NITEL changes membership

Transnational Corporation of Nigeria has announced changes in the membership of the board of Nigerian Telecommunication (Nitel), says This Day.

This move, according to sources, follows the stepping down of Nitel's erstwhile chairman, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba.

Informed sources confirmed that the changes in Nitel's board are part of the implementation of the interim resuscitation plan for the company, which is designed to return it to profitability and guarantee equitable evaluation prior to its proposed sale to new investors.

The US Postal Service has intercepted proceeds of Internet scams worth over $2.1 billion in Nigeria, says allAfrica.com.

The interception was made during a recent visit of a15-man postal investigation team from the US, who arrived Lagos to probe the activities of Internet fraudsters using Nigeria as a base for the infamous activities.

According to Chris Siouris, a cyber investigator at the US Postal Inspectorate, the probe was informed by the rising number of American citizens who have reportedly fallen victim to the activities of scam syndicates. The syndicates are said to be working with the connivance of their collaborators in the US.

Alice Botchway, Ashanti regional director of Ghana's Department of Women and Children's Affairs, observes that societal and cultural constraints have made women distance themselves from the global pool of information and knowledge, thereby creating a digital divide between men and women, reports allAfrica.com.

"The ICT divide between men and women is reflected in the levels of empowerment and inequities of women in comparison to men, and has led to the slow pace of development on the African Continent," she added.

Botchway made the observation when addressing the second National Women's Conference of Communication Workers' Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress in Kumasi.