The Nigerian National Anthem

The National Anthem
Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria's call obey
To serve our fatherland
With love and strength and faith
The labor of our heroes past
Shall never be in vain
To serve with heart and might
One nation bound in freedom, peace, and unity.

Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause
Guide our leaders right
Help our youth and truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true
Great lofty heights attain
To build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.

The Old National Anthem
Nigeria we hail thee
Our own dear native land
Though tribe and tongue may differ
In brotherhood we stand
Nigerians all and proud to serve Our sovereign motherland

Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign
In peace or battle honour
And this we count as gain
To pass unto our children
A banner without stain

O God of all creation
Grant this our one request
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed

The National Pledge
I pledge to Nigeria, my country
To be faithful, loyal, and honest
To serve Nigeria with all my strength
To defend her unity
And uphold her honor and glory
So help me God.

Top 10 Tips for High School Dating

Top 10 Tips for High School Dating

10. Develop your own personality. Nothing is less attractive to the opposite sex than a person with no confidence, hobby or personality of their own. If you're creative, get involved with a writing group or join the band. Get out there and meet people and be able to have something to bring to the conversation.
9. Pick someone you have something in common with. If you are a honor roll student and member of the key club, but you're interested in the slacker in the back row, you will have conflicted interests. More importantly, if you are a needy person and you want to date a loner, you will have problems getting to a comfortable intimacy level. Try to find someone that you think you can relate to - socially and mentally.
8. Don't think you can change a leopard's spots. If a girl is known around campus as a cheater or if a guy's reputation is less than angelic, don't think that you will be the one to break the mold. Nothing is worse than being the one who 'shoulda-seen-it-coming' when a person's old habits repeat themselves.
7. Separate your relationship from your school responsibilities. No one wants to be known as the 'dramatic couple that has epic battles by the soda machines every Tuesday.' It is really hard to keep up your grades and the respect of your classmates and teachers when you bring your relationship problems to class with you. This will also scare away any other potential partners for the future.
6. Include your parents. Until you are 18 and move out of your house, your parents have final say in what you do and don't do. If you keep agendas hidden from them or refuse to let them meet the person you're dating, it will be a lot more difficult for you in the long run to have a good relationship on either end.
5. Don't alienate your friends. It is so easy to become so engulfed in a significant other that friends just don't seem as fulfilling anymore. However, friends keep you sane when your partner is driving you crazy. Also, if something goes wrong, you'll need your core group of friends to hold you up and be there for you.
4. Avoid gossip. While you can't avoid your friends, you can't include them in every aspect of your relationship. Having middle men and friends that like to interfere ('help') only makes problems worse. High schools are full of rumors and drama - don't get sucked into arguments caused by something a friend of a friend might have seen.
3. Communication is Key. Whether you're 15 or 55, keeping open communication with the person you're dating is absolutely essential. Most of bad break-ups and horrible fights of high school dating could have been avoided if the couple had made an effort to talk to one another about problems instead of jumping to conclusions.
2. Don't push your boundaries, and don't let anyone else cross them. If you don't know what the boundaries are in your relationship, establish them before you end up in an uncomfortable situation. Once you know your boundaries, demand that they be respected. Remember - boundaries aren't just physical. Sometimes the strongest boundaries are mental, or emotional.
1. Don't become obsessed. Remember that after high school, life changes dramatically. That's not to say that you can't form a lasting relationship at a young age, it just means that you need to be ready for long distance and a whole new set of problems as an adult. Try not to make a relationship your whole world because it will limit your experience in other areas of life.

College Dating

The Dirty Truth About College Dating

You've aced dating in high school — now get ready for a whole new class of relationships in college.

