Historical Background Nigeria’s first military junta began following the 1966 Nigerian coup d’état which overthrew Prime Minister Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was made the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, but was soon overthrown and murdered in a coup in July of the same year. Reasons for Military
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Introduction A Tangent of a Circle has two defining properties: A tangent intersects a circle in exactly one place The tangent intersects the circle’s radius at a 90° angle Since a tangent only touches the circle at exactly one and only one point, that point must be perpendicular to a radius. To test out the
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Definition of Idiom The term refers to a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words. An interesting fact regarding the device is that the expression is not interpreted literally. The phrase is understood as to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply. Alternatively, it can be
Introduction Estuarine habitat is a body of water formed at the coast as a result of the action of tides which mix salt water from sea with fresh water from the land. The mixing of salt water and fresh water results in the formation of a brackish water. This brackish water is what is called
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Grammatical Structures: Revision on finite and non-finite clauses What is the structure of the following sentence? Deterred by the lack of future job prospects, many Nigerian secondary school students avoid science subjects. The sentence contains two clauses, and what follows the comma is the main clause. But what about the clause preceding the comma, ‘Deterred…
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Optical Instruments Optical instruments processes light waves to enhance an image for viewing or analyze light waves to determine number of characteristic properties. The very first optical instruments were telescopes and microscopes used for magnifications of images. Mirrors and lenses find their applications in very many walks of life. Since the days of Galileo, these
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ALKYNES An alkyne is a molecule made up entirely of carbon and hydrogen where on or more carbon atoms are connected by triple bonds. The general formula for an alkyne is CnH2n-2 where n is the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. Alkynes are named by adding the the -yne suffix to the prefix associated
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FAMILY BUDGET Household budget is a plan for future expenditure of a given household. Budgeting involves planning ahead on how to spend the total money or income that one earns. THE INCOME: This includes the money and other economic resources available to the family for meeting their needs. MONEY INCOME: This is the amount of
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Introduction Plant reproduction is the production of new individuals or offspring in plants, which can be accomplished by sexual or asexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction produces offspring by the fusion of gametes, resulting in offspring genetically different from the parent or parents. Asexual reproduction produces new individuals without the fusion of gametes, genetically identical to the
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Introduction: Dispersion is the splitting up of white light into seven colors on passing through a transparent medium like a glass prism. When a white light beam is passed through a prism, a band of seven colors are formed is known as spectrum of white light. The seven colors in the spectrum are red, orange,
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