Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (rtd), former chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia

While endorsing the National Software Conference and Competition organized by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), in partnership with the Government of Cross River State, the United Nations has plugged the the low hanging technology fruits in the Nigerian national software development Initiatives.

In spite of these success stories, the country has suffered setbacks. Nigerian football suffered a major failure in 1977 when a Godwin Odiye’s own-goal stopped the country from attending her first World Cup in 1978. Other disappointments were in 1981 and 1989 when Nigeria was stopped by Algeria and Cameroon respectively.

More than 80 families were bilked out of $10 million in investments through a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Richard Freer, a former bank president, according to Northampton County authorities.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State, has said that Independence Day called for celebration for many reasons, including the fact that Nigeria had remained a united country, in spite of obvious challenges.