The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA has unveiled a framework to increase the participation of women and youth in the Nigerian ICT sector.

It was the case of some losing and others gaining. Indeed, not many people thought that the implosion in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prompted by the feud between its erstwhile national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Turkur and some governors on the party’s platform in 2013 would continue in 2014.

Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, yesterday disclosed that its Exchange Traded Fund, ETF was oversubscribed by 114 per cent, just as the fund was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.

When the news went round the oil rich but rural communities of Ogbia council area of Bayelsa State that people with eye related ailments should converge on Otuoke, there was skepticism.

At the Otto Waff Bus-stop along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway last Wednesday evening, a commercial bus popularly called Danfo, was parked with the driver on the driver’s seat while the conductor was hanging by the door, calling passengers.

THE Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted remarks by a former Nigerian security Chief, Chief Albert Horsfall, demanding that its governorship candidate for the 2015 general elections, Mr Nyesom Wike, to step down as the party’s governorship candidate.

They had hoped to make brisk business that night but suddenly, the light went off and was not restored, forcing them to lock their shops and retire for the day earlier than expected. In their frustration, they cursed the authorities of the Ikeja Power Distribution Company, Ikeja DISCO for falling to provide light even after giving them crazy electricity bills.

Jigawa State Governor, Dr. Sule Lamido, yesterday described the rising tension in the Northern part of the country as a ticking bomb, which must be addressed urgently if Nigeria must survive as a nation.

OKOWA’S running mate: Clark, Manager, Tompolo in a fierce battle,” so screamed the headline (Vanguard, 20 December 2014). I saw at once the chronicle of another humiliation foretold: of the three personalities mentioned, none is Isoko. But one should not deduce the facts of a newspaper story from its headline. So to the story I went but before another word,the context for my conclusion. I had recently come to the view that the Isoko people are poorly served by their leaders and expressed it openly on April 7 when I declared my intention (aborted precisely eight months later on December 7 at the APC primaries) to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, yesterday postponed the deadline for the recapitalisation of capital market operators from December 31, 2014 to September 30, 2015.