The House of Representatives has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on the implementation of the Digital Awareness Programmes, DAP, and the Emergency Communications Centre, ECC, projects across the country, describing the projects as major citizen empowerment programmes whose impact will be felt across the nation and beyond.

Again, stakeholders in the Nigerian IT industry who gathered in Lagos at the weekend for the 2013 Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) President’s Dinner were worried, saying that unemployment will remain unabated except youth entrepreneurship through software development for job creation is encouraged.

The Nigerian Computer Society, (NCS) has called for more women participation in Information Technology so as to bridge digital divide.

One of the leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has become the first mobile operator in the country to announce the availability of latest BlackBerry Z10 Smartphones in its show rooms across the country.

Against the backdrop of the heat constantly generated by poor quality of telecoms services in the country, the telecoms operators and the government have been collaborating on ways to put an end to the unfortunate development.