Terrified students have fled boarding schools after an attack by suspected Boko Haram extremists in which 43 students were shot and hacked to death and the whole school razed. Students refused to stay overnight in their schools and colleges in the wake of the attack on the Federal Government College in Buni Yadi, Yobe state
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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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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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It is billed as the world’s smallest electric vehicle – and can even be folded up for commuters to take on the train. The Urb-E can reach speeds of 15mph, and even has space for a handbag or briefcase. When not in use, the tiny trike can be folded – and pulled on its
Few things could be as easy as cleaning your teeth – or so you’d think. Apply toothpaste to brush, stick brush in mouth, give the old pearly whites a good scrub, then rinse. It seems, however, that many of us are not doing it properly, for example not spending long enough on the task or
Topic: Freehand Sketching When we see a photograph of an object, we understand immediately its message. If we are tghinking of an imaginary object, we cannot take its photograph immediately as we can only imagine it. What can be done is to sketch the imaginary picture of the object. So freehand sketching is of
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It’s hard to tell whether Erik Åberg is a magician or a designer—maybe it’s a little bit of both. Åberg is the creator of Ghostcubes, a cardboard system of folding boxes that, in his hands, demonstrate perfect, calculated precision. We don’t know terribly much about Åberg: This is his first and only video on
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Mozilla has broken the smartphone price barrier with a prototype for a $25 (N4,109) device aimed at the developing world. The smartphone, created in partnership with Chinese low-cost chip maker Spreadtrum, will be able to run simple apps and make use of mobile internet. Analysts claim it would appeal to the type of people
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