educating the firms on solutions that can avert security threats, among other things afforded the participants the opportunities to get exposed to new trends in security threats, the challenges and effects with the Check Point solution to address the ugly trends which have continued to cause economic harm than good.

It was as if commuters in the CMS-bound commuter bus this Tuesday morning, unanimously decided to create their own happiness despite the heart-rending news items bombarding them from all directions in the past couple of weeks as they laughed all the way to the final bus-stop.

Thou shall not live by bread alone! With the advent of the Knowledge economy, it has become a strategic imperative and mandatory obligation for Nigeria to reconsider the centric mission of living by Telecommunication alone! History of Telecommunications reveals that many thousand years ago, the art of Telecommunication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, then to the Americas and later parts of Asia – particularly in China. It must be emphasized that this write-up is not intend to understate the significance, value and power of Telecommunication in human endeavor and for Nigeria.

MRS.Hawa Haruna, a petty business woman and mother of five had lost two of her children to diarrhoea and cholera diseases. She did not know the cause of their death at the time, hence she attributed it to foul play by members of her husband’s family.

The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA says it has spend approximately N900 million in capacity building and training of young IT professionals on postgraduate scholarship scheme.