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CelebritiesRe: Tiwa Savage Desperate To Win Awards In 2014? by boman2014: 6:57am On Nov 21, 2014
despirado!!!
SportsRe: A Call For Disbandment Of This Present Super Eagles by boman2014: 8:18pm On Nov 19, 2014
#ring

SportsRe: Nigeria Vs South Africa: AFCON Qualifier (2 - 2) On 19th November 2014 by boman2014: 7:30pm On Nov 19, 2014
goal
BusinessRe: Dangote Refinery To Start Production In 2018 by boman2014: 6:38am On Nov 18, 2014
nvnnyz:
Y did he not build it in kano or in the NE states
stop being political on issue like dis nah. HaBa!!!
BusinessRe: Dangote Refinery To Start Production In 2018 by boman2014: 6:35am On Nov 18, 2014
Good move!
RomanceRe: Groom Divorced His Bride After Seeing Her Face For The First Time by boman2014(op): 11:09pm On Nov 17, 2014
RomanceRe: Groom Divorced His Bride After Seeing Her Face For The First Time by boman2014(op): 10:21pm On Nov 17, 2014
iceberylin:
āll ţђęşę wђįţę ƒolķęş ęђђђ embarassed
Broz me taya sef!
RomanceGroom Divorced His Bride After Seeing Her Face For The First Time by boman2014(op): 9:50pm On Nov 17, 2014
A Saudi groom has divorced his
bride on their wedding night after
seeing her face for the first time
when the photographer asked them
to pose for pictures.



The couple, from the Western Saudi
town of Medinah, had agreed to
marry each other despite having not
met face to face - a popular custom
in certain Middle Eastern countries.



But when the bride removed her veil
and smiled for the camera, her new
husband leapt to his feet in disgust.



According to local daily Okaz, the
bride immediately collapsed in a fit
of tears as panicked wedding guests stepped in to try to resolve the
dispute.
But their efforts were to no avail.




'The groom said he had not been
able to see his bride's face before
marriage,' Okaz reported. 'When he
divorced her, the bride collapsed
and the wedding turned into a night
of tears.'



News of the jilting was met with
anger on social media. Afra wrote on one social media
network: 'He caused her great pain
through his irresponsible attitude,
and he deserves to suffer. 'He should appreciate that beauty is
in the character, not the face.




'Unfortunately, many young people today are interested only in
looks and ignore values and morals. 'May God give her a better husband
who will appreciate her for who and
what she is.'

Abu Nass added: 'He is not man
enough to assume his responsibilitie s. He is totally, completely insensitive. 'Nobody has forced him to marry
her.




He should have insisted on
seeing her before the wedding and
the engagement, and not wait until
the wedding night.
'May he always be a loser and may
he be deprived of getting married at
all.


He is not a man and he lacks
basic feelings.
FashionAfricans Spend More Than $7billion On Fake Hair by boman2014(op): 9:16pm On Nov 17, 2014
[b]Despite limited financial resources,
Africans are spending an estimated
$7 billion on their hair, Media
reports.

According to Euromonitor
International, people in South Africa,
Nigeria and Cameroon alone spend
about $1.1 billion on hair care
products. That includes shampoo,
lotions and relaxers.

The amount of money brought in by
fake hair far outpaces that number,
though. Reportedly, the dry hair
(aka weaves, wigs and extensions)
industry is estimated to be around $
6 billion a year.

The African hair industry has
become so big that Unilever now has
salon in Johannesburg boasting its
full line of Motions products.

Then there’s L’Oreal, which is
looking to do more research into
African hair and skin as it expands
its Dark And Lovely line of relaxers
and other products. L’Oreal also has
factories South Africa and Kenya, the turn out about half of the
products it ships all over Africa.

Much of this growth has gone in just
the last 10 years according to
L’Oreal South Africa Managing
Director Bertrand de Laleu. “African women are probably the
most daring when it comes to hair
styles,” Bertrand told Reuters.

He
implied that the adventurous is a
result of how much more accessible
different options are. “Suddenly you can play with new tools that didn’t
exist or were unaffordable.”

