The Reason Why You Shouldn't Depend Solely on Your Salary

The moment you get out of bed and wash your face and drink water, pure water companies count on you. 

When you brush your teeth, Pepsodent, Close Up or Oral B earns from you.

When you charge your phones, laptop(s) and other gadgets, NEPA/PHCN reads its meter and earns from you.

When you move from your house to the office, taxi, danfo, okada or keke (tricycle) owners count on you.

When you drive your car, filling station owners collect their share.

When you check your WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms, the bank accounts of telecommunication companies get credited while your account is debited. 

So, before you get out of the house, you have already paid all these companies something. You have already spent money. How then do you foot these bills when you go to bed every day without making at least N10? This is the major reason why you need an additional source or multiple streams of income.

It is high time you started thinking about how to make money every day. Think residual or passive income. Start with a small targeted amount, and grow as you go. Start with something that will give you a little cash even if it is N10 a day. It is better than going to bed without making even a kobo.

Let’s put our faith into action, take risks and start something! Salary alone cannot solve your money problems. You need secondary sources of income to create a balance. It will also interest you to know that salary is a medicine for managing poverty; it doesn’t cure it. Only your business or investment cures poverty.

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Number Base 2: Counting, Addition and Subtraction of Numbers in Base 2

In this tutorial, we shall look at:

I. Counting in base two.

II. Addition and subtraction of numbers in base two.

Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

I. Expand numbers expressed in base 2.

II. Add, subtract and multiply numbers in base 2.

III. Solve questions with addition, subtraction and multiplication signs simultaneously.

Get the tutorial here

Keywords

I. Number Base: A counting number system.

II. Base Ten: Most common way of counting in tens (10s) or power of 10.

III. Base two: Counting in twos (2s).

IV. Binary Number: A base two number.

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9mobile Provides Its Customers with Free Whatsapp Chat

Free Whatsapp chat (from 9mobile) is the first of its kind in Nigeria’s telecom market, and it is available to 9mobile's prepaid and postpaid subscribers. With 9mobile's free Whatsapp chat offer, customers can connect more with family and friends. Businesses are also not left out as business customers can also connect with colleagues and clients on Whatsapp free of charge.

It is also important to state that 9mobile's free Whatsapp chat offer is not limited to text messages. You can share images, videos and other multimedia contents, excluding voice calls, video calls and status updates, with friends on Whatsapp.

How to Enjoy 9mobile's Free Whatsapp Chat

9mobile customers, upon purchase of their preferred data bundles using the code *200*3*1#, will be able to use their data plans for other purposes while enjoying Whatsapp chat free of charge.

According to 9mobile:

The Whatsapp offer is certainly a novel one as it allows our customers to put their data to other uses while they enjoy chatting and bonding with friends and loved ones on Whatsapp for free.

The offer also empowers customers to promote their businesses using Whatsapp as data which would have been used up on Whatsapp can now be used for other things with the free Whatsapp offer by 9mobile.

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Official: 2019 May/June WAEC Examination Timetable for School Candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) timetable for school candidates. According to the timetable, the 2019 (May/June) WAEC examination will commence on Monday, 8th April, 2019 and end on Friday, 7th June, 2019.

However, the timetable provided below contains the core subjects taken by Arts and Science students in Nigerian secondary/high schools. It also contains the days and time which these subjects will be written. Secondary/High school students from other West African countries should click here to get access to the complete timetable. The images are ten in number, and they contain the subjects being offered by WAEC.

2019 MAY/JUNE WAEC EXAMINATION TIMETABLE

Tuesday, 23rd April, 2019.
i. Data Processing 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

ii. Data Processing 1 (Objective) –11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Wednesday, 24th April, 2019.
Geography 3 (Physical and Practical Geography) – 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm

Friday, 26th April, 2019.
i. Biology 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:10 am

ii. Biology 1 (Objective) – 11:10 am – 12 noon

Monday, 29th April, 2019.

i. Computer Studies 2 (Essay) – 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

ii. Computer Studies 1 (Objective) – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Thursday, 2nd May, 2019.
i. Physics 3 (Practical, Alternative A) – 9:30 am – 12: 15 pm (1st Set)

ii. Physics 3 (Practical, Alternative A) – 12:40 pm – 3:25 pm (2nd Set)

iii. History 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

iv. History 1 (Objective) – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Friday, 3rd May, 2019.
i. Literature-In-English 2 (Prose) – 9:30 am – 10:45 am

ii. Literature-In-English 1 (Objective) – 10:45 am – 11:45 am

iii. Chemistry 3 (Practical, Alternative A) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am (1st Set)

iv. Chemistry 3 (Practical, Alternative A) – 12 noon – 2:00 pm (2nd Set)

