With online visa application process becoming popular among embassies across the globe, the British High Commission, Abuja has assured prospective Nigerian visa applicants of robust IT infrastructure for effective online visa process which will be deployed very soon.

POORLY-DESIGNED buildings are time bombs waiting to explode, Eng. Francis Baziraake has warned. Eng. Baziraake said that some old buildings need to be re-checked for safety because people fear using them.

Starcomms Plc, the Nigeria's market leader in "triple-play" services which includes mobile voice, fixed wireless voice and wireless data products and the first Nigerian telecommunications company to be quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, has announced that the aggregate number

THE information and communication technology (ICT) ministry has partnered with dfcu Bank in the 'Computers for Schools-Uganda' project.

Following the disruption in the South Atlantic Terminal III (SAT-3) cable service in the middle of last month, the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited ( NITEL) has began fixing of the damaged cable to restore services to its numerous customers.

Members of the Delta State House of Assembly yesterday passed a resolution inviting the State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. George Orogun, to appear before it today to explain why contractors are not paid for contracts executed.

The organisers of AfricaCom Awards 2008 have announced the finalists for the inaugural awards taking place on November 18, 2008 in the Grand Ballroom of the International Convention Center, Cape Town, South Africa.

Barely three months after its formal launch into the Nigerian market, the Cosmos brand of desktop computers from Coscharis Technologies Limited has passed the Windows Vista Logo Test conducted by the Microsoft Corporation under its Windows Hardware Quality Laboratory (WHQL)

Nigeria's mobile provider, MTN Nigeria yesterday announced it has crossed the threshold 20 million subscriber base since it first stated operation in the country in 2001.

African countries have been called upon to meet their obligation in the digitization of the continent's broadcast stations towards meeting the 17 June 2015 set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for broadcasting to transit from analogue to digital.

Federal Government's delay in signing the guarantee for the N70 billion Textile sector bail out loan from the United Bank of Africa (UBA) is responsible for non disbursement, even as both the employers and workers in the industry have raised

Leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, has reiterated its unflinching effort to continue to promote Nigerian culture and family values, and to continually identify with the culture of its subscribers, as it joined the Sagamu Community, in Ogun State, to celebrate

Poor infrastructure in the country has been noted as the bane of the Federal Government's economic reforms programme.

The Imo State government is to upgrade 3,000 rural roads in the 27 council areas of the state before end of the year.

The Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria (ITAN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its Malaysian counterpart, the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (PIKOM).

As part of a series of overpass bridges along the Gautrain alignment in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, the Willow Road Bridge will be demolished next week, while Ridge Road Bridge in Muckleneuk will be opened.

Masaka Regional Referral Hospital is not a place to bid life fare thee well, as friends and relatives may never identify their loved one beyond two days of their passing on.

Ogun State may soon play host to the biggest aluminum and ceramic producing companies in Asia. The two outfits, Asia Aluminum Company Limited and the New Zhongyuan Ceramics limited have indicated their interest to build and operate their manufacturing plants

Ghana's major industry players would be witnessing software technology invasion, which if taken advantage of, would help business concerns in the country to maximize productivity by automating their business processes and integrating them into a single one stop solution, Mr.

The East African Community (EAC) is conducting a two-day sensitisation workshop for the manufacturing sector of its partner states. The meeting which began yesterday, is being held at Prime Holdings in Kigali.