Addiction is the state of dependency on something (and in rare cases someone) in order to function. In other words, it is a situation whereby a person has little or no control over their lives without the company of the substances or habits they have gotten so used to. There are different forms of addiction
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What are Modifiers in English Language? Modifiers are words, phrases or clauses which function as adjectives or adverbs to describe a word or make its meaning more specific. In grammar, modifiers are optional elements in phrase structure or clause structure. They are called modifiers because they modify (change the meaning of) another element in the structure, on which
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Passnownow.com is Nigeria’s leading e-learning and social platform which provides the opportunity for Nigerian teens to learn and socialise. We are currently looking forward to working with suitably qualified teenagers for a period of one month under the Passnownow.com Internship Program. Selected candidates will get the opportunity to: Gain relevant experiences in the field of Social Enterprise and specifically,
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An official of the Federal Ministry of Education has singled out the absence of practical/labouratory teaching of science subjects as the cause of unemployment in the country. Mrs. Grace Takerhi (who is the Deputy Director of Science Education at the Ministry) made this assertion today in Lagos while speaking at the 20th National Junior Engineers, Technicians
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The excitement was palpable as two top brands from the stable of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, Nunu Milk and Premier Cool engaged over 3,000 students at the first round examination of the PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge which took place in Agege, Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Surulere and Amuwo Odofin in Lagos State, recently. The two brands had
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Can you imagine the risks you could be exposed to by consuming polluted water on a daily basis? This is probably one question that never crossed the minds of many students and teachers of Queen’s College, Yaba until the time officials of the state Ministry of Health discovered that the pollution levels of the water
I grew up in a close-knit family of eight in Ilaje-Bariga, here in Lagos. My father sold spare parts of motorcycles at Lagos Trade Fair. My mother sold clothes along the Yaba railway. She began clothes-selling business years after saving money from the soft drinks she sold in front of our rented home. We lived
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Ever wondered why public education in Nigeria is wack? Well the reason is easy to guess- the government gives public schools little or no sponsorship. A recent revelation by Nigeria’s Minister of Education (Adamu Adamu) disclosed that last year, only about thirty six per cent of total money budgeted to be expended on unity schools
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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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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