Cops called on black student in lecture hall for placing feet on chair!

Authorities from the University of Texas at San Antonio are investigating a viral video showing an African-American student being escorted out of a classroom by the police after a professor allegedly reported her for having her feet on a chair.“So this happened today in class, a girl had her feet up and the professor called the police after calling our class uncivil,” a Twitter user, who posted a video of the incident on Monday said, adding that the Biology professor Anita Moss had called the officers to escort the student out.

Nigerian Flora Nwapa was the first African woman to publish a novel and run a women’s publishing house.

In 1962, Heinemann Books, a publishing firm from the United Kingdom set up a branch in Africa to publish African writers and give them international exposure. The project, known as the African Writers Series, went on to have a massive impact on the development of African literature.

Outrage as 13-year-old Thai boxer dies in ring.

Thais have reacted with shock and anger after a 13-year-old boxer died during a charity bout, reviving calls for a ban on fights between children in the brutal Muay Thai martial art.

23 Year Old Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is World’s Next Einstein,According to Harvard University.

One of the world’s respected universities, Harvard University believes the world’s next Einstein is among us and she’s a millennial. At age 23, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is as of now a standout amongst the most notable and achieved physicists in the U.S.The Cuban-American Chicago local graduated on from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in only three years with a 5.0-grade point average, the most elevated conceivable, and is at present a PhD hopeful at Harvard with full scholastic opportunity which means she can seek after her own examination all alone terms without staff impedance.

Desmond Blair Paints Amazing Masterpieces, But People Don’t Believe Him When They See His Hands.

We’ve heard quite a lots of stories about people overcoming their ordeals and seemingly unpalatable circumstances, creating something amazing out of it. Desmond Blair’s story might be one of the most colourful ones we’ve heard in recent times.

Chinese City to Launch Artificial Moon to Replace Streetlights.

The ambitious project was announced at a national mass innovation and entrepreneurship event held in Chengdu, a city of 14 million people in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. Wu Chunfeng, the chairman of the private space contractor Chengdu Aerospace Science and Technology Microelectronics System Research Institute Co (Casc) revealed plans to launch an illumination satellite referred to as an ‘artificial moon’ that would be eight times as bright as Earth’s natural satellite and capable of an area with a diameter of 10-80 kilometres.

Michael D Higgins has been sworn in for a second term as President of Ireland.

MICHAEL D HIGGINS has been sworn in to begin his second term as President of Ireland in a ceremony this evening at Dublin Castle. The Presidential Standard was raised simultaneously at the castle and at Áras an Uachtaráin to mark Higgins entering the office. He was sworn in by Chief Justice Frank Clarke before signing the Declaration of Office at St Patrick’s Hall.

Google Doodle celebrates Christy Essien-Igbokwe’s 58th posthumous birthday.

Google on celebrated Nigeria's Lady of Songs, Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe on her 58th posthumous birthday. A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages that commemorate holidays, events, achievements and people.“Born in Akwa Ibom State on this day in 1960, Christy Essien-Igbokwe was an actress and singer known as “Nigeria’s Lady of Songs.”

Alexander Amosu, The Nigerian Man Who Designed World’s Most Expensive Suit.

It’s a rather curious move for one to be an opening shop and not be intending to sell. But that is basically what Mr Alexander Amosu, erudite businessman and designer of some of the world’s most expensive luxury products is about doing. He is launching the Alexander Amosu line of luxury products in Nigeria without the primary intention of selling them or making a profit.

3 Black Child Prodigies ‘Under 14’ Who Have Attained First Degree Honours.

The common reaction they receive is shock or disbelief. This is because in most countries it is uncommon to see people under 14 going to college. But for these child prodigies, breaking the educational status quo is their stock-in-trade. While their peers are still learning their timetables, they have gone ahead to achieve the unthinkable. Here are 3 black children who have joined an elite list of young scholars around the world.