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Is this why we’re all so fat? Junk food can kill your appetite for anything healthy, scientists warn

A diet laden with burgers and fries, dripping with sweet treats and saturated in pies could kill our appetite for healthy foods, scientists warn. A new Australian study has found living on junk food not only makes rats fat, but also suppresses their desires to eat a balanced diet. Scientists believe their findings help explain […]

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PHOTOS: Inside the West African Ebola towns where locals are quarantined at gunpoint and desperate volunteers are paid N1,000 to bury the dead

Volunteers are being paid 1,073 Naira per day to sterilize and bury the bodies of those who have died after contracting the deadly Ebola virus. As the crisis continues to spread across West African countries, workers in Kenema, Sierra Leone, have been pictured donning special protective gear and face masks to carry out the harrowing

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Never lose your bike again: Bicycle’s rectangular handlebars double up as a security lock

Bicycle theft can put people off from investing in a stylish ride with lots of useful features. But now a collaboration between two Seattle-based firms has created a bike that’s handlebars can be used as a bike lock – so cyclists don’t have to lug a heavy lock around with them. The Denny bike not

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Mass Failure in WASSCE: Lagos trains 1,000 teachers in ICT

Lagos State Government, yesterday, said no fewer than 1,000 secondary school teachers in the state were currently undergoing training in the effective use of Information Communication Technology, ICT. Commissioner for Education, Mrs, Olayinka Oladunjoye, who disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the workshop in Lagos, noted that it was the beginning of a series

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No Going Back! JAMB set to bar candidates who are not computer literate from 2015 UTME

The Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde has stated that students and candidates who are not computer literate will not be allowed to write any examination coordinated by the board from 2015. Ojerinde made this disclosure while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Professor Odusola Ojerinde memorial golf

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#PNN E-Mentoring (Taiwo Akinlami): Personal Safety/Self Protection For Teenagers: Guidelines To Responses (1)

Hello my young friends; It’s been a while. Pardon my unavoidable absence. I had few emergencies to respond to. We thank God that things have eased out now. I am back here to discuss with you matters, which, I believe are helpful to your advancement as young people. Sure you are doing splendid today.  How

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How communicating through emoticons is making teens become socially awkward, experts warn

It’s the generation that can understand exactly how you’re feeling through a few simple emoticons. But now researchers claim that children are now so engrossed in their phones, they are unable to accurately read how people are feeling in real-life. This is the result of less face-to-face time interaction, according to the study, which found

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University of Ibadan releases post-UTME results, offers scholarship to best 6 candidates

The University of Ibadan has offered scholarship to the six candidates that scored 88 per cent and above in its Post-UME test. The vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this at a news conference held on Friday in Ibadan to announce the result of the examination which was conducted on Saturday. “The best

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