Around two million Muslims converged on Mina, Saudi Arabia Tuesday to symbolically stone the devil, the final stage of the annual hajj pilgrimage that has so far gone off without incident.

In the United Arab Emirates where I was on assignment, I got a surprise. Last year when I was there for the International Telecommunications Union, ITU summit, I bought an Etisalat SIM card which I used while there to communicate both locally, and with family and colleagues in Nigeria. Getting back there September, the SIM was no longer provisioned. Absent-mindedly I switched on my other handset which had a Glo SIM in it, and in minutes, a message came in from a telecoms firm by the name, du. Although Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company is its legal name, it was commercially rebranded du in February 2006.

Sen. Chris Ngige said in Awka on Tuesday that the All Progressive Congress (APC) was in the state on a rescue mission.

Ghana overwhelmed Egypt 6-1 Tuesday in the first leg of an Africa zone play-off to all but secure a third consecutive World Cup finals appearance.

DETERMINED to compete favourably in the Nigerian passenger car market segment, Tata Africa Services Nigeria Limited recently added two new car models, Indigo Manza and Indica Vista to its product line in the country.
The two new models with their captivating designs come with array of modern features and are targeted at increasing Tata market shares in the passenger car segment in the country.