The Health and Nutritional Benefits of Pepper Fruit

 By Grace Aura Akpan

The Health and Nutritional Benefits of Pepper Fruit

Pepper fruit is one of the most useful and essential plants that is widely consumed by the inhabitants of West Africa due to its distinctive spicy taste.Pepper fruit, which is botanically called Dennettia tripetala belongs to the plant family of Annonaceae. Pepper fruit is called Mmimi in Ibo, Ako in Edo, Nkarika in Ibibio, and Ata igbere in Yoruba.
Pepper fruit is a pep-perish, pungent, spicy medicinal plant that is characterized by greenish appearance when unripe

Principles of Good Parenting Part 2

This post is a continuation of our previous post “Principles of Good Parenting Part 1”
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Principles of Good Parenting

The following principles should be adhered to if we are to raise our children in the proper way.

1. Be clear about your values.

Tell your children your stand & belief on sensitive & important issues. Good character is both taught & caught. If we want these children to internalise the virtues that we value, we need to spell out what we believe & why. We are to seize every opportunity in our daily lives as parents to engage children in moral conversation.

2. Model & teach your children good manners. 

Ensure that all family members use good manners in the home. Teach your children the golden rule that in their

Principles of Good Parenting Part 1

Principles of Good Parenting

Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting & supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.
There is nothing that makes a parent happier than to look back & be satisfied with what his or her children has achieved in life. Raising successful happy children is one of the most challenging jobs a parent can have & it is also one of the rewarding when everything falls in place.  
A major challenge today is that a lot of parents has failed in their primary responsibility of parenting their children properly & in a healthy way. Today most parents have shifted the responsibility of parenting their children to care-givers, church leaders, & school teachers. In this information driven

The Health & Nutritional Benefits of Banana

The Health & Nutritional Benefits of Banana

Banana is scientifically called Musa Acuminate & it is a fruit that is available all year round. It is planted mainly in the tropical & subtropical regions of African, American, Asia, the Canary Islands & Australia, and its scientific name. Banana grows in clusters, varies in size, colour & firmness. The banana fruit is usually long & curved with soft flesh rich in starch, & is usually covered with a rind which may be green, yellow, red, purple or brown when ripe.

Composition of Banana

Banana is extremely nutritious, rich in potassium,