The Nigerian IT and Telecom industry , Wednesday, woke up with a tragic news of the death of Engr Ndukwe Kalu, President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA).

With its leadership position in Deep Cycle Inverter batteries, Line Interactive, Online UPS, among others, hardware solutions provider, Tripplesea Limited, Sole Marketers Blue Gate Products, has set up an automated product service center in Lagos to offer after sales support services for all models of Blue Gate range.

Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja would be hosting the 3rd IT Edge West Africa Convergence Forum Nove-mber 5.Organisers of the event, Knowledge Media International (KMI) Limited said that the yearly IT Edge West Africa Convergence Forum has cemented its position as West Africa’s premier ICT event focusing on convergence, innovation and the consequences of policy thrusts on a converging environment.

At the just concluded Highway African conference held in Grahamstown , South Africa software giant, Microsoft called for an increased ICT real estate for the African media so as to brace up the new media .

Those who predicted a fisticuff anytime the Minister of Information and Communications, Prof Dora Akunyili and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe ever met, were handed a rude shock last weekend as the meeting of the duo in Radio house Thursday, was more of a warm embrace than the usual exchange of banters that have been going on in the press for a while now.