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The Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerian students that the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be over in a few months. This was made known by the Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike at the anniversary lecture of National Universities Commission, NUC, in Abuja. The minister who was represented by the […]

  A dinosaur skeleton discovered by an eagle-eyed high-school student turns out to be the smallest, youngest and most complete duck-billed dinosaur of its kind ever found. This Cretaceous-era herbivore, Parasaurolophus, walked the Earth some 75 million years ago. The dinosaurs in this genus are best known for their impressive tube-shaped head crests, which may

The Secretary, National Energy Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Njiddah, said on Tuesday that the German government had offered to provide electricity to four universities in the country. Njiddah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Abuja that the gesture was part of the council’s Renewable Energy Programme sponsored by the German government.

Internet addiction disrupts nerve wiring in the brains of teenagers, a “groundbreaking” study has found. Similar effects have been seen in the brains of people exposed to alcohol, cocaine and cannabis. The discovery shows that being hooked on a behaviour can be just as physically damaging as addiction to drugs, scientists believe. Internet addiction disorder

An 18-year-old rape victim, identified as Janet, has committed suicide in the Amarata area of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The deceased, a native of Oduali community in Abus/Odua Local Government Area of Rivers State, was allegedly raped by three unidentified boys in the area. Janet reportedly hanged herself due to the stigmatisation

A 13-year-old girl, identified as Miss Ifeoma Nwofe, reportedly lost her life on Tuesday, following a kerosene explosion at her parent’s Azuiyiokwu, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, residence. The girl who suffered severe burns all over her body, could not be saved as she could not receive treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, where she was

Sixteen-year-old Emmanuel Ejiogu Onyekachi of Miketoy College, Ikotun, Lagos State, has emerged winner of the first Chemistry Challenge sponsored by PZ Cussons. Emmanuel, an SS3 student, with a cumulative score of 83.5 per cent, beat three others at the grand finale to emerge first. He came first at every stage of the competition which had

Oladapo Oluwadora Glory, Aboluwarin Olaluwa David and Banjo Mofesola Paul of the Federal University of Technology  FUTA , Akure  have won  ISPON software cup 2013, they were among  the 70 students from the Nigerian higher educational institutions that  competed  in the 2013 Institute  of Software Practitioners  of Nigeria, ISPON  national software conference and competition holding

A college student in the United States got more than he bargained for when he splurged on a $350 designer belt at a store — when a clerk had him cuffed apparently thinking the black teen couldn’t afford the pricey purchase, even though he had paid for it, a new lawsuit alleges. “His only crime