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  Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Tuesday received a standing ovation from youths and the students of all the tertiary institutions in the state, even as he donated no fewer than 12 buses to the Students’ Union Governments of all the institutions.   The youths and students from both federal and state-owned institutions […]

Google has launched an online ‘video university’ to give lessons in everything from cooking to DIY. The Helpouts service launches today, and has over 1,000 providers signed up, ranging from chefs to psychotherapists. Users can access the service by searching for Helpouts on Google via their desktop, or downloading the app via an Android device.

  It has been revealed that school administrators and teachers in both private and public sectors lack absolute knowledge on the content of National Policy on Education. This knowledge gap among the administrators became obvious last week during a one-day leadership training for Heads of schools and administrators organized by the Centre for Human Security,

Adbullahi Mahuta, the lawmaker representing Malumfashi Constituency at the Katsina State House of Assembly, has donated footwear to primary schoolchildren in the state. Speaking at an event, the legislator said the donation, which included school sandals and socks, would contribute to the educational development of the 800 pupils. He pointed out that the economic challenges

While some say school safety hinges on guns, cameras or alarms in classrooms, Mark Gomer and Kristi Schiller think specially trained dogs should take point in preventing violence in schools. Gomer’s for-profit company has sent a gun- and drug-detecting dog to patrol the halls of an Ohio high school, while Schiller is launching a nonprofit

  This is just the greatest thing. No one has any idea who this particular teacher is, where he works or how many drab hours he spent learning this particular trick. What is indeed known is that it may just be the single best stunt ever pulled off in an American classroom. Based on the

An American father from Missouri has been arrested for trying to hire someone to attack and sexually assault his 11-year-old daughter. 32-year-old Anthony Brinkman was busted by the police at a cracker barrel restaurant in St. Louis. According to report, the accused had posted an ad online, looking for someone to beat and rape his

The way Fido wags his tail might reveal more about him than you know. Just ask another dog. Researchers discovered a subtle difference in how dogs wag their tails. When a dog sees something positive, such as its owner, it tends to wags its tail more to its right. The wagging tends to go left

Take a typical trip to the beach and you might stumble upon a cool seashell or if you’re lucky, an ice cream truck. But for one mother-daughter duo, getting their feet wet in the ocean meant hitting the jackpot. According to WPTV.com, Darlene Curley and her 16-year-old daughter were visiting Daytona Beach from Etowah, Tenn.,