research

August 21, 2017

EFCC to sponsor Ph.D researchers on anti-corruption

The anti-corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced on Twitter that it would sponsor individuals who would do a research on anti-corruption. The sponsorship, EFCC continues, will continue every year for the next ten years, They wrote, “From January 2018 EFCC will sponsor up to 20 Ph.D. researchers on any aspect of... Read More

anti-corruption, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, research

December 9, 2016

#Impact365: Caleb Egwuenu’s NGO is standing up to cancer in Nigeria and making sure the awareness is non-stop

This scourge called cancer has cut short lives of millions of men, women and children across the world. The attendant myths are the reason why the awareness campaigns can never be enough. Then there’s the screening stage where a lot of people dread as it is when the truth is revealed. Through these stages, patients... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

awareness, breast cancer, cancer, cervical cancer, Impact365, Initiative, NCD, NGO, nigeria, patient support, prevention, research, screening, StandUp2Cancer

Opinion: How agriculture can solve Nigeria’s unemployment crisis

by Chambers Umezulike The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics has pegged Nigeria’s general unemployment rate at 12.1% as at the first quarter of 2016, with youth unemployment rate at 48%. In the same light, about 4.5 million Nigerians match into the labour market annually from tertiary institutions with very limited places to work in. Albeit few... Read More

agriculture, data, life, nigeria, research, unemployment, youths

Opinion: 4 things to consider when planning short-term investments

by Susan Melony There’s a lot of tips and advice floating around about are centered on long-term goals and strategies. They’re more about the “set it and forget it” approach to investment, but what about the alternative, which is short-term investments? Short-term investments can mean any range of things, from options such as trading penny... Read More

Business, diversify, entrepreneur, life, melony, owner, research

This truth is not golden: Africa Check finds holes in El- Rufai’s claims

A research project by the AFP Foundation, Africa Check has found holes in the claims by the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai about gold in his state. El-Rufai had in April said that a single local government area in Kaduna state has more gold than the entire nation of South Africa. However, the research by... Read More

Africa check, el rufai, gold, kaduna, research, south africa

Cheating allegation forces Buhari’s anti-corruption adviser to resign

In reaction to the allegations of examination malpractice brought against a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Advisory Committee against Corruption, Benedicta Daudu has resigned from the committee. In a text message sent to Premium Times, who broke the news of the malpractice, today, the executive secretary of the committee, Bolaji Owasanoye, revealed that the committee... Read More

Buhari, cheating, corruption, jos, law, malpractice, research, School

‘Focus on spirituality and leave politics alone’ | State of the Church Report (READ)

Alder Consulting, Nigeria’s leading creative intelligence firm recently launched its State of the Church Report at the social media week event of The Elevation Church, Lagos. The report is a compilation of generational perceptions of the Nigerian Church and provides the Church with invaluable feedback and data. The Report highlights the demographic distribution of those... Read More

Alders, research, state of the church, youths

October 29, 2014

Guys, here’s a perfectly valid reason to have over 20 female sex partners (READ)

by Isi Esene Latest studies have shown that there may actually be an upside side to men having sexual partners numbering over twenty. Men have famously been known to keep a tab on their ‘body count’ to boost their ever-drooping ego but they may need to do it more now – for health reasons as researchers... Read More

Love, Marie-Elise Parent, partners, Prostrate Cancer, relationship, research, study

October 23, 2014

Shocker! Europeans were allergic to milk for 5,000 years

by Temitope Onitiju When milk and cheese became a part of the daily diet of early humans, they had difficulty adapting to and ingesting lactose for up to 5,000 years. The discovery is based on a study published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, which was undertaken by 13 researchers from University College, Dublin, and... Read More

cheese, Early men, Europeans, intolerance, Lactose, milk, Professor Ron Pinhasi, research, Trinity College., University College

9 peculiar facts about members of Nigerian mega-churches

by Nigel Boys Most of the new members of these churches have been brought into the congregation by family members, friends or co-workers. Korea and Nigeria currently lead the world in respect to having the largest global megachurches and most of those churches are Pentecostal, according to Warren Bird, research director at Leadership Network. The... Read More

Christianity, Church, facts, Nigel Boys, nigeria, pentecostal, research, Scott Thumma, Warren Bird

8 reasons you’re still hungry – even after you just ate

by Men’s Health Do you sometimes feel ravenous, even though you just polished off a tasty lunch, a full dinner, or a midnight snack? Some food ingredients can trick our bodies into not recognizing when we’re full, causing “rebound hunger” that can add inches to our waistlines. But these simple tweaks can help quiet your... Read More

Good news: After-sex vaginal gel protecting women against HIV developed

by Akan Ido Scientists appear to have inched closer to discovering the cure for the dreaded killer disease HIV with the development of a vaginal gel to protect women who apply it even three hours after sex. US researchers say the vaginal gel contains anti-retroviral drugs which is effective against the virus. The drugs were... Read More

After sex, AIDS, CDC, gel, hiv, research, study, U.S. Centre for Disease Control, women

Naomi Lucas: This is what you need to do if you truly care about the girl-child

by Naomi Lucas But as narrow-minded and backward as we may think Yerima’s submissions are, it’s imperative to understand how the minds of the Yerimas of this world work. [READ: Naomi Lucas – What’s all this noise about the girl child?] “Difficult adjustments were inevitable and there were comic, even absurd results. Several pig farmers... Read More

#ChildNotBride, airport, child, chinese, Female Genital Mutilation, Indians, Malaysians, Naomi, research, society, Yerima

