Educational

  A science teacher from Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students has been crowned the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1m prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries. Peter Tabichi, 36, a maths and physics teacher at Keriko secondary school in Pwani Village, in a remote part of Kenya’s Rift Valley, has won the ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, today, completed his mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The president son received his NYSC discharge certificate earlier today in Abuja as he showed it off in a video recorded in Aso Rock. He reportedly served at the orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja. Yusuf commenced the NYSC programme two years after graduating ...

  An 80-year-old Ugandan woman has enrolled in Primary One at Jesus is King Nursery and Primary School in Bugandalo Village, Ibulanku Sub-county in Bugweri District, with an aim of becoming a teacher. Ms Maria Obonyo, a farmer, on Monday said after enduring a lot of ‘suffering and ridicule’, she decided to go to school to learn how to speak ...

A Georgia teen has gone viral on social media after she was accepted to  31 colleges with almost a million dollars in scholarship offers.   Kayla Willis, a senior at Westlake High School in Atlanta, got accepted into 31 colleges and was offered almost $1 million in scholarships after applying to over 40 schools without paying costly application fees.   The excited ...

  Admittedly, the emotional and physical strains that accompany catering for children without a partner usually make dating seem impossible. But being a single parent does not mean you have to give up on your love life. If you belong to this category, these relationship tips will help you get back into the dating scene and possibly find love again: ...

  A young and and educated Babalawo (Native Doctor) identified as Orunmila Jogbodo Oluwo, has had his photos going viral ever since his page was unraveled on Facebook. According to a Facebook user Adekunle Al Miftau Adeite, who condemned the way Babalawos are being portrayed in Nollywood movies, Oluwo is not only educated, but a graduate of the University of Ibadan. He wrote: Nollywood’s stereotype of ...

  Super Eagles midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo will be going back to school after his football career. Stoke City star, Etebo explained that his father wanted him to attain a university degree but his love for the round leather game prevented him from going further. Etebo added that his father believes that education is the best legacy parents can give their ...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has called off strike after 2 months . Usman Dutse, ASUP National President, announced this at a media briefing held at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja today. He noted that the decision was taken in view of the progress made in its discussions with Nigerian government. He said: ...

  A young lady became an online sensation after celebrating her matriculation at her mother’s fish stand in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. The fresh undergraduate identified as Elsie Worgor went to Mile One Market in Port-Harcourt with her matriculation gown to celebrate with her mother who is a fish trader there. According to reports, her mother is a widow, who is ...

Peace Mass Transit (PMT) Limited would continue to train and retrain professional drivers in its employ to ensure optimal performance on the high way, Vice Chairman, Chief Mrs. Emilia Onyishi has said. She spoke Monday at the flag off of a training programme conducted for PMT drivers by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), at the PMT headquarters, Emene Enugu. “It is ...

  A Ghanaian woman who enrolled in Junior High School at age 41 is on the verge of achieving her dream of becoming a health officer. Felicitas Naa’s story is one that not only inspires, but also affirms the saying that belief and determination are constants in success. Having been born in Tamale, Felicitas went on to have her basic ...

  “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.” Though it’s ostensibly just a quaint nursery rhyme, the Jane Taylor poem we all know by heart is so much more. Yes, it’s a lullaby. Yes, it’s an introductory language tool. But for many children, it’s also the first taste of space and science—and the idea that there might be more to life than meets the eye. ...

A Nigerian lady was left distraught after losing her masters admission and scholarship due to the ongoing nationwide ASUU strike. The lady identified as, Nwede Chiamaka Stella Maris took to her Facebook to narrate how she lost her foreign masters admission and scholarship because she was not able to submit my complete transcript and reference letters. She wrote; Sad Saturday I ...

They’re two of the first words we learn, and two that we use most often in our early years of life. Loaded with meaning at once unique to each person, yet universal to everyone, variations of the words mom and dad can be found in numerous languages, going back centuries, if not millennia. But exactly how old are those specific words? And just why do we ...

  A policeman has been hailed after doing an unexpected thing inside a bus. The officer took his time to preach in the bus – leaving other passengers shocked due to how the police are seen in Nigeria.   The policeman urged the passengers to repent and turn from their evil ways as he prayed for them. Damilola Osinubi-Dahunsi who ...

  Infidelity is one of the most distressing things you can experience in a relationship. Everyone knows this. And yet, men and women continue to cheat all the time: A recent YouGov poll revealed that a full fifth (21 percent of men and 19 percent of women) of the American adult populace has cheated on a partner. (And that doesn’t account ...

                   The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike action s set to continue after they rejected the offers made to it early this week by the federal government. The expectations of Nigerians that academic activities will resume soon in the country’s public universities may have been dashed as Academic Staff Union of Universities ...

ASUU on Thursday said the ongoing strike would not be called off until the Federal Government fully implemented all the offers it made to the union.   The public university lecturers said they were tired of Federal Government’s antics of making unfulfilled promises, insisting that the strike would be called off after they got tangible evidence and concrete actions that the offers ...

When you sense that your significant other is pulling away from you in a relationship, that distance can be painful and can ignite some deep-seated fears and insecurities. Maybe you just have a feeling that something is “off” with your partner. Maybe you’ve noticed that the energy between you two has shifted ― and not for the better. “If your ...

  A pair of student drug dealers have been spared jail after a judge was impressed by the ‘spelling and grammar’ of the texts they sent advertising their product. Luke Rance, 19, and Brandon Kerrison, 21, were arrested outside a Swansea library when they were found in possession of the Class B drug. A court heard police examined their mobile ...

  A female student from Katsina state is making the rounds online after scoring highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in the history of the Physics department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. Miss Zainab Bashir graduated with a CGPA of 4.87 which is the highest CGPA anyone had gotten since the department was founded. Zainab who is an indigene of ...

  When you’re in a relationship, it can be hard to know what is considered normal behaviour and what is abnormal. Things that from the outside might seem odd to other people might not bother you or make you unhappy. But how do you know when behaviour crosses boundaries, when the balance goes too far and you’re making compromises where ...

  EAT FRESH In nutritional science we often say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. While it’s tempting to supplement our diets with pills and powders, science says that eating fresh, whole foods is better than counting on nutritional supplements as a safety net. Although a supplement can provide a nutrient or two, whole foods ...

  Elaborate romantic gestures and effusive Instagram posts aren’t necessary ingredients for a strong, happy relationship. Rather, it’s the small, simple habits ― like getting enough sleep and kissing hello and goodbye, for example ― that have a major, positive effect over time. Below, marriage therapists reveal what you can do to make a big difference in your relationship. 1. ...

In a thread shared on anonymous confessional app Whisper, parents have revealed the shocking secrets they discovered after checking their children’s phones. One parent revealed that she discovered her daughter met up with a 30-year-old man who was later punished with prison time.   Another disclosed that she found 40 d*** photos on her daughter’s phone when she went through ...