To reinforce the premium the Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, places on the essence of Sim card registration, the commission has slated a forum to enlighten the public on modalities of conducting the registration at the Milipat Hotels, Nsukka tomorrow.

With the increasing concern and efforts to curtail the spread of Cyber crime in Nigeria, an IT expert and head, corporate communications, NigcomSat limited, Sonny Aragba-Akpore has cited the growing internet usage and patronage as the reason responsible for the spread of the scourge in the country.

Former President of the Nigerian Computer Society, Chief Orjinta Ala Ala has urged Nigerians to be patient as they go through the 2011 voters’ registration exercise, saying that a technology driven process like electronic registration requires practice and experience to get right.

As unbelievable as it sounds, Kalahari.com.ng, an online retailing company in the country has announced that no fewer than 65 million Nigerians and counting now throng the online market; leaving offline product companies and crude IT clusters like the computer village not currently enlisted in emalls in the country on the brinks of what has been termed a ‘digital extinction’.

A media based Non Governmental organisation, the Joint Action Committee on ICT awareness and Development, JACITAD, at the weekend set a seven point agenda which it said would aid policy makers in the industry arrive at a better ICT year in 2011.

Recently, the management of Leadership Watch, a non governmental organization which specialized in promoting good leadership in Nigeria organized its 10th annual lecture in Lagos on the theme: Imagine a Nigeria Without Oil”.

Literally, all roads lead to Barcelona Spain, February 14-17, 2011, where a looming four-day war would spark off. The most interesting thing about this war is that it is a mobile war and can not be carried out with bombs, rockets and other weapons of mass destruction.
It would be a war of wits, brains, innovations and very serious research and development efforts in the mobile industry.

IT training institution, APTECH last week marked its 10 Years of operations in Nigeria and in appreciation, enriched its students with free laptop donations.

In line with the central bank of Nigeria directive for security printing companies to establish world class printing facilities in Nigeria, one of the locally accredited security printing companies in Nigeria, Superflux international limited says it is set to commission a $5million worth of equipment in digital printing.

How has the Nigerian ICT vision, mission and strategies faired as crafted and enunciated under the National Policy for information Technology Development and the Telecommunications Act 2003?

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, has announced the EcoBreeze, a modular indirect evaporative and air-to-air heat exchanger cooling solution.

While social media is increasingly becoming popular with the growth of social networking, Microsoft Nigeria has recently hosted its 1st Blogger’s Brunch in Lagos for IT savvy Bloggers.

The 2011 international Consumer Electronics Show, (CES) ended successfully last Sunday in Las Vegas, the United States of America with innovation and optimism, no fewer than 2,700 technology providers across the globe dazzled attendees at the just concluded 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, CES, held in Las Vegas United States of America with the ground-breaking event energizing the technology world.

A new report launched recently by ITU and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) on how to use ICTs in tackling climate change has highlighted how Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are of fundamental importance in reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, as well as in helping countries everywhere adapt to climate change and to deal with its sometimes catastrophic effects.

THE United State of America’s Federal Communications Commission, FCC, has commended the giant strides recorded in the Nigeria’s telecom industry, with credits to the Nigerian telecom regulator, NCC, for bringing Nigeria at par with several advanced nations of the world.