Buhari to military: You must defeat ideologies of mindless killings
…as, 689 pass out of NDA As 689 new officers were commissioned into the armed forces on Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari has told the military that they must defeat the…
Pupil threatens to sue JAMB for withholding his result
A 16-year-old Bayelsa State pupil, Nengimote Loko, has threatened to sue the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board over the alleged seizure of his May 2017 examinations result conducted by the…
Second kidney transplant turns Ekiti Law student’s parents to beggars
I want Nigerians to help my daughter. She has just passed her examination into law school. Please come to our rescue as we have sold all our property.” This is…
You Must Remain Fearless, CJN Tell judges, Swears In Kafarati As Acting CJ Of The Federal High Court
Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has asked judges in the country to remain fearless. Onnoghen said this in Abuja on Saturday while swearing in Abdu Kafarati, acting chief…
It’s not Mindy Kaling’s job to explain racism and sexism to you
The Mindy Project is problematic. The show, which premiered its sixth and final season Sept. 12 on Hulu and streams a new episode every Tuesday, follows the antics of a…
The guide psychologists gave carmakers to convince us it’s safe to buy self-driving cars
Driverless cars sound great in theory. They have the potential to save lives, because humans are erratic, distracted, and often bad drivers. Once the technology is perfected, machines will be…
Will Stephen Colbert get political? And other things to watch for in the 2017 Emmy awards
Every year, the biggest stars in television gather in a theater in Los Angeles and celebrate how great they all are. They wear expensive dresses and tuxedos, award each other…
A handful of “hurricane hunters” are paid to fly directly into storms. Here’s what it’s like
Commander Justin Kibbey flies planes into hurricanes for a living. Kibbey is a former Navy pilot and current aircraft commander for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Officer…
A Stanford scientist says he built a gaydar using “the lamest” AI to prove a point
Do our faces show the world clues to our sexuality? Last week, The Economist published a story around Stanford Graduate School of Business researchers Michal Kosinski and Yilun Wang’s claims…
The American left has its own Tea Party, and it’s coming for Donald Trump
Tom MacArthur’s town-hall meeting should have been uneventful. It was May and MacArthur, a Republican congressman, had come home to New Jersey to talk to constituents, having won re-election with…