Eight hundred and forty six groups and still counting! That is the number, at least, according to Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, of the groups promoting the aspiration of President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of next year’s election.

So, if they are really sincere with their zoning, they would even advice Jonathan to come, if they are sincere with the zoning because Jonathan government is the continuation of Yar’Adua’s government. So, if they are really sincere with their zoning, I will continue to tell my people not to bother themselves with the zoning.

In their prime, they toiled and gave their best towards the development of their fatherland. Some spent over three decades working loyally for the system which they had implicit faith in. Years after retirement when they should be rewarded for good work, they are receiving pain and anguish.

Having allowed speculations about his aspiration for the presidency next year, President Goodluck Jonathan may have unwittingly set in motion a possible chain of events that is bound to change the face of politics in Nigeria. But will the North, which sees its opportunity of producing the president for another four years being tampered with by Jonathan’s aspiration, allow matters to lay low? This report looks at the implications of PDP leaders’ sudden repudiation of zoning, a move that may have more debilitating consequences for the south and other minorities in Nigeria.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr. Anthony Sani has also reacted to the statement credited to the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo to the effect that the party’s zoning in the party was dumped in 1999 saying the PDP National Chairman does not constitute all the organs of the PDP and therefore should not comment on such matters without proper consultations with other organs of the party.

Team Skeek from Thailand took home the grand prize of $25,000 (U.S.) in the Software Design category for their solution eyeFeel, which allows hearing-impaired people to communicate with others via an augmented-reality environment.

What we are hearing from students is that Azure takes care of running their solution so they can focus on the creative part of problem-solving.” He said, adding that the lies in the students who can IT to face the challenges of the 21st century challenges”

With the first two intense days of project presentations and judges’ questions finally over, the 68 student teams participating in the Software Design competition at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup have been trimmed down to 15 teams that will go for the final stage tomorrow, Wenesday.

There appears to be atmosphere of anxiety and expectations as to which team wins the 2010 cup software competition in software design and embedded development even as the global software giant, Microsoft announced the finalists for the two categories.

It would be recalled that no fewer than 400 software incubators from 69 countries and regions around the world who can use technology to solve the world’s toughest challenges contested in the first round at on-going world’s premier student technology competition, the Imagine Cup 2010 initiated by the global software giant, Microsoft.