The Christian faith in the present era is undergoing serious difficulties and persecutions. And the causes of these are the multifaceted cultural, ideological and secular trends which have led to the expulsion of God from the public awareness. To avert these nasty trends and to curb some of their vestiges already present in the Nigerian society, especially in Igboland, the researcher has chosen to venture  into the study, the Christian faith and the challenges of culture based paranormal occurrences having the Igboland in view. To achieve  this goal, the researcher employs the methodological approach of analytic exposition as a veritable instrument for presenting the ideas. This study is, therefore, focused on unfolding the challenges of culture based paranormal occurrences on the manner reality is interpreted, tracing its implication in Igboland and its attendant consequences on the Christian faith.

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Yam production in West Africa is male dominated, despite the different roles played by various genders in its production. This male dominance creates gender gaps in terms of access to and control over yam production resources especially where agricultural interventions are not gender responsive. However, gender is dynamic and gender roles change for sustained yam productivity. A mixed method approach with the use of gender sensitisation workshops and a questionnaire survey was used to examine the changing gender roles and social dynamics in seed yam production. The results revealed that gender roles in seed yam production had changed and farmers of different genders were aware. The awareness of changes was because of the training and sensitisation interventions of the CAY-Seed project and the changes were partly as a result of the project’s interventions and the availability of already existing technologies that enabled men, women and youth to perform relevant roles. Seed cutting and planting, which were formally dominated by men were currently performed by women and the youth. Some males allocated some portions of their fields to their spouses for seed yam production. Women and youth had a stake in the decision-making processes in yam production, had control and took decision on their own yam production activities. Men accepted the need to empower women and youth in seed yam production to complement their efforts in providing for the household. These dynamics confirmed that gender roles were not fixed but have changed with time. It also depicted the importance of gender responsiveness in the development and implementation of agricultural development projects for enhanced productivity and food security.

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Trade in charcoal made from wood yields millions of dollars to developing states exporters every year. Regrettably, felling trees to produce charcoal eats up thousands of hectares of fertile land in such states annually harming humans, flora and fauna. This work found that the high demand of charcoal in the international market has made the trade in charcoal very attractive. The economic gains from this trade which has resulted in high numbers of traders of this article has reckoned beyond the adverse affects of the trade on the environment. Adopting the doctrinal methodology this work posits that charcoal trade is counterproductive, offends national commitments to addressing climate change, and prejudicial to the international community’s effort at dealing with climate change. It therefore, made useful recommendations towards addressing the problem, which include but not limited to a call for urgent review of extant global environmental governance regimes with the view to making charcoal trade unattractive.

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the learning situation of students taking online classes. There are some methods of online classes. But each method had its disadvantages. Among them, the method considered to be the best at the moment is for the teacher to live-stream lectures on time and check students’ conditions. However, in the case of practical training classes which require direct instruction from teachers, distributed schooling is recommended. In addition, students’ dissatisfaction with the school is thought to arise from the lack of human interaction. Office hours which allow students to interact with each other outside of school hours will be able to reduce the anxiety of students.

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