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How Nigerians Experienced Sunday’s Partial Solar Eclipse

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 […]

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STRIKE: President Jonathan meets ASUU today, union warns against forcefully re-opening schools

  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

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Video games can make your brain BIGGER: Playing for 30 minutes a day ‘boosts memory, ability to plan and dexterity’

  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

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World Cup Playoff Final Battle: Keshi names killer squad for Ethiopia (See Full List)

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

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MSSN Laments Insecurity, Poor Education Standard

  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

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Private School Owners Worry Over Teachers’ Strike

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

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FUNNY: Student suspended for dressing as a lunatic following a class assignment

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

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