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Awareness and practice of contraception among female secondary school students in Uyo, Nigeria

Ibom Medical Journal, 2017
Background: Adolescent sexual activity is very prevalent in many countries. Unprotected premature sexual intercourse results in a high incidence of induced abortion, unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Utuk NM, Abasiattai AM, Edu EB
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(Re)connections, Relationships, and Spiritual Expressions: Gleanings from a Transatlantic Writing Project

African Christian Theology
A Nigerian TWP participant of Ibibio ancestry reflects upon her first visit to Jamaica and to the sobering discovery that historically, 15% of Nigerians trafficked to Jamaica were Ibibios.  Calling this a “serendipitous moment” of academic endeavour, the
Jessie Ini FUBARA-MANUEL
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Tracing Roots: Origin and Migration of the Western Nsit Clan in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

Genealogy
This study traces the origin and migration of the Nsit Clan of the Ibibio ethnic nationality, focusing on its distinct characteristics. The origin and migration of the Western Nsit Clan in the Niger Delta of Nigeria constitute a complex historical ...
Uwomano Benjamin Okpevra, Thomas Effiong Thomas   +1 more
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Application of the Socio-Ecological Model to predict physical activity behaviour among Nigerian University students

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: physical activity among university students is a catalyst for habitual physical activity in adulthood. Physical activity has many health benefits besides the improvement in academic performance.
Inimfon Aniema Essiet, Anisah Baharom, Hayati Kadir Shahar, Benjamin Uzochukwu   +3 more
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Antiinflammatory and Antipyretic Activities of Stem Extract and Fractions of Telfairia occidentalis in Rodents

Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry
Telfairia occidentalis Hook (Family-Cucurbitaceae) is a vegetable employed in Ibibio traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases such as malaria and fever among others.
Jude E Okokon, Chinyelu C. Osigwe, Uwaeme Ugonma Florence, Ukeme Essien Andrew   +3 more
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Neo-Colonialism and the Emancipation of Indigenous Religions of Africa: Reconnoitring Reformist Possibilities

Religions
Africa is considered to be the second largest continent of the world—only subsequent to Asia. However, its intellectual and cultural contributions to the world remain among the least influential, if not the most undermined, particularly when one ...
Joel Mokhoathi
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Hepatoprotective effect of hydromethanolic leaf extract of Musanga cecropioides (Urticaceae) on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury and oxidative stress

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2018
الملخص: أهداف البحث: تكتسب منتجات مضادات الأكسدة الطبيعية شعبية كعلاجات لمختلف إصابات الكبد المرضية. ويُستخدم مستخلص أوراق موسانجا سيكريبيوديز أرتيكَيشيا في الطب التقليدي لعلاج اليرقان واعتلالات كبدية أخرى في أبيبيو بنيجيريا. قيّمت هذه الدراسة التأثيرات
Lucky L. Nwidu, PhD, Yibala I. Oboma, MSc, Ekramy Elmorsy, PhD, Wayne G. Carter, PhD   +3 more
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Monophthongisation and Vowel Lengthening in Educated Ibibio English [PDF]

, 2020
The major preoccupation of this paper is to study monophthongisation and vowel lengthening in Educated Ibibio English with a view to explaining the lengthening of vowels in final open stressed syllables.
Essien, Dr. Nkereke M.
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The Dynamics of Graphics in Ibibio Traditional Art [PDF]

, 2018
From a modernist perspective, it may be difficult to ascribe graphics to any form of traditional African art. This could be due to the embrace of western values by Africans, and of modernity on the one hand, and the overwhelming negative influence of ...
Sampson, Akaninyene John
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Ibibio Libation Performances and Worldview

, 2013
A Thesis in the Department of English Submitted to the Faculty of Arts in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of IbadanLibation among the Ibibio involves invocations, incantations and ...
Usoro, R. O.
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