Category: Social
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Aladura is the branch of Christianity in Nigeria inspired by the 1918 Pentecostal movement of Anglican lay leader, Joseph Sadare, D.O Odubanjo, I.O Sanya, J.A Babatunde, and their friends in faith from which indigenous independent “praying” churches took its root. “Aladura” is a Yoruba word meaning “praying people” accentuating the belief of early adherents in…
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Hockey is a game played on the field or ice, where players hold sticks with a flat and rounded side to propel the spherical, hard and usually white ball with the aim of scoring a goal. An hockey team, like it is in football, is composed of eleven field players and a well protectively equipped…
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Lawn Tennis is a racket sport played individually or in teams on a hard surface of concrete, asphalt, or on clay or grass. A ball is being served over the net to a reciever on the other side of the net, and remains in play until a point is decided. To remain in play, the…
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Cervical Cancer is the second commonest cancer in Nigeria, after the breast cancer. Cervical cancer is sexually transmitted by the Human Papillous Virus (HPV). This turbulence in the human cervix is associated with risk factor such as smoking, and low diet in fruits and vegetable. The American Negro is reported to be twice at risk…
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Celestial Church of Christ is the most popular white garment-wearing church in Nigeria. Founded 1947 in Port-Novo, Dahomey (now Benin Republic) by Samuel Bilewu Oshoffa. The church was established in Nigeria through the activities of its early missionaries such as Mister Leyon, Most of the early missionaries in Nigeria were fishermen who had been attracting…
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Dada Adeshigbin was a 19th Century townsman and one of the principal founders of the African Bethel Church. Dada Adeshigbin was born in Owu in 1865. Hardly anything is known of his early life except that he was educated at the Breadfruit School, Lagos and later he was apprenticed to a famous tailor of his…
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Architecture, according to the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria is the art and science in theory and practice of design, erection, commissioning, maintenance and management and coordination of allied professional inputs thereto of buildings, or part thereof and the layout and master plan of such building or groups of building forming a comprehensive institution, establishment of neighbourhood…
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Enoch Adejare Adeboye; Pastor who in 2009 was recognised as one of the most influential people in the world by Newsweek Magazine, USA. Adeboye is the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, which is one of the largest and fastest growing Pentecostal churches in the world. Adeboye came in contact with the…
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Hasfat Abiola; social entrepreneur and activist daughter of Nigerian politician and philanthropist, MKO Abiola. Hasfat was born 1974 in Lagos. Her secondary education was in the University of Lagos Staff School, and Queen’s College, both in Yaba, Lagos. She was in Harvard College for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy with special concentration…
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Helicobacter pylori is a bacteria infection and one of the major causes of gastritis and peptic ulcer. Pertaining to early diagnosis of the infection, no single test alone can be used as the best defection method for Helicobacter pylori. However, the best detecting methods could be gram reaction, serology and PCR which detected H. pylori…