Tuesday, 7th May, 2019.
i. Further Mathematics 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 12 noon

ii. Further Mathematics 1 (Objective) – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 8th May, 2019.
i. Physics 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:00 am

ii. Physics 1 (Objective) – 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Thursday, 9th May, 2019.
i. English Language 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

ii. English Language 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

iii. English Language 3 (Test of Orals) – 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm

Friday, 10th May, 2019.
i. Geography 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

ii. Geography 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12:20 pm

Monday, 13th May, 2019.
i. Financial Accounting 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 12:00 noon

ii. Financial Accounting 1 (Objective) – 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

Tuesday, 14th May, 2019.
i. Physics 3 (Practical, Alternative B) – 9:30 am – 12:15 pm (1st Set)

ii. Physics 3 (Practical, Alternative B) – 12:40 pm – 3:25 pm (2nd Set)

iii. Commerce 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

iv. Commerce 1 (Objective) – 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm

Wednesday, 15th May, 2019.
i. Biology 3 (Practical, Alternative A) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am (1st Set)

ii. Biology 3 (Practical, Alternative A) – 12 noon – 2:00 pm (2nd Set)

iii. Literature-In-English 3 (Drama and Poetry) – 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Thursday, 16th May, 2019.
i. Mathematics 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 12 noon

ii. Mathematics 1 (Objective) – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Friday, 17th May, 2019.
i. Economics 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

ii. Economics 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12:30 am

Monday, 20th May, 2019.
i. Christian Religious Studies 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11: 30 am

ii. Christian Religious Studies 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12: 30 pm

iii. Islamic Studies 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

iv. Islamic Studies 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12:20 pm

v. Chemistry 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

vi. Chemistry 1 (Objective) – 4:00 pm – 5:00pm

Tuesday, 21st May, 2019.
i. Government 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

ii. Government 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12:00 pm

iii. Chemistry 3 (Practical, Alternative B) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am (1st Set)

iv. Chemistry 3 (Practical, Alternative B) – 12 noon – 2:00 pm (2nd Set)

Wednesday, 22nd May, 2019.
i. Civic Education 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

ii. Civic Education 1 (Objective) – 11:30 am – 12:30 noon

Thursday, 23rd May, 2019.
i. Computer Studies 3 (Practical) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am (1st Set)

ii. Computer Studies 3 (Practical) – 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm (2nd Set)

iii. Agricultural Science 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm

iv. Agricultural Science 1 (Objective) – 4:10 pm – 5:00 pm

Friday, 24th May, 2019.
i. Agricultural Science 3 (Practical) – 9:30 am – 11:00 am (1st Set)

ii. Agricultural Science 3 (Practical) – 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (2nd Set)

Tuesday, 28th May, 2019.
i. Technical Drawing 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm

ii. Technical Drawing 1 (Objective) – 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Thursday, 30th May, 2019.
i. Arabic 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

ii. Arabic 1 (Objective) – 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm

iii. Principles of Cost Accounting 2 (Essay) – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

iv. Principles of Cost Accounting 1 (Objective) – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Friday, 31st May, 2019.
i. French 2 (Essay) – 9:30 am – 10:45 am

ii.French 1 (Objective) – 10:45 am – 11:45 am

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Six Key Areas in English a Writer Needs to Pay Attention to

Below are six key areas in English every writer needs to pay attention to:

1. Subject-verb agreement/Concord

One defining characteristic of a good writer is one who has command of subject-verb agreement, not necessarily one who flaunts "big" words. Start from the basics – they are, she is, we were, etc. – and build on them. Get a good grammar book and learn the rules of concord, or click here to learn the rules of concord. The life of good writing depends on this!

2. Tenses

Tenses tell the times that certain events happened. As a good user or writer of the English language, you should be able to describe past, present, and future events in their appropriate tenses. There are several quality grammar books you can master tense and aspects from.

3. Punctuation

A good writer knows that punctuation is as important as the brakes, clutches, and accelerators of cars. You miss their right usages and you risk your life. Know where to place commas, periods, apostrophes, hyphens, colons, etc. A misplacement of these marks would result in different meanings and structures.

READ: How punctuation marks affect your writing

4. Vocabulary

To be able to express yourself very well in written language, one needs a rich vocabulary. A “rich vocabulary” does not necessarily mean a plethora of "big" words. By “rich vocabulary,” we mean the appropriate words or phrases to describe thoughts, actions, people, situations, etc.

5. Idioms

Idioms add colour and condiments to one's language. They make one's writing sweet and pleasant to hear. Idioms transform ordinary writing into an excellent one. Get a stash of idioms and use it in your writing. With time, these idioms will form part of your style of writing.

READ: How to be a good writer

6. Spelling

Clarity in the spelling of words eases the understanding of writings. Once you miss the spelling of a word, it ceases to be the word you intended. Every writer should note this. If you can't spell a word, don't write it. You can always double check the correct spelling of words from a trusted dictionary.

