Scientists have been trying to measure intelligence for hundreds of years, and the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests have been one way of doing that. However IQ tests have received criticism for at best measuring only one aspect of intelligence, and at worst, being "fundamentally flawed." But here are nine other
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned nine deposit money banks (DMBs) from the foreign exchange market, for hiding over $2 billion belonging to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the breach by the banks, and they have
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Lecturers of the Bayelsa State owned University, Niger Delta University (NDU), Ammassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday called off its four months old strike action. The decision to call off the strike action followed the meeting and the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding,
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The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has alleged that the school bursar, Mr. Peter Agi, been impersonating the Vice Chancellor, Prof Zana Akpagu as well as indulging in the act of absenteeism, and so he should be suspended. Last week, it was reported that some UNICAL administrative workers, students
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Too much sex is really a burning question in the mind of young people of the 21st century, sex as the name implies is a natural thing which one can’t control its feeling, as such, it may be wrong to attached a figure to how
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The residence of former Kano State Governor and a serving senator, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso has been sealed off by combat-ready policemen in Kano. The residence, located at Lugard Road is a few minutes-drive away from the Kano Government House. Also, Kwankwaso’s Lodge Road residence, which serves as the headquarters of Kwankwasiyya Movement,
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The visiting US Secretary of State to Nigeria John Kerry has urged the Nigerian government to build trust with the people as a means of tackling extremism and corruption. He also warned the security forces that they need to police the country in a sensitive way: Building public trust also requires
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South Africa's Olympians have been given a special welcome this morning as they touched down in Johannesburg. Among the athletes returning was Caster Semenya - the victorious 800m runner. Her victory was dogged by controversy as some said she should not be allowed to compete because of her hyperandrogenism. But South Africans have
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Oby EzekwesiliI woke up yesterday to read a fictitious report credited to me by Sunday Tribune that I claimed President Muhammadu Buhari does not deserve to be president. And on the basis of the fiction weaved together by a reporter, he let loose one of those now-very-common indecorous and rumor-
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