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KANO (NAN) The Emir of Kano,  Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi , on Saturday paid N3 million at the Central Prisons, Kano, to secure freedom for 11 inmates of the prison.  This is contained in a statement the Media Officer at the Emir’s palace,  Alhaji Sha’aban Ibrahim , on Sunday in Kano.  The statement said that the amount was fines option given the inmates by the courts at the time of their convictions.  It explained that the monarch secured the release of the inmates on humanitarian grounds, “due to either ill health or old age.”  The statement quoted the emir as urging the beneficiaries of the gesture to be of good conduct when they resumed public life and avoid issues that would take them back to prison.   Meanwhile, the emir has urged  Muslims in the state to imbibe the spirit of tolerance and sacrifice.  The emir made the call on Sunday while addressing Muslims after the Eid-El-Fitr prayer at the Kofar Mata ground in Kano. ...

TOPIC : RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES: THE NEED FOR STRATEGY, REVIEW. ABSTRACT A basic understanding of the fundamentals of risk assessment as well as risk management is an indispensable recipe in entrepreneurship and to the entrepreneur himself. Entrepreneurial ventures would be placed on a thin line if no proper attention is given to the management of risk as well as its assessment. Risk assessment precedes risk management. You cannot put the cart before the horse and expect a worthwhile output of profit I business activities. This is because without proper assessment of the risk, it would be difficult to manage risks in businesses, which is an inevitable component of entrepreneurial activities.  Risk assessment and management should not be done today from an amateur approach again. For a meaningful output in today’s businesses, there is need for the employment of an effective strategy in risk assessment and management. It is borne ou...

Abstract The provision of adequate housing to the citizenry has been a major challenge to governments in both developed and developing nations of the world. Housing is combination of characteristics for the purpose of providing a unique home within a given neighbourhood, thus, it is an array of economic, social and psychological phenomenon. This paper examines the development of housing units in a rural area in Nigeria and the provision of infrastructures with a view to ascertaining the sustainability of the housing environment.  The study revealed that for housing development to be sustainable, basic infrastructures such as electricity, water supply and waste disposal system had to be put in place. Considering the different models against which to measure the sustainability of the housing environment, there is still a lot to be achieved in the study area in the provision of basic infrastructures. Planning for housing and setting standards for the regulation of building construc...

A map shows a part or the whole of the earth's surface on a sheet of paper. Generally maps have lines of latitude and longitude on them. They show position of places. They also show directions and distances. Maps have signs and symbols on them too. A knowledge of such symbols and signs enables us to read and understand maps.     Scale is a critical aspect of map reading as it provides the relationship between the distances on the map and the actual distances on the Earth's surface. Here's how scale influences map reading: 1. **Distance Interpretation**: The scale of a map indicates how much smaller the map is compared to the actual area it represents. For example, a map with a scale of 1:100,000 means that one unit of measurement on the map (like 1 centimeter) represents 100,000 of the same units on the Earth's surface (like 100,000 centimeters or 1 kilometer). 2. **Precision and Detail**: Larger scale maps (like 1:10,000) show smaller areas with more detail, such as in...