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kola is an evergreen naturally growing tree up to 30m in height. The cultivated trees can reach 12-15 m in 12 years. Garcinia kola has a compact dense crown with erect, slightly drooping branches. The trunk is straight and cylindrical with smooth bark, which is dark-brown outside and pinkish inside. When wounded, the bark exudates sticky yellow water-proof latex, typical for the Clusiaceae family also known as Guttiferae.
Leaves are simple, opposite, obovate-elliptic with short acuminate apex. They are usually glabrous, dark green and can measure up to 20 × 6 cm. Flowering usually occur once per year.
Fruits are berries of globular, sometimes slightly flattened shape and the exocarp is velvety, reddish-yellow and the pulp is yellow/orange releasing a slightly apricot odour. Even though the pulp is edible, it is sour. The resinous taste prevents it from being commonly consumed.
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When Aminat Olurode completed a Banking and Finance programme from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, her prayer was to get a job in one of the banks and the prayer was answered when she was employed by one of the commercial banks in the country. She was deployed to the Ogbomoso branch of the bank and looking forward to a fulfilling and rewarding career in the banking industry.
As she was progressing at her workplace, she was hoping to get married and begin to raise her own family. But the dreams came crashing like a pack of cards when she was knocked down by a sport utility vehicle vehich suffered a break failure. Olurode had travelled to Ibadan from Ogbomoso to attend the marriage introduction of her friend. She was to be one of the bridesmaids of her friend and the introduction was the first step.
Are hospitals REALLY creaking under the strain of Covid before Christmas? NHS data shows trusts are STILL quieter than last December - with seven times fewer wards close to being full
Average intensive care ward occupancy down to 75 per cent from 84 per cent from the same time last year
15,465 people in hospital with Covid in England on Wednesday compared to 18,974 on worst day in spring
But statistics suggest the health service is, overall, coping better with its workload than it did last winter
By Oluwaseyi Oduneye-Ogunwomoju
Ibadan, Dec. 18, 2020 Mr Olaide Akinremi, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Science Research Institute , on Friday, commenced a three-day eye treatment for 5,000 residents of Oyo State.
Naija247news reports that Akinremi, representing Ibadan North Federal Consistency, made the medical outreach open to all the people of the state.
NAN also reports that the programme is being handled by no fewer than 15 medical personnel from the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Akinremi told Newsmen that the eye outreach was aimed at catering for people with sight challenges.
He said that the programme was about eye advocacy, whereby test would be carried out on the beneficiaries and adequate treatment given to them.
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For many African women, the subject of menopause is usually avoided and therefore shrouded in misconceptions. In this report by SADE OGUNTOLA, experts say that anxiety, mood change and depression are probably the earliest signals which often go unrecognised as symptoms of menopause.
For many women, menopause is a desired relief from menstruation; it eliminates the risk of pregnancy. For others, still desirous of having children, menopause is death knell. Many women are aware that their menstrual periods will cease someday, but they are mostly not aware of the accompanying changes to menopause. This makes them stressed, and confused when they start to suffer from these effects. Women may think that these symptoms are ominous signs of illnesses. This is worsened as these symptoms usually occur before the cessation of menstruation.