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Tolu February 22, 2017

#Impact365: “Schools in Nigeria don’t know what dyslexia is” | Founder of One Word Africa speaks on the realities of dyslexia

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling, unlike a typical disability, dyslexia does not affect intelligence. Parents in Nigeria mostly have difficulty…

Op-ed Editor November 27, 2016

Arit Okpo: The learning gap [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo This post is very personal to me as a Nigerian, and I would love to see to what extent it resonates with people in other parts of…

Op-Ed Editor January 20, 2016

An economic model for reducing cost of textbooks in Africa – A UNESCO report

A new study by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM)* issued on 19 January proposes an economic model that would help reduce the cost of textbooks and increase their availability…

Sola July 29, 2014

You want a quality education? Well, you have to pay for it

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Ifenwa Ogba is a student in a federal university in Nigeria, and she pays N15,000 ($92) for tuition per year. Most students in Howard University, Washington…

April 23, 2014

Fatal romance: Man shoots his online lover after learning she is married

by Zara Mustapha A 22-year-old man was said to have shot dead his Facebook girlfriend after realizing she was in fact a 45-year-old housewife in India. The man, Vineet Singh reportedly…

February 3, 2014

Collins Uma: Aper Aku – Greatest man to ever serve as Governor of Benue state (Y! Frontpage)

by Collins Uma The military coup that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power on December 31, 1983 and replaced the civilian governors with military officers not only arrested this commendable…

October 10, 2013

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Citadels of learning, Boko Haram’s new slaughter fields (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir The insurgency in Nigeria’s North Eastern corner has once more thrown up the precarious balance between life and death, these days’ scores of people are killed on…

June 4, 2013

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Osun students have one less excuse to fail (Y! FrontPage)

by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Opon Imo might become a great medium for the students of Osun State to learn their arithmetic and physics from the best teachers, say a Nigerian Salman…

June 1, 2013

Opinion: Opon Imo, the learning equalizer

by Gbenga Olorunpomi Although this is the first of its kind in Africa, Opon Imo has a great chance at massive success as it intends to illuminate the learning problem…

April 30, 2013

20 signs your child may be gifted

by Circle of moms editors "Is my child gifted?" Parents often wonder at one point or another whether their child is gifted. Here we've rounded up some basics to help…

October 31, 2012

Orgasms can happen to women too – 9 things (we bet) you didn’t know about dreams

By Sarah Jio Turns out, you can dream at your desk at work, in the car, even at your kid’s soccer game. Wakeful dreaming—not to be confused with daydreaming—is…

October 26, 2012

10 success tips needed to thrive in the new economy – ‘Gbenga Sesan

by Isi Esene It is an established fact that the industrial economy is gone and the knowledge economy is here to stay. In this economy, even knowledge is not enough…

August 9, 2012

Opinion: More evidence that sleep enhances memory and learning

by Michael J. Breus Do you ever feel forgetful and a little sluggish of mind? Do you wish you could pick up new skills more quickly and easily? Here's a…

July 23, 2012

Opinion: No, you can’t pick my brain. It costs too much

By Adrienne Graham How would you feel if your boss came to you and said, Hey since we can get this done from information from the Internet, I won’t be…

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