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JAMB Directs Candidates to Check their Results On Its Website Candidates who recently participated in the JAMB 2018 Exercise are enjoined to visit the board’s website for their results. This call was made by the Head of Media of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin at a news conference on Tuesday in Bwari, Abuja. Benjamin said the results had been scrutinised and released on its website and directed candidates to visit the Board’s website for their results. Candidates are therefore to disregard the rumour that results are fake He however explained that the results would be released in batches to enable candidates who have already taken the examination to check them. The 2018 UTME began on March 9 and is scheduled to finish on March 17, 2018.

Kidney stone disease , also known as urolithiasis , is when a solid piece of material (kidney stone) occurs in the urinary tract . Kidney stones typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. A small stone may pass without causing symptoms. If a stone grows to more than 5 millimeters (0.2 in) it can cause blockage of the ureter resulting in severe pain in the lower back or abdomen. A stone may also result in blood in the urine, vomiting, or painful urination . Most stones form due to a combination of genetics and environmental factors. [2] Risk factors include high urine calcium levels , obesity , certain foods, some medications, calcium supplements , hyperparathyroidism, gout and not drinking enough fluids. [2][8] Stones form in the kidney when minerals in urine are at high concentration. [2] The diagnosis is usually based on symptoms, urine testing, and medical imaging. Who is at risk for kidney stones? Anyone may develop a kidney stone, but people with ...

The Igbo people  are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria. Geographically, the Igbo homeland is divided into two unequal sections by the Niger River – an eastern and a western section. The Yoruba people are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin. Together, these regions are known as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute over 40 million people in total. When someone says “One Nigeria”, many Nigerians internally scoff. Some even go as far as doing it on the outside. This is because Nigeria is full of many tribes who do not seem to have a lot in common. But when you look closely, many Nigerian tribes have many things in common such as culture, food and even languages. The Yorubas and Igbos may seem to be as different as the sun and moon. But they have lots in common, especially in language. Here are 8 words you’d find in both Yoruba and Igbo languages , although...

Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, or as epifamily Termitoidae within the cockroach order Blattodea. Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from close ancestors of cockroaches during the Jurassic or Triassic. In Nigeria , termites are usually roasted and eaten as food , mostly during the rainy season The flying termites are usually collected while flying or after their wings have fallen off. During collection, these termites are added in bucket or bowl of water after which they are properly cleaned. Recent studies suggest that , in addition to their ecological importance , termites are a source of medicinal and food resources to various human populations in various locations of the world , showing their potential for being used as an alternative protein source in human or livestock diets , as well as a source for new medicines.  Mac...

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A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or traditions. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Festivals that celebrate tradition and display history are common to peoples and cultures all over the world. In Nigeria, the many and varied festivals are usually colourful avenues through which the cultural heritage of the people is showcased and celebrated. Artistic presentations, singing and dancing and so on characterise these festivals and each of the diverse cultures in Nigeria has one or the other that has refused to lose relevance, in spite of the influences of modernisation and Western religions. 8 FAMOUS FESTIVAL IN NIGERIA (1) ARGUNGU FESTIVAL  The Argungu F...

I NOTICED MEN WORE SKIRTS IN THIS BIBLE PASSAGES, SO AFTER ALL, SKIRTS WERE MEANT FOR MEN, BUT RELIGION HAS TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN OR WAS IT BEEN SKIPPED BY OUR CLERGIES INTENTIONALLY? Deuteronomy 22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discovers his fathers SKIRT Deuteronomy 27:30 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovered his fathers' SKIRT. And all the people shall say Amen Ruth 3:9 And he said, who are thou? And she answered, i am Ruth thine housemaid: spread therefore thy Skirt over thine housemaid; for thou art a near kinsman. 1 Samuel 15:27 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he cut off Saul's Skirt 1 Samuel 24:11 Moreover,my father,see,yea,see the Skirt of thy robe,and killed thee not,know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and i have not sinned against thee;yet thou huntest my soul to take it Psalm 133:2 It is like the precious ointment up...