College tuition in the U.S. rises faster than inflation, again

College prices in the U.S. have again increased faster than the rate of inflation, extending a decades-long pattern of higher-education costs.

Tuition and fees at private nonprofit colleges climbed 3.7 percent on average to $31,231 this academic year, according to a report today by the College Board. For in-state residents at four-year public schools, costs rose 2.9 percent to $9,139. Inflation, measured by the personal consumption expenditures index, rose 1.4 percent in the year through September.

I’ll industrialise Akwa Ibom, if elected gov – Esuh

A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Peter Esuh, has promised to make Akwa Ibom a one-capital state and erase all traces of ethnic divisions in the state.

This is as he has identified imbalance in infrastructural development as the cause of rancour, ethnic bigotry and division, hence the need to update the status of every rural community in the state to make life better in all parts of the state.

Public varsities, polytechnics fail to access N7b TETFund grants

Amid concerns of under-funding of public educational institutions in Nigeria, the Federal Government has decried the inability of most universities and technical institutions to access research grants of over N7.8 billion from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, who made this disclosure in Abuja, Thursday, said it was lamentable that the trend persists within the academic community despite the fact that research work ought to remain the cardinal objective of tertiary institutions the world over.

Army, NASENI to partner on research and devt

The Nigeria Army, through the establishment of the Nigerian Army Systems Development Centre (NASDC), is to partner with National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) on how to develop research, build up and deepen engineering innovations for the development of the country.

Firm treats customers to night of exclusive entertainment

As part of its tradition of recognizing and rewarding its customers nationwide,   Diageo Brands Nigeria has doled out a 2014 KIA Sorento car and a 4.5KVA Hyundai power generating sets to its wholesalers during a raffle draw event which held last weekend in Lagos.

It will be recalled that the company rewarded two of its wholesalers with 2014 models of KIA cars in August and September 2014 while others won sets of power generating machines and deep freezers.

According to Liz Ashdown, Head of Spirits, Marketing & Ready-to-Drink (RTD) for Diageo Brands Nigeria, the promo will stretch till December 2014 so as to engender more wholesalers to buy more of the brands products and qualify to win the star prize and other consolation prizes.

Hold leaders accountable for good governance, NASU tells journalists

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has urged journalists in the country to hold the nation’s leaders accountable for good governance in line with the constitutional backing of the profession

NASU’s General Secretary, Comrade Peters Adeyemi made the declaration at a capacity building workshop organized by NASU in collaboration with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC)  in Ibadan, Oyo State

His words: “We call on journalists in the country to hold the nation’s leaders accountable to good governance because the management of information in the public space in Nigeria is central to the measure of effectiveness and degree of progress that can be generated in a socio-economic and political setting.”

COAS briefs Senate on insecurity

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday, admitted that some local government areas of the North East were lost to the Boko Haram but assured that such areas would soon be recovered by the military.

A Senate Committee had invited the service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adeola Amosu, to brief its members on the state of affairs in the Northeast with regard to the fight against Boko Haram.

Military Helicopter Crashes in Yola

A military helicopter

A few days after a military helicopter on a surveillance mission crashed in Damare, a suburb of Girei Local Government Area of the state, another has crashed in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

An account by several online journals says the helicopter, believed to have met its fatal end late on Thursday, stalled in the sky for a while before crashing to the ground in a ball of fire.

There has been no independent confirmation.

Details will be brought to you as they unfold.

Source: THISDAYLIVE

Boko Haram invades two towns in NE Nigeria

A screengrab taken on November 9, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Scores of Boko Haram fighters on Thursday invaded two towns in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state after hunters and civilian vigilantes reportedly ousted them from a key town, residents told AFP.

Russia to G-20: We're here. So are our warships.

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country's northeastern coast, prompting the Australian prime minister to angrily accuse Russia of trying to reclaim the "lost glories" of the Soviet Union.

EXCLUSIVE: Mama June Reveals Pumpkin’s Real Father and Another Relationship With a Sex Offender

Mama June is finally ready to set the record straight.

For the first time since allegedly resuming her relationship with convicted child molester Mark McDaniel, June "Mama June" Shannon is sitting down for an exclusive interview with ET's Brooke Anderson to defend her actions and answer the questions everyone has been asking. Worse, Mama June's oldest daughter Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell, 20, says he molested her when she was 8.

"I have nothing to hide, I have nothing to lose," Shannon told ET. "I just want, honestly, to tell my side of the story and let’s move on."

The Moment the World’s Tallest Man Meets the World’s Smallest

For the first time ever, the tallest living man met the shortest in London today.

Sultan Kosey of Turkey, 31, measures 8-foot-3. At the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day, he met Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 74, from Nepal.

In Photos: Weirdest World Records

WATCH: Size Matters as World’s Tallest Man Meets World’s Smallest

Sultan Kosen is more than 6 feet taller than Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

How to Get in the 'Guinness World Records' Book

At 21.5 inches, Dangi is the shortest man in history. He weaves Nepalese garments for a living and has five brothers all of an average height.

Sultan first became the world's tallest living man in 2009.

Source: YAHOO