Father, you came to me first, not as God, nor Creator, but as a friend. You have given me hope when I had none. Shared your love when I had none to share and held me safe in your arms of eternity. You have opened up the doors to my soul and shown me that [...]

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There are about a billion bicycles in the world, twice as many as motorcars. Almost 400 million bicycles are in China. Although Leonardo da Vinci drew some rough sketches of a contraption that looked like a bicycle, the Frenchman De Sivrac built the first bicycle-type vehicle in 1690. It was referred to as a hobbyhorse. [...]

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Did you know that the first credit card was issued in 1951. History tells us that Credit was first used in Assyria, Babylon and Egypt about 3,000 years ago. Centuries later, the bill of exchange, which was the forerunner of banknotes, was established in the 14th century. It then became the practice that debts were settled by [...]

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Last Friday, I went for my friend’s wedding at Nnewi in Anambara State, and the journey down was quite exciting. There is just one downside to the trip, and travelling in and around Nigeria, generally. I was alarmed that a country that prides itself as the “Giant of Africa has roads with great big ditches, which make it so [...]

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The average human body contains enough sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorus to make 2,200 match heads, and water to fill a ten-gallon tank. Oh, and a brain which, for an average adult [...]

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I have noticed that my friend, our very own Nigerian Van Damme, isn’t at his usual post anymore. Are you already wondering who that is? C’mon, you all forget so easily, he is the “mafia-look-alike” at the famous Unilag check-point. Have you noticed that he isn’t there anymore? And hey, I am really worried. I really [...]

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Today, I tried taking an inventory of the different airlines I’ve been on, airlines like Alitallia, American Trans Air (although that does not pass through Nigeria anymore), Lufthansa, British Airways and KLM. As I looked at my shortlist, I realized that I had gone farther than the airport in all the home countries of the [...]

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This morning, I woke up startled and was about to go back to sleep, when I heard someone scream, “YOU’VE GOT TO GET UP, DONT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A CLASS BY 8″. “Alright, alright, I’ve heard.” I think I survived the first few moments that everyone goes through each time they are awakened from [...]

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This year’s World Cup is to be held in Germany, isn’t that awesome? I can almost envision the ride down from the airport and the warmth that one feels every time you step into Germany, it is simply beautiful. This takes my mind back to the last time I was in Germany. I still remember [...]

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Today, I woke up and remembered school was still in session. Awww, I’d have to get ready and rush out once more. I guess I’m already used to the routine. When I got to school, I waited with baited breath at the usual check point, trying to pick out a new strategy that would get [...]

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It rained cats and dogs yesterday and as usual, the security men stood at their posts to turn students back and restrain them from driving into the main campus. I was utterly shocked because The big guy with his horrifying shades was at his post of duty. Despite the rain, he told the different students [...]

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Surfing the Internet last night, I came across a spectacular Motorola handset, the Motorola RAZR V3x. I think my first attraction to the set was the fact that it is a flip-phone and I just love flip-phones, they just ‘flip’ me over! It has this usual Motorola look with its slim housing and a clamshell form. But, wait until I [...]

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About 15 minutes ago, UNILAGfaces.com met the Editor of Technology Times, Shina Badaru, an alumnus of the University of Lagos. Shina Badaru, a mass communication graduate was quite enthused with Unilagfaces.com. “I have an obligation to assist aspiring students in whatever they are doing “, he said. He informed us that Technology Times began as a web based [...]

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