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Remember your first day of high school?
The new guys seemed so cute, and your love life seemed so full of possibilities. But soon you knew all their names, who was cool, and who was weird. And now you've dated everyone you wanted to, or you don't click with the guys at your school, or you're tired of the high school drama — and you can't wait for college. You've heard the basics about college dating: more types of guys, more freedom, and more mature relationships (hopefully). But with close living quarters, no parents, and stressful classes, things get intense, and college has its own soap operas. Read on for the inside dirt you'd have no way of knowing until you're on campus — and need to know if you already are.
truth #1: hookups outnumber boyfriends
"The atmosphere is so charged with opportunities to hook up. Girls on my floor define a night's success by how many people we kiss.”
—LISA, 19, BOSTON COLLEGE
With so many different types of guys around, it's tempting to sample them all! Why not, right? Hookups can be fun, but a lot of times they're mini bombs that explode in one of two ways: into a relationship (rare!), or into misunderstanding, hurt, or just thin air. At the typical beer-soaked party (even if you're sober), you can't always tell which guys want a one-night thing and which ones truly like you. If you've been drinking, there's not always a trusted friend there to stop you from going too far with a guy you just met. Just like there might be things you're not telling him about your life, he could be hiding stuff too. What if that hot econ major has anger issues or a closet cocaine addiction? Meet guys and have fun, but stick with your friends at parties so you can watch out for one another. And don't make it a contest!
truth #2: things get way more intense
"I told this guy everything about me, so when he broke up with me a month later, it hurt that much worse."
—JENNY, 21, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Relationships move faster in college, physically and emotionally. Basically, three months of college dating (where you can have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night pizza with a guy if you want) is like a year of high school dating (when you're living with your parents' restrictions). New college couples tend to rush from the getting-to-know-you stage to the practically-living-together one. It's like they're addicted to their new freedom. And the more intense it gets, the more it hurts when it ends. So hold off before stocking your guy's shower caddy with your Venus razor. Not only can you lose yourself if you spend all your time with a guy, you also lose the time you'd spend meeting other guys and potential lifelong friends. Be sure to make room in your busy love life for the rest of your college experience.
truth #3: there's a new dating vocabulary
"After some awkward mornings and 'walks of shame,' you realize you have to start setting new boundaries."
—SARA, 20, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Love it or hate it: Dorms can be cesspools of debauchery! Living in the same building as guys creates interesting new situations (and vocab words!). There's sexile (when your roommate hooks up with someone in your room and you're shut out) and dormcest (dating people who live in your dorm). Dorm gossip can devastate your reputation more than high school gossip — you live with the people who know your business! Then there's the walk of shame: your trek home the morning after hooking up with a guy and sleeping in his room (it's actually against the rules at some campuses to stay over!). It's seen as a rite of passage, but doing it a lot won't make you feel great about yourself (the word shame isn't there by accident!). We know you'll pass college dating tests! Just watch out for the trick questions, okay?

5 Easy Ways to Make Money While You’re in School

College is expensive, and for those of us planning to apply to school soon, we have a lot of saving up to do and not a lot of time to do it. With long school hours, sports practices, rehearsals and other extracurricular activities, working a full-time job isn’t possible. But don’t worry; there are some school-hour friendly ways to turn a profit for the savvy pre-collegiette. Check out a few of our ideas to earn some cash around your busy schedule!

1. For the DIY lover: Sell your own crafts
Put your skills to use! Whether you’re particularly good at knitting, origami, painting or drawing, virtually anything you make can be sold online. Peruse your local craft store—or, better yet, thrift store—for small trinkets or ornaments that you can refurbish or incorporate into art or jewelry. Take your origami talents to the next level by making cute earrings to sell. Try knitting a beanie or a scarf. Make a few bars of pretty homemade hand soap, or maybe even try your hand at some DIY fashion items.
If you want to look extra professional when you sell your crafts, design a logo on Inkscape (it’s like Adobe InDesign or Photoshop, but easier to use!) and slap a label on whatever you choose to make. Tie a ribbon around it for good measure. As long as your craft looks cute and professional, it’s almost guaranteed that someone will want to buy it!

