November 3, 2013

  PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today), apparently with a view to resolve the Federal Government-ASUU face-off that has left university gates shut since July 1. But the union said it had got wind of Presidency’s plan to direct that universities be reopened, saying […]

  While some people might think getting engrossed in a video game is a waste of time, scientists have found they can increase the size of our brains. German researchers found video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills. In

  Students under the aegis of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, have said Nigeria has nothing to show for the independence it attained 53 years ago. The outgoing President of the youth-based group, Qassim Badrudeen, said this during the annual conference and award conferment on distinguished individuals by the society

  Keyboard shortcuts are an easy way to save yourself some time and typing if you spend a lot of time click-clacking away at your keyboard like I do. The most common ones are somewhat universal (to many applications, at least). Control + P to print, Control + C to copy, Control + V to

Proprietors of private schools in the South-West have expressed concern over the conflict between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the consequent strike action that has left varsity gates locked for four months. The private school proprietors appealed to both the ASUU and the Federal Government to urgently

A Mount Lebanon High School student took an assignment farther than a hobo on a freight train when he showed up to school dressed as a ragged, dirty homeless vagrant. He took it so far, in fact, that school officials called the cops on him and suspended him from school for two days. If the

  A University in Uganda, the Islamic University Mbale, Uganda has requested to the Nigerian authorities for fifty-seven lecturers in various fields. The request is sequel to a bilateral agreement signed between Nigeria and the Republic of Uganda last month. In the agreement Nigeria renewed its pact to assist the East African country with skilled

  Anambra State University in Uli has been renamed after the Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in celebration of his 80th posthumous birthday.  The Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, announced the renaming in a live broadcast on the television station of the Anambra Broadcasting Service. He reiterated the commitment of his administration to restoring standards

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