Unless a sound intellectual property policies were created by Nigerian government to spur innovation in local economies, the fight against piracy may remain unabated, the global software giant, Microsoft has said.

MTN Business Next Titan has made its debut on national and terrestrial television stations. Aired, for the first time, weekend, the television reality show takes into account the current drive for entrepreneurship, among the over one million Nigerian youth population, from whom 16 selected contestants have been placed in an academy to be supervised and nurtured by seasoned entrepreneurs and international business consultants.

Nigeria, on Monday, joined other top countries of the world to launch the Mobile Number Portability. The scheme will give Nigerian subscribers the freedom to change from one network to another and still retain their number.

President of the Nigerian Computer Society, Sir. Demola Aladekomo has disclosed plans by the umbrella IT body to build a multi- million IT Park in Lagos while seeking regulatory approval from the Lagos state government.

It is unacceptable therefore, that with well over USD$54billion software revenue generation, India Software export revenue is more than 400% of what Nigeria generates from oil annually.