A 100-level medical student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Ogueze Chinyere, sustained serious burns on Monday after her cooking gas exploded. The incident happened at about 8:02pm at I Block of the Queen Elizabeth II female hostel. According to an eyewitness, Gbemisola Akinyo, Chinyere wanted to cook in the evening but her camping
WELCOME to the First Edition of Passnownow Tweets of the Week. This column summarises our interview with important personalities on Twitter. Today, our interviewee was Ogunyemi Bukola (@zebbook) – the famous young Nigerian with an overwhelming passion for teaching and writing. The focus of the discussion was Nigerian Teenagers and 2015 general elections Below
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The Govenor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has approved the immediate reopening of the Lagos State University (LASU) for normal academic activities. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Hakeem Bello, revealed this to newsmen in Ikeja on February 21, 2014, Friday. According to the statement, the reopening was in the interest
Being creative is seen as a positive trait, especially in the school, but beware – creative types are more likely to be liars and cheats, according to research. During tests, researchers at Harvard Business School discovered almost 60 per cent of people who lied about scores in one experiment scored highly for creativity in
Don Jazzy, who has for months, kept his ears close to the ground and his eyes opened in search for quality talents to upgrade the music industry to what he calls 2.0., unleashes yet another MAVIN to the family. He is called “REEKADO BANKS” and he is everything you can ask for. Born Solomon
Onyeaku Chukwuma of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has won the 100m male event at the ongoing 24th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games. Peace Uko of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) also won the 100m female event. The male and female events were held on Wednesday at the Games holding at the Obafemi
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Ofa branch, on Wednesday said it had pulled out of the ongoing nationwide strike by the union. The Chairman, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Ofa, Dr Shola Ojeniyi, in a telephone interview said that they would now resume “normal academic activities on Monday, Feb. 24’’. He said the
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Stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector have said that government’s inability to alleviate the fundamental challenges in the sector is responsible for the poor performance of students in the qualifying examinations organised by the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the West African Examination Council. Leading this call was the WAEC Chairman, Professor Pai Obanya, who was
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One of the most famous quotes of the revered Nelson Mandela is about education: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Here are a few other Mandela quotes about the importance of education: The power of education extends beyond the development of skills we need for economic success.
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There was pandemonium, yesterday, in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, when a JSS III student of Useh Secondary School, identified simply as Osamudiamen, was found dead in a pool of water. When the news of his death got to the authorities of the school, both students and teachers raced to the scene to
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