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  Many are happy to collect stamps, coins or key rings – but not this stationery-crazy teenager. Tushar Lakhanpal, 15, from New Delhi, India, claims to own more than 14,000 pencils in different shapes and sizes from 40 countries around the world. Included in his collection, which he believes could be world record breaking, is

Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, is to introduce Igbo language as a compulsory course in the second year. The news was announced at the 6th edition of the Igbo (Uturu) Cultural Carnival, held at the university, by Prof. Ihechukwu Madubuike, Director, Igbo Renaissance. “By the next two years, the university plans to introduce the

Authorities of Bayero University Kano (BUK) expect students to return to the institution on Wendesday, January 1, 2014. The university’s Deputy Registrar, Public Relations and Protocol, Alhaji Mustapha Zaharaddeen, gave the directive in Kano on Sunday. Mr. Zaharaddeen said the students were expected to resume on the stated date unfailingly because academic activities would commence

  The Centre for Democratic Governance in Africa has proclaimed Covenant University as Nigeria’s Best Performing Higher Institution for the year 2013. The Chairman of the Centre, Dafe Okpocha, who spoke at the award ceremony, said the university’s emulation of good governance has made it outstanding: “This centre believes in the practice of good governance

  Barely one day after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, suspended its 5-month old strike, the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has been shut down indefinitely by the institution’s workers, Daily Post reports. During the serious protest in the University on Wednesday, all the workers union demanded the immediate sack of the Vice

The student Innovators club stormed LA primary school in Ajegunle with the Peer2Peer Project. The project which is ably supported by Microsoft partners in learning, Etisalat and Lekki British School is aimed towards empowering students with innovative thinking backed with ICT. The project seeks to create collaboration between students of private and public schools, bringing

Nigerian students have received with mixed feelings the news of the suspension of the strike. UNIBEN SUG Chairman, Mr. Osasere Osifo said: “It is good that the strike has been called off, but I am not necessarily jumping for joy about it, because we have already lost so much. Who will compensate us for the

  Nigerian prodigy, documentary film maker, Zuriel Oduwole, who has made history as the youngest person to be interviewed in Forbes magazine, keeps setting new objectives. Being only 11 years old now, Oduwole has already interviewed numerous influential people around the world, including world leaders. Moreover, she has been recently listed among the top 100

  WAEC National Coordinator, Mr Charles Eguridu on Thursday announced the release of the Nov/Dec examination results. Click HERE to check your result.

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has said that the November/December 2013 examination which it conducted was characterised by mass failure. It also said the performance, compared to the November/December 2011 and 2012 WASSCE (Private), represented a decline, adding that 38,260 results, representing 12.88%, are being withheld in connection with examination malpractice. Announcing the release