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March 16, 2017

Teens! Enter for Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition

Authorities of the Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition, MONEC, have called for entries for the 14th edition of the annual competition expected to commence March 13th to May 12th, 2017, as part of the activities lined up to mark the 72nd Birthday of Dr. Mike Okonkwo,   the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission […]

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Opinion: “Social Injustices in Nigerian Secondary Schools and Implications for Education Reform”

Whenever intense discussions about reforming Nigeria’s education system emerges in the public square or policy corridors, they are usually triggered by the release of yet another (!) poor WAEC/Jamb exam results. If you think further, you will see that these discussions are perpetually led by adults and fueled by their ‘21st century’ economic aspirations for

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WAEC News: Schools indicted for engaging in Exam Malpractices during the 2016 May/June

According to breaking news, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has indicted about one hundred and twenty one schools in Kano State for engaging in examination malpractices during last year’s May/June WAEC exam season. Acknowledging the indictment, Alhaji Garba Gombe who is the Director of the Kano Educational Resources Department, said that the problem needs to be

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Johnny Drille’s “Wait for me” Music Video encapsulates the frustrating sides of Teenage Love affair

I don’t know when am coming back I’ll be gone for a little while but I will keep myself for me and you I’ll be back for you I don’t know what the future brings but I want you to be with me I go dey hope and pray say make you wait for me

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Teaching Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Secondary Schools is inevitable [SEE]

This morning, I read about how the Nigerian Educational and Research Development Council (NERDC) collaborated with the United National Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have launched an entrepreneurship curriculum to be used for teaching senior secondary school students. The first thing that came to my mind is that this initiative couldn’t have come at a better

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Fans are really grooving to Korede Bello’s “Beloved”

Sometimes last week, Korede Bello (aka Nigerian Justin Bieber) released his debut album titled Beloved. And ever since then, all of his fans (in Nigeria and beyond) seem to have lost their senses. This is for best though, a totally justifiable reaction to an album so fantastic fantastic you can almost listen to it the

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