Chitin is non living and non-cellular and is secreted by the underlying epidermis. It is a protein-carbohydrate...
Year: 2021
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...
There are five modifications and mechanisms of feeding associated with someorganisms. These feeding mechanisms include: 1) Absorbing...
Oyo was a vast empire or territory divided into different provinces. It happened to be the most...
The Igbo political system may be seen as a fragmented political system. Many institutions were in place...
Historical background: The Fulani took over the political leadership of the Habe (Hausa) states in the early...
Central bank is the highest financial institution in a country which carries out the monetary policy of...
The Bill of Exchange Act defines a cheque as: “A bill of exchange drawn on a banker...
Macpherson Constitution was revised through constitutional conferences, e.g. 1953 London and 1954 Lagos Constitutional conferences. The product...
Asexual is the type of reproduction in which new organisms are produced from a single parent without...
Reproduction is the ability of living organisms to give rise to new individuals of the same species....
Banks can act as agent of lending by means of loan, overdraft and discounting bill of exchange....
Sir John Macpherson, became the new Governor of Nigeria after Richards and he made adequate arrangement not...
The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the Second World War (1939-45) was Sir Bourdillon. He...
MAIN FEATURES: Secretary of state for colonies: This was a cabinet minister in Britain and the secretary...
British colonial rule in West Africa started towards the end of 1898. Lagos was annexed and made...
The alimentary canal of man includes the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine or ileum, caecum, appendix,...
There are three types of account which customers can open in a bank. These are current, deposit...
Financial institutions refer to all business organisations which hold money for individuals and institutions and may borrow...
The advocates of Pan-Africanism propounded the need for racial harmony, mutual existence coupled with absolute equality and...
The nationalist movements played significant role in influencing Nigerians and propelling them towards the struggle for self-rule....
Nationalism may be defined as a certain form of unity which grows out of historical experience. It...
Joint ventures or enterprises can be defined as those businesses in which private investors and governments are...
A co-operative society is defined as a voluntary business organisation in which a group of individuals with...
FACTORS AFFECTING A POPULATION A number of factors referred to as environmental resistance control the population of...
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION Ecological succession is defined as the orderly series of changes occuring in plants and animals...
Aquatic habitat is a body of water in which certain organisms live naturally. In other words, aquatic...
Colonialism is defined as an imposition of a more developed culture over a less developed one, backed...
