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First lady receives plea from daughter of unemployed man

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Washington (CNN) - The children of Executive Office employees crowded into the East Room of the White House on Thursday to ask first lady Michelle Obama a question as part of the White House’s annual celebration of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. While most children used their question to ask Obama about her favorite food or drink or place to travel, one young girl seated in the front row took the opportunity to try to help her unemployed father. “My dad's been out of a job for three years and I wanted to give you his resume,” the young girl quietly said, before handing the first lady a folded piece of paper. Taking the paper, Obama hugged the little girl and whispered something to her away from the microphone. Many of the other children in the audience, unable to hear what the girl had said, immediately asked the first lady what their exchange had been about. Click for more story

Osita ‘Pawpaw’ Iheme Inspires Students With New Book

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Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, well known as Pawpaw, who just received an endorsement from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has reportedly contracted Africana First Publishers Plc to print and distribute copies of his new book called 'INSPIRE 101' to different schools in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT Abuja) to form part of their library and research materials. ‘Inspire 101’ was reviewed by respectable individuals like Professor Pat Utomi, Mr. Dimgba Igwe and ace comedian, Ali Baba. It was also vetted by Nigeria Educational Regulatory Commission, NERDC. The actor explained that, “This is a dream come true, I pray and believe that the ‘Inspire 101’ (book) will have a direct positive impact on students and any other person that reads it. It is the fragment of my thoughts and beliefs that drove and elevated me from my ‘not too comfortable background’ to a better person in the society. "People ...