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November 26, 2013

Intel backs Technology Camp to develop Nigerian girls

Nigeria is doing everything possible to ensure that the divide between women and men in technology is adequately bridged. This has resulted in many organisations, including Women in Technology in Nigeria, WITIN, Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre, Girls in ICT, Girls in Technology, among others, which crusade for women and the girl child to get actively […]

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Open letter to ASUU: Have pity on poor students

(By Yushau Shuaib) This missive is to appeal to members of Academic Staffs Union of Universities, ASUU, individually and collectively, to consider the plight of innocent students and their helpless parents and return to work. Since July 2, 2013 when they declared a “total and indefinite strike” over issues they claim have remained unresolved pertaining

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ASUU/FG FACE-OFF: NANS PRESIDENT Yinka Gbadebo Impeached!

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has impeached it’s leader Yinka Gbadebo due to incompetence. In a statement, NANS Senate President Emaluyi Sunday Michael said Gbadebo was impeached and replaced with Vice-President, Jubril Ahmed. They accused Gbadebo of inability to serve the primary purpose of NANS to protect the general interest of all Nigerian

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Super Eagles Humiliate Burkina-Faso Again! Thrash Them 4 – 1

African champions confirmed their supremacy over Paul Put’s Stallions in Tuesday’s international friendly played in Kaduna. The Super Eagles proved that their victory over Burkina Faso in the Africa Cup of Nations played earlier this year was no fluke as they silenced the Stallions 4-1 in an international friendly played at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium

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EXAM MALPRACTICE: Lagos sacks principal, VP, others

A school principal and his deputy and seven other senior teachers in the Lagos State Ministry of Education have been sacked by the state government for their involvement in examination malpractice during the last May/June West African School Certificate Examination, WASCE. They are; Mr. S. O. Amure, School Principal on Grade Level 17; Mr. V.

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600 Teens from 16 Countries Storm Lagos for Airtel Rising Stars

No fewer than 600 teens from 16 countries across Africa arrive in Lagos next week for the biggest youth football fiesta on the continent, Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) to be hosted by telecommunication giant, Airtel Nigeria Limited. The 7-day long tournament, which will kick-off on Monday, September 16 and end on Sunday, September 22, promises

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Meet American Teenagers Who Perform Televised Exorcisms (Photos)

Brynne Larson and Tess and Savannah Scherkenback are all-American girls from Arizona, who enjoy martial arts and horse riding. But something sets them apart from most teenagers – they perform public exorcisms and often appear on TV chat shows. Eighteen-year-old Brynne met sisters Tess and Savannah about eight years ago at a karate class. “We

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WICKEDNESS: Teacher Forces 4-Year Old Pupil To Eat Her Own Faeces

An unnamed female Grade R teacher at Bankfontein Combined School in Middelburg in South Africa has been fired after allegedly forcing a pupil as young as 4, to eat her own faeces, the Mpumalanga education department said on Wednesday. Reginah Mhaule from the Education Department said the teacher had refused to let the girl go

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YOU ARE FIRED! President Jonathan Sacks Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, 8 others

President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has sacked nine serving ministers. In a reshuffle that was carried out on Wednesday and announced to the ministers at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Jonathan dropped six senior and three junior ministers. They are:  the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru; the Minister

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