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What is the difference between pest control and fumigation?

Fumigation is one of the many solutions we use to control pests. Etega Living is committed to providing quality cleaning, pest control and fumigation services of international standards. Pest control, from the name is simply the control of pests in any given environment. Such pests could be geckos, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats, bed bugs, ants and termites. The most common pest control method is the fumigation method which involve...

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Championing sustainable development

Ini Onuk, Lead Consultant/CEO of ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited, Lagos, has urged media practitioners to explore the opportunities inherent in social media for investigating and disseminating stories on CSR. Speaking during a three–day residential training hosted by the firm for professionals drawn from the print, electronic and online media organizations, Onuk illustrated her point with an August, 2010 Harvard Business School report titled: United Breaks Guitars; in which Dave Carroll, a prof...

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Dangote: The “What” that makes him tick”

“Nigeria is really the best place to invest. It is the best kept secret actually in terms of investment” – Aliko Dangote.

 With an estimated current net worth of around US$ 11.2 billion, he was ranked by Forbes as the richest Nigerian citizen. He is the second richest person of African descent in the world, after Mohammed Al Amoudi ($12.5 billion) while Oprah Winfrey ($2.7 billion) is third. Aliko Dangote, born on April 10th, 1957, is the founder and president of Dangote Group, a consortium, Sub-...

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Miles High, With Adesuwa

ADESUWA ONYENOKWE, indeed, knows her salt. A graduate of Dramatic Arts and a Masters degree holder in Language Arts with over 26 years in journalism, Adesuwa is a leading professional in the media and publishing business. She is the publisher and Editor-In-Chief of Today’s Woman, TW, a publication of Media Development Concepts, with a distribution network that covers the major cities of the country.  In this interview with IBUKUN SOFOWORA AND MAYOWA ARANSIOLA, she discusses her vision and aspira...

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Goddy Ikeh Joins Board Of Shophar Nigeria Ltd,Publishers Of Business Eye Magazine

Ikeh, an author and business writer, has a long record of interest and involvement in journalism training and media relations as well as energy and environmental issues.

Before his appointment as CEO/Managing Editor of Business Eye, Ikeh was the Chief Executive Officer and Lead Consultant of Fortworth Communications Agency and Editorial Consultant to Business Eye. The firm has national and international practice.

Apart from working for the News Agency of Nigeria for more than 28 years and retiring...

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Achebe Won't Sell Book Title For $1million

Nigerian Literary Icon, Albert Chinualumogu Achebe sees Curtis Jackson known as 50 Cent's Reuse of his book's title for his own film as an insult and rejects his $1m offer to hold onto the title.

Things Fall Apart -Achebe's classical novel published in 1958, his first book which was accepted worldwide and rated as Nigeria's most famous English novel listed as the most-read in modern African literature book is now being used again by Cent as the title of his own film already premiered in March at ...

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Awesome, Nigeria's First Kilimanjaro Mountaineer

Nigerian Mountaineer, Awesome Joshua Hope, successfully became one of the League of World's Venerable Mountain Climbers to reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Demonstrating uncommon courage, extraordinary perseverance and commitment to his passion, he, with determination sealed his place in history and earned the glory as the first Nigerian to conquer the mountain. And when he hit the highest point – the Uhuru Peak, he hoisted the Nigerian flag and left it fluttering gracefully in the chilly, hig...

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VC Bags Trans African Merit Award

VC bags Trans African merit award

Prof. Dada Adelowo, Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ado-Ekiti, UNAD emerged as 2011 winner of Trans African Merit Award for Excellent Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility. Adelowo was presented the award which was in recognition of his achievements, especially in the critical terrain of training and capacity building for workforce in Minna, Niger State, on July 18th by the Trans African Links Overseas Network Limited Worldwide.

Adelowo was de...

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Patience Jonathan Bags Doctorate Degree from Uniport

FIRST Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is among five eminent Nigerians to be conferred with honorary doctorate degrees at this year’s convocation ceremony of the University of Port Harcourt.

Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Ajienka, who made this known, weekend, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said of the 8,221 graduands for the programme slated for June 18, 16 bagged first class honours, adding that the best graduating student, Dietake Oke had a cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.68...

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Adeoye takes over PHCN Lagos Transmission Company

The management of PHCN on Friday announced the appointment of Engr. Sabit Adeoye as the Acting General Manger Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Lagos Region.

A statement issued by Mrs Celestina Osin, Manager, Public Affairs TCN made available to the News men in Lagos on Friday said that before his appointment, Engr Adoye was the Assistant General Manager Transmission Ikeja West Sub-region.

Oshin said that Engr Adeoye took over from Engr James Akinremi who recently retired from the organisation...

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