(By Atiku Abubakar) My name is Atiku Abubakar. I wouldn’t be who I am today without education. I have always talked about how I attended school very much against the wish of my late father. My dad was actually sent to prison for barring his son from access to education. As my biography makes clear, I only
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Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are
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The Borno State Government says it will start paying parents who enrol their children to acquire Western education, especially in the northern part of the state. Governor Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Sunday while interacting with some Bama elders at the GRA, Maiduguri. Shettima said this initiative was part of the government’s `Conditional Cash
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Sharing is something that all human beings need to effectively know how to do. It begins with teaching toddlers to share their toys, and from there it never ends. As those toddlers turn into teenagers who turn in to college students, they learn a new type of sharing that is important in the digital
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(By Mayowa Adeyemi) The word “facetiously” contains all 5 vowels alphabetically. “Lollipop” is the longest word that can be typed using only the right hand. If you spell out every number from 0 to 999, you will find every vowel except for “a” you have to get to one thousand before getting an “a”.
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Recently, there was a blog post by the organisation To Write Love on Her Arms that really resonated with me. It’s called “I Will Become What I Deserve,” which is a powerful line of one of my favourite songs, “The Fear” by Ben Howard. Here is the link to the blog post for anyone who
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (US) have created what they say is the most accurate clock anywhere in the world, able to keep its ticking rate to a variation of less than two parts per every quintillion. This number, not only too infinitesimal for the average mind to comprehend, is
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This article reminds me of those days when if any of our teeth knocked out, we’re always being told to add 7 small stones with the removed tooth and throw them all on the roof so that the tooth would grow again Medically, if a permanent tooth is knocked out, get emergency dental care.
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An Italian teenager who wrote to Pope Francis got a shock when the Catholic leader called him up for a chat — the latest example of the pontiff’s down-to-earth approach. Francis called up a journalist friend on the day of his election and even phoned a newspaper stand in Buenos Aires to cancel his
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Graduates have taken over most car wash businesses in Kaduna metropolis to end their endless search for formal jobs. A correspondent who went round the city reports that the operators were making brisk business and smiling to the banks. Julius Samba, a graduate of the University of Maiduguri, who operates a car wash centre
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