MINISTER EXPLAINS WHY OVER 1600 JAMB RESULTS WERE CANCELLED

The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruquayyatu Rufai, has explained that 16,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results were cancelled by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, because of examination malpractices by the candidates.

Rufa’i spoke through Mr. Julius Ameh, yesterday, in Abuja, during the presentation of the Teachers’ Guide for the teaching of the National Values Curriculum, NVC,  in Basic Education, which was funded by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

She said: ”We shall be resolute in our decisions as there shall be no sacred cows. Nobody, no matter how highly placed, will be allowed to get away with the breach of the law or perpetration of corruption and evil in our colleges and tertiary institutions.”

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Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday urged teachers in 11 states to embark on strike from June 1(tomorrow)

The teachers are protesting against the non-payment of their 27.5 per cent enhanced salary scale and N18, 000 minimum wages.

The states are Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti,

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Some Steps JAMB Is Taking To Curb Examination Malpractices - Ojerinde

THE Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor ’Dibu Ojerinde Friday explained that the use of Computer Based Testing in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was aimed at checking examination malpractices in Nigeria.

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State of Emergency: Trained Military Police Dogs Captures 50 Boko Haram Members

  

No fewer than 50 insurgents have been captured by troops of the Special Forces in the ongoing military offensive in northern Nigeria against the Boko Haram sect.

In an update on the operations yesterday, in Abuja, signed by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) disclosed that the over 50 additional insurgents were arrested with the aid of trained military police dogs deployed to aid troops in the operations.

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Scientists Weaken HIV Infection in Immune Cells Using Synthetic Agents

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is notorious for hiding within certain types of cells, where it reproduces at a slowed rate and eventually gives rise to chronic inflammation, despite drug therapy. But researchers at Temple University School of Medicine's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR) recently discovered that synthetic anti-inflammatory substances distantly related to the active ingredient of marijuana may be able to take the punch out of HIV while inside one of its major hideouts -- immune cells known as macrophages.

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Huawei promises speedy Android 4.2 updates for Ascend D1, P1 and Honor 2 phones

With the splendid Ascend D2 and massive Ascend Mate out for only a couple of months, plus the snazzy P6 readied for a June 18 introduction, it would be fair to assume Huawei has a lot on its plate nowadays.

And most of the time, that means less attention to detail and especially less love for adopters of “old” phones. But that’s not the way Huawei rolls. Instead, the Chinese have just confirmed three of their 2012 handhelds, namely the Ascend D1, P1 and Honor 2, will be getting timely bumps to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

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Advanced Biological Computer Developed

Using only biomolecules (such as DNA and enzymes), scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and constructed an advanced biological transducer, a computing machine capable of manipulating genetic codes, and using the output as new input for subsequent computations. The breakthrough might someday create new possibilities in biotechnology, including individual gene therapy and cloning.

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SUGARY DRINKS TIED TO KIDNEY STONE RISK

Adults who drink at least one sugar-sweetened drink a day are slightly more likely to develop kidney stones than people who rarely imbibe them, according to a new study.

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The "Sex Age"By: Wallace G. Smith

What was once a private joy, shared between husband and wife, has become big business. Sex sells, and advertisers use it to entice adults and children alike into buying their wares. Is there anything you can do to protect yourself and your family? Archaeologists&Anthropologists have come up with names such as the "Stone Age" and the "Bronze Age" to label earlier eras of human society by their most distinctive features. Given the prominence of sex in our current society, it would not be a wonder if future anthropologists were to label our culture the "Sex Age."

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