Senator, representing La-gos East Senatorial District, Mr Gbenga Ashafa has stressed the need for the development of Information Communication Technology, ICT, in Nigeria, even as he advocated proper equipment of mostly rural schools with ICT tools to bridge digital divide between the urban and rural students.

How to tackle the spate of cyber attacks in the growing Nigerian digital banking environment has become a major concern to tech solution providers who believe that it will rob the country of whatever benefits the digital banking revolution will bring.

Going by available statistics, Nigeria’s broadband development may not be as bad as many Nigerians are made to believe. Indications are that internet is fast penetrating all sectors of Nigerian economy.

UMUAHIA—A coalition of pro-Biafra groups, Biafra Restoration Citizens, has called on all pro-Biafra groups to be involved in the on-going voters’ registration exercise, saying it would play a major role in the event of a referendum for the emergence of Biafra.

LAST week’s copy of this column that centred on the probability of members of the Reformed All Progressives Congress defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party where most of them had originally defected from to join the APC- that copy was hardly dispatched for publication when the nation was gripped by news of the defection of the law makers who had for a while now been disgruntled with the leadership of their party. They had by Tuesday last week made good their threatened defection as the National Assembly led by leaders of the estranged faction of the APC summarily proceeded on recess. Since then the cat and mouse game between members of the R-APC and the leaders of the APC has escalated.

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday announced his decision to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP

Doctors at a private hospital in Lekki area of Lagos are battling to save the life of 45-year-old businessman, Godwin Obike who was allegedly stabbed in different parts of the body by his sister in-law at their Lekki Garden Phase 4 residence in Lagos.

INVESTORS in the power sector yesterday requested the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, to urgently convene a meeting of the electricity distribution chain to enable them brainstorm on how to move the sector forward.

SINCE N5 billion  was slashed from the provisions of Pension Redemption Fund and the public service wage adjustment by the National Assembly before passing the 2018 Appropriation Bill, it has been pain, anger, sadness, frustration and disappointment for  retired federal public servants, next of kin of deceased public servants and indeed, stakeholders in the pension management sector.

AFTER two years of legal battle, four policemen are to die by hanging for killing a commercial motorcycle operator in 2016 on Goodluck Jonathan Boulevard, Akwa Ibom State.

Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Gas, SNG, Limited, Mr E. D. Ubong, has admitted that the multinational oil firm has not done enough for Abia State, where it has been operating in Owaza community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state for over 60 years.

Chairman of Ejigbo Local Government Council Development Area, LCDA, Mr. Monsuru Bello, has said the LCDA is working towards economic transformation of the area.

Abuja—After many weeks of drama over undeclared assets, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, finally reported to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to answer questions on the multiple assets in Nigeria and abroad ascribed to him.

3D design, engineering and entertainment software com- pany, Autodesk Inc., has called for the adoption of digital technologies in the construction industry, saying it is a new frontier for innovation in the technology ecosystem.

Telecom lawyer, Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN, has challenged the nation’s telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC to stamp its authority to ensure double taxation and multiple regulation of the telecom industry are mitigated if not totally abolished.