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Oil Palm Plantation remains one of the most lucrative businesses any promising person can invest. Unlike the wild grooves, the new specie starts fruiting after 30 months of planting. The challenge has been on the technical know how. Many people lacked needed knowledge on how to go about it. The Center for Hybrid Economic Trees has been researching for years on how to make local farmers embrace new species and techniques of hybrid of oil palm farming. On this note, the management has released 48 paged manual on pratical guide on oil palm growing. The book is full coloured with picture illustrations. The book is available in Amazon Store. Go and get the book, click on this link that will take you to Amazon store:  A PRACTICAL GUIDE ON HYBRID OIL PALM PLANTATION

Eze Andrew Oforma popularly know as 'Oformatism' is the author of Contemporary Basic Concepts in Government and Politics. A scholarship work published in 2015. Over 1 million copy of the book has been sold. 

Terrorism Edelbacher and Kratcoski as cited in Maximilian Edelbacher (2018:26) note “An act defined as ‘terrorism’ is considered criminal in most of the penal codes of the countries of the world. However it is difficult to define what a terrorist act is, and the specific context (political, religious, revolutionary, nationalistic, state violence, etc.) in which the act is manifested must always be considered.” Several international organizations, including the United Nations and the European Union, have developed definitions of terrorism and have delineated the characteristics of terrorist acts. Frech (2001, p.2) uses the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) definition of terrorism, “The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of a political or social objective,” to illustrate the criminal nature of terrorism. According to Mueller  as cited in Maximilian Ed

Plagiarism Plagiarism is a serious academic theft. It simply means an act of copying or using another person’s idea or expression without giving credit to the originator. It is called intellectual property theft. Academic community detests any act of plagiarism even if it is your own previous work (self-plagiarism). An act of plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional. It can be unintentional when you express what another person has said without acknowledging the person because you were unaware that the idea has been expressed. Hence, it can also be intentional, when you deliberately expressed or copied another person’s idea or work without giving appropriate credit to the source. As stated in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, researchers do not claim the words and ideas of another as their own; they give credit where credit is due (APA Ethics Code Standard 8.11). More so, in accordance with APA and MLA rules, quotation marks sho

Research Proposal and Report The ability to engage in meaningful research and the skill to communicate the pieces of the research to colleagues (academic community) in a well ordered manner are cardinal qualities for success in the academic world (Oluikpe, 1982). First and foremost, project writing and report exist because there are issues or problems that needed to be solved. That is why the first mental stage in project writing is discovering of a problem. It is this problem that will propel one to make proposal on the issue. According to Omekwu and Okafor (2009:119), “every research process ideally begins with enquiry. The researcher thinks that there is a phenomenon to investigate, a problem to solve or a contribution to make…”  They went further to note that, after a researcher has convinced himself that there is a knowledge lacuna (gap) that his/her research will fill, the researcher then explores the existing universe of knowledge in order to know what others have accomplished i

Referencing Rules These are basic rules that govern documentations. Omekwu and Okafor (2009:121), summarize these rules as thus: A reference must be included every time you use someone else’s idea or information. A reference must be included when you paraphrase (express someone else’s idea in your own words). When you summarize (express someone else’s idea in a reduced form in your own words). When quote (express someone else’s idea in their exact words) or copy (reproduce a diagram, graph or table from someone else’s work). Each reference must appear in two places; in the text (in-text reference) and the end of the work (reference list). © Oformatism

Citations/References There are many types of citations or references format. These are: APA- American Psychological Association  Chicago manual of referencing style MLA- Modern Language Association Turabian citation style CSE- Council of Science Editor, etc.   Among all these, APA and MLA are the most pronounced and commonly used reference styles in a research work. The American Psychological Association (APA style) is the most frequently used style in research works especially in the field social sciences and education. MLA format is often used by those in Language and physical sciences. APA style is also known as “triple entry style.” We are going to treat their formats in details under reference section. These styles are periodically reviewed by the associations in their respective manual. APA manual is known as the Manual of the American Psychological Association. The latest edition is 6 th  edition released in 2010. On the other hands, MLA released publication is known as the Hand

Language Style In other to achieve a better result, a researcher should be economical with words (economy of expression). This is achievable by presenting ideas in an orderly manner and by being precise in expression. This section is very vital because some students do make mistake here, many students intend to impress audience by using highly powered vocabularies rather than simple English words. This can be attributed to the lack of in-depth knowledge in academic writings. The essence of language is to communicate or inform sharing (Ezeh, 2011). The language of a researcher should be coherent and direct to the point. There is no need for tautology and colloquialism except for technical reasons. The language style should be very simply and grammatically correct. What concerns academic community is its grammaticality and objectivity.   Writing Style Writing style, this is similar to language style. The latter beget the former. As stated in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of

Research Format and Design Every research report has established formats irrespective of field of study or discipline. Although, there may be minor differences, but that may be mainly on the methods of data collection and analysis. The structures or formats remain the same which can be largely divided into three parts: preliminaries, text and reference.   Page Layout This talks about text position in a document. As stated in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, every page should be as follows:   Use a 1 inch (2.54 cm) margin on all sides of each page - left or right, top and bottom. Text position should be only in the front page (i.e. text appears on one side of the paper - the reverse side should be blank).   Justification Left justify your margins; meaning that the left margin will be flush to the left side of the page and the right margin will be uneven (APA, 6).   Paragraph A paragraph is a subdivision of a written work that is made