The Borno State Government says it will start paying parents who enrol their children to acquire Western education, especially in the northern part of the state.
Governor Kashim Shettima disclosed this on […]

Sharing is something that all human beings need to effectively know how to do. It begins with teaching toddlers to share their toys, and from there it never ends. As those toddlers turn into teenagers who […]

(By Mayowa Adeyemi)

The word “facetiously” contains all 5 vowels alphabetically.
“Lollipop” is the longest word that can be typed using only the right hand.
If you spell out every number from 0 to 999, you […]

Recently, there was a blog post by the organisation To Write Love on Her Arms that really resonated with me. It’s called “I Will Become What I Deserve,” which is a powerful line of one of my favourite songs, “The […]

 
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (US) have created what they say is the most accurate clock anywhere in the world, able to keep its ticking rate to a variation of less than two […]

 
Graduates have taken over most car wash businesses in Kaduna metropolis to end their endless search for formal jobs.
A correspondent who went round the city reports that the operators were making brisk business […]

 
The federal government Thursday distributed N100 billion to 59 public universities as its first intervention fund for the provision of critical infrastructure in the  institutions.
It also appealed to the Aca […]

Grammar and punctuation. It’s really not that difficult to go back and double-check your message before you hit that lovely button:”send”. Check your spelling and punctuation before you consider that you’re done […]

Sleep helps the brain consolidate what we’ve learned, but scientists have struggled to determine what goes on in the brain to make that happen for different kinds of learned tasks.
You take your piano le […]

 
Teachers no longer have to rely on their eyes and internal instincts to catch cheating students.
In an effort to help educators take back control of the classroom, Berkeley Varitronics Systems has unveiled the […]

The federal government has granted the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University approval to award degree certificates in traditional medicine practice. The National Association of Nigerian Traditional […]

 
Unless you’ve directly experienced bullying, you may not realize just how devastating it can be, especially to a child or teenager. As well as being deeply hurtful, bullying can leave anyone feeling fr […]

 
The world’s smallest astronaut is heading into deep orbit.
At barely a foot tall and lighter than a pair of moon boots, Kirobo is a talking Japanese robot that will be the newest guest at the International S […]

 
Most people don’t think that exercise can be easy, but it actually can—you just need to utilise the right exercises for the best results. With some help from our fitness expert, here is a list of 5 easy exer […]

 
A 4-year-old boy was re-elected mayor of the community of Dorset in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota.
Residents of the community of 25 people confirmed Robert “Bobby” Tufts as their mayor on Sunday in a vote […]

 
(By Folksy)
Technology plays a huge part in the lives of young people, but many schools are yet to take full advantage of the huge opportunities ICT offers in the classroom.
In the classroom of the future, […]

 
(By Uchechukwu Udoji)
Last month at the Ideas Festival in Aspen, Design For Change founder Kiran Sethi shared with HuffPost Live the two words that can open doors for children around the world: “I can.”
Sethi […]

 
(By Emily Lucas)
Google has undoubtedly become one of the world’s leading corporations. They have changed the way we access information and how we learn. It is this last point that has become more predominant fo […]

 
(By Mairo Danlami)
We hear a lot about autism in the news and from families who care for children with autism. We don’t hear nearly often enough, however, from children who actually live with autism. A speech […]

 
(By NAN)
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday announced the accreditation of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Agriculture. The commission also announced the approval for Engineering courses […]