© Eric Nuamah Korankye (Hamlet)

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NYSC: Date for 2018 Batch 'A' POP Announced

This is to inform the 2018 batch 'A' corps members and the general public that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has approved March 14, 2019 as the date for the 'passing out' of 2018 batch 'A' corps members from national service. The exercise is to be low key, and the certificates of national service are to be distributed to deserving corps members at the Local Government level. 

Below is the approved order of activities for the 2018 batch 'A' POP.

1. Tuesday, 12th – Wednesday, 13th March, 2019.

a) Registration of Passing-out Corps members and signing of their final clearance by Zonal Inspectors (ZI).

b) Administration of Questionnaires (form 48) on 30% of the Passing-out Corps members. 

2. Thursday, 14th March, 2019: Distribution of certificates of National Service to deserving Corps members at Local Government level.

3. State coordinators are to ensure that large congregation of Corps members is avoided at the Zonal/Local Government offices during the above passing-out activities. 

4. I wish you a very successful and hitch free passing-out activities.

5. Thank you

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Estimation: Definition and How to Estimate in Maths

In this tutorial, we shall:

1. Estimate the dimension and distance within a school.

2. Estimate the objects.

3. Estimate the statistics of people, e.g., Height.

4. Solve problems in quantitative reasoning in estimation.

Objectives

By the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

i. Define estimation and other keywords.

ii. Round off numbers to a required significant figure and to the nearest 10, 100, tens, etc.

iii. Use rounded values to estimate the outcome of values.

iv. Estimate the dimension and distance within places.

v. Estimate the statistics of people, e.g., Height.

vi. Solve problems on quantitative reasoning in estimation.

Get the complete tutorial here.

Keywords

1. Estimate

This simply means to find a rough or an approximate value.

2. False accuracy

This is when a value is more accurate than it should be.

3. Approximation

This is the process of using rounded values when presenting numerical data and making rough calculations.

4. Significant figure(s)

Counted from the first non-zero digit at the left of the number.

5. Rounding off

This simply means to find an approximated value for a number.

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5 Simple Language Learning Strategies Guaranteed To Help You

If you are one who is interested in learning new languages without getting freaked out by the difficulties faced in the language learning process, then you are at the right place!

You may have observed that someone around you has mastered common Spanish words in a couple of weeks and someone has taken several months only to talk under breath ‘Buenos días’ or ‘Hola’. Making clever choices and using the right strategies can make your journey of learning a new language a lot easier and definitely enjoyable.

Here you will find five simple language learning strategies that will help you to overcome your struggles with learning a language and make it super fun for you.

1. Keep Your Self-Motivation High

Self-motivation is essential for learning a new language. In other words, self-motivation is the key to learn anything new.Source of motivation for learning a language can be anything like your dream to get admission in a foreign university, your wish to communicate with your friend in his/her native language or whatsoever.

You can make your motivation stronger by associating it with your hobbies. If you are into listening to songs or reading books than listen or read in the language you are learning.

2. Set Realistic Goals
Setting realistic and achievable short term goals is also crucial to be successful in learning a new language. Make it clear in your mind what you want to learn and make realistic decisions about how much time you can give to your language learning process on a daily basis. Afterwards, stick to your decision!

Set goals of learning a few words or phrases on a daily basis. Give yourself a task to watch a movie or read a small article once a week in that particular language which you want to learn and try to comprehend it. If you really want to learn a language, then be your guard yourself.  Ensure that you exert all your energy to master and honestly fulfil the daily tasks regularly.

3. Learn To Pronounce Words Correctly
Many people fail in the language learning process because they do not focus on pronunciation. They want to learn a new language but are not ready to listen. In order to speak in a new language, you need to learn how words sound. If you wish to speak commonly used words more like a native speaker, then you should first pay attention to the pronunciation of these words. You can listen to the pronunciation of various words or phrases online.

If you are watching a movie, pay close attention to what is being said. While listening to the songs, you may actively listen to the lyrics in order to improve your speaking skills.

4. Focus on What’s Most Useful for You

To make your learning process more successful, identify what is the purpose and why you want to learn a new language. For example, if you want to communicate with your Spanish friend, then you only need to learn common words or phrases. In such a case, there is no need to learn the technical side of the language.

But if you want to read an academic book or article, you can have an in-depth knowledge of the language which needs a lot more effort and practice.

5. Take out Time To Practice

Taking out time to practice a language seems more like a chore but you can make it more fun by communicating with a native speaker over social media. You can participate in online challenges to check your progress in a new language or send texts to your friends using the newly learned words.

About the Author:

Lara Smith has worked for Wall Street English for 20 years. After studying at Stanford University and subsequently doing a CELTA course, she began her career in teaching. She is obsessed with languages and currently writes blogs at https://www.mimicmethod.com/.

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