You can sell your handmade items online through Etsy or ArtFire, but you can also bring what you’ve made to a stand at a farmer’s market or a local vendor.

2. For the social (media) butterfly: Get sponsored on Twitter or YouTube
Have a million followers on Twitter? Got a knack for shooting snarky, viral videos? Why not try making money off of them?

For example, a lot of makeup companies will pay popular YouTubers to review their products in “vlogs.” So if you already have a channel with a steady subscriber base, consider leaving contact information for business inquiries on your homepage.
Another way to make money from YouTube is to become a partner through their Partner Program. Becoming a YouTube partner requires having a minimum of 100 subscribers and adhering to the YouTube Community Guidelines, but it comes with a lot of perks, including getting free specialized online classes through Creator Academy and greater freedom in customizing your homepage and brand. The best part? YouTube partners have the option to enable their accounts for monetization. Once the account is enabled, a five- to 10-second advertisement will play at the beginning of all your videos, and you’ll receive a small revenue cut for every 1,000 views.
Similarly, companies will often pay prominent Twitter users to promote their content and products. If you have an account with a healthy following numbering in the thousands, take advantage of it! The easiest way to get started is to sign up for services such as the ChaCha Affiliate Program. These companies connect savvy Twitter users with corporations and celebrities that want social media advertising. Just tweet the text or product links that they send you, and you’ll receive a portion of the ad revenue!

Make Money While In School---THE EASY WAY

Money is what all humans need especially young ones so if you read this article and take notice you will never need to bug your parents again. This method will need time and effort but its worth it.

College has to be some of the poorest years you’ll ever experience in your lifetime. This is a time in which many of us are trying to figure out our lives and choose the path we want to go down later. College is a great experience, but it isn’t necessary for success.
Throughout your tenure at school, you’ll come into contact with all kinds of people from very different backgrounds. But there is one thing we all have in common in college: we’re broke. Although some people have mommy and daddy’s money to fall back on, the rest of us are pretty much on our own.
It is important that we take this time to realize that there are ways to make money while in school. You have to force yourself to think outside of the box and recognize that there are simple ways we can make some extra cash. Here are 10 ways you can be an entrepreneur while in school:

Essays have deadlines — and the faster these deadlines approach, the more people you will have willing to outsource their work.

If you are one of those kids who enjoys writing and is good at it, then there are plenty of opportunities for you to make some money. If you’re good at something, don’t do it for free, you will have a lot of chances to make money, charging people to do their essays for them. There is nothing wrong with making a couple hundred dollars for spending a few hours writing a paper for a buddy.

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If you have the connect, why not use it?

Kushing

People in college love to experiment with different things. There will always be a demand for stimulants and if you can find a trustworthy connect, then you are in the green, literally. People are always looking for drugs to take their minds off the stress they go through on a daily basis at school. If you’re reliable and can get a steady flow of goods, then you have an opportunity to make some cash.

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People love house parties — and if you throw one, the masses will come.

We Heart It 

Being that many people do not reach the legal drinking age until late junior year/early senior year, there have to be outlets for them to drink. Many people choose to go to house parties because their fake IDs aren’t good enough to get into bars that are already overcrowded. House parties are a good way for you to make some money. Charging thirsty college kids to have a drink from your keg that you split amongst your roommates can prove to be quite profitable.

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Students and boosters love athletes and many of them will pay anything to get autographed memorabilia.

As a student athlete, you get many perks that others don’t. Although schools don’t like to admit it, many of their athletes get preferential treatment. As an athlete, everyone wants a piece of memorabilia, although the NCAA is very keen on making sure athletes don’t sell any of their memorabilia, there are ways around this. Do what you have to do to survive and if that means signing some gear for cash, then do so — just know the consequences.

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Don’t throw away your notes, they will come in handy for the kids after you.

VK Your notes and handouts from class can be some of the best things you have to offer as a student. There are always kids that are looking to get the upper hand on their studies and many of them will do what it takes to make their work easier. The best way to help these ambitious students is with your notes after you completed the course. People will pay money just to get their hands on your notes and make that class a breeze.

