Microsoft Unit Sacks 85% of Nigerian Workers

Microsoft on Thursday sacked 34 of the 40 employees in the Nigerian office of its phone division.

The sacking came 24 hours after the company’s latest Windows 10 was made available in Nigeria and 189 other countries.

Former NIMASA Dirctor General, Patrick Akpobolokemi Arrested by EFCC

Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) two weeks after he was replaced.

According to Premium Times, Akpobolokemi was arrested in Lagos on Thursday morning and was detained at the Lagos office of the EFCC in the Ikoyi area of the city.

Empire State of Mind: View Four Key points to "Empire"s Season Two Teaser

Hiphopdx.com  highlights some key points of  Fox’s highly rated family drama "Empire"  before it hits the cinema soon.  let’s look into some key points of the newly released trailer.

Following months of speculation and anticipation, Fox recently dropped the trailer for season two of its ratings juggernaut Empire. A lot has changed since viewers were first introduced to the Lyon family in early January. Head patriarch Lucious discovered his diagnosis of ALS was something a lot less life threatening yet, was charged with the killing his former friend Bunky and finds himself currently incarcerated. 

Nigerian Military Raids Boko Haram Camps, 59 Persons Rescued.

In an effort to get rid of Insurgents, about 59 men, women and children have been rescued from Boko Haram captivity after troops of 151 Task Force Battalion launched an attack on the sect members camp in Kashingeri, Wale and Kushingari villages in Borno state today. Items recovered include a Land Rover vehicle and a Tipper were recovered from the sect members after the operation.

See more pictures during and after the operation...

Major General Chris Olukolade Replaced by Colonel Rabe Abubakar as Director of Defence Information

The Nigerian Army Hierarchy is currently experiencing a massive shake up involving 95 generals from formations around the country, and its foreign missions.

Parternity Fraud: Are You Your Baby's Real Father

The article below was published two years ago, but it recently resurfaced when a DNA expert said three out of 10 Nigerian men are not the biological fathers of their children. 

The article no doubt caught the attention of many. And though the authenticity of the statement remains in question, it certainly provoked a conversation, and surely, reactions.

Chigozie Obioma Shortlisted in the Race for $78,000 Booker Prize

The Fishermen, a novel written by Nigeria’s budding writer, Chigozie Obioma, is among the 13 novels shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for fiction written in English.

The list was published today and also features the first Jamaican author in contention for the 50,000-pound ($78,000) prize, reported The News yesterday.

Marlon James is nominated for his third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, the story of the attempted assassination of reggae singer Bob Marley and its aftermath in the Jamaica of the 1970s and early 80s.

De Gea is a Problem For Manchester United - Louis Van Gaal

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits that he has a goalkeeping problem on his hands after an unconvincing David de Gea displayed incompetency in America.

Dailymail reports that De Gea was hauled off at half-time as United lost 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain at Soldier Field. 

View Pictures of Smuggled Petroleum Products Confisticated from Boko Haram

Multinational troops fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria, Cameroun, Chad and Niger is set to pursue the militants across borders. 

This was made known yesterday by Garba Shehu, the president's spokesman. Shehu told the BBC this has become possible following improved relations between the countries contributing troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force- (MNJTF)

160 million Barrels of Oil worth $13.7bn Stolen Under NNPC, Says NEITI

Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna-Ahmed, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative on Wednesday said between 2009 and 2012, about 160 million barrels of oil valued at $13.7bn was stolen under the watch of the national oil giant, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.