While participating at one of the company’s ‘Hack-a-thons,’ a Facebook engineer developed a ‘sympathize’ button for users to express condolences. Not all ideas presented at the Hack-a-thon are integrated into the […]

After a five-month nationwide strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will today meet at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State, to decide on when to resume classes.
All […]

Part of providing students with the best possible education is preparing them for the workforce and the world they will enter after they leave school. In our case as parents and teachers, this means we have to […]

Confidence comes from within you. Confidence is also what you show on the outside despite, or to hide, what you feel inside. You may have the tools and skills to do anything you want in the world but without […]

Living to the ripe old age of 500 might be a possibility if the science shown to extend worms’ lives can be applied to humans, scientists have said.
U.S. researchers tweaked two genetic pathways in the tiny […]

A bad night’s sleep is always likely to put you in a foul mood but studies show lack of rest can also leave you plagued with pain.
Now experts believe that changing bedtime habits could be the key to healing a l […]

There has been extensive study done on the development of the teenager’s brain in the last twenty years and some of the findings that have come out of this research is that teenagers should not drink because the […]

Photo-sharing service Instagram unveiled a new feature Thursday that allows users to send images and messages privately, as the Facebook-owned company sought to bolster its appeal among younger consumers who […]

A teacher accused of singing Let’s Talk About Sex to a 12-year-old girl has been banned from the classroom.
Former Army radar technician Alec Munday was also alleged to have used inappropriate sexual language, […]

A child’s genes have a far greater impact on exam results than the quality of their school or the efforts of their parents, researchers claim.
Analysis of 11,000 teenagers’ GCSE results suggests that DNA is t […]

You’re in the middle of a texting conversation when the other person suddenly stops for a long pause before responding.
What does it mean? Maybe they got a call, got distracted by something else, internet mes […]

The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that all contending issues between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government have been resolved.
He made the disclosure […]

Twitter users can now share and receive images in direct messages.
Twitter unveiled the new feature in an update to versions of its iOS and Android apps on Tuesday. Users who update the app can send and […]

Remember when you used to worry about how many minutes you had used on your cell phone? Well, those days are over. Instead, we have something else to worry about: data usage. You know how painful it is when […]

So you listened to all those people who go on and on about their personal learning network (PLN) and signed up for Twitter. You still aren’t sure ‘this is for you’ and so there you sit – with your ‘egg’ pr […]

Reading is one of the major foundations of any student’s studies. In any subject – including maths – understanding how to read and being able to comprehend words on a page is a make or break in academics and in […]

There’s a serious demand for coders and IT professionals today. A good developer is worth his or her weight in gold. Many students are interested in gaming and creating apps, but not everyone graduates with a c […]

You might be only a pretty face, but it seems that’s all you need to get on in today’s world of work.
A study has found beautiful people do better in their careers – even after their youthful good looks have […]

The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has attributed the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which entered its sixth month, to massive stealing of public funds by p […]

The education field in Nigeria is mired in tradition, ideology and incumbent interests. There is a need for transformations in education that will help make the learning that is imparted have relevance to the […]