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Tragedy In Lagos As Secondary School Students Inhale Unidentified Poisonous Fumes (Photos)

Thirteen students of Ogba Junior Grammar School, Ogba, Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, fainted as a result of inhaling an unidentified poisonous fumes coming from the nearby cottage factory in Ogba Shopping Arcade. This incident took place just a few months after students of the same school collapsed after inhaling an unidentified chemical waste discharged […]

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#PNN E-MENTORING (Olabisi Ogunwale): Start Smart – Tips On Money Management For Teens

While growing up my grandmother (God bless her departed soul) bought me my first mini ‘bank’ – clay Money Pot. I was probably in Primary 2 or so then. I was made to put all the money that was given to me by visitors or uncles and aunties we visited in that pot. By the

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SHOCKING: Teacher Sellotaped Mouths Of 10-Yr-Olds Who Refused To Stop Giggling

A primary school teacher has been suspended for Sellotaping over the mouths of her 10-year-old pupils after they refused to stop giggling and talking. Priscila Davo Ortega, 27, allegedly lined up more than 20 children during her art lesson and put layers of sticky tape across their lips because they were being too noisy. Parents

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Why Teenagers Feel Compelled to Connect on Social Media

In these fast and furious days of digital overload, we parents often worry about our teenagers’ interactions with one another on social media. Who hasn’t seen a teenager deeply absorbed with a smartphone or breaking off a face-to-face conversation to take a picture for their friends on Snapchat? With heads down and screens lit up,

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Beyond The Massacre: A Tribute To The Fallen Young Angels Of Yobe

(By Patrick Oguejiofor) I am yet to get over my emotions over the butchery of estimated 59 pupils of the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, North-East Nigeria. The mass execution is a not just a tragedy of immense proportion but an abomination of the highest order- the kind

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‘The teacher’s belt made me succeed’: Alex Ferguson reveals tough discipline at school helped his career

Sir Alex Ferguson keeps the belt he was beaten with by his favourite schoolteacher, it has been revealed. The former Manchester United manager said he was inspired by the ‘fierce’ Elizabeth Thomson who taught – and harshly disciplined – him as a boy. Despite corporal punishment being banned from British state schools in 1987, Sir

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Texting and Verbal Skills: Will Today’s Teenagers Be Able to Communicate Effectively?

  (By Tony Ali) Today more and more teens have cell phones.  Teen texting between friends has now overtaken cell phone communications – and every other common forms of interaction.  Text messaging has been a vital form of communication emerging from the speedy development of technology.  According to a study by PEW Research: Half of teens send

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PASSNOWNOW.COM LAUNCHES NIGERIA’S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE MOBILE LEARNING PLATFORM {Photos}

The Second Edition of the Social Media Week Lagos which hosted Africa’s largest Social Media gathering has just rounded up in the past week. Passnownow.com’s “How Nigerian Secondary School Students are going digital” which was the only Education Focused Event will surely be remembered as one of the highest points of the 2014 Social Media Week in Lagos.

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Patience Jonathan makes case for girl-child university education

First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has said that Nigerians must ensure that a significant percentage of the country’s young people, especially girls, acquire university education. “There is a popular saying that if you educate a man, you educate a person, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation,” she said during a visit

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