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Meet the 4 NEW ELEMENTS of the Periodic Table

Four new elements have been added to the periodic table, finally completing the table’s seventh row and rendering science textbooks around the world instantly out of date. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have formally been recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the U.S.-based world authority that governs chemical nomenclature, […]

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Today in History: The Christmas Truce of World War 1

Just after midnight on Christmas morning, exactly 101 years ago, the majority of German troops engaged in World War I ceased firing their guns and artillery and commenced singing Christmas carols. At certain points along the battle fronts, the soldiers of Russia, France, and Britain even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous

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14 Year Old Anthony Ike Okoro Wins the 2015 PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge

The 2015 PZ Cussons Carex Chemistry Challenge (PZCCC) winner is Master Anthony Ekene Ike-Okoro. The 14 year old SS3 student of Top Grade Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos, was crowned champion after a series of practical and theory sessions, making him the competition’s youngest winner since it debuted in 2013. He emerged winner with a total

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2015 UBA Essay Competition: 15 Year Old Uduak Pips Two Others To Emerge Winner

Miss Emediong Uduak Uko, 15, of the British Nigerian Academy, Abuja has won the prize of N1m in education grant from the United Bank of Africa, UBA. Emediong who beat ‎over 3,326 contestants in the National Essay Competitions emerged the overall best. Though, having a natural ability for writing, she aspires to be a medical

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Writers Corner, Vuvuzela and Greenlife Inaugurate Students Literary Competition

Pupils endowed with skills in story writing and poetry are in for a good time, as the maiden edition of the Rising Star Writing Competition and Awards begins. Writers Corner, Vuvuzela Communications Limited and the GreenLife Pharmaceuticals Limited are sponsors of the initiative. The Writers Corner Project Co-ordinator, Mrs. Uche Udoji, made this known at

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Can You Let Your Dad Read Your Texts? These Girls Did and it Wasn’t Pretty!

A teen website seventeen.com reported how Elite Daily (an American online news platform) carried out a social experiment which may not have been a really brilliant idea. Why? They had dads read their daughters’ text messages on camera and somehow succeeded in getting actual girls – gasps – to agree to do it. (There had to be some bribery involved, right?)​

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4 Finalists Emerge at the 2015 PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge

Four finalists have emerged for the star prize of the 2015 PZ Cussons Carex Chemistry Challenge, after the second stage of the examination held last weekend in Lagos. The final, which holds on December 12 will feature 16-year-old Jude Nnaemeka Chineke – an SS3 student of Great Esteem Secondary School, Surulere, and Wajul Kareem, 17

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