March 6, 2014 8:34 AM EST Staples will close 225 stores in North America, about 12 percent of its outlets, in a bid to cut costs amid strong online competition and dropping sales, the company said Thursday. The office supplies giant expects to save $500 million by 2015 from the latest round of cost-cutting moves, which come after it eliminated 40 stores last year. Staples reported a drop in sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 and projected that sales would be lower in the current quarter compared with last year.

A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has claimed that Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau was selected to head the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign due to his deep pocket. Naija News gathered that a former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who was earlier touted for the position, was dropped. Explaining the decision to pick Lalong over Oshiomhole, Shittu said the choice of the Plateau State Governor was down to the decision of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his policy-making team.

Choosing between cats and dogs could reveal a lot about your personality, according to a survey from the University of Texas at Austin. Dog people tend to be more self-disciplined, organized, and possess a strong sense of duty, while cat people can be curious, creative, artistic, and nontraditional thinkers. However, regardless of whether you prefer cats or dogs, the Bright Side team has collected some of the most joyful pictures of both. 1. “True love knows no fences.” 2. “He fell asleep while helping my wife with a puzzle.

March 18, 2016 2:56 PM EDT Adolf Hitler’s personal copy of Mein Kampf sold for $20,655 at an auction Friday. The book was sold at Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City in an auction of more than a thousand other World War II items, WMAR, an ABC affiliate, reports. There were more than 10 active bidders for the item, according to the network. The book, which was Hitler’s autobiography and blueprint for Nazi Germany, was found by American soldiers in 1945, according to WMAR.

A governorship aspirant in Ekiti State under the All Progressives Congress, Bamidele Opeyemi, has described last week’s primary election of the party as a charade. The lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District in a statement released on Sunday vowed to fight against some persons he described as principalities and power behind the election. Bamidele noted that the electoral process didn’t meet the minimum standard of conducting election primaries. He further stated that he will take legal actions to test the viability of the results of the primary election.