The new Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa has abolished the 18-year admission benchmark into tertiary institutions in the country. This is as he hinted on the possibility of his ...

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has confirmed the deactivation of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System for Federal Tertiary Institutions. This follows the ...

BOULDER, Colo. – Paleontologists have announced their discovery of an ancient mammal that lived around 70-75 million years ago in a swampy area of what is today northwestern Colorado. In a study ...

A university lecturer has fired shots at the education system, claiming the number of tertiary students who are “functionally illiterate” is at crisis level. Associate Professor of Sociology ...

The mammal, roughly the size of a muskrat, lived when Colorado was nothing more than an inland sea with the land surrounding it comprising of marshes and swamp land, according to a team of ...

How mammals got their stride New study reveals the twists and turns of mammal evolution from a sprawling to upright posture Date: October 25, 2024 Source: Harvard University, Department of ...

The shift from a sprawled stance, like that of lizards, to the upright posture of modern mammals, as in humans, dogs, and horses, marked a pivotal moment in evolution. It involved a major ...

When we think back to prehistoric times, we might think about dinosaurs but early mammals are thought to have evolved more than 200 million years ago, with more modern groups appearing around 60 ...

Did you know that there are a number of venomous mammals as well? Venom and poison are frequently used interchangeably, but that is not technically correct. Poison can be absorbed through the skin, ...

A team of paleontologists working near Rangely, Colorado, has uncovered a new (or, more accurately, very old) state resident—a fossil mammal about the size of a muskrat that may have scurried ...