Mobile learning, future of education, says IT expert

An information technology firm, SoftCom Solutions Limited, has introduced a mobile learning programme for undergraduates of the newly-established university, Mountain Top University.

The mobile learning programme, which was developed in conjunction with Samsung Business, is a revolutionary portable mobile device bundled with EduSocial apps that allows students access course materials, lecture notes, case studies and university libraries via their mobile devices.

Miracle: Newborn baby survives fall from train toilet

A baby delivered inside the lavatory of an Indian train slipped through the toilet bowl to fall on rail tracks but survived.

The Baby

Police officer, Anil Sirohi said on Wednesday in New Delhi that a pregnant woman had labour pains while travelling on Monday on the train in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Wife seeks divorce over alleged sexual starvation

A middle-aged woman, Latifat Adeleke, has asked a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, to dissolve her marriage with Adetola Adeleke, over alleged sexual starvation.

Nigerian man sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for drug trafficking

A Malaysian High Court, Monday sentenced a Nigerian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of trafficking 915.6 grammes of methamphetamine three years ago.

Police nab 2 robbery suspects in Lagos

Two suspected members of a four-man armed robbery gang have been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, during a robbery operation at Gowon Estate, Egbeda area of the state.

Boss kills himself after mine collapses in China trapping 17

A trapped miner is rescued from a collapsed
gypsum mine in Pingyi County,
In east China's Shandong Province,
on Friday, December 25

A Chinese executive has committed suicide two days after a gypsum mine collapsed trapping 17 people, state media reported.

Ma Congbo, chief executive of Yurong Trade Company that owns the mine in Shandong province, eastern China killed himself by jumping into a mine well during the rescue operation in the early hours of Sunday, according to the provincial government, cited by state news agency Xinhua.

Former top El Salvador soccer player Alfredo Pacheco shot to death

Alfredo Pacheco spent a season on loan at the
Major League Soccer team
New York Red Bulls in 2009.
He was shot to death on Sunday in El Salvador.

Alfredo Pacheco, a disgraced former top soccer player for El Salvador, has been shot to death, authorities said.

Pacheco, whose career included a spell at the New York Red Bulls, was shot early Sunday at a gas station in Santa Ana, his hometown in northwestern El Salvador, officials said.