Nigeria’s No. 1 ‘grammarian’, Patrick Obahiagbon represented the Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole at the 2014 United Nations International Youths Day which was organized by Rise Networks at the Unive […]

I say a very good morning dear young friends. How are you doing today? Sure you are making the best of your elongated long vacation. I charge you to make a commitment to read and develop yourself. Your mind is an […]

When we compare education systems around the world (which we do, quite often) to see what’s working and what isn’t, one of the metrics we often see is ‘school life expectancy’, otherwise known as how many years s […]

You may think your microwave is good only for making popcorn or heating up last night’s leftovers. But with a big chocolate bar and a little ingenuity, you can use your microwave to calculate the speed of […]

Britons are to be the first in the world to test a new vaccine against the deadly ebola virus.
Altogether 60 healthy volunteers will be given the vaccine next month in a trial led by Oxford University […]

Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, parents and other stakeholders have expressed divergent views on the decision by the Federal Government to postpone the resumption date of all primary and secondary schools […]

A diet laden with burgers and fries, dripping with sweet treats and saturated in pies could kill our appetite for healthy foods, scientists warn.
A new Australian study has found living on junk food not only […]

Volunteers are being paid 1,073 Naira per day to sterilize and bury the bodies of those who have died after contracting the deadly Ebola virus.
As the crisis continues to spread across West African countries, […]

The Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde has stated that students and candidates who are not computer literate will not be allowed to write any examination […]

Hello my young friends; It’s been a while. Pardon my unavoidable absence. I had few emergencies to respond to. We thank God that things have eased out now. I am back here to discuss with you matters, which, I b […]

About 69% of Nigerian students who wrote the last West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, failed. If this statistic is anything to judge the education sector by, it would mean that only […]

Technology may be getting smarter, but humans are getting dumber, scientists have warned.
Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined in the last decade.
Opinion is […]

The West African Examinations Council has inaugurated the Walk-in-Candidates initiative for candidates sitting for its examinations.
The Head, National Office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Charles Eguridu, unveiled this […]

Albert Einstein said: “Your imagination is a preview of coming attractions.” When we consider education, does this mean that we will eventually live in a world where learning feels more like play and everyone has […]

It could finally let people who work on their feet sit down on the job.
Swiss researchers have unveiled an almost invisible ‘chairless chair’.
The exoskeleton can be locked in place, allowing the wearer to sit […]

The date of Earth’s potential destruction has been set at 16 March 2880, when an asteroid hurtling through space has a possibility of striking our planet, Dailymail reports.
Researchers studying the rock found […]

Nigeria has been given the all clear to host AFCON qualifying matches which begin next month after the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) instructed Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia to find neutral grounds […]

Adults tend to remember their teenage years as easier, since they only remember it as a time when they didn’t have three kids and a mortgage. But ask any teenagers who are considering suicide over a bad […]