Life of Impact:
Martha was a happy type, there was no chance she would be caught sad or sitting in one place. Others her age and even older would have shrunk under the weight of the trauma she experienced as a teenager, but not Martha, who wore her scars proudly to show the world that no matter how […]
THE PLACE OF LEARNING
Habiba was fortunate to be one of the few girls in the village of Kolkana to receive a scholarship that covered both her high school and college education. Becoming one of the awardees out of 1,000 girls was no easy task, but as a smart and hardworking girl, she passed the placement test and made […]
TIME PLAYS ITS MELODY.
Ngolo had only dreams, and those dreams kept him awake most nights, because how could a boy from one of the poorest communities in the area become a pilot and fly one of those big birds he usually saw in the sky. Thanks to Miss Nazhi, his passion and dreams got wings of hope to […]
SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
November 10 is the day proclaimed by Unesco to commemorate the impact of science on society. It is a day to highlight the role of science in society and the great advances it has brought about. In this way, science should be brought closer to society and integrated into the system for a better life. […]
Nigeria: Ondo Varsity Students to Pay N2.245 Million As Tuition Fees
The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has been receiving knocks over the recent increase of the tuition fee of the state-owned University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, which required non-indigenes and indigenes studying dentistry in the institution in the preclinical years to pay N2.245 million and N1.320 respectively. In a new schedule released […]
From passion to impact:
It’s pretty easy for a person to reach their elastic limit and not be able to stretch their mind and body to do more, but as volunteers and humanitarians, it’s inevitable that we will go beyond our elastic limit to continue the good work we’ve already started. What drives us, you ask? As a non-governmental […]
CYBERBULLYING: What you should know.
Hate speech and spreading rumours are among the most effective ways to destroy a person’s self-esteem. Studies show that a percentage of suicides are due to cyberbullying, where the person involved is overwhelmed by the hate speech and threats and decides to silence it all by dying. In most cases, these bullies use digital technologies […]
Raising awareness of causes.
Raising awareness is the process of informing or educating people about a pressing issue or something you care about. The goal of raising awareness about an issue is to draw attention to it and gain emotional support for the cause; in other cases, it is to correct a prejudice or biased opinion. Awareness-raising is one […]
THE MENACE OF RISING SECURITY CHALLENGES ON EDUCATION IN NIGERIA.
In Nigeria, students have been risking their lives for an education. Like in most parts of the world, schooling comes with its fair share of challenges but when students risk losing their freedom or lives at school, our tomorrow is under attack. Where going to school is tantamount to charging into battle amid a swarm […]
RIPPLE EFFECT OF KINDNESS
Just as the saying goes that small drops of water soon fill an ocean, so too do small acts of kindness have a ripple effect. From the coins you drop into a beggar’s plate on your way to work, to the helping hands you extend to strangers, to the donations you make to your local […]