The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Chief Alao Akala, last week expressed gratitude at Etisalat, for extending its services to the ancient town and pledged that the state government would assist in dealing with any challenges the operator may encounter in its roll-out programme in the state.

World leading man ufacturer of mobile phones, Nokia last week opened an experience centre in Nigeria.The new centre, first of its kind in Nigeria is located along Simbiat Abiola Road, Ikeja and is aimed offering customers the opportunity of getting first hand experience on the array of Nokia mobile phones before proceeding make their purchase from the retail dealer outlets.

Ordinarily, the worlds of a medical doctor, brick layer and an Okada rider, particularly in Nigeria, are poles apart. If anything, it is the Okada rider and the bricklayer that should be sharing fences, the medical doctor is way out of their league.

While restating its resolve to ban visa applicants with fraudulent documents for 10 years , there seems to be tough days ahead for visa applicants with fake documents as the British Commission in Nigeria has supported Nigerian Police with fraud document detection machine to tackle fraud in visa application process.

Momentum is gathering for the IT Edge West Africa Convergence Forum 2009 holding in Abuja in November with more than 450 registrations recorded online at the official website of the event. Forum’s registration formally commenced online last week in line with the tradition started in 2007 by organizers of the convergence Forum, Knowledge Media International (KMI) Limited, publishers of IT Edge magazine published in English and French languages.