UNCONFIRMED reports said ex-militant leader in Rivers State, who headed The Outlaws,one of the most dreaded militants group, Soboma George, has been killed. Details were still hazy at press time.

ABUJA — It was a gathering of ex-football internationals yesterday at the National Sports Commission and Eagles Square.

Mustafa Bello, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), on Monday said the trade between Nigeria and India was up to $15 billion in 2009.

A little over a fortnight ago, a stakeholders’ forum on Broadband for Nigeria (BB4NG) was held in Abuja. It was an event in which almost all the identified stakeholder groups were represented, specifically the consumer advocacy groups; telephone operators; academia; consultants; international agencies and the Federal Government.

Stakeholders in the Ghanaian ICT industry gathered recently at the 5th annual Connecting Rural Communities 2010 conference in Accra, Ghana discussing among other things how best to explore potential solutions for bridging the digital divide in Africa.

An American researcher and fellow at the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society, Harvard University, Ethan Zuckerman has suggested to an assembly of ICT professionals and film makers in Lagos that digital watermarks written into their films and other digital media materials may be the final solution to kicking piracy out of the country.

Inspire soft limited; a leading email servicing company in the country will soon launch an indigenous email site called 9jamail.com Vangaurd cyberLIFE has learnt.

Frontliners in Uninterruptible Power Supply, (UPS) in the Computer Village Ikeja, Tripplesea Limited has assured its growing customers on one-year warranty package on any of its products including inverter batteries, Bluegate Online UPS which have continued to attract patronage from the Nigerian IT market.

Today’s world which figuratively is cruising on the information super high way is indeed a throw back from the past. The history of civilization is strewn in many epochs that have come to redefine modern existence.

While calling for global appeal for contributions to assist the flood affected victims in Pakistan, the ITU Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun Touré has issued a global appeal for contributions to assist the ITU’s emergency telecommunications team work with the Government of Pakistan towards rehabilitating the telecommunication infrastructure, which has been rendered inoperative in many parts of the country.

There appears to be dawn of a new era in the Nigerian ICT sector as the Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria, ITAN in collaboration with the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) have formed an alliance to share information for the overall benefit of the industry and the Nigerian society.

Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties in Bayelsa State, Mr. Sunday Frank-Oputu, yesterday, said the bye-election to fill the vacant Yenagoa constituency II into the state House of Assembly slated for Saturday will be a test case for President Goodluck Jonathan’s one man one vote crusade.

Rivers State Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, factional leaders in the state decided to form their faction because he turned down their alleged suggestion to loot the state treasury for them to share.

The nation’s oil and gas industry and the maritime sector are expected to absorb about 7,000 former militants in the Niger Delta region.

Preparations are already in top gear to hold this years Nigerian Network Operators Group(ngNOG) workshop scheduled to hold in the second week of October at the University of Port Harcourt, Abuja campus.