Microsoft Corp has announced it has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices which allows the two companies to come together as one to deliver a family of devices and services that will delight consumers and empower businesses.

The release of the Nigerian civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun”, which had been set to open in cinemas nationwide on Friday, has been postponed by the country’s censorship board.

Mr Albert Maga, Presiding Judge, Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, on Thursday paid N700 fine on behalf of a labourer, Victor Emmanuel, 18, sentenced for theft of cell phone.

NYANYA, a small suburban settlement close to Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, was a quiet and peaceful area from where many daily travelled to Abuja for their numerous pursuits. With relatively cheaper rents than Abuja, it houses thousands, if not millions, of residents who shuttle to the capital for businesses and work daily.

The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has expressed its determination to deliver commercial value for the Federal Government gas revolution agenda in order to ensure efficient gas–to-power, gas-to-industry and sufficient gas for domestic consumption.

The High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Daniel Ole Njoolay, yesterday, said that the present security challenges confronting Nigeria, especially in the north-eastern states of the country, is but temporary.

AS part of moves to nip in the bud, constant clash between Fulani herdsmen and local farmers in some parts of the country, Governors of the nineteen northern states under the aegis of the Northern Governors Forum, were yesterday locked in a meeting with the umbrella body of the cattle rearers, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.

PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy did not live to witness the final fulfilment of the most ambitious of his goals: the landing of man on the moon by the United States as he predicted.

The prayers of millions of P-Sqaure fans have been answered, Peter Okoye one half of the P-Square pop duo has finally reconciled with his family.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Friday accused Russia of wanting to start “a third world war” over his country and called for international help against “Russian aggression”.

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has dissociated itself from a statement credited to it against the Minister of Petroleum Reources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has played down concerns over Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup by saying he’s never known a host nation get everything ready on time.

For Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, starring in a film about Nigeria’s civil war was “incredibly personal”, as the conflict both affected close relatives and determined the country where he was born.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the United Nations to “urgently intervene to secure the safe release of 230 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, who were abducted by members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.”

FOLLOWING the intensity of Boko Haram’s war against the nation, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, declared today as a day of fasting and prayer for peace, unity and progress of the country.