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Rovelli – This 78-page book on physics is selling more copies than ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Apparently, Italians find physics more sexy than S&M – at least for reading material. Since it was published last September, Carlo Rovelli's book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics has sold more copies in Rovelli's native country, Italy, than E.L. James' smash hit Fifty Shades of Grey, The Spectator reported. And the translated English copy has quickly risen to become Penguin's fastest-selling science debut in the publishing company's history. So what's Rovelli's secret? After all, it's not like physics is a topic that people flock toward. In fact, physics has bee

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CBN to publish names of treasury looters – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will soon publish the names of former government officials found to have looted the treasury. Buhari said the CBN delayed the publication of names in order to avoid jeopardising investigations and further recoveries. The president made the disclosure while speaking at the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja. In his lecture, Buhari said during electioneering, the issue that gained “higher currency” in the psyche of the peo

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Bayelsa election: Install Timpreye Sylva and this country will go up in flames- Asari tells Buhari

In a statement he released today December 7th, Asari accused the Federal government of trying to rig the state governorship election to install APC governorship candidate Timpreye Sylva, an action he described as against the will of the people. He stated that any action in this direction will lead to a crisis that will make Boko Haram be described as a child's play. (more…)