ANOTHER winner in the on-going MTN Cash Quest consumer promotion has emerged. He is Chigozie Okoh, a native of Ebonyi State. Chigozie had the dream of studying engineering in the tertiary institution as a young boy. That dream received a set-back the day his parents told him they may not be able to fund his tertiary education. Of course, he wept.

In just one year, Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab, said that Hackers have stolen approximately $1 billion in what could be one of the largest bank heists ever.

Sustainable growth of the Information and Communications Technology sector in Nigeria and West Africa is dependent on developing innovative technologies to solve the sector’s toughest power management challenges, Charles Iyo, West Africa Sales Manager, Electrical Sector. Eaton has said.

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Dikki, has said privatising the Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) is key to improve the country’s telecommunication technology sector.

While Nigerians were ushering in the New Year, outspoken Catholic Priest, Father Ejike Mbaka was calling on Nigerians to usher President Goodluck Jonathan out of office come election time.

Social media allows candidates to communicate directly with citizens, keeping control of the content, distribution and timing of their messages, as well as reducing their dependence on traditional intermediaries. It also provides a way for politicians to monitor what is happening in the public sphere during an election campaign.

A thoroughbred technocrat, he recently made the decision to seek further service through the political front and is now campaigning round his constituency. One thing is clear, the wealth of experience he will be bringing to the legislature if elected, is something every Nigerian should look forward to. In fact, it’s reasonable to expect ICT-driven legislation to better the lives of people if elected, given his antecedents.

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdu Bulama is seeking a collaborative support from Britain to fully develop and leverage on some key components of federal government’s Transformation Agenda as they affect Science and Technology in the areas of Space Technology Programme, biotechnology, agriculture and medicine.

To accelerate the pace of broadband infrastructure rollout across the nation, the Broadband Council at its regular quarterly meeting held last week in Abuja has called for other States yet to join to do so. Already, Bayelsa, Ondo, Katsina, FCT, Lagos and Cross Rivers State have signed on the smart state initiate while Anambra, Delta, Gombe and Osun State have agreed to become Smart States.

PAn-African ICT Company, Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), has been issued the license to operate as Payment Terminal Service Provider (PTSP) to Point-of-Sale terminals (PoS) in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Chairman, Zinox Technologies, Mr Leo-Stan Ekeh at the weekend charged a mammoth crowd, among them young Nigerian entrepreneurs, that gathered to participate in this year’s Nokia Networks Conference in Lagos, that the freedom to succeed lies in improved broadband penetration.

A Sectoral study conducted by African Institute of Technology, USA, on Science& Technology Innovation in Nigeria, revealed that Nigerian’s economy has seen little innovation in information and communications technology, ICT.

Despite the giant strides in Information and Communication Technology, ICT, low broadband penetration has remained the bane of the industry. However, there now seems to be light at the end of the tunnel as the Broadband Council has said that there had been a two percent increase in the broadband implementation plan within the past eighteen months.

Coremobile Group, operators of Quickairtime.com, an online airtime recharge platform, has introduced a loan facility for airtime vendors.

The Director, Spect-rum and Public Policy Africa, for Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), Mortimer Hope has said that opportunities in digital age can only be realised if Nigerian government acts now to allocate more spectrum for mobile to meet rising consumer demand and support the development of new mobile services in the longer term.