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MICROSOFT CO-FOUNDER PAUL ALLEN DIES OF CANCER COMPLICATIONS

By Eric Nnaji [update] FILE PHOTO: Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen on the field before Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S., February 2, 2014. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas/File Photo. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. Allen left Microsoft in 1983, before the company became a corporate juggernaut, following a dispute with Gates, but his share of their original partnership allowed him to spend the rest of his life and billions of dollars on yachts, art, rock music, sports teams, brain research and real estate. Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, the Allen family said in a statement. In early October, Allen had revealed he was being treated for the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ...
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How Lagos Senator was kidnapped from National Assembly before mace was stolen


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The Senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Olamilekan was abducted by unknown gunmen at the National Assembly on Thursday.
Olamilekan also known as Yayi, was picked up in front of the building housing the two chambers, but he later escaped.
An aide of the lawmaker told The Cable that the incident might not be unconnected to his call for the sack of all the service chiefs on Tuesday.
“Yesterday at the floor of the plenary, senator Yayi Adeola, while lending his voice to the killings in Nasarawa he called for the sacking of all service chiefs and heads of security agencies.
“Today, before the mace was seized, Senator Yayi Adeola was actually kidnapped. Not attempted kidnapped by unknown gunmen at the national assembly right in front of the white house.
“They took him all the way to the house of reps – they were trying to escape through the villa gate; it was at that point he had to maneuver and jumped out of the vehicle. As I speak to you, he still has a sprain on his leg,” the aide said.

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