Over 500 students from various public and private schools across the country observed the partial eclipse with other Nigerians at the space centre in Abuja on yesterday November 3, 2013. Meanwhile, Lagos residents trooped out en masse to observe the natural astronomical event. Many of them were spotted standing outside their compound and trying to […]

  PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today), apparently with a view to resolve the Federal Government-ASUU face-off that has left university gates shut since July 1. But the union said it had got wind of Presidency’s plan to direct that universities be reopened, saying

  Another attempted stowaway kid was Sunday, arrested by airport security officers at the airside of the Lagos Airport, as he allegedly wanted to stowaway on an Allied Air Cargo aircraft that was preparing to take-off. The teenager whose name was not made public, attempting to sneak into the airplane before take-off, but was spotted

  While some people might think getting engrossed in a video game is a waste of time, scientists have found they can increase the size of our brains. German researchers found video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills. In

  Hip hop sensation, Wande Coal, has released the video of his hit song, Rotate. The video, shot by ace director, Sesan Ogunro, was officially released on Monday, October 28, and reports indicate that it is enjoying play time on both local and satellite television stations already. Popularly called ‘The Black Diamond’, Wande Coal released

Head Coach Stephen Keshi has invited 25 players ahead of the 2014 World Cup play-off against Ethiopia. He has called in Chelsea’s fit again defender Keneth Omeruo and Reuben Gabriel who plays in Scotland. Omeruo played all six games for the Super Eagles as they won the Africa Cup of Nations in January but then sustained

  Students under the aegis of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, have said Nigeria has nothing to show for the independence it attained 53 years ago. The outgoing President of the youth-based group, Qassim Badrudeen, said this during the annual conference and award conferment on distinguished individuals by the society

  Keyboard shortcuts are an easy way to save yourself some time and typing if you spend a lot of time click-clacking away at your keyboard like I do. The most common ones are somewhat universal (to many applications, at least). Control + P to print, Control + C to copy, Control + V to

Proprietors of private schools in the South-West have expressed concern over the conflict between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the consequent strike action that has left varsity gates locked for four months. The private school proprietors appealed to both the ASUU and the Federal Government to urgently

A Mount Lebanon High School student took an assignment farther than a hobo on a freight train when he showed up to school dressed as a ragged, dirty homeless vagrant. He took it so far, in fact, that school officials called the cops on him and suspended him from school for two days. If the