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Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich said Tuesday they have extended Polish hot-shot Robert Lewandowski's contract by two years to June 30, 2021.

Microsoft Corp. is creating a version of the Windows 10 operating system that will run on laptops powered by Qualcomm Inc. chips, a move that could erode Intel Corp.’s dominance in PCs and help the software maker gain a bigger foothold in mobile computing.

The daughter of the president of Nigeria, Zahra Buhari is reportedly getting married next month in Abuja after her matrimonial introduction on Friday, November 18, 2016. She is getting married to Ahmed Indimi the son of Nigeria billionaire Mohammed Indimi a oil tycoon. Ahmed who is the marketing director of Oriental Energy Resources is to be joined in wedlock with Zahra on the 2nd day of December, 2016.                                 The wedding is said to be on a low-key celebration as the president desire it to be a simple and intimate ceremony to be attended by only close family and friends.  Zahra, the beauty and brain is a graduate of micro biology from the University of Surrey in England and also the ambassador for the SCAF, a foundation set on the initiative to arrest and minimize the case of sickle cell around the nation.

Android malware that targets large German banks by masquerading as an email application and avoids detection from mobile anti-virus software has been discovered by Fortinet’s security team.

IBM is opening four new data centres in the UK, claiming it needs to treble its cloud capacity in this country to meet growing demand for its portfolio of services – including cognitive computing through Watson. British customers will have access to Watson APIs, alongside IBM’s Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) and analytics platforms and will be able to run all workloads from within the UK.

Facebook is to expand its British workforce by half when it moves into its new London headquarters next year, the company will announce.

Waterleaf (Talinum triangulare) is one of those underrated and undervalued plants in Nigeria. Some regard it as a nuisance, a stubborn weed that grows all year. It flourishes more during the rainy season. Like grasses in the fields, we match, piss on them and uproot them from our gardens in preference to other plants which we consider more important. But the more we weed them out, the more they grow again, as if in defiance.