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Parents of students affected by the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike threaten to stage a two million people mass protest to the Aso Rock in Abuja should the Federal Government fail to end the strike in the nearest time. Pastor Julius Olaribigbe, Chairman of the National Association of Parents Teachers Association, South West chapter, addressed the press in

  The Authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have announced Sunday, 8th December, 2013 as the resumption date for its academic activities. This was contained in a statement issued yesterday by Mr. Biodun Olarwaju, the Public Relations Officer of the institution. The statement reads: “The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have announced Sunday,

From healthy ‘pale straw’ to potentially dangerous ‘brown ale’, urine comes in a wide range of colours. Now doctors at a U.S. medical centre have drawn up a diagram to illustrate what is normal and what is not. The chart, developed at the Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio, says urine usually ranges from a deep amber

  General relativity, the geometric theory of gravity developed by Albert Einstein in the early 1900’s, is today considered one of the twin pillars of modern physics. Along with quantum mechanics, it is fundamental to our understanding of the universe. Yet despite its importance, general relativity doesn’t always get the classroom attention it deserves. “Is

    Everyone has experienced that sinking feeling after sending an email to the wrong person, clicking on ‘reply all’, or bashing out a message in the heat of the moment that you wish you could take back. But now there is a tool hidden away among other Gmail settings that allows users to unsend

A fifteen year old student of Ambol Comprehensive High School, Akesan-Igando, Lagos, Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo, has emerged winner of the third edition of the UBA National Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria. Okonkwo’s essay was picked out of about 2,000 entries by a panel of four Nigeria professors for its outstanding style, earning

  The Federal Government on Monday shifted the deadline for the strikers from December 4 to December 9. Previously the government, through the acting Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, had ordered the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work on December 4. However, on Tuesday the Executive Secretary of

  Scores of graduates of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, dismissed from the 2013 Batch ‘C’ National Youth Service Corps orientation camps across the country for non-accreditation of their courses of study yesterday besieged Government House, Owerri, to protest their plight. The aggrieved students, some of whom were putting on NYSC uniforms, were grieved over what

  Social networking apps usually bring people together but a new gadget does quite the opposite. HateWithFriends.com asks users to log in with their Facebook account. It then pulls up a list of their ‘friends’ and urges them reveal who they secretly ‘hate’ by clicking on a button below each face. If that same person

  Forget apps that track your child’s location, the FiLIP smartwatch not only lets you keep tabs on where they go, it also doubles up as a phone and panic alarm. Parents can set SafeZones and be alerted when a child leaves these designated areas and locations can be tracked via the FiLIP smartphone app.