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,
June 10, 2018 Agency Report The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has alerted the public over the collapse of a bridge after Mowo Junction on the Mokwa-Jebba road, due to heavy rainfall. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, issued the alert in Abuja on Sunday morning. He said the bridge, which is 18 kilometre from Mokwa town in Niger State, caved-in following a downpour. “Vehicular movement from both sides of the road is affected. “Motorists are advised to take Lokoja road if going to Lagos and Abuja in the interim,” Mr Kazeem said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Mokwa-Jebba Road is a major transit route for travelers between Abuja and Ilorin. (NAN) https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/271790-bridge-collapses-on-mokwa-jebba-road-frsc-warns.html