Although the number of smartphones in Africa currently stands at 160 million, according to the latest report by the GSMA, to achieve more mobile connectivity in the sub-Saharan Africa, two giant service providers, MTN and Etisalat have said that cost of 3G-enabled smart phones was still a key barrier to connectivity.

AHEAD of Tuesday’s commencement of screening, Senate, yesterday, raised hurdles that ministerial nominees must scale to be cleared for appointment.

The Senate, which said that the screening will be guided by the 1999 Constitution and the Senate Standing Orders 2015, as Amended, directed all nominees to submit 115 copies of their resume each to the Senate, on or before Monday.

DELTA Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, of Delta State, has commissioned a multi-million naira rice mill owned by Raymond Guanah Farms Limited, threatening to revoke all undeveloped plots of land at the Asaba industrial estate.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has donated N4.3 million to the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Anambra state wing in retrospect to support the 2013 world teachers day.

A retired Army officer, Col. Bude Nnakee Okafor, who contested the chairmanship position of Njikoka Local Government Area in Anambra State, in this interview calls on the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano to obey a court judgement that declared him winner of the election