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It’s the internet age, create an app.

Although, this may sound easier than it actually is, you must be cognizant of the world around you. See if there are any necessities on campus that could be fulfilled with an app. Even if it is just an app that is targeted towards your school, there is plenty of market share there for you to make an impact. Get your name out there and keep developing things. People love simplicity, and if your app can make their lives easier in any way, people will be willing to support you.

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Everyone understands things differently, so use your knowledge to help kids who are struggling in class.

Lava Pasta

There are just some things that your professors have trouble explaining because they don’t know to relate to their students. Well this is where you come in, some students will be completely lost and need help keeping up with class. Your ability to relate to students and get the point across in a way that is easy for them to understand is a great asset and could make you some money.
There will always be kids who need extra help in classes and they are willing to pay a tutor to help them. Making money for tutoring kids can be a quite lucrative if you know what you’re doing.

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Become a promoter, there are always local bars and clubs that could use more customers.

In college, you have access to a wide range of people because everyone is immersed in the scene and usually you see the same people over and over. With your access to all these kids, you can really make some cash promoting. No college bar or local club is going to turn away business. Make a deal with the establishments and figure out a way to make some cash by bringing them more customers.

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Help people keep off the freshman 15, become a personal trainer.

Student Millonaires

Young Money: This is one rich dude who stands out from the pack. A student of the Mathematics department, Young Money, as he is usually called is always a toast to many. Young money and his friends have made Unilag their bedroom, as they control everything they come in contact with.
B-Naira: This list wouldn’t be complete without the name of the richest students in the University of Lagos, BNaira. He is a geography student, a club aficionado and a lover of all beautiful things, living or non-living. Rumors have it that his excessive spending does not have a proper origin, but this has not in any way deterred the young man or even his flocks of female admirers. He rides a Range Rover painted bright red.
Babs Moola: Babs Moola is the boss of one of the biggest clubs in UNILAG. He runs Hitchers Entertainment, an upscale entertainment outfit in school. He is the boss of bosses, a cool dude, with swag and influence. He rolls with the biggest dudes and babes on campus.
Laolu: This is another big boy on campus. He is the club chief, ON Entertainment. This is the crew responsible for some of the biggest and craziest parties in school.
Henry Chylln: Henry is a top dude in school. No club party is complete without the presence of this young dude. He was nominated in the last TUSH Awards for the award of Top Club Boy.
Jide Purple Haze: Another top brass in the University of Lagos. This is one dude who runs the big things in big ways. His ride is one of the most envied on campus.
Deji Dejovo: Popularly known as Mr. Flash, is a big boy in his own right. Girls flock around him like butterflies around honey. He dresses well, rides one of the flyest cars on campus, and is regarded as one of the hottest dudes in school.
Prime Minister: Prime Minister, as he is popularly called is indeed a big boy in the University of Lagos. He is one of those influential few on campus who dictate style and taste.
Tobi Bakare: A student of the department of Accounting, Tobi Bakare is a don by himself. He is very popular, and well loved by all.
Adeori McFape: Another student who has, overtime, grown to become one of the big wigs on campus. He reps the department of Quantity Surveying. He is the boss of one of the biggest clubs in the school. He runs Fuse Entertainment.

Monalisa Omorodion: This is one strong name in the Unilag social community. She is a student of the department of Economics, a nominee for the award of the most popular female in a Nigerian university. She has a powerful clique of friends that rule the school.
Nneoma Okpara: She is one of the richest and biggest students in the Law Faculty. She stands out as a doyenne and style dictator in the University of Lagos.
Olivia Messango: It’s not enough to list names without mentioning the very pretty and socially respected Olivia Messango of the department of Economics. She is a worthy inclusion on this list.
Obioma Isiwu: Very pretty and sociable, she was a contestant in the last MBGN, and came out of it with the title of Miss Tourism. She is one of the biggest babes on campus.
Susan Efeji: Very few would know her, as she stays outside the school environment most of the time. She is a very busty lady with every sexy endowment that can make a warm blooded man empty his pockets in a hurry. She drives an exotic Range Rover, which was bought for her by one of her sugar daddies. Her clients are not young boys, but are the top men who walk the corridors of power.
Omoti Neni: A student of the Law faculty, she is a high-flyer in school. A trend setter and a fashionista. Her status as a big babe on campus is not to be argued.

