Soil moisture is the water content of the soil, it can be expressed in terms of volume or weight. Soil moisture measurement can be based on in situ probes for example capacitance, probes, neutron probes or remote sensing methods. Water that enters a field is removed from a field by runoff, drainage, evaporation or transpiration. Whereas carbon is a chemical element that has a symbol C and atomic number of 6, it is non-metallic and tetravalent, meaning that its atoms are able to form up to 4 covalent bonds due to its valence shell exhibiting 4 electrons, it belongs to group 14 on the periodic table and makes up about 0.025 percent of earth crust.
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The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, has Government has described Postpartum Haemorrhage (bleeding after childbirth) as major cause maternal death.
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed against the judgments of the Federal High Court Abuja, and the Appeal Court, by a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan. Recall that the lower and appellate courts had sentenced Lawan to seven years imprisonment for receiving a $500,000 bribe while serving as the chairman of the House’s ad-hoc committee investigating the fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. Justice Angela Otaluka of the Federal court, held that Lawan demanded $3 million and received $500,000 from Femi Otedola in 2012 to remove Otedola’s oil company, Zenon Oil and Gas, from the…
Nigeria has not been policed for decades and the evidence to prove it is everywhere. Rural Nigeria and increasingly, urban Nigeria, are mot governed spaces but are continuously rampaged by terrorists, criminals, bandits, kidnappers, secessionists and insurrectionists. No one in this country is safe as even a presidential convoy has been attacked on the road under President Buhari. The one good thing happening currently is that these criminals are encircling and moving into the Nation’s capital, Abuja, and members of the ruling class are beginning to notice that they too are no longer safe. We thank God for his mercies.
The journey of the Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the square of success was not only tortuous but long-winded as there were traps and landmines all over the highway, however, God in His infinite wisdom and accuracy Has destined Ahmed Aliyu to be the Executive Governor of Sokoto state to the utmost chagrin and consternation of the opposition party and its people.
ASHENEWS reports that the Sokoto state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has accepted the ruling of the Supreme Court which affirmed Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of the state.
ASHENEWS reports that the Sokoto State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state over the victory of the party at the Supreme Court.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the sale of counterfeit Arla Dano 14g full cream Milk Powder across states in Nigeria.
Genetically enhanced (GE) crops, pesticides, and fertilizers have fueled an explosion in food production over the last six decades. Following the pioneering work of Norman Borlaug during the Green Revolution, agricultural output began a dramatic climb from just over $1 trillion annually in 1961 to more than $4 trillion per year in 2019. This staggering increase has spared more than a billion people from starvation and improved living standards worldwide. A large body of research and real-world experience have confirmed time and again that restricting access to better seeds and crop chemicals traps the poorest people in a cycle of poverty.
On July 23, 2023, this reporter traveled to Bukka village, a few kilometers away from the headquarters of Mokwa to meet with an old sick woman who was accused of witchcraft in Central Nursery and Primary School Mokwa (Yeko Rabba).