Italian defender Fabio Grosso falls in the final moments of Monday’s World Cup match between Italy and Australia.  Italian defender Fabio Grosso streaked up the left side toward the goal. He shrugged off one defender who tried to drag him down, then cut into the penalty [...]

Share on Facebook

The Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal’s world-wide newsbox, and Washington Post all lead with Israel’s so-far limited thrust into Gaza. USA Today reefers Gaza and leads with the Senate failing to pass a constitutional amendment on flag burning by just one vote. Fourteen Democrats supported the amendment, and three Republicans opposed [...]

Share on Facebook

Nigeria is by far the most populous country in Africa with approximately 120 million inhabitants, the majority of which are children. Some 56 percent of Nigerians are under the age of 15. With the improvement of the quality and capacity of basic education as one of its major development initiatives, schooling Nigeria’s children has become [...]

Share on Facebook

A sports Centre fitness gynasium will be open to staff willing to keep fit. It is free of charge for the first three months. Members of staff will have the opportunity to use the facilities at the gynasium, at no cost from June to August, 2006. The program starts from 8.00am-10.00am and 4.00pm-6.00pm daily starting [...]

Share on Facebook

The 2006 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the University of Lagos Parents forum has been scheduled for Thursday, June 29, 2006. The meeting which will start at 10.00am will hold in the University’s Main Auditorium. All stakeholders and all parents of students of the University of Lagos are cordially invited. Share on Facebook var Taggable_iWpVersion [...]

Share on Facebook

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Unilag branch joines their counterparts in other Universities in Nigeria to embark on a one week National Strike to press for the renegotiation of ASUU-FGN 2001 agreement. The issues are; 1. The government failed to honor its agreement to set up a Negotiating team and renegotiate the 2001 [...]

Share on Facebook

Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan  in the memory of his queen Mumtaz Mahal at Agra, India. Taj Mahal was constructed over a period of twenty-two years, employing twenty thousand workers. It stands on a raised, square platform (186 x 186 feet) with its four corners truncated, forming an unequal octagon. Taj Mahal, [...]

Share on Facebook

I know that some times you find it hard to loose weight but do you know what? it may sound too good to be true, all you have to do to reach your ideal weight is eat as much fruit as you can every day.  If you don’t believe it or just want to know more, [...]

Share on Facebook

 A novel with 50,000 words, none of which contained the letter E was written by Ernest Wright.    Mark Twain’s book Tom Sawyer (1876) was the first novel to ever be written on a typewriter.  The letters of the alphabet in order of frequency of use are: ETAISONHRDLUCMFWYPGVBKJQXZ  You consume one tenth (0.1) calories when you [...]

Share on Facebook

I am an ardent techies fan, even though I am not a techie myself, I just looooove Tech. Surfing the net recently, I came across a sort of strange gadget. They call it the S705 SoundPilot manufactured by Mobile giants, Motorola. The gadget allows you to connect to your cellphone using bluetooth and lets you listen to music [...]

Share on Facebook

The acting head, Department of the Educational Foundations of the University of Lagos, Dr. (Mrs) Mopeola .O. Omoegun has been elected Fellow of the Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON). She is also a recipient of the Time News “2006 Nigerian Women Achievers Gold Award for Developmental Achievements and Entrepreneurial Excellence in Nigeria”. Dr. Omoegun’s induction [...]

Share on Facebook

1461 – Edward IV crowned king of England   1635 – French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean   1820 – Tomato is proven non-poisonous   1902 – U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million   1958 – Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden   1965 – 1st U.S. [...]

Share on Facebook

This is Mordi Daniel Chinock, my friends call me “DMC” live and direct. It’s really cool being the face of the day you know, being on the fastest growing blogsite in Nigeria for a whole day is not a joke or what do you think? I am from the most blessed part of Nigeria, Delta State [...]

Share on Facebook