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(By Oluwatoyin Ikuomola) Continued from part one, part two, part three, part four Ngozi had completed her secondary education about two years earlier, so she was considered ready for marriage. The two families began making preparations. Ngozi was to be married to my Emeka. I wept when I heard the news and I wished I […]

(By Oluwatoyin Ikuomola) Continued from part one, part two, part three, part four, part five My cousin lost an eye that day to help get me out. I lost an entire layer of skin. Emeka told everyone I had lured him into the room, and when he had refused to go to bed with me,

(By Arian Jaska) In coming years, conflicts with serious real world consequences will be fought online. The risk of your private information falling into the wrong hands is also rapidly rising. We are growing up being told that these are serious concerns for our generation. But if you’re interested in actually learning about computer security,

Although the risk of dying in an air accident is very small (there is a much greater chance of being killed in a road accident), the public reaction to such events is intense. Loss of confidence in an airline, or in flying generally, is common, whether the accident was fatal or not. Crashes have other

(By Oluwatoyin Ikuomola) Continued from part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six  “You’ve made the nightmares come back. You want to kill me in my sleep. Why not just drive a knife through my heart? You have already killed me; I am merely a walking corpse now.” Her voice was

Schools attacks in northern Nigeria have grown more frequent and deadly this year, forcing thousands to abandon their education, with most of the violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, Amnesty International said Friday. “This year alone, at least 70 teachers and scores of pupils have been slaughtered,” the London-based watchdog said in a new report.

It is maths as youʼve never seen in before – transformed into works of art. Created by designers Cristian Ilies Vasile and Martin Krzywinski, the stunning images show the number π, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, which is approximately equal to 3.14159. However, the pair decided to transform the number into

  (By Oluwatoyin Ikuomola) Continued from part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven  “Emeka is dead”, she emphasized for utmost clarity. I froze, staring at her in disbelief. “How did you do it?” “Poison. I watched as he begged for his life. He was weak and pathetic. I

Hey folks! Today’s World Teachers’ Day, so take the opportunity to say thank you to the teachers making positive difference in your life. Take a moment to consider the skills you have now and the person that taught these skills to you. Remember your first English teacher, who taught you the ‘i before e’ rule,

(By Paige, 17) To me, sex means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and yet we don’t acknowledge that. We treat it as if it’s simply “okay” or “not okay.” I don’t think teenagers talk about sex enough. Maybe that sounds crazy, because teenagers talk about sex all the time.