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South Africa 0 – 0 Nigeria: Eagles steeped in deep struggle to progress (Highlights)

Last  February at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa provided the best scene for Nigerian football as the Super Eagles were crowned kings of African football. But 18 months after their triumph in South Africa, the story is a different one as the champions of Africa are steeped in a deep struggle to […]

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Beyond The Hype, 11 Signs That Technology Is A Key Part Of Education

The current trend of education technology is nothing to sneeze at. There are iPads and Android devices popping up in classrooms around the world. From BYOD to 1:1 to flipped classrooms, there are a lot of trends that leveraging the power of technology in education. Aside from these few popular trends, there are other signs

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11-Year-Old Makes Discovery Of A Lifetime While Washing His Hands

Stumbling upon buried treasure? Talk about a kid’s dream come true. Yang Junxi was washing his hands in the Laozhoulin River, in China’s eastern coastal Jiangsu province, when the 11-year-old felt something weird under the water — a battered bronze sword that turned out to be 3,000 years old. Junxi showed the 10-inch weapon to

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Ebola Fears: Lawmakers To Re-examine Schools’ Resumption Date

House of Representatives has asked its Committee on Education to take another look at the issue of resumption date for private and public primary/secondary schools in the country. The directive was necessitated by growing concern among the public, especially parents and guardians of the students, following the recent decision by federal education authorities to re-open

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Ebola scare at OAU as student brought to Lagos for screening

Academic and social activities at Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, were yesterday paralysed following a report that one of the students, who had been on admission at the university’s teaching hospital, manifested signs of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. The management of the institution, however, said the student had been evacuated to Lagos, where she would

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2015 UTME: JAMB commences sale of application forms

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, yesterday, announced the commencement of the sale of 2015 application form that will start the full implementation of computer based test, CBT, in the 2015 universal tertiary matriculation examination, UTME . In a press release signed by the registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, he said candidates are

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The Truth About Alcohol… And Why Teens Should Avoid Taking It

Excessive consumptions of Alcohol may harm one’s life in several ways. Alcohol can destruct the person’s mental, emotional and physical health. It also affects one’s relationships. Alcohol makes the person addicted as well as directs a person towards a dangerous path. The risk of several health diseases such as liver and heart disease increases due

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#PNN E-Mentoring (Yoma Victor): Why You Should Stay With Your Childhood Dreams – 2

Continued from last week Someone I respect a lot said this “genius is childhood discovered!”, he meant that if you wanted to be a genius at anything in this world, go back to your childhood. Why would he say that? Simply because in your childhood you develop the greatest, grandest, seemingly impossible ideas. You are

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Edo State needs more than science teachers – Odemwingie

(By Tommy Odemwingie) I have seen – and experienced – the worst and best of education in Nigeria. Being a beneficiary of the Awolowo-inspired free education programme in the defunct Western Region, I experienced learning under a mango tree, before graduating to learning in an uncompleted classroom. Part of my secondary education – at the

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