Bharti Airtel, one of the leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, yesterday launched the Airtel brand and unveiled the new brand identity across its operations in 16 countries in Africa.

Super Falcons attacking midfielder Perpetual Nkwocha has described the just concluded Africa Women Championship held in South Africa as a success and a good experience but the MVP was quick to add that Tanzania team made things difficult for them due to their petite nature.

Fitch Ratings recently lowered its sovereign credit outlook on Nigeria to negative from stable, citing the depletion of its windfall oil savings and heightened political uncertainty ahead of elections next year.

Imamuddeen Talba, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), speaks on the measures put in place by the Federal Government to solve power crisis in the country.

ast week, we talked about Samson who left his job as a bank manager because he was about to get married to Nnnena, a Nigerian who is also an American citizen, and because both of them had planned to relocate to the States, he resigned and joined her only to meet the biggest shock of his life.

THE Mallam Adamu Ciroma-led committee charged with the responsibility of picking a Northern consensus candidate ahead of the PDP Presidential primaries has invited the four aspirants involved in the deal to a crucial meeting tomorrow in Kaduna.

Jibola Dabo needs no introduction. An internationally acclaimed star, the Ondo State born veteran actor has paid his dues in the make- belief world.

The novel, Things fall apart, continues to be a reference point to African crisis. And as its writer, Africa’s foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, marks his 80th birthday, which began well before his November 16 birthday, commentators the world over have been using the title of the novel, written to depict the colonial impact on Africa, to describe present Nigerian/African crises as tributes to Achebe.

Justice Paul Nwokedi turned 85 recently. Upon his retirement from the Supreme Court, he became the pioneer chairman, National Human Rights Commission, NHRC. Justice Nwokedi was at a time chairman, Nigerian Law Reforms Commission, a position he held for four years. The octogenerian speaks with BASHIR ADEFAKA, at his GRA residence in Enugu, recently. Excerpts:

Kidnappers have abducted a woman, simply identified as Mrs. Wawa, wife of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL staff from her husband’s Ugberikoko abode in Sapele, Delta State.

This is another season of joyful greetings. It’s festival time. It is an occasion of celebration for Muslims, though everyone joins in – Christians of all suasions, pagans of all denominations, atheists of every distinction, all identify in one way or the other with the festivities, at least, if not with the attendant observance which has several aspects; there are the purely religious which pleasantly flow into the social.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian venture yesterday declared force majeure on Bonny Light oil exports after a pipeline was damaged, the latest disruption to supply in Nigeria.

Terror suspect, Henry Okah, who is facing trial in South Africa for allegedly masterminding the Independence Day bomb blasts is to remain in security custody after he was denied bail yesterday by a magistrate court.

Today, Saturday, November 20, at Abalti Barracks, Ojuelegba, Surulere, Imo indigenes in Lagos under the aegis of Imo State Towns Development Association(ISTDAL) mark this year’s Imo Day/cultural carnival of 50 cultural troupe.

Zain Nigeria finally and formally changed its brand identity to Airtel. This was after concluding a $10.7 billion transaction in June this year, which gave Indian Bharti Airtel the Zain Group’s Celtel Africa Unit.