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  Many people at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, Lagos State, were shocked on Tuesday as an 18-year-old boy narrated how he strangled a 12-year-old girl for money ritual. The suspect, Ikechukwu Friday, said he had gone to beg a pastor for money when the pastor instructed him to kill a young girl and obtain […]

  Governor  Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has said that his government’s reforms in the education sector manifested in the results of the 2013 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations where 50.10 per cent of the candidates from the state passed with a minimum of five credits, including English and Mathematics. Chime said this was an improvement

  Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said that the examination body would create more Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in Lagos. Oladeji, the Coordinator, JAMB National Headquarters Annex, Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the centres would be ready ahead of

  The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has insisted that it will continue with the ongoing strike until government meets its demands. Speaking with our correspondent, the ASUP President, Chibuzor Asomugha, who lamented the discrimination in the nation’s education sector, said it was wrong for the government to treat polytechnics issues with disdain. “Their thinking

  A 12-year-old Chinese boy has had to undergo eye surgery after his teacher allegedly told his classmates to slap him in the face. The boy, from Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province, was reportedly struck around 40 times after he failed to do his homework. The teacher even apparently told the other pupils that the

Striking University of Jos workers said they would not return to work until all their entitled members are paid their full earned allowances. Staff has embarked on a lengthy strike to press for better remuneration and improved working conditions. “In the course of the strike, the federal government in an attempt to resolve the problems

  Parents are told to praise children so they will shine. But a study shows heaping compliments on children with low self-esteem makes them feel under pressure to perform and so they avoid challenges. The study’s authors, from British, Dutch and US universities, looked at how adults praise children and found that while it’s natural

  How many times do you check your phone? Twice a day? Once every hour? More often? According to figures collected by a screen lock app, the average user actually checks their phone around 110 times day. During peak times this equates to once every six or seven seconds, with some users unlocking their devices

  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