Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has directed lawmakers representing the state at the National Assembly to support the nomination of former Governor Kayode Fayemi during his screening by the Senate next Tuesday.

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.

APPARENTLY disturbed by the incessant bombings by the insurgents in the North East and the recent Kuje/Nyanya blasts, Members of the House of representatives, Thursday re-opened the Abuja, Lagos Close Circuit Television Cameras CCTVs contract allegedly awarded to ZTE Communications for over N76billion.

Thanks to the online social video giant, YouTube, people around the world, including Nigeria, can now express themselves in exciting ways. However, with the increasing number of videos online, it is hard for viewers to know which ones are interesting enough to subscribe to.

The International Committee of AFRIMA and the African Union Commission, AUC, on Monday October 5, unveiled Lagos, Nigeria, as the Host City for the 2015 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, putting to rest high expectations among AFRIMA stakeholders about the Nigerian city to capture hosting rights.

Following the resignation of Nigeria’s goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama on Thursday, Nigerians have started to react to the decision made by the former Super Eagles skipper who was recently stripped of his position by the teams’ head coach, Sunday Oliseh.

One of the top commercial banks in Nigeria, Access Bank, has disclosed that it has selected Ireland’s leading self-service banking software provider, CR2’s BankWorld omnichannel suite, to manage its self-service channels including ATM, Internet, and Mobile. With 5 million retail customers and over 1,500 ATMs, Access Bank was mindful of the importance of the self-service channels in supporting Nigeria’s retail banking growth. This strategic alliance was celebrated at Access Bank’s London headquarters recently.

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN has sent petition to UN Special Rapporteurs requesting them to use their “positions and mandates to thoroughly investigate reports of the unnecessary deaths of at least 60 girls and young women in Swaziland killed in bus crash on their way to dance festival where King of Swaziland, King Mswati III picks one of thousands of topless virgins as his new wife.”

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday fixed Nov.15 to determine the no-case-submission filed by former president of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Lulu and three others accused of mismanaging N1.3 billion. The others are Amanze Uchegbulam, a former first vice president, Taiwo Ogunjobi, a former executive committee member and NFF former secretary-general, Bolaji Ojo-Oba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused persons had earlier lost in their bid to get the Court of Appeal to quash the charges.

ex-FIFA President, Joseph Blatter and ex-UEFA President, Michel Platini have been provisionally banned from all football activities for 90 days by the organisation’s Ethics Committee.