According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Daniel Adeyileka (pictured above) is the youngest pilot in Nigeria. He was born in 1995 in Newcastle, England and had his primary and secondary education in Scotland then came back to Nigeria to do his A-levels. At 17, he proceeded to Delta Flight school in Texas, USA,
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The Borno Government says it will re-open all public schools after the Ramadan fast. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the schools were shut on March 14, following series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on schools in neighboring Yobe State. Mr Inuwa Kubo, the Commissioner for Education, told NAN in Maiduguri on Friday that government had
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“You can do it!” That’s a better way to motivate yourself than saying “I can do it,” according to a new study that shows that giving yourself advice and encouragement in second-person before an upcoming task may actually boost your performance more than first-person self-talk. Seriously. “People are used to receiving and giving advice in
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has taken a cultural competition among all Secondary Schools in Nigeria to Anambra State. The competition, which is scheduled to hold tomorrow at Cana House Mission road in the state capital, is expected to produce Nigerian students who would represent the country at the continental level.
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You might hope that every school would want pupils to work their very hardest – and pass any exams with flying colours. But one primary head has decided there is more to life than educational achievements, and has written to her final-year pupils to tell them not to worry about their results. Headmistress Rachel Tomlinson
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said it would not go back on its decision to make the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) entirely computer-based. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in an interview a three-day National Conference on Science, Technology and Mathematics (STM) Education in Lagos. The conference was
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday offered scholarships to the abducted Chibok schoolgirls to enable them complete their education in any part of Nigeria. The scholarships are to be awarded to those victims who have escaped and the others still in the custody of their captors, the Boko Haram insurgents. Jonathan made the pledges at the
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Despite claims made earlier this year that video games leave players morally immature, new research suggests the activity actually boosts morality. During tests, participants were asked to play violent video games that involved breaking moral codes, such as causing harm to others. Those who hurt a virtual character, or made them suffer an injustice in
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From anarchist to CEO, Sophia Amoruso can teach you a few things about business. She recently released her new book, #GIRLBOSS. This inspirational story can really teach you quite a bit, and here is a taste of what you might learn 1. “When your goal is to gain experience and knowledge, failure is no longer
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It has been hailed as the death of spelling and punctuation. But in fact texting does not affect students’ grammar and spelling, a new study has found. Researchers claim there is no evidence to suggest youngsters using textspeak – where young people miss punctuation and shorten words in messages – affected their understanding of English.