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A Chilean teenager has been arrested by police after she put her unborn child up for sale on Facebook. 18-year-old Veronica Carrera Chaparro planned to sell her child for an astonishing sum of £68 after its birth. Miss Chaparro was said to have gotten pregnant for a 17-year-old whose family members gave her the option […]

The House committee on Diaspora has drawn the attention of Nigerians to a suspicious move by the authorities of the Cyprus International University, Nicosia North Cyprus, to lure Nigerian Students to their University. The Committee warned on the dangers of sending Nigerian students to Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, as one Gabriel Soriwe recently

A religious teacher put his hand under a schoolgirl’s headscarf and touched her sexually as she prayed, a court heard. The attacks allegedly took place as he gave religious lessons to the girl – who is of primary school age – and her brothers. Suleman Maknojioa, 40, of Blackburn, Lancashire, was said to have ‘squeezed’

Babies are known to cry to alert their parents to their distress to help ensure their survival. Yet, confirming what many parents already suspect, scientists have found that infants also fake cry simply to get extra attention – particularly if they have brothers and sisters. Japanese researchers studied two babies crying over a period of

  An Abuja Magistrates’ court, yesterday, ordered that a 19-year-old boy, Isaiah Sunday, be flogged 12 strokes of cane for theft. The Senior Magistrate, Shafa Aliyu, ordered that the convict be flogged after he pleaded guilty on a one-count charge of stealing. Aliyu said the punishment would serve as deterrent to others, adding: “Besides, he

  Eight out of 110 students from 30 secondary schools in Onitsha Educational Zone have emerged victorious in this year’s annual science quiz competition conducted by the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, UIAA, Onitsha chapter. Master Joseph Chukwuemeka Ali, an SS3 student of the Holy Spirit Secondary School, Omagba Phase 1, Onitsha, won the first

Dean, Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, Prof. Lawal Omotesho, said yesterday that the publication of the names of  24 expelled students was to serve as deterrent to others. Omotesho told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that the university expelled the students for various acts of misconduct. “The fact that the university expelled the student

  A Chinese firm claims it is getting closer to allowing parents to pick the embryo most likely to succeed. Researchers believe that 50-80% of what determines IQ could be inherited. Now a Chinese firm is mapping the genes of people who are gifted in maths in a bid to isolate the genes that make

  People who regularly visit a place of worship are less likely to get involved in low level crime and delinquency, according to new research. A survey from Manchester University found a direct correlation between higher visits to religious places and lower crime figures, especially in relation to shoplifting, drug use and music piracy. Researchers