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Security, Governance Top NCS 11th International Conference

Mon, 2013-05-20 00:46 -- cwadmin
 Sir Demola Aladekomo, national president, NCS

Preparations are in full gear for the 11th International Conference of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) holding in Osun State and will highlight the relevance of IT to governance and National Security.

NCS said it has chosen topic to ensure real, all-inclusive development and transformation of governance through IT. The theme of the conference is “e-Government and National Security”.

Poverty, Income Inequality Fuel Insecurity

Thu, 2013-05-16 03:19 -- cwadmin

Widespread poverty in Nigeria webbed around joblessness and income inequality have conspired to exacerbate the country’s security challenges, according to National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP).

NAPEP also reported that some 120 million out of 160 million Nigerians live below N300 per day.

Reps Order NNPC to Cough out N236Bn

Tue, 2013-05-14 04:37 -- cwadmin
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, speaker, House of Representatives

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been ordered to return N236 billion to the treasury of the federal government within a month.

The order was given by Adeola Olamilekan, chairman of the House of Representatives on Public Accounts, who said it was in line with the query of the auditor-general of the federation which the corporation failed to defend before the committee.

CWG Bags ICT Solution Provider of the Year Award

Tue, 2013-05-14 03:19 -- cwadmin
Dr. Ernest Ndukwe (L) presenting the Award plaque to Dayo Abegunde, AVP, CWG.

Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), the leading Information Technology Company in Nigeria with physical and virtual presence in Africa has won the “ICT Solutions Provider of the Year Award” at the just concluded Beacon of ICT (BoICT) awards organized by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.

The annual Beacon of ICT (BoICT) awards was instituted in 2008 by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek to celebrate and reward best practices and outstanding contributions towards the growth and development of ICT in Nigeria.

Ogun First Lady Lauds Airtel over Adopted School

Tue, 2013-05-14 03:02 -- cwadmin
Olufunso Amosun, first lady of Ogun State

Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, first lady of Ogun State, has commended lading Telecommunications Services Provider, Airtel Nigeria for partnering with the State Government in providing educational opportunities for less privileged children and for uplifting the standard of education in the country.

Nigeria’s Future is Mobile- Experts

Mon, 2013-05-13 00:24 -- cwadmin
Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology

Experts in mobile communications technology have stressed the need for educators in Nigeria to be up to speed with modern reality if the country would meet her millennium develop goals (MDGs) target and beyond.

After a thorough analysis of Nigeria’s market leadership position in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), in only about a decade since mobile telephony was introduced, various speakers at the conference tagged “MobileWeb West Africa” agreed that the country’s education system was not in sync with present reality.

FG Employs 1,000 English, Maths Teachers

Fri, 2013-05-10 00:49 -- cwadmin
Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of State for Education

Federal government has granted approval for the immediate employment of about 1, 000 teachers of Mathematics and English Language towards addressing the shortage of teachers in these critical subjects, Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of State for Education, has said.

The minister dropped the hint at the National Mathematical Centre, Sheda, Abuja while declaring open the ‘Batch One’ of a two-week capacity building workshop for Mathematics and English Language teachers in Federal Unity Colleges.

JACITAD Policy Forum Reviews Lawful Interception Regulation

Fri, 2013-05-10 00:37 -- cwadmin
Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, Inspector General of Police

The Joint Action Committee on ICT Awareness and Development (JACITAD), the umbrella body for ICT Journalism in Nigeria has announced plans to host the inaugural edition JACITAD Policy Review Forum on the Draft Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations that was recently released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecommunications industry regulatory authority in the country.

Oyo Mega Trade Fair 2013 to Unveil Logo

Fri, 2013-05-10 00:31 -- cwadmin
Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo-State governor

The logo unveiling ceremony of the forthcoming Oyo Mega Trade Fair will take place in Ibadan next Thursday at Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Oyo state, according to organizers of the event.

The ceremony which will feature representatives of key stakeholders in the August 9-18 event, will kick start the major activities towards this all marketing event.

 This ceremony, a branding and exclusive media event, was put off from the earlier scheduled May 9th to enable some key stakeholders who were away to Ethiopia for a major branding event to participate.

Help! Nigeria’s National Memory under Threat

Fri, 2013-05-10 00:20 -- cwadmin
Dr. Oyewole Oyedokun, president, Records and Information Management Awareness (RIMA) Foundation

The sorry and disgusting state of the National Archives office in Lagos portends a threat to the (documentaries) memory of a nation like Nigeria.

The centre is currently undermined by civil servants and politicians as a negligible national monument.

National Archives Lagos once referred to one of Nigeria's prime point of pride and prestige is under sever attaches of termites, and weeds reaching the roof tops.

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