A draft of the National Software Policy for Nigeria has been submitted to the National Information Development Agency of Nigeria (NITDA).

Wake-Up, Wake-Up, Wake-Up! The Book of Isaiah and Revelation have said enough on apathy and docility, and there may be nothing more to say? But how long will Nigeria harbour and ignorantly elude the dreaded software catastrophe that has stated and continues to haunt all nations of the world? At last, one of the most complex threats to the emerging information society (IS) ever discovered, is here! Will Africa (Nigeria) sooner or later become the ultimate victim and loser?

The International media circuit has listed the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), winner of the BID Arch of Europe Award in Frankfurt.

While the software giant, Microsoft prepares the young talents around the world through Imagine Cup software competition for the global work force, new report from the International Youth Foundation outlines actions to better prepare the 1.2 billion global youth entering the 21st century workforce.

Officials from the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) yesterday raided the head office premises of a well-known Estate Management Firm, Jide Taiwo & Co in Victoria Island, Lagos. The raid, which followed a tip off and undercover surveillance by the NCC, resulted in the seizure of suspected high quality counterfeit Microsoft software.

By the time the IT professionals assembly 2012 under the aegis of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, (CPN) wound up in Abuja last week, it was obvious that the dust on the name to be given to the Communication Ministry is yet to settle.

As part of its contribution to the development of ICT knowledge in tertiary institutions and youth empowerment, Vodacom Business Nigeria, a pan-African corporate total communication solutions, has organized a three day ICT workshop for the students of Benue State University.

As at January this year, Blackberry users in Nigeria were said to be around 2.4 million but a research by FactBound Research, last week, reported that only 10 percent of that lot use it for office work.

For example: Australia needs 8 years from: 2010: To deliver broadband at speed of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and businesses through fiber-optic cables connected directly to buildings. The other 10 percent of people would get a wireless upgrade.

AS Nigerian financial institutions are fine-tuning plans for the planned implementation of cashless economy in 2013, a a US-based data protection company, SafeNet Incorporated in partnership with Wini Group has organized a sensitization programme on data protection.