Kabir Mohamed, managing director
of South Africa’s Buhle Braids
pointed out that just in South Africa,
there are over 100 different brands
of hair, bumping the market in the
one country to $600 million!


The majority of the hair sold in
Africa comes from Asia and is made
of cheaper, synthetic fibers. Natural
hair is offered, but it costs quite a bit
more money–this is not a shock to
weave connoisseurs.


Shelling out big bucks to get your
hair done isn't a new thing to black
women stateside. As of 2013, Mintel
market research found that the
Black hair care industry was a $684
million market .

That estimate wildly inflates to $500
billion if extensions and sales from
independent suppliers are included[/b]
PoliticsRe: Fulani Herdsmen Invade Nasarawa Village & Kill Scores by boman2014: 11:35pm On Nov 16, 2014
Ezibless:
near ''intimacy with Christ sch''
It's our family friends that live there.
I was there last week sha
when will be your next visit?
PoliticsRe: Fulani Herdsmen Invade Nasarawa Village & Kill Scores by boman2014: 9:03pm On Nov 16, 2014
Ezibless:
Nassarrawahuh
Abeg make them no reach mararaba side o.

Where's my catapult? grin
which side u deY for mararaba?
Science/TechnologyRe: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by boman2014(op): 10:33am On Nov 16, 2014
grinface98:
Never knew about any of these....Thanks bro
you are welcome.
Science/Technology10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by boman2014(op): 9:21am On Nov 16, 2014
Below are 10
facts about Earth, some of which were mentioned on LiveScience,
some of which I made up researched on my own.



1. At its equator, Earth rotates at a speed of
1,037.6 miles per hour. Yet no one
at the equator has ever flown off!
For this they can thank gravity.


2. As it orbits the Sun, Earth travels
through space at a speed of 66,660
miles per hour.



3. Universe Today puts Earth's weight at 5.97 sextillion
tons. But there's some debate about whether Earth is gaining or
losing mass.



4. Earth is 4.55 billion years old (and 6,000 years old for
the delusional).



5. Earth's distance from the Sun varies, but on
average it is 92.96 million miles
away.



6. Nearly 71% (70.8%, to be exact) of the Earth's surface is
covered by water, of which 97% is
salt water. (Ecology.com)



7. How many people have ever lived on
Earth? No one knows for sure, of
course, but the Population
Reference Bureau took a stab at an answer and came up with 108 billion. Which means with a current
world population of about 7 billion,
about 6.5% of the people who have
ever lived are alive today.



8. About 85% of the Earth's deserts are
comprised not of sand, but rocks
and gravel, according to Listverse.



9. There are 8.7 million species on Earth, according to estimates published in 2011. Of those, 6.5 million species are land-based, with
2.2 million living in water.



10. Earth has one permanent moon, but frequently hosts tiny, temporary
moons , says the Institute for Astronomy at
the University of Hawaii.

PoliticsRe: Photos: Between Atiku Abubakarand His Former Boss, Obasanjo by boman2014(op): 9:11am On Nov 16, 2014
fynnDeinte:
. With ugly administration
really?!
PoliticsRe: Photos: Between Atiku Abubakarand His Former Boss, Obasanjo by boman2014(op): 8:41am On Nov 16, 2014
fynnDeinte:
Baba ugly sha grin
But once a President! smiley
Christianity EtcRe: A Medical Doctor Verifys And Confirms 10 Cases Of Faith Healing by boman2014: 8:09am On Nov 16, 2014
nice
PoliticsPhotos: Between Atiku Abubakarand His Former Boss, Obasanjo by boman2014(op): 8:04am On Nov 16, 2014
Former VP Atiku Abubakar just
shared this on twitter. He
apparently met former president
Obasanjo today.

Jokes EtcPastor's Reaction When He Sees Amember Of His Church Smoking by boman2014(op): 10:37pm On Nov 13, 2014
American Pastor- Brother Jude,
you know God loves you the way
you are, but you gatta drop that
and come back to him ya know,
he's ever ready to forgive you.


