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Elections: Why We Must Go Beyond Getting Our PVC BY SYLVANUS ETENG

There are several reasons why many do not have their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before elections. These range from being underage, to change of location, ignorance among others. The PVC is the power that the voter wields in the Nigerian political system today. But, many still allow themselves to be controlled by politicians who see

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Embracing Modern Technology And Its Application In Education BY JANET EDET

Technology, according to the Oxford online dictionary, “is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.” It is said to have first appeared in the English language in the 17th century when it was used to describe a discussion of the applied arts only. Gradually, those “arts” themselves came to be the

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ASUU Strikes, The Nigerian Education System And The Rest Of Us BY EDIDIONG MATTHEW

It is no longer news that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rolled over its one-month warning strike which began on February 14th, 2022 for another two months owing to a failure for its negotiating team to decide with the Federal Government. It is also no longer news that the strike is owing

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Proper Use Of Instructional Materials To Enhance Effective Teaching And Learning By GLORIA ODUE

Instructional materials are essential tools in learning every subject in the schools’ curriculum. They allow the students to interact with words, symbols, and ideas in ways that develop their abilities in reading, listening, thinking, speaking; using media, technology among others. As classroom teachers use different pedagogies, it is important they become conversant with the various

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Attitudes And Why We All Should Strive For A Better Environment BY IDORENYIN UMOREN

The term “clean environment” elicits different ideas in the minds of people. This could range from a tidy office space or sleeping room to a neat space for activities and a large expanse of land. It could also mean a sustainable way of living. From time immemorial, Man, by nature, has always tried to be

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Sunday Musings: Your Village People Must Be Stronger Than Your God BY AGBA JALINGO

There are Christians in many urban centers both in Nigeria and abroad who have never been back home to their villages for decades. Not themselves nor their family members. The fear of their village is so morbid that even in the urban centers or countries where they have taken residence, they do not attend or

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Cross River North And South, The Battle Is Over, No Winner No Vanquish BY PATRICK OBIA

It is said, whatever has a beginning has an end. This saying is appropriate in the just concluded legislative by-elections for the Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and Akpabuyo State constituency which a few weeks and days prior to the polls seemed like there would be no life left after they held. Leading to the by-elections, there

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Client Relations And Other Challenges Of The Nigerian Entrepreneur: Millinery In Focus BY CHARITY BASSEY

A milliner, according to the oxford advanced learner’s dictionary, is a person (mostly women) whose job is making and/or selling women’s headwear. Millinery is the amazing art that involves the creation of female headwear which ranges from fascinators to hatinators, turbans, autogele, headbands, headpieces, and bridal accessories, among others. Millinery is an old art form

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