In a move to digitalize the Nigerian law making process, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has begun an ICT training programme for the Senate in Abuja.

Barely few weeks ahead of the global contest for the 2013 Microsoft Imagine Cup scheduled to hold in Russia next month, the Developer & Platform Evangelism Lead / Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, Shina Oyetosho has said with optimism that the solution, CardioLife developed by the Nigerian team was ready and tested on Windows 8 and phone devices .

There is so much noise, particularly in the Nigerian market, about Nokia’s brand of windows phone tagged the Lumia portfolio. Even with the way the device maker is promoting the ranges, it creates a lot of curiosity as what could be in these devices that have not been seen before.

Registrar of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, (CPN) Mohammed Sikiru Shehu has disclosed that the regulatory agency as part of its mandate has accredited no fewer than 10 universities across the country and 22 Polytechnics respectively this year.

From available statistics, the use of smartphones would continue to increase globally in the coming years and Nigeria is one of the emerging ICT economies where the boom would pitch and apparently make more impact.