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NAFAK 22 No. 1 Contents and Contributions

Crude oil sludge samples were obtained from storage tanks and microbial analysis was carried out to isolate, identify and characterize the possible crude oil utilizing microorganisms. The experiment was carried out with a view to determine the oxygen utilization, time required and the corresponding antithesis of minimizing or maximizing cost to obtain the optimum microbial growth potential in biodegradation process. An optimization model was developed based on linear programming which is an analytical technique used to determine the optimum solution to a decision problem.

Sex differentials exist in role performance in Nigerian traditional culture. Males regarded as superior sex are expected to engage in socio-economic and political activities outside the home, protect, and provide basic needs such as shelter for the family. Whereas, females regarded as inferior sex are expected to stay in the home, perform domestic chores, take care of husbands, relatives, bear and rear babies. These ideologies are the basis of socio-cultural stereotypes which exist in matrilineal societies.

This paper attempts to examine the menace of widowhood practices on the life of a widow and her offspring‘s when all that belongs to her have been taken or seized in accordance with the traditions and customs of the people. This occurs more often at the death of her spouse. Education is the only weapon that can spotlight her rights and subsequent assertion of same. Therefore, the need for every woman to be educated cannot be over emphasized.

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Such compounds as rotenoids, flavonoids and isoflavonoids have been isolated from various species of this family (Harborne, 1982; Khalid and Waterman, 1983). Debarked stems of Milletia recemosa (Leguminosae) have yielded some flavonoid compounds (Khalid and Waterman, 1983; Prakash and Kupradanam, 1994). Diatium finds application in African folk medicine which has given the impetus to the investigation of its stem for potent medicinal compounds.

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VOLUME 3 NO.1 APRIL, 2011