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Early use of drugs increases a person’s chances of developing addiction. Remember, drugs change brains and this can lead to addiction and other serious problems. So, preventing early use of drugs may go a long way in reducing these risks. If we can prevent young people from experimenting with drugs, we can prevent drug addiction. Risk of drug abuse increases greatly during times of transition. For an adult, a divorce or loss of a job may lead to drug abuse; for a teenager, risky times include moving or changing schools. In early adolescence, when children advance from elementary through middle school, they face new and challenging social and academic situations. Often during this period, children are exposed to abusable substances such as cigarettes and alcohol for the first time. When they enter high school, teens may encounter greater availability of drugs, drug use by older teens, and social activities where drugs are used. The yearly increase in population of you

An 8-year-old girl was found living with monkeys in a remote nature reserve in Bahraich, northern India. The girl has now been dubbed Mowgli 2.0 because of the similarity of her story with the story of the boy in The Jungle Book who was brought up by wolves. The girl was discovered by a group of woodcutters working in the area who then alerted government officials and she was rescued from the region near the Nepal border. The girl did not seem happy about being uprooted from the only home she knows, she then screeched like a monkey, which it was soon discovered is the only way she knows how to communicate.  It was also discovered that the girl could not walk like a human and instead moved on all fours, the way animals do and she runs away at the sight of humans. Authorities say she seemed comfortable among the apes at Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, close to the border with Nepal. It has not been discovered who she is, where she came from and how long she has been in the

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it had approved the commencement of an additional diet in its examination for the private candidates every year. Announcing the approval at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday, the council’s Registrar, Iyi Uwadiae, said the move was in connection with the growing concerns among stakeholders over what they perceived as discrimination or denial of equal opportunity to private candidates. “WAEC conducts its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) twice every year, in May/June for school candidates and in November/December for private candidates. “The council also conducts various national examinations in the member countries except Nigeria. “Now, the school candidates who wish to retake the examination usually have the opportunity of doing so with the private candidates’ examination. “With this development, there has been a wave of agitation, criticisms and appeal across the sub-region for the counc

The earnest desire of every man is to have that huge income flow but most times getting that job that guarantees that is not easy to come-by, So in this case one has to make do with what is available at the moment. In this very piece i will outline and explain the various ways to effectively maximize that low income that you earn so as to satisfy your needs. You can agree with me that it is not always about how much you earn that matters but how well you manage the much you earn cause the rich and famous we have in the world today did not just get to where they are at the moment by magic but rather most of them started with just a low income at there disposal and applied the following steps below: Avoid Debt: Every debtor is a slave to the creditor. Try your best to live a life free of debt cause when one's income is dependent on a salary you see that once you owe someone and you are expectant of your salary come month end, the majority of the salary goes to yo

  Twitter launched today a faster data-saving version of its mobile website. That way it becomes the third leading platform with a step towards data-friendly internet after Facebook Lite and YouTube Go. The company announced on its blog that “45% of mobile connections are still on 2G”. That’s why it optimized the speed and navigation of mobile.twitter.com. Now the site launches 30% faster and navigates quicker while still providing the key features - your timeline, Tweets, DMs, trends, notifications and more. More than 40% of data is saved with the optimized mobile site, and it can go up to 70% when you click on your profile picture and then select Data Saver. If you use Google Chrome on Android OS with the latest version, the browser will ask you to add a bookmark on your home screen that acts like an app. You can also receive push notifications and alerts. Twitter Lite offers offline support when your connection is weak. Twitter also announced it is partnering wi

Samsung has finally (and officially) announced its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ and this is going to be their first major design change since the Samsung Galaxy S6, when Samsung went with premium materials like metal and glass to construct a beautiful device. The S8+ on the other hand possesses the same features and specs at the S8 except for a larger display and battery.   Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ at a glance Body: Polished aluminum frame, Gorilla Glass 5 front and back; IP68 certified for water and dust resistance. Arctic Silver, Orchid Grey, Black Sky, Maple Gold, and Coral Blue color schemes. Display: 5.8"/6.2" Super AMOLED, 2,960x1440px resolution, 18.5:9 (2.06:1) aspect ratio, 571/529ppi; HDR 10 compliant (no Dolby Vision). Rear camera: 12MP, f/1.7 aperture, dual pixel phase detection autofocus, OIS; multi-shot image stacking; 2160p/30fps video recording. Front camera: 8MP, f/1.7 aperture, autofocus; 1440p/30fps video recording. OS/Software: Android 7.

WhatsApp which is owned by facebook is finally going to implement the online payment system, starting first with India, its biggest market in the world. The company is said to be working on a system based on India’s UPI or Unified Payments Interface to allow person to person transactions. The UPI system was borne out of India’s drive towards a cashless digital economy and has been adopted by all the major banks and even some services such as Truecaller. Facebook currently has a job opening for Digital Transactions Lead, India in Menlo Park, California, with one of the job requirements being ‘Ability to understand and explain UPI, BHIM, Aadhar number’.   Speaking to Bloomberg, WhatsApp said it wants to “contribute more to India’s vision for digital commerce.” While India might be the first market on WhatsApp’s roadmap it will eventually bring this feature to other markets.

  Tecno Mobile has taken another flip leap this year as they announced the new Tecno Camon CX  which is a senior to last year’s Camon C9 and arguably their best “Camon” device till date. Camon CX (or Tecno Camon C10 ) is a camera-focused device with photo enhancing features to deliver good pictures. The Camon Cx is available in 2 variants. The Tecno Camon CX and Tecno Camon Cx Air. Here’s everything you need to know. The Camon CX was launched in March 2017 and as a predecessor to the Camon Series has a beastly Camera, running on the latest android nougat 7.0 and an improved battery life. This isWOW!! With all these great features it still falls mid range in price as you can get the Camon for about #70000- #75000 Tecno Camon CX Specifications Here are Tecno Camon CX specs , which is an 5.5 inch display , 2GB RAM , 16GB internal storage , 3200mAh battery and Android 7.0 operating system. SIM Type : Dual Micro SIM 3G Network :  Yes 4G Network : Band   3/7/20/