Activision Bought "Candy Rush" Developer.

Activision bought Candy Crush studio King Digital Entertainment for a cool $5.9 billion. For comparison's sake, Amazon paid a paltry $970 million for Twitch while Facebook spent $2 billion on Oculus VR and $19 billion on messaging platform Whatsapp. Oh, and Minecraft only set Microsoft back $2.5 billion . This is definitely a big deal and considering just how many people play the mindless puzzler.

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Illegal migrant makes good as plumber in Nigeria

Nearly 15 years ago, successful Nigerian businessman Anselm Okoukoni was one of the desperate African migrants prepared to do anything to get to Europe.

Nigeria's Ken Saro-Wiwa should be 'pardoned'

Nigeria's then-military regime sparked global outrage after convicting Mr Saro-Wiwa of murder and hanging him.

Beijing has started preparatory work for 2022 Games

It has been more than three months since Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Although the Games are still seven years away, the International Olympic Committee sent a delegation to Beijing Tuesday to conduct a two- day orientation seminar to help the organizers of the multi-sports spectacle get more familiar with the task at hand.

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