MEANING OF AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION Agricultural pollution is defined as the release of toxic or harmful substances into...
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The colon (:) and the semicolon differ greatly in use. The semicolon is a strong separator almost...
Concord means agreement, and the rules of grammatical concord are the principles of agreement between words in...
1) Hibernation: Hibernation is a behavioural adaptation in which some small mammals such as shrews, monotremes and...
Stomata Stomata are openings in the epidermal layer of leaves of plants. Two guard cells surround each...
Uses of Land for Agricultural Purposes 1) Production of crops: Land is used for the production of...
Conservation is defined as the planned, control exploitation or judicious use of natural resources to ensure their...
The semicolon (;) is regularly a strong comma or a weak period. 1) The semicolon is used...
The Order of Prepositions Usually, prepositions precede the words they govern. (e.g. Steve spoke to Sandra.) But...
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF A TOWN The physical features of a town include : Relief, vegetation, climate and...
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF A VILLAGE The physical features of a village include: Relief, vegetation, climate and drainage....
Taungya system is defined as the planting of arable crops at early stages of forest establishment and...
Auxins help primarily in influencing cell elongation and enlargement hence sometimes referred to as growth hormones. Actions...
Three pairs of salivary glands exist in man while in rabbit they are four pairs. In man,...
A sentence is a word or a group of words that makes a complete sense and stands...
METHODS OF LAND RECLAMATION There are various methods of land reclamation. These include the following: Afforestation: Afforestation...
There are many reasons why people embark on land reclamation. Some of the reasons are: Insufficient land:...
This is a system of livestock rearing which involves keeping of farm animals on a large scale...
Pastoral farming: This is a system of farming whereby grazing animals such as cattle, sheep and goats...
Ley farming is simply defined as the cultivation of food crops with pasture crops. When food crops...
The comma (,) denotes a short pause. Commas are used for the following. 1. To separate items...
This is a system which involves the growing of food crops in spaces between hedge-rows of trees...
Skeleton is therefore, the hard framework on which the body is built. This hard framework may be...
Nominals are words (such as pronouns and gerunds), phrases, or clauses which perform the functions of nouns....
Modifiers are words that describe or qualify other words. Generally speaking, all adjectives and adverbs are called...
Rhesus factor in some red blood cells in some human beings was named after the rhesus monkey...
Chitin is non living and non-cellular and is secreted by the underlying epidermis. It is a protein-carbohydrate...
1) Azumini Blue River Rose: Azumini Blue River Rose is located in Abia State towards its boundary...
There are two major classifications of land based on uses. These are: (a) Agricultural Land: Agricultural land...
Definition: Land may be defined as the uppermost layer of the earth’s crust on which agricultural and...
A political party is defined as an organised group of citizens, who act together as a political...
A citizen is defined as a legal member of a state with full constitutional or legal rights...
The term, agriculture, is derived from two Latin words: “ager“, meaning field, and “cultura“, meaning cultivation. By...
Crop improvement is defined as the science that deals with the development of new crop varieties with...
The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a sovereign country located in West Africa. The 1999 constitution of...
General Ibrahim Babangida came to power through a military coup (popularly known as a palace coup) on...
Historical Background: The military government of Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo established a Constitution Drafting Committee in September,...
The prime minister and regional premiers met in May, 1963 in order to discuss and settle constitutional...
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION OF 1960 Parliamentary system: The constitution provided for a democratic parliamentary...
Growth is defined as an irreversible or permanent increase in size, dry mass or weight due to...
THE ORIGIN The origin of federalism in Nigeria could be traced to the division of the country...
Stock exchange market is a highly organised market where investors can buy and sell existing securities like...
Capital market is a market for medium-term and long-term loans. The capital market serves the needs of...
Money market can be defined as a market for short-term loan. The market consists of institutions or...
The traditional financial institutions came into existence several years before the establishment of modern banking system in...
Insurance companies are financial institutions that are concerned with insurance. Insurance may be defined as a contract...
Mortgage banks are financial institutions that specialise in granting loans to individuals and corporate bodies for building...
Merchant banks are financial institutions which perform specialised functions, such as acceptance of bills of exchange, issuance...
Development banks are specialised financial institutions which provide long-term credit or loan to other enterprises for capital...
Bank clearing house is an institution established by member banks to simplify exchanging and obtaining of payments...
