Call of Duty: The History

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The Series that Changed Gaming Forever

In the perpetual argument as to whether games ought to be more “cinematic”, perhaps no game is as important to the discussion as Call of Duty. When the franchise debuted some eight years ago, very few games had taken the movie-like approach for which Infinity Ward is now famous. Some had taken inspiration from various films, sure, but none had really captured the intensity and production value of A-list movies until Call of Duty. Now, the series is a poster child for linear, scripted gameplay, for better or for worse.

Ghanaians mad at Chris Brown for calling Azonto a Nigerian dance

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While granting an interview yesterday, Chris Brown revealed he had infused the Ghanaian dance move into his latest video and attributed its origination to Nigeria. He also recalled meeting Nigerian pop singer Wizkid who taught him the dance move.

Understandably, Ghanians are unhappy about CB’s wrong assumption on the origin of Azonto, with one blog ‘Ghana Celebrities’ posting in an article ‘WTF: Chris Brown Talks About AZONTO On BET, But He Says The Dance Is A Nigerian Thing…‘.

FG approves scrapping of UTME, NECO, NAPEP, others

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THE Federal Government has apparently resolved to scrap some of its agencies in line with the recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye-led Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies following its completion of study of its White Paper Committee.

The committee had recommended the abolition of 38 agencies, the merger of 52 and the reversion of 14 to departments  in the ministries from  which they were carved out, a move the committee argued would save more than N862 billion between 2012 and 2015 if the government carried out what the panel has proposed.

CANADA: A BRIEF HISTORY

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English: Flag of Canada over country contour Français : Drapeau du Canada délimité par les frontières du pays Русский: Флаг-карта Канады (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

COLONIAL CANADA
The first people in Canada crossed the Bering Straits from Asia. In the north the Inuit lived by hunting seals, walruses and whales. They also hunted caribou. On the west coast people hunted deer, bear and beaver. They also fished. On the plains people lived by hunting buffalo. In the east people grew crops of beans, squash, maize and sunflower seeds.
The first Europeans to reach Canada were the Vikings. In 986 a Viking called Bjarni Herjolfsson was blown off course by a storm and he spotted a new land. However he sailed away without landing. In 1001 a man named Leif Eriksson landed in the new land, which he named Vinland (it was part of Canada). However Eriksson did not stay permanently. Later the Vikings did establish a colony in North America but they abandoned it because of conflict with the natives.

My Oga At The Top’ Civil Defence Man Redeployed

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 •Obafaye during the Channels TV programme that landed him in trouble

Mr. Shem Obafaye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Lagos Commandant, who popularised the ‘My Oga At the Top’ joke has been redeployed from his post.
Obafaye has been replaced by Mr. Adesuyi Clement, from the Oyo State Command.
Obafaye became an object of snide remarks after he committed a gaffe when he was guest on a breakfast show on Channels Television, a development that embarrassed the NSCDC authorities. Hint of Obafaye’s removal was given, weekend, when the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Mr. Olu Abolurin, while visiting Lagos over the recent killings of two of his men, introduced Clement as the new commandant of the NSCDC in Lagos to pressmen.

Maria Sibylla Merian: Scientific illustrator honoured with Google doodle

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A Google doodle is today marking the 366th anniversary of the birth of Maria Sibylla Merian, German naturalist and scientific illustrator.

A Google doodle celebrating the work of Maria Sibylla Merian

The German naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian is today being honoured by a Google doodle, on the 366th anniversary of her birth.

Merian is known in the world of science and nature for studying plants and insects and producing detailed paintings of them.

She was born in Frankfurt in 1647 and began painting insect specimens she had captured at the age of 13. She later worked as a botanic artist, publishing three collections of engravings of plants in 1675, 1677 and 1680.

Nigerian physicist Francisca Okeke wins UNESCO science award

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Ngozi Okeke (Photo credit: Church Mission Society (CMS))

A Nigerian physicist Professor Francisca Okeke is one of the four winners of the 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.

Okeke won the award for her contributions "to the understanding of daily variations of the ion currents in the upper atmosphere which may further our understanding of climate change." According to UNESCO, Okeke's academic career has been dedicated to the study of the ionosphere and she has made outstanding contributions in her field. The four other recipients were women scientists from Europe, Latin America, North America and the Asia/Pacific regions. Each recipient will receive $100,000. The ionosphere is a part of the upper atmosphere that lies between 50km and 1000km