Last week, the Digital Bridge Institute; an international centre for communication studies running currently in the country in conjunction with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Georgia Tech University and the MacArthur Foundation presented a 3-day workshop on the Enhancement of Civil Society use of ICTs in Nigeria.

Global hardware makers and printing solution providers, HP has unveiled a new category of web enabled printing solutions designed for the cloud that will, for the first time, allow people to Print from any email device to any new ePrint-enabled printer from anywhere in the world through the new HP ePrint technology ( as well as s tore documents or files in the cloud and print direct when needed.

These are the best of times for Nigeria football. I swear.At times like this all you need to do is,wake up in the morning, send someone to buy you the dailies and digest them with glee.

THE Federal Government’s hosting in London last week of the two-day summit on our 50th independence anniversary continues to draw fire from critics. The summit which saw an impressive outing by ministers, state governors, National Assembly members and leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is being characterised as a waste of federal and state government resources; a needless depletion of our foreign exchange paying for travels, upkeep and generous foreign travel allowances.

Though, even back in the olden days, the act is usually received with mixed feelings among diverse people. However, with the era of male supremacy gradually fading out, and more women gaining financial and educational leverage, many, including men, now see wife battering as an attack and abuse of the supposedly weaker sex. Add to this is the enactment of laws by at various levels of government in the country against domestic violence, some of which attract stiff penalties if found guilty of.