Vaccinations/Immunization schedule for infants and children

What is Immunization/Vaccination? Immunization is the production of immunity by artificial means which may be passive with antisera or active vaccine whereas Vaccination is the use of antigens to stimulate the body to produce its own antibodies. When your baby receives Immunization, he/she will be able to fight the infection that the …

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Benue State: History, Location, People and Geography

Benue is a State in the middle-East region of Nigeria, it has a population of about 2.8million based on the 1999 census record; its total land area is 34,059km2 and it is among the 11th in the country. Benue State has its capital at Makurdi and its GDP was estimated in 2007 to be …

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Lack of Knowledge, a reason to the cause of Business Failure

The second reason why Businesses fail is because the founders lack knowledge. They started the business without a sound knowledge of the kind of business. If you want to start a business, make sure you read everything regarding the business from different sources because it helps you to anticipate the types of …

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Escarpment: Definition, Formation and Examples

Escarpment definition An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that is formed as an effect of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations. Usually escarpment is used interchangeably with scarp. However, some sources differentiate the two terms, where escarpment refers to the margin between two …

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Plateau: Meaning, Formation, Types, Location and Importance

Plateau is often refers to a high plain or a tableland, it is a magnificent landform that can be found in many parts of the world; a plateau has some similarities with a Mesa and because of these similarities, people often confuse both landforms to mean the same thing, hence a mesa is smaller in size …

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Gully Erosion on the Jos Plateau, Impacts and Solutions

According to history, tin mining started in 1904 when tin deposit was discovered in the Jos Plateau, it later reached its peak in 1970s; areas such as Barkin Ladi, Bukuru, Ropp, Hypang, Lamingo, Rayfield, Rafin Zeti, Zawan, and Gidan Mai Gandu are the common places where tin are mined in Jos. This …

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