Educational

A father who went for his child’s PTA meeting and noticed that only 4% of parents in attendance were fathers has said it is “unacceptable” and he shared a thread suggesting how fathers can be more involved in parenting.   Ayo Bankole tweeted: “So I attended my first Parents’ meeting at my son’s school. Only 4% of attendees were Fathers. Even ...

Mark Essien, the CEO of Hotels.ng, shared a thread advising his followers on how they can achieve their wildest dreams.   He began by tweeting: “Too many people do not believe in themselves. Say to yourself: I will buy a house in Eko Atlantic City. Because if you don’t believe that, it will surely never happen.”   When followers argued ...

Toun Banjo, a Nigerian lady has taken to her Twitter handle to express her joy at becoming a first class graduate and best graduating student of her department despite failing the Joint Admission and Matriculation JAMB examination on her first attempt.   Posting photos from her graduation online, Toun wrote Delay is not denial! I failed my First JAMB, scored a ...

A Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) final year student of mechanical engineering was spotted in a viral video test running an aeroplane prototype he built for his final year project defence.   The aeroplane prototype flew to the amazement of his friends who turned up to support him. His name was however not immediately available.   Here is the ...

Dr. Tayo Oyedeji, a former professor at the University of Gerogia in the US, has said that, contrary to popular belief, “home ownership is mostly a bad business.”   The Oxford-educated entrepreneur, who authored the book ‘How I Retired at 40’ shocked his followers when he made the revelation on Twitter and gave reasons.   He wrote:   Renting is ...

  Said Jammal, the owner of the popular Aeroplane House in Abuja has explained why he built the unique residential apartment for his family.   The father of 6 said he built the Aeroplane house because his wife travels a lot. He further disclosed that he felt the building he started off in 1999 will give his wife the feeling of ...

A 12-year-old Nigerian boy, Chika Ofili has been awarded the TruLittle Hero award for discovering a new way to divide in mathematics.   Chika’s mathematic’s teacher, Miss Mary Ellis who is also the head of the mathematics department at Westminster Under School said he (Chika) discovered the new formula while solving a holiday assignment.     She revealed that she gave Chika a ...

Aishatu Mohammed, wife of Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed has revealed that she had no formal education when she married her husband. In her words, “I was 16 years old and a stark illiterate when I married my husband. We were 100 girls in our family; none went to school; I only started school after my third child,” she said.   ...

The little groundnut seller who pleaded to sign on the shirt of a Federal University of Technology (FUTMinna) graduate because she wants to be like him one day, has been awarded scholarship.   Facebook user, Dio Peter Omotolani disclosed that the girl who was invited to University radio station for an interactive session few days ago is now a student ...

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, has been shut on the orders of the authorities of the institution and the Students’ Union Government (SUG) has also been banned by management, with immediate effect.   The actions followed the violent protest staged on Friday, November 1st by the students over alleged meddling of management in the affairs of the SUG, including alleged ...

A Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, student identified as Ifemosu Michael has reportedly been expelled over his post on insecurity and police harassment in the school.   In a letter which conveyed message of his expulsion, Ifemosu was accused of raising allegations and misrepresenting facts about the institution.   The student who however denied the allegation, stated that he was expelled for calling ...

  Shortly after 2am in a family home in McDonough, Georgia, USA this week, a bizarre yet fascinating incident occurred as a dog had to ring the doorbell to get her owners’ attention after accidentally getting locked out of the house. The footage was captured on a doorbell-cam.     Dogs are really smart animals. See video below

  A young man has become a sensation both online and offline after he emerged best graduating student from Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, in Zaria.   Sale Muhammed Dandashire, is the best graduating medical student 2019, ABU Medical School, Zaria. Not only that, he also emerged the Best in physiology, best in Surgery, best in Haematology, best in Anatomy, best ...

Chinko Ekun has completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme he started off in 2018.   The rapper who was deployed to Lagos for his service year, shared a photo from his Passing Out Parade with the caption “Every finish line is the beginning of a new race .#MAFO . #NYSC done”.  

Relationship expert, Joro Olumofin, has taken to Instagram to pen an open letter to men about spending money or projecting cash or gifts to the women they are interested in. Read his full post below.  Letter to Nigerian men. “Don’t start with spending money or projecting cash or gifts to a lady you are interested in” Based on Psychological principles such ...

  Oge Nsimah, a Customer Care Representative, took to her Facebook page to share this piece of advise to single ladies. What do you all think?    

Yobe State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), chairman, Goni Ibrahim has announced the adoption of Hausa language as the medium of instruction for public primary schools in the state.   The SUBEB Chairman who was represented at the Master Trainers workshop for teachers in Bauchi by Sama’ila Machina the Director Social Mobilization of the board, said they adopted Hausa as the medium of ...

  Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Obi of Onitsha and the Sultan of Sokoto were conferred with honorary Doctorate degrees at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti. The University had its graduation ceremony on Monday, October 21, 2019 and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Obi of Onitsha, and the Sultan of Sokoto were three of the four conferred with honorary Doctorate ...

Prof Idowu Olayinka, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, has handed over six officials of its Distance Learning Center to the Department of the State Security over examination malpractice.   The officials were arrested on Friday, October 18th and were remanded in the custody of the DSS before they were released on Monday, October 21st on administrative bail.   Investigation ...

A new study shows farmers have sex more often than other professionals as one-third of those surveyed boast about having sex at least once a day.   According to the New York Post, a staggering 67 per cent of them rated their performance in the bedroom as “incredible,” according to the study by sex toy manufacturer, Lelo.   A sex expert, Kate ...

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade who enrolled for a Masters Degree in Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been spotted leaving school in a 20-Jeep convoy.   The Cross River State Govenor said to have already started doing his assignments and also presenting seminars like a regular student, obtained his B.Sc. (Honours) in Microbiology at ...

  Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka on Sunday October 13, raised an alarm over the Nigerian educational system which he said is in serious trouble.   In his speech at the presentation of a play entitled ‘Folly of Men’ (an adaptation of three plays from Soyinka’s ‘Trial of Brother Jero’, Femi Osofisan’s ‘No More the Wasted Breed’, and Bode Sowande’s ‘Mamiwater’s Wedding’) to mark the 90th ...

The National Examinations Council says a total of 40,630 candidates were involved in various forms of malpractice during its recent June and July 2019 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.   The acting NECO Registrar, Abubakar Gana, disclosed these in Abuja in a brief submitted to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on the mandate and achievements of the council between May ...

15 staff of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria were on Thursday August 26 sacked by the management of the institution over offences which centered on sexual harassment, negligence of duty and corruption.   The sacked ABU staff are reportedly from different departments and faculties in the institution and they were handed their dismissal lettter after its approval by the university’s Governing Council ...

Tonto Dikeh has advised ladies not to sleep with 100 men just to get the new iphone 11. In a post she shared on IG, the mum of one said she just bought the phone which goes for N600k, with her own money and that there is nothing special about the phone. Tonto bought three pieces, one for herself, one for her ...