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By: funmi ojuroye PORT HARCOURT – PLAINTIFFS in the court case over murder of four University of Port Harcourt students in Aluu, Rivers State have withdrawn and presented fresh charges against suspects on trial over the incident. A High Court presided over by Justice L.L Nyordee in Port Harcourt sitting over the matter granted the leave to substitute the charges following Prosecution’s request after adding one more suspect to the 11 earlier on trial. Thursday’s hearing also advanced the trial to the reading of the reviewed charges to the current 12 suspects who all pleaded not guilty. University of Port Harcourt students brutally beaten and burnt alive The suspects are being charged with murder and negligence/refusal to prevent felony. Counsel to the 9th Defendant and former Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, O.C.J. Okocha (SAN) had argued that the Prosecution, under any law, has no liberty to withdraw and substitute original charges. The Prosecution led by Solici...

By Miriam Gottfried Time Warner Cable   customers in New York, Dallas and Los Angeles may get a little grumpy if   CBS   goes off the air Friday evening amid a contract dispute between the two companies. But that isn’t the only thing the cable operator is doing that may irk subscribers. Last November, Time Warner Cable instituted a $3.95 monthly modem-lease fee. This week, it said it was raising that by 52% to $5.99. The hike could boost annual revenue by $150 million, according to ISI.  Indeed, last year’s move to create the fee seems to be paying off:  The company said Thursday that average revenue per broadband user rose 9.9% year-over-year in the second quarter. That pleased investors. But consumers don’t seem to be cheering. Time Warner Cable added only 21,000 broadband subscribers in the quarter, compared with analyst forecasts for 56,000. The latest fee increase risks further eroding subscriber additions in what has arguably become Time War...

by: funmi ojuroye The Yaba College of Technology is to introduce Computer-Based Test (CBT) in its 2013/2014 Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to hold in September. The Head of Public Relations Unit of the institution, Mr Adekunle Adams, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday that the decision was in line with technological advancement. He said that the new examination mode would, however, be used alongside the Paper and Pencil Test (PPT). “This is the first time we will conduct the examination in computer and paper; the world is evolving, we do not want to be left out. “It is a decision of the board and in line with technological advancement. “In the future, paper examination will be phased out; so it is to make students computer compliant,’’ he said.

by: funmi ojuroye Services giant, Microsoft Nigeria has reiterated the company’s commitment to collaborating with the Federal Government of Nigeria and other stakeholders in the IT industry to put structure in place to further aid ICT development in the country. National Technology Officer, Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, Olayinka Oni said this last week at the Lagos Business School where he addressed the Executive MBA class as a guest speaker. While delivering his keynote address titled ‘Nigeria in the Information Age: The role and capacity of Government’, Oni said that for Africa to improve its economic and global competitiveness, it is pertinent to place ICT at the nerve centre of its activities. He drew example from advanced countries with an explanation that they enjoy their present status because of their technological advancement. Oni commended the strides taken by the present administration in advancing ICT, one of which is the inauguration of the Broadban...

Article By:Funmi Ojuroye Thu, 01 Aug 2013 1:51 PM Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has criticised the planned enrolment of 290 students at two new universities. The two new universities, in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape, are set to begin operations next year. "It is no secret that the worsening situation of unemployment is directly linked to the question of higher education, which has been limited and denied to the black child for centuries,"  City Press quoted him as saying at a press briefing. Malema claimed that the government's target of 20 000 students over ten years showed no commitment to transforming the country's past. "The way the government has started with these universities is the same way the apartheid government started the University of Fort Hare, confirming attitudes when it comes to education of the black child," Malema reportedly said.