Ify freckles Obi: This babe from the department of English is one to reckon with. She is like the freshest babe on campus. She is a style diva, and as such a goddess for so many on campus. She was nominated for the award of the most beautiful Nigerian female student in the 2012 TUSH Awards.

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The use of Social media in Universities in Nigeria

The outcry that greeted the birth of a baby boy at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, was unexpected. The news that a 22-year-old undergraduate of the institution, Miss Oyinlola Rotimi, gave birth on campus, was ignited by the use of social media.

The news about the circumstances surrounding the unusual birth went viral on social media within minutes of its occurrence.

On July 19, the social networks were flooded with stories that Oyinlola, who was delivered of her baby in one of the toilets of the university’s hostel, wanted to flush the baby down the toilet and kill him.

The story spread fast on Facebook and Twitter, with many blogs also feeding on it. Students of the institution who were sitting for their first semester examination were not left out in spreading the false story.

For instance, on Twitter, some students employed the use of the hashtag #MoremiBaby  and without clarifying the circumstances that led to the delivery, they spread the information on the social media. Bloggers who make avid use of the social media soon caught up with the story and the Nigerian blogosphere was flooded with the unclarified story.

The young lady’s name, department and level and the room she stayed that day in the hall of residence circulated widely on the social networks such that the shortened form of the university, ‘oau’ broke into trending topics.

However, one would have expected the Obafemi Awolowo University management to engage members and non-members of the university community on its social media platforms, with a view to setting the records straight.

This turn of events has, yet again, highlighted the need for educational institutions, especially higher institutions of learning, to embrace the new media.

Using the same social media platforms that promoted the incident’s circulation on cybersphere could have gone a long way to alter the speed and the nature of the negative mentions the incident had on the social media, as well as the backlash it brought on the name of the university.

A search on popular social networks such as Facebook and Twitter revealed that the OAU management has no prominent presence on the platforms. Confirming this, the spokesperson for the university, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, told our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday, that the institution made it as a policy not to run the affairs of the university on social networks.

“We won’t want to run the affairs of the university on social media,’’ he said.

Further enquiries as to why the university made the decision could not be ascertained, as he said he was not authorised to speak further on the issue.

However, a  senior official of the institution, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press, said the decision not to have official social media accounts for the university was taken in 2011 by the management.

He said, “The University has a fully functional website and there was a time the management was trying to integrate social media to its online presence. But after much debate by the management, the idea was jettisoned because there were fears that the seeming advantages could be outweighed by the frivolities being perpetuated on the social networks, which could be harmful. ’’

However, one wonders why OAU has decided to stay aloof while other institutions in its class have since embraced the opportunities inherent in the use of the social media.

For instance, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State has official Facebook and Twitter accounts with which the institution communicates with thousands of its students who spend quality hours daily on the Internet on their smart devices.

Also, the University of Ibadan tweets via @UniIbadan, while its Facebook page which has a decent following of 24,395 fans are being utilised by the ivory tower in conjunction with its official website as their digital communication channels.

A university’s social media presence is an extension of the school’s brand and universities that are fortunate to have well versed and active student population who use the social media should embrace the use of social media as an inexpensive and on-the-go platforms for quick information dissemination.

Higher institutions of learning may need to put guidelines in place to ensure appropriateness of their official social media activity. Such social media strategy and guideline should reflect core principles driving the university’s vision and mission, such that it spells out authenticity and transparency.