(CNN) – Barcelona has become the world’s highest-earning soccer club, usurping fierce rival Real Madrid at the top of Deloitte’s Football Money League for the first time. The new study found that Barca generated a record-breaking revenue of $935.9m (840.8 million euros) last season, becoming only the third club to hold the top position. As…
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Breaking : NUC Scraps Mass Communication Degrees from Nigerian Universities
Posted by Abiolapaul on January 9, 2020. The National Universities Commission (NUC) has phased out Mass Communication Degree in Nigeria institutions. With the development, there will be no more Mass Communication as a degree programme in universities in Nigeria. Ginna Crochets The NUC said it has unbundled Mass Communication into seven separate degree programmes to…
Employee stole $48,000 worth of Harry Potter merchandise to sell on eBay By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Jan 4, 2020.
London (CNN) – An employee of the Harry Potter studio tour who stole more than $48,000 (£36,935) worth of magical merchandise was caught after colleagues noticed the items accumulating under his desk. Adam Hill stole Harry Potter merchandise including wands, ties, badges and keyrings from the Warner Brothers Studio stockroom between December 2017 and March…
Mass evacuations, banned BBQs, sports events at risk. Deadly fires are threatening Australia’s way of life Analysis by Angela Dewan, CNN Jan 4, 2020.
(CNN) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison may have thought a visit to a fire-ravaged town would help boost his image after a series of stumbles in handling the country’s bushfire crisis. That plan backfired Thursday in Cobargo, in the state of New South Wales, where residents made no bones about their anger. “You won’t…
Back to School Lessons Your Kids Needs to Learn this Year
Well, I finally got my son his own alarm clock. He doesn’t have a phone so, up until now, I’ve had the pleasure of waking him every morning. And when I say pleasure, I mean it. I loved giving him a cheerful greeting and a little nudge to start his day. But that wasn’t…
Google’s AI system can beat doctors at detecting breast cancer By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Jan 2, 2020.
London (CNN Business) – Google says it has developed an artificial intelligence system that can detect the presence of breast cancer more accurately than doctors. A study that tested the accuracy of the system, which was developed through a collaboration between the tech giant and cancer researchers, was published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature….
Diet soda doesn’t have to lead to weight loss, court rules By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Updated Jan 2, 2020.
New York (CNN Business) – There’s nothing deceptive or dishonest about soda makers using the word “diet” to describe the reduced calorie alternatives to their traditional sugary soft drinks, a federal appellate court has ruled. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ three judge panel has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a California woman’s lawsuit…
Best and worst diets for 2020, ranked by experts, with a popular one near last By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Jan 2, 2020.
(CNN) – Who won the 2020 battle of the diets? For the third year in a row, the well-researched Mediterranean diet KO’d the competition to win gold in US News and World Report’s 2020 ranking of best diets. The report, released Thursday, is now in its 10th year. “The hallmarks of a ‘best’ diet include…
Getting the recommended amount of physical activity is tied to lower risk of cancer, study says By Michael Nedelman, CNN Updated 4 hours ago Dec 26, 2019.
(CNN) – A new study sheds light on one potential health benefit of exercise: a lower risk of certain cancers. The study, published Thursday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, analyzed data from more than 750,000 adults in the United States, Europe and Australia, and found that recommended amounts of physical activity correlated with lower…
Current Challenges of Education in Nigeria
By Aniekpeno John Inyang Education has been described in many quarters as not just a tool for an individual’s self-actualization but a powerful instrument of social change. Many developed countries in the world today have attributed their success stories to their faith in education. This goes a long way in proving how vital education is…
Impeach and 10 Other Words We Should Learn to Use Correctly (1)
Published December 24, 2019. BY Akeem Lasisi; The impeachment of President Donald Trump of America has put many of us on trial. This time, it is not a trial in a court of law but simply that of language. Because we are used to misusing the word, when its technical and, indeed, its real application…
JAMB Fixes 2020 UTME for March 14 to April 4
Published December 23, 2019 Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has said it would be holding the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination between March 14 and April 4. It noted that an optional mock examination for candidates takes place on February 18, 2020. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at…
