Galaxy Backbone last week joined forces with software giants, Microsoft Nigeria to create employment opportunities for young Nigerians through the Employable Skills Development Internship Program (ESDIP) .

Those who put so much hope on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s cashless Nigeria initiative, particularly in Lagos metropolis, got a rude shock during the Yuletide. Some of them were left with a sour festive season with cashless Automated Teller Machines, ATMs and dysfunctional Point of Sale, POS terminals.

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC has said that the Non- Intelligent 11 digits National Identification Number, NIN is what will genuinely reveal the identity of registrants at any point in time.

The global IT battle field in 2014 will revolve between triangular dimensions of: IT Policy, e-Government, and e-Security. These triangular parameters will dictate the development and market growth directions of the Information and Communications Technology sector.

The Chief Executive Officer of Venema Advies Nigeria Limited, Dick Venema weekend in Lagos said that a professionally maintained information technology (IT) infrastructure could save organization operating costs (Opex) of between 20-30 per cent.

For the second time in two years, the Nigerian Society of Engineers,NSE, has declared that its general election recently was successfully conducted through the deployment of electronic voting,e-voting system designed and produced locally by Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT Limited.

Computer and other mobile device makers ASUS, last week braced the odds of adverse market environment to be recognized as the number-one Taiwanese brand in the Best Taiwan Global Brands Awards 2013.

LG Mobile, has deliberately targeted the Yuletide period to bring its G series smart gadgets, including the G Pro, G Pro-Lite, G2 as well as the G Pad to Nigeria.

Although the Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union , ITU, Dr. Hamadun Toure, had commended Nigeria for achieving the highest growth in subscriber base among the telecommunications markets in the world for five consecutive years, poor quality of service has persisted.

A release by Ericsson ConsumerLab report for Sub-Saharan Africa shows that Smartphones have potential to bridge digital divide in Africa by providing universal access and connectivity to a wider scope of citizens.

The National Identity Management Commission has said that as part of efforts to ensure implementation of National Identification Management System, NIMS and subsequent issuance of multipurpose national identity card in Nigeria, it has inaugurated a National Public Key Infrastructure, PKI.

By challenging Nigerian local software code warriors to build applications that have local appeal, the global software giant, Microsoft may have started growing Nigerian local software ecosystem system though 9apps challenge.

FOR the next two years, the name Leo Stan Ekeh, would not only be synonimous with his Zinox brand alone, but also with Microsoft.

Two major targets for one of Nigeria’s leading mobile devices retailer, Slot System Limited, in 2014 would be to increase employment opportunity for youths and to expand its operations beyond the Nigeria to other West African countries

The National Identity Management Commission, NICM, last week, announced that it has captured about 1.2 Nigerians into the ongoing registration for National Identity Numbers, NINs.