Casual sex can lead to depression and anxiety – Study

Sleeping around may earn you brownie points with your mates, but you may end up paying an unexpectedly high price. Research has revealed that young people who have casual sex are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety than those who do not. The study, entitled Risky Business: Is There an Association between Casual... Read More

anxiety, casual sex, depression, depression and anxiety, Health, mental health, psychological distress, research, Sleeping Around

Opinion: I met a man with too much sperm…

by Vera Ezimora She went on to tell me that his problem was so massive that his sperm was being used for research in a well-known hospital because researchers want to know what it is that causes a man to produce such a ridiculous amount of sperm, and at such high potency, too. There’s a... Read More

health concerns, high potency, research, too much sperm

Opinion: President Jonathan, what happened to all the diligent research we did for you during your camapign?

by Taofeek Ramat With nearly two years gone from the four-year term of Mr. President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, I guess it is time to begin to ask: what became of our diligent research works and rigorous thoughtful renditions? Perhaps at this juncture I should let you into the secret. Or don’t you want to know?... Read More

diligent, GEJ, research, rigorous, Taofeek Ramat

Workers with long commutes to work risk higher blood pressure, stress & heart disease

People complaining of a killer commute may be closer to the truth than they realise. Research has found that workers with long commutes of over 30 miles die younger than those who live closer to their work. Social geographer Erika Sandow from Sweden’s Umeå University presented her worrying findings which showed that travelling workers were... Read More

blood pressure, commutes, heart disease, research, stress, workers

#ABetterYou: What happens to you when you hurt others

From HealthyBlackWoman They also found that people who are ignored online, such as on Facebook, felt just the same as they would if it were person to person contact. People sometimes find themselves in a situation where they don’t quite fit in, and they are cast aside by others that do. It hurts that person’s... Read More

computer game, Cyberball, facebook, relationship, research

Mfon Ekpo: The role of research in policy making (Y! Policy Hub)

by Mfon Ekpo The fact is research on its own is so tedious and unrewarding that to put organizations through the trouble of conducting them and not follow up with a reasonable application of the research recommendations creates a researching community steeped deep in lethargy and inertia. In 2010, the newly appointed minister of the... Read More

Abuja, barack obama, DFID, fuel subsidy protest, Mfon Ekpo, nigeria, research, speed bump, Y! Policy Hub

February 6, 2013

We knew it! This research says women are better leaders than men [DETAILS]

When most of us were little, at some point we heard some little girls telling the boys how much smarter girls were than boys. A new study is agreeing with the little girls on the playground, revealing that women are better leaders. A recent study took a poll of over 7,200 leaders in the year... Read More

Better, leader, men, research, woman

February 4, 2013

Modupe Adefeso-Olateju: In the beginning was the philosophy of education – Part 1 (Y! Policy Hub)

by Modupe Adefeso-Olateju The report of the national curriculum conference provided guidelines in three broad areas: needs of young people and adults, socioeconomic needs and aspirations of the country, and curricular content. It is apparent to observers and stakeholders that the Nigerian education sector is in crisis. High rates of student failure, teacher disaffection and... Read More

education, Modupe Adefeso-Olateju, philosophy, research, Y! Policy Hub

January 25, 2013

Ever feeling down or grumpy? This might be the sign of a serious medical condition

What people usually pass off as “being in a bad mood” or just “feeling run down” is now understood as potentially the symptoms of a known medical condition. It is called dysthymia, and the symptoms include a low level of energy and mood, loss of appetite, sleep, and reluctance to engage in social activities. It... Read More

Birmingham University, dysthmia, grumpy, research, tired

January 14, 2013

Universal corruption: Research project ended because no young men who HAVEN’T watched porn

by Rachel Ogbu A research reached a dead-end when it tried to study into how porn affects men but experts couldn’t find any young men who had not watched it. The Canadian based researchers wanted to compare the behaviour of men who consumed porn with those who had never looked at it all. “We started our... Read More

behaviour of men, odd news, research

December 22, 2012

#BelieveItOrNot: Men with more brothers have faster sperm – Study

A new study suggests that the more brothers a man has, the faster his sperm swim, meaning greater fertility. Scientists from the University of Sheffield in the UK and Brown University assessed the fertility of 500 men, and found that sperm swimming speed correlated with family makeup. The findings, published in the Asian Journal of... Read More

Alan Pacy, Brown University, research, Sperm, University of Sheffield

December 19, 2012

Are you likely to live long? This simple test will show you

by Lisa Collier Cool During the course of the study 159 of the 2,000 volunteers died, with the majority of the deaths coming from the group that had the most trouble getting up and down. Don’t be surprised if your doctor asks you to sit on the floor at your next checkup. A new study says... Read More

brazil, European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention, exercise, floor, Health, research

December 11, 2012

New research reveals latest weight-loss secret

From Naturally Moi The key to success here is cutting back on the fat that you consume. The less fat that you eat, the less fat you’ll need to burn off later. There a plenty of cleanses and smoothie diets that people take to slim down, but scientists are saying that if you want to... Read More

diet, fat, research, weight

December 2, 2012

Want to live longer? Then cheer up, say scientists

From Techyville Positive thinkers are more likely to be able to continue with daily tasks later into their lives than those who think negatively. Age ain’t nothing but a number as the old expression goes, and it turns out that might just be the truth. New research indicates that you truly are only as old... Read More

Idaho State University, optimism, research, Tara L. Stewart

November 2, 2012

Amazing: Man with bionic leg set to make history, climbing one of the world’s tallest skycrapers (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a trailblazing prosthetic leg that’s controlled by his thoughts. Vawter says he considers himself a test pilot. He will put this groundbreaking bionic leg to the ultimate... Read More

bionic leg, bionic man, Chicago's Willis Tower, research, robotic leg

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