Naija Pastor- Matthew!!!!
Aaaahhh!!!! Wetin you dey
do?!?!?!?? No hide am!!! I don
catch you oya bring am out!!!!
You dey smoke cigar!!?!?!?!?! ?? You dey go church and dey smoke cigar at the same time!!!!
Hellfireeee!!!! You wan make God punish your
mouth!!??!??!?? huh!?
Jokes EtcFour Ways To Catch A Tiger!!!. by boman2014(op): 9:04pm On Nov 13, 2014
{1}Newton law==> allow the tiger to
catch up wit you, then u turn and
catch the tiger.


{2}Einstein law==> chase the tiger
until d tiger becomes tired, then you
catch the tiger.


{3}militant law==> kidnap the
tiger's wife and threathen the tiger to
surrender, when he surrender u can
catch the tiger.


{4}Nigerian police law==> catch a
goat, beat it until it confesses that it is
a tiger.
Nairaland GeneralRe: Ten Things You May Not Know About Nigeria! by boman2014(op): 12:02am On Nov 11, 2014
Nairaland GeneralTen Things You May Not Know About Nigeria! by boman2014(op): 11:59pm On Nov 10, 2014
1) Nigeria is home to seven percent
(7%) of the total languages spoken
on earth. Taraba state alone has
more languages than 30 African
countries.

2) The Walls of Benin
(800-1400AD), in present day Edo
State, are the longest ancient
earthworks in the world, and
probably the largest man-made
structure on earth. They enclose 6500 square kilometers of
community lands that connected
about 500 communities. At over
16000km long, it was thought to be
twice the length of the Great Wall of
China, until it was announced in 2012 (after five years of meticulous
measurement by Chinese
surveyors) that the Great Wall is
about 21,000km long.

3) The Yoruba tribe has the highest
rate of twin births in the world. Igbo-
Ora, a little town in Oyo state, has
been nicknamed Twin capital of the
World because of its unusually high
rate of twins that is put as high as 158 twins per 1000 births.

4) Sarki Muhammad Kanta The
Great of Kebbi, was the only ruler
who resisted control by Songhai,
West Africa’s greatest empire at
that time. He founded and ruled the
Hausa city-state of Kebbi around 1600 A.D and built Surame its
capital, a planned city which was
almost impossible to penetrate
during war. In fact UNESCO
describes Surame as “one of the
wonders of human history, creativity and ingenuity”, and
probably the most massive stone-
walled constructions in West Africa.
He is listed in Robin Walker’s 50
Greatest Africans.

5) The Jos Plateau Indigobird, a
small reddish-brown bird, is found
nowhere else on the planet but
Plateau state, Nigeria.

6) The Niger Delta (which is the
second largest delta on the planet),
has the highest concentration of
monotypic fish families in the world,
and is also home to sixty percent of
Nigeria’s mangrove forests. You should know too that Nigeria’s
mangrove forests are the largest in
Africa and third largest on earth.

7) According to the World
Resources Institute, Nigeria is home
to 4,715 different types of plant
species, and over 550 species of
breeding birds and mammals,
making it one of the most ecologically vibrant places of the
planet.

cool Ile-Ife, in present day Osun
State, was paved as early as
1000AD, with decorations that
originated from Ancient America
suggesting there might have been
contact between the Yorubas and the Ancient Americans half a
millenium before Columbus
‘discovered’ America.

9) Sungbo’s Eredo, a 160 km
rampart equipped with guard
houses and moats, is reputed to be
the largest single pre-colonial
monument (or ancient fortification if
you like) in Africa. It is located in present-day Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State
and when it was built a millennium
ago, it required more earth to be
moved during construction than that
used for building the Great Pyramid
of Giza (one of the Seven Wonders of The Ancient World). The most
astonishing thing is that Sungbo’s
Eredo was the biggest city in the
world (bigger than Rome and Cairo)
during the Middle Ages when it was
built!

