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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
You will not believe the little funding Nigeria’s Unity Schools got last Year! Read More »
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
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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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
Teaching Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Secondary Schools is inevitable [SEE] Read More »
A blast of cold air to his face… That’s the last thing Makinde remember after he walked into the banking hall just before everything went blank. The next thing he knew, he was waking up in a crowded hospital Ward. It had been two days, and there was a bandage on his neck which hurt.
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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has recently donated the sum of one hundred and sixty naira [N160,000] as part of efforts to keep girls in Katsina State in school. The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) acknowledged the receipt of the donation, noting that such a move is a move in
UNICEF’s Intervention to keep 8,000 Girls in School is quite laudable! Read More »
Maersk Nigeria Limited demonstrated its commitment to supporting the community through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes as it donated 1,000 exercise books to State Nursery and Primary School, Arakan Barracks, Apapa. Besides, the staff, mostly females took turn to engage the students from Primaries 4 to 6 in various subjects including English, Social Studies
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Right early on in life, we get told how very necessary it is for us to always keep our nails clean. And what better way to keep the nails clean than to trim them, right? Trimming the nails help to prevent dirt from getting collected in them, said dirt which is then unknowing transferred to
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