The utility value of mobile technology is almost second to none. In sub-Sahara Africa, the mobile phone has proven to be an innovative and transformative tool for positive social and economic change, empowering individuals, communities and organizations in a variety of ways.

The electoral fortune the All Progressive Congress, APC, enjoyed in the last general election in Kogi State has turned it to a beautiful pride.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s vuvuzelised state visit to the United States has been generating a lot of commentary in the media. Expectedly, the key issue people are arguing about is the possible benefit of the event to Nigerians as the new government struggles to overcome multi-faceted economic, security and infrastructural challenges facing the country at this time.

The battle line is drawn as Nigeria seek to pick a ticket to the African U-23 championships which is a qualification tourna-ment for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Between Nigeria and this ticket is the Congolese national U-23 side handled by Frenchman Claude Le Roy.

The Ondo State Government has expressed satisfaction over the success recorded in the implementation of the Resident Card in the health sector

“Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. – “ Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, to his Portrait Painter, Sir Peter Lely.

The hysterical reaction in some quarters to the visit by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is a well-known perception management technique that seeks to, through deliberate misrepresentation and misinterpretation, cast aspersion on the integrity of a targeted individual. It is hardly surprising that the usual suspects in character assassination are in the forefront of those who have sought to discredit Wike and, in the process scoop political capital out of their reaction to a harmless undertaking by the governor.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has described the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to publish names of debtors to shame individuals and companies involved after the August 1, 2015 (yesterday) deadline, as unprofessional, calling on CBN to examine the default on case by case basis in order to avoid sweeping generalisation. The chamber also advised the apex bank to adhere to global best practice of debt recovery by giving due consideration to legal implications.

A new tune is wafting across Delta State. It is the SMART tune with a loveable chorus of “Prosperity for all Deltans”. The proponent and natural cheerleader is no other person than Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, whose passion is how to ensure that his fellow Deltans, irrespective of differences in ethnicity, gender, faith, geographical location and political persuasion, live a good life.

The Department of State Services , DSS, has arrested 28 suspected kidnappers during its nationwide operations within six days.