10) The Anambra waxbill, a small
bird of many beautiful colours, is
found only in Southern Nigeria and
nowhere else on earth.
PhonesForget Your Password? Check Out How To Unlock Your Android Phone by boman2014(op): 6:50pm On Nov 06, 2014
Nowadays many android phone
users use the inbuilt “pattern locks”
as a security to their phones. But
the main problem with it is that, if
you forget the pattern you used
and you try out many wrong attempts, it gets locked
permanently. So, just follow these
simple steps to unlock pattern locks
on your android device and use it
again free of cost. Steps to be followed : Unlock using Google Account : If you don’t have data connection
or internet access or if you don’t
have your google account linked to
your phone, then, you can skip this
step and refer the Additional TRICK. When you try different patterns and
unable to unlock your phone in five
attempts. Then a message pop-up
and shows two buttons “next” and
“try again”. Now click on “next”
button and you see two options for unlocking phone. One is answer the
security question and the second
option is to provide Google account
details. Mostly people don’t set a security
question. But if you set it then
simply answer the question and
unlock your device quickly.
Otherwise check the Google
account option and click “next”.Now provide your Google account
username and password attached
with your device and click on “sign
in”. After that you are directed to
choose new pattern and now you
can unlock with this pattern. Additional TRICK: NOTE: This method deletes all your
data and apps. The following steps are
intended for both rooted and
non-rooted android devices.
For rooted phones, patterns can
be unlocked even without
factory reset which we will be updating later on after thorough
verifications. 1) Switch off the phone. 2) Now hold these buttons all
together at the same time “Volume up + Home Key + Power
Button” until the phone boots (if you device
doesn’t have a home button just
hold together volume up key and
power key) 3) Now a screen like DOS will come
up with different options 4) Use the volume key to move up
and down then scroll down to
“Restore Factory Defaults” or
“Delete all User Data” depending on
which is on your device. Select this
factory reset option and then press power button to let the action begin. Now it asks you for confirmation,
select “yes”. 5) After clicking on the settings
above, now scroll down to “Reboot
System Now” and wait for your
phone to reboot (restart). Now your phone will reboot and all
lock patterns have been removed
and your device will now in its
default settings.

