The National Examinations Committee of WAEC (NEC) on Thursday said that it had cancelled results of candidates involved in examination malpractices at the 2014 examinations. Mr Damianus Ojijeogu of the Public Affairs Department of WAEC disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. He said that the decision was taken at the 59th meeting of the
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Tarantulas comprise a group of often hairy and very large arachnids belonging to the Theraphosidae family of spiders, of which approximately 900 species have been identified. There are red, blue, brown and black tarantulas. Tarantulas are found in the rain forests and jungles of South and Central America, in Africa and in the southern part
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Goats are kind of a big deal on the Internet these days. But how much do you really know about them? For instance, did you know that their rectangular-shaped pupils are positioned on the sides of their head, giving them the ability to see a full 280 degrees horizontally? As you can imagine, vision like
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Up until a few years ago, Evan was just a regular kid who liked to make videos playing with his favourite Angry Birds toys. But the nine-year-old has been able to parlay his hobby into a booming online business, EvanTubeHD, turning himself into an internet entrepreneur who banks over $1 million a year. The YouTube
Introduction The tangent is one of the three basic trigonometric functions, the other two being sine and cosine. These functions are essential to the study of triangles and relate the angles of the triangle to its sides. The simplest definition of the tangent uses the ratios of the sides of a right triangle, and modern
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A Middle Eastern country in northeast Africa, Egypt is at the center of the Arab world. Egypt controls the Suez Canal, the shortest sea link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt is officially known as the Arab Republic of Egypt. The capital of Egypt is Cairo. Egypt is bordered by the Gaza Strip, Israel,
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The common loon is a water bird found at remote lakes and rivers in Canada, US, and Europe. The bird is the state bird of Minnesota, U.S.A., and it appears on Canada’s dollar coin – the Loonie. They may grow to reach a length of 1m when measured from the tip of their beak to
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The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only extant Panthera species native to the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Americas. Scientific name of Jaguar is Panthera onca. Fast Facts about Jaguar 1. With its spotted coat
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Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote claims he still harbours hopes of one day buying Arsenal, Dailymail reports. The Nigerian has an estimated fortune of 15billion US dollars (£10.4billion) and is reported to have wanted to buy into the Gunners when former director Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith was selling her shares in 2010. Arsenal’s current majority shareholder
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You’ve tried a warm bath, a hot, milky drink and even counting sheep, but you’re still lying wide awake wondering why you can’t fall asleep… Now, one scientist claims he has a way of getting insomniacs to slip into a slumber in just 60 seconds – and it doesn’t involve prescription drugs or strange lighting.