BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Investigations were conducted to obtain key entomological indices of Anopheles gambiae s.l. at Igbo-Ora, a rural community in south-west Nigeria. METHODS Mosquitoes were caught daily for a week from rooms where tenants had slept the previous night in each of the four months June, July (2001), and August, September (2002). Anopheles gambiae s.l. sibling species were PCR...

BACKGROUND Tobacco snuffing, like cigarette smoking, is known to be a common habit among the adults of Igbo communities in Nigeria. In view of the various pharmacological actions of nicotine and other additive constituents of tobacco snuff, there is growing concern that ascorbic acid, which is a vital antioxidant, and blood cell production or morphology may be affected. OBJECTIVE To investiga...

War as an acceptable component of intergroup relations is usually resorted to when every other option may have failed. This is given its usually devastating consequences on both individuals and groups. To a great extent the thirty-month Nigerian Civil War practically devastated the Igbo food economy and in particular its food production systems. However, given the need to survive, especially un...

The purpose of this study is to conduct a critical analysis posts and comments written in Igbo language on Facebook Twitter, which are automatically translated into English upon user request. main focus examine the accuracy translations provided by these social media platforms, such as for Igbo. Additionally, aims understand challenges presented barriers communication, shedding light linguistic...

The semen samples of 1,110 (one thousand, one hundred and ten) Igbo males attending infertility clinic, aged between 30-50 years were collected and analyzed. The specimens were collected and analysed in the microbiology laboratory of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, Eastern Nigeria. The standard method of masturbation after 3-5 days of prior abstinence from sex before s...

This paper advances a general account of word order in resultatives. My conclusions derive from consideration of several languages, both VO and OV. Featured from the first group are English, Igbo, Edo, Ambae, Paamese, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Thai, and Vietnamese; included in the second are German, Ijọ, Japanese, Malayalam, Kannada, Mizo, and Yi. Resultatives are single clause constructions comp...