EducationTypes Of Students U'll Find In Atypical Nigerian Universityclassroom. by boman2014(op): 10:01am On Nov 05, 2014
Where do u belong?
1. THE GOOD LISTENERS: These ones
dey listen an jot down notes well.. dey
are always found in d front.
2. THE ON-LOOKERS: Dese one cannot
be rilly classified as good-listeners..
cos dey just look at d lecturer, so
confused.. weda d lecturer is speakin
gibberish or mumbo jumbo dey just
keep lookin. and dats how dey keep
looking till exam finish..
3.THE PHOTOCOPYING TEAM: Oh my!
dese pple knw demselves.. dey are
always found saying "abeg i no get
strent to write.. do make i photocopy".
This set of pple can photocopy anytin
on paper.dey dnt care dey just
photocopy. If u no hol ursef well, dem
go photocopy u join.
4.The "THIS MAN TOO FAST" clique:
These students are damn slowww.. if d
lecturer tries to fasten up note callin
abit..dey just hands down and join d
onlookers.
5.THE PERPETUAL LATECOMER: These
are d pple who enjoy and derive
pleasure comin to class afta lecture
has started.. dey just like sneakin-in
and I begin to wonder y d sneaking,
didn't u pay skul fees? Abi no be u get d
admission neh?.
6. THE SLEEPERS CONGLOMERATE: This
group can sleep for Africa, they sleep
without fear or favour, dey just find
one nice spot to receive breeze and
30mins into d lecture, dey are off.
7. THE PEN BORROWERS: Weda dem be
students abi dem be non-learning
students I dnt just undastand.. dese
pple can neva hav biro, dey keep
borrowing till dia bag is full of biros.
8. THE ARGUEMENT LORDS: These
group of pple are just lookin for how
to start a controversy.. dey just love
to argue.. funny thing is dah dey
might not be intelligent according to
book-wise ooo.. buh wen it comes to
arguments u can neva win dem.. see
talent.
9. THE QUESTIONNAIRES: Chei dese
pple can ask useless questions ehh..
sometimes d lecturers get frustrated
and feel like punching d student.. u
can imagine sumbody asking "sir, the
slaves in the plantation, were dey
allowed to eat d plantain?"
10. THE ABSENTEE STUDENT: Wah can
I say.. these pple neva attend class
buh dia names are always in d
attendance and dey always write
test.. ghost students.
11. THE NOISEMAKERS: These ones are
different from d "argumentists" in
dat.. d arguers hav points buh dese
one jux make noise randomly and keeps
disturbing d klass.
12. THE FASHIONISTS: All dey pray for
is pple to look at dem and WOW.. Dey
hav d latest dress in Vogue.. dey wear
different cloths evryday.. and we wey
dey repeat cloth go jux hang oneside..
13. THE FIGHTERS: Anyway all na work
of the devil.
14. THE NO-TIME STUDENTS: These
ones always hav sumtin to do sumwea..
dey jux want d lecture to finsih so dat
dey can go shap shap.
15. THE ENGLISH CORRECTION
OFFICERS: They may not be listening
ooo.. buh wen d lecturer makes one
single English error.. Gbam! Work don
start bdat.
16. THE AMEBOS: Dia own na to observe
anything wey dey happen and dem no
dey keep dia mouth shut ( U no need tell
me, I know that's where I belong )
Where do u belong?
1. THE GOOD LISTENERS: These ones
dey listen an jot down notes well.. dey
are always found in d front.
2. THE ON-LOOKERS: Dese one cannot
be rilly classified as good-listeners..
cos dey just look at d lecturer, so
confused.. weda d lecturer is speakin
gibberish or mumbo jumbo dey just
keep lookin. and dats how dey keep
looking till exam finish..
3.THE PHOTOCOPYING TEAM: Oh my!
dese pple knw demselves.. dey are
always found saying "abeg i no get
strent to write.. do make i photocopy".
This set of pple can photocopy anytin
on paper.dey dnt care dey just
photocopy. If u no hol ursef well, dem
go photocopy u join.
4.The "THIS MAN TOO FAST" clique:
These students are damn slowww.. if d
lecturer tries to fasten up note callin
abit..dey just hands down and join d
onlookers.
5.THE PERPETUAL LATECOMER: These
are d pple who enjoy and derive
pleasure comin to class afta lecture
has started.. dey just like sneakin-in
and I begin to wonder y d sneaking,
didn't u pay skul fees? Abi no be u get d
admission neh?.
6. THE SLEEPERS CONGLOMERATE: This
group can sleep for Africa, they sleep
without fear or favour, dey just find
one nice spot to receive breeze and
30mins into d lecture, dey are off.
7. THE PEN BORROWERS: Weda dem be
students abi dem be non-learning
students I dnt just undastand.. dese
pple can neva hav biro, dey keep
borrowing till dia bag is full of biros.
8. THE ARGUEMENT LORDS: These
group of pple are just lookin for how
to start a controversy.. dey just love
to argue.. funny thing is dah dey
might not be intelligent according to
