Ericsson has unveiled its real-time platform that supports live captioning in various languages for broadcasters around the world. Ericsson via the technology, uses speech-to-text, newsroom integration, and rapid offline content preparation.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, yesterday, directed it members to ignore the September 22, 2014, resumption date for primary and secondary schools in Nigeria.

THE Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, has urged the National Assembly, which resumed from its two-month vacation, yesterday, to ensure the speedy passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), to accelerate development of the oil sector to boost the country’s revenue.

More than three weeks after an early morning fire gutted the accounts section and office of the general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the House of Representatives Committee on Sports said it was still awaiting the report of the Federal Fire Service and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) before it could take any further action on the matter.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday said that the authority would sanction any of the crew member found culpable of the $9.3 million laundered from Nigeria to South Africa.

The Police in Akure, Ondo state, recently made a breakthrough by arresting 34 suspected criminals involved in various misdemeanors in and around the state. Among those arrested were suspected cultists,internet/cyber fraudsters, armed robbers and receivers of stolen vehicles.

An oil marketer, Opeyemi Ajuyah, yesterday, faulted the claim by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that her company diverted over 10,000 metric tonnes of petrol.

African Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Services, ACHRH, yesterday, lamented the “massive displacement” of people from towns and villages in Borno State into Maiduguri, for safety and accommodation, urging the Federal Government to urgently address the humanitarian crises at resettlement camps.

ABA—GUNMEN, suspected to be kidnappers, last Sunday, in what now appeared a daily occurrence, abducted a businessman identified as Mbah Emeh in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, asking for N20 million ransom.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has dismissed comments by the former state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, who described himself as a lion that tamed the governor in Port Harcourt.

NGOZI Olejeme, Chairperson Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, and governorship aspirant in Delta State, in a chat with Vanguard acticulates why she wants to govern Delta and her vision for the state

The Minister of National Planning Commission, NPC, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman says the proposed implementation of the newly approved National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, NIIMP would generate about 30 million jobs in 30 years across all sectors of the economy.

One of the biggest Scrabble Competitions in the world, the Godswill Akpabio International Scrabble Classics is set to kick off with World Champion Nigel Richards confirming participation.

There is arguably nowhere in the world that new mobile phones penetrate the market faster than Nigeria. The news of a new mobile phone is received with exhilaration which eventually spark off acquisition competition.

The recently released results of the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, for May/June 2014 have generated an uproar across the country. The results showed that about 69 percent of the candidates who sat for the examination failed to get credit passes in five subjects including English Language and mathematics.