THE global village phenomenon is increasingly being actualised, thanks to the growing video technology and Cisco’s resolve to ensure that Africa does not take the back seat in the development.

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, last week demonstrated its proposed national identity number process at the Card, ATM and Mobile Payment exhibition, in Lagos. The step according to NIMC was to demonstrate and enlighten people on the enrolment process and what the commission would offer Nigerians.

Against the backdrop of Nigeria’s poor maternal health profile, the Catholic Medical Association of Nigeria, CMAN recently held its international scientific conference in Lagos, with the theme: Marshall Plan for Reducing Maternal Mortality in Nigeria”.

The Nigerian Software Lion has roared in an effort to occupy the international software space – this has come to pass. Engr. Chijioke Simeon Agu, a Fellow of the Nigeria Computer society and past president of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) accomplished the feat before his dawn.

Even as Ukrainian Team, quadSquad took the top position, taking home US$25,000 price after a keenly contested competition in the software design category which was the top in the series of awards at the just concluded 10th annual Imagine Cup, the world’s premier student technology competition, held in Sydney, Australia, organizers of the competition, Microsoft, has urged the students to be their own boss after their graduation.