book-wise ooo.. buh wen it comes to
arguments u can neva win dem.. see
talent.
9. THE QUESTIONNAIRES: Chei dese
pple can ask useless questions ehh..
sometimes d lecturers get frustrated
and feel like punching d student.. u
can imagine sumbody asking "sir, the
slaves in the plantation, were dey
allowed to eat d plantain?"
10. THE ABSENTEE STUDENT: Wah can
I say.. these pple neva attend class
buh dia names are always in d
attendance and dey always write
test.. ghost students.
11. THE NOISEMAKERS: These ones are
different from d "argumentists" in
dat.. d arguers hav points buh dese
one jux make noise randomly and keeps
disturbing d klass.
12. THE FASHIONISTS: All dey pray for
is pple to look at dem and WOW.. Dey
hav d latest dress in Vogue.. dey wear
different cloths evryday.. and we wey
dey repeat cloth go jux hang oneside..
13. THE FIGHTERS: Anyway all na work
of the devil.
14. THE NO-TIME STUDENTS: These
ones always hav sumtin to do sumwea..
dey jux want d lecture to finsih so dat
dey can go shap shap.
15. THE ENGLISH CORRECTION
OFFICERS: They may not be listening
ooo.. buh wen d lecturer makes one
single English error.. Gbam! Work don
start bdat.
16. THE AMEBOS: Dia own na to observe
anything wey dey happen and dem no
dey keep dia mouth shut ( U no need tell
me, I know that's where I belong )
Where do u belong?
1. THE GOOD LISTENERS: These ones
dey listen an jot down notes well.. dey
are always found in d front.
2. THE ON-LOOKERS: Dese one cannot
be rilly classified as good-listeners..
cos dey just look at d lecturer, so
confused.. weda d lecturer is speakin
gibberish or mumbo jumbo dey just
keep lookin. and dats how dey keep
looking till exam finish..
3.THE PHOTOCOPYING TEAM: Oh my!
dese pple knw demselves.. dey are
always found saying "abeg i no get
strent to write.. do make i photocopy".
This set of pple can photocopy anytin
on paper.dey dnt care dey just
photocopy. If u no hol ursef well, dem
go photocopy u join.
4.The "THIS MAN TOO FAST" clique:
These students are damn slowww.. if d
lecturer tries to fasten up note callin
abit..dey just hands down and join d
onlookers.
5.THE PERPETUAL LATECOMER: These
are d pple who enjoy and derive
pleasure comin to class afta lecture
has started.. dey just like sneakin-in
and I begin to wonder y d sneaking,
didn't u pay skul fees? Abi no be u get d
admission neh?.
6. THE SLEEPERS CONGLOMERATE: This
group can sleep for Africa, they sleep
without fear or favour, dey just find
one nice spot to receive breeze and
30mins into d lecture, dey are off.
7. THE PEN BORROWERS: Weda dem be
students abi dem be non-learning
students I dnt just undastand.. dese
pple can neva hav biro, dey keep
borrowing till dia bag is full of biros.
8. THE ARGUEMENT LORDS: These
group of pple are just lookin for how
to start a controversy.. dey just love
to argue.. funny thing is dah dey
might not be intelligent according to
book-wise ooo.. buh wen it comes to
arguments u can neva win dem.. see
talent.
9. THE QUESTIONNAIRES: Chei dese
pple can ask useless questions ehh..
sometimes d lecturers get frustrated
and feel like punching d student.. u
can imagine sumbody asking "sir, the
slaves in the plantation, were dey
allowed to eat d plantain?"
10. THE ABSENTEE STUDENT: Wah can
I say.. these pple neva attend class
buh dia names are always in d
attendance and dey always write
test.. ghost students.
11. THE NOISEMAKERS: These ones are
different from d "argumentists" in
dat.. d arguers hav points buh dese
one jux make noise randomly and keeps
disturbing d klass.
12. THE FASHIONISTS: All dey pray for
is pple to look at dem and WOW.. Dey
hav d latest dress in Vogue.. dey wear
different cloths evryday.. and we wey
dey repeat cloth go jux hang oneside..
13. THE FIGHTERS: Anyway all na work
of the devil.
14. THE NO-TIME STUDENTS: These
ones always hav sumtin to do sumwea..
dey jux want d lecture to finsih so dat
dey can go shap shap.
15. THE ENGLISH CORRECTION
OFFICERS: They may not be listening
ooo.. buh wen d lecturer makes one
single English error.. Gbam! Work don
start bdat.
16. THE AMEBOS: Dia own na to observe
anything wey dey happen and dem no
dey keep dia mouth shut ( U no need tell
me, I know that's where I belong )
Jokes EtcRe: The Confused Fella by boman2014: 6:45am On Nov 01, 2014
cofuse fellow wanna confuse us? Lol!!! Smh!!! smiley
PoliticsRe: "House Stands By Tambuwal On Defection!" - Victor Ogene (APC) by boman2014: 2:47pm On Oct 31, 2014
na wetin una want make i do?
PoliticsRe: Burkina Faso's President Blaisecompaore Is No Longer In Power by boman2014(op): 2:23pm On Oct 31, 2014
Source: m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29851445?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central
PoliticsBurkina Faso's President Blaisecompaore Is No Longer In Power by boman2014(op): 2:20pm On Oct 31, 2014
Mr Compaore had earlier said he
would step down after a 12-month
transitional government had
ended.
However, the opposition
continued to demand that he
resign, angry at his attempts to
amend the constitution and
extend his 27-year rule.
On Thursday, protesters set fire
to parliament and government
buildings.
Science/TechnologyRe: Researchers Have Developed A Groundbreaking New Lithium Ion Battery by boman2014(op): 10:49am On Oct 17, 2014
pda.sciencealert.com.au/news/20141410-26327.html
Science/TechnologyResearchers Have Developed A Groundbreaking New Lithium Ion Battery by boman2014(op): 10:44am On Oct 17, 2014
Sick of waiting an hour for your phone
to charge before you leave the house?
Researchers at Nanyang Technological
University in Singapore have come up
with the best solution yet - a lithium ion
battery that charges to 70 percent in
just two minutes.
Even better, it also lasts for 20 years,
and will reportedly be available to the
public within two years.
Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are
already common in our mobile phones,
tablets and laptops - but most only last
around 500 recharge cycles, which is
around two to three years of typical
use. And at the moment batteries take
around two hours to fully charge.
The new battery drastically improves
this process, and will allow you to
charge your phone while you look for
your keys on the way out the door. It
would also help make electric vehicles a
more viable alternative to fossil-fuel-
powered cars, by reducing battery
replacement costs and allowing drivers
to recharge their cars in minutes.
“Electric cars will be able to increase
their range dramatically, with just five
minutes of charging, which is on par
with the time needed to pump petrol for
current cars,” said Professor Chen
Xiaodong who led the study, in a press
release. “Equally important, we can
now drastically cut down the toxic
waste generated by disposed batteries,
since our batteries last 10 times longer
than the current generation of lithium-
ion batteries.”
The breakthrough came after the
scientists replaced the traditional
graphite that makes up the anode (the
negative pole of the battery) in lithium-
ion batteries with a new gel material
made from titanium dioxide nanotubes
that they created themselves.
These nanotubes are a thousand times
thinner than a human hair, and they
speed up the rate at which electrons
and ions can transfer in and out of the
batteries, allowing for super-fast
charging. They also allow more energy
to be packed into the batteries. This
means that the battery can now offer
10,000 charging cycles, instead of the
usual 500.
Even better, the new batteries will be
relatively cheap, as titanium dioxide is
inexpensive and already readily available
in soil. The team has published details on
how they formed the titanium dioxide gel
in Advanced Materials, and have already
had the technology licensed to
eventually produce the devices. They
expect they’ll be on the market within
two years.
We literally can’t wait.
Source: Nanyang Technological
University
EducationWhat Is Really Wrong With Education System In Nigeria? by boman2014(op): 4:40pm On Sep 08, 2014
Nigerians’ craze for higher
education abroad is common
knowledge.
In 2012, a non-governmental
organization, Exam ethics
international said that Nigeria
loses over N1.5 trillion to foreign
education annually with
neighbouring Ghana alone getting
about N160 billion as tuition fees
for the over 71,000 students
studying there.
On one end, the declining standard
of education and strikes are one of
the major reason enough for
Nigerian students search for
greener pastures abroad
However in a recent times, we have
heard of cases of Nigerian students
were kidnapped or killed in some of
these countries but we still have
increasing exodus of Nigerian
students to these countries
so i ask, why do Nigerians prefer
foreign education? what
suggestions can we proffer to stem
the tide? how can we improve the
standards of education in the
Nigeria especially facilities in
government owned schools?
HealthRe: Here Is A Little Story Toinspire You by boman2014(op): 8:03am On Sep 05, 2014
msud: Thanks for reminding me. It is a big mistake to compare our lives to others.
yes it is.

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