How To Choose An Estate Agent In Nigeria

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How do you choose an estate agent in nigeria?

There are so many unprofessional estate agents who lack the training and customer service in dealing with clients.

There are several ways:

1. Ask questions about your local area.

2. Visit the office - check out the presentation and layout of the office.

3. Do they offer FREE Newsletters?

4. Do they have a Website? This is essential in today's internet world.

5. What marketing tools do they use to market your property?

6. Did they give you a business card on your first visit?

7. Are they qualified?

8. Where do they advertise your property?

9. Can they offer interior decorating tips to make your property sell faster?

10. What strategic partnerships have they joined to offer you the best service?



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How To Make Moi - Moi - NIGERIA RECIPE

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING MOI - MOI

• Two to three cups dried cowpeas (black-eyed peas) or similar
• One tablespoon dried shrimp powder
• One large or two medium peeled or chopped tomatoes, or canned tomatoes or two tablespoons of canned tomato paste
• One large or two medium chopped onions
• Salt or knorr (to taste)
• Black pepper (to taste)
• Chile pepper, chopped, to taste
• Cayenne pepper or red pepper, to taste
• Vegetable oil to grease muffin tin

OTHER INGREDIENTS YOU CAN PUT IN IT - Select the ones you like

• Cooked shrimp, chopped
• Cooked carrots, finely chopped
• Cooked peas
• Sweet green or red pepper (bell pepper)
• One Hard-boiled egg
• Dried, salted, or smoked fish; washed, cleaned and torn into small pieces
• Dried shrimp or prawns, washed and crushed
• Canned sardines
• Leftover cooked meat, cut into small pieces
• Dried or smoked meat, torn into small pieces
• Canned corned beef

HOW TO COOK IT

Clean the black-eyed peas in water in a large pot.

Cover them with boiling water and soak them for at least an hour or overnight.

After soaking them, rub them together between your hands to remove the skins.

Rinse to wash away the skins and any other debris. Drain them in a colander.

If the beans have soaked only a short time, they may be cooked in water over a low heat until they are partially tender.

Crush, grind, or mash the black-eyed peas into a thick paste.

Slowly add enough water to form a smooth, thick paste.

Beat with a wire whisk or wooden spoon for a few minutes.

A tablespoon of oil may be added.

In a separate container combine all other ingredients and crush and stir them together until they are thoroughly mixed.

Add the other ingredients to the black-eyed pea paste and stir to make a smooth mixture.

Grease the muffin pans (or tin cans).

Scoop the Moi-Moi mixture into your pans (or cans), allowing some room for it to rise while cooking.

Place the pans (or cans) in a baking dish partially filled with water.

Bake in a medium-hot oven for about a half-hour.

Moi-Moi in tin cans can also be steamed in a large covered pot on a stove.

Check for doneness with a toothpick or sharp knife, as one would for a cake.


ANOTHER METHOD OF COOKING MOIN-MOIN

Wrap the Moin-Moin mixture in banana leaves or aluminum foil to make small packets.

Cook the packets by steaming them in a large pot, using a rack to keep them out of the water.

You can serve hot or at room temperature.


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How To Make Scotch Egg - NIGERIAN RECIPE

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING SCOTCH EGGS

• Sausage meat (turkey, pork or italian sausage),
• Seasonings (use sage, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper).
• 8 shelled hard-boiled eggs
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 medium egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups fine breadcrumbs, for coating
• Oil for frying (Vegetable, Groundnut or Canola)

HOW TO COOK IT

In a small bowl combine sausage meat with sesaonings.

Divide sausage into 8 equal portions, flatten each portion to about 1/8-inch thickness.

Roll each egg in flour and place on top of each sausage patty.

Use each sausage patty to wrap around each egg until it is completely encased, pressing edges together to seal (wet or floured hands make this easier as the sausage gets really sticky).

Beat the egg in a shallow dish and place breadcrumbs on a flat plate.

Dip each sausage-coated eggs in beaten egg and roll in crumbplace eggs in oil and fry till golden brown turning it every now and again so it browns evenly.


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How To Make Puff - Puff - NIGERIAN RECIPES

INGREDIENTS FOR PUFF - PUFF

• Sugar
• Flour
• Warm Water
• Vegetable Oil
• Frying Pan

HOW TO COOK IT

Mix yeast in warm water and pour inside floor, mix all together.

It can't be too hard or too soft, let it rise as desired.

Heat enough vegetable oil in pot for frying.

Drop small balls into the fat and start frying.


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How To Cook Egusi Stew or Soup - NIGERIA RECIPE

INGREDIENTS FOR EGUSI STEW

• 250g 8oz fresh beef chucks
• 500g / llb bushmeat
• 500g / lib stockfish (pre-soaked)
• 500g / lib smoked dry fish
• 250g / 8oz oxtail
• 250g / 8oz cleaned tripe
• 2pt stock or water
• 300g /100z ground egusi
• 500g lib fresh tomatoes
• 250g / 8oz fresh peppers
• 2 large onionteaspoons iru
• 4 tablespoon ground crayfish
• 500g.llb fresh bitter leaf (washed to remove excessive bitterness)
• Use Knorr maggi or salt to taste - personally, I don't use salt.
  
  HOW TO COOK

Wash thoroughly the beef oxtail bushmeat and tripe.

Place a large pot with sliced onions season with salt add a drop of water or stock and cook for 30 minutes or until tender.

Add the washed dry fish and stockfish and cook for another 10 minutes.

When cooked mm into a large clean bowl. Wipe out the pot and place back on heat.

Pour the oil into the pot when hot add the ground tomatoes onions and peppers and fry for 10 minutes.

Add the ground egusi and iru stirring thoroughly and cook for 5 minutes.

Finally add cooked meats washed bitter leaf Crayfish and the stock. Allow to boil then simmer for 15 minutes.

Serve hot with any of the stiff puddings.


OTHER VEGETABLES THAT YOU CAN USE

Fresh waterleaf Soko Tete. Igbo ugwu and Uzouza leaves can also be used on their own or as a combination m the above recipe using the same methods.


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FREE Summer Activities to Do With the Children

• Family Games

On a nice sunny day, go to your local park with the kids and have different games such as 3-legged races, potato sack races, small ball on a spoon races, relay races, obstacle courses, or better still make up some games with the children. Also, this is great exercise for everyone and loads of fun.

• Go to the Local Library

You will find out that, children love to read in the library. Also, reading books is much better for your children than television. I try to go to the library with my children on Thursdays every week. They get the opportunity to read different books, borrow books, videos and use the internet. Library Membership is free for everyone.

• Watching the Clouds

Late at night, in your garden or your local park, spread out a blanket, have some popcorn or other snack and a cold drink and lay on the blanket with everyone’s head touching each other on the floor. Try and form different shapes with your bodies and watch the clouds. Ask the children to name what shape or animal they can see in the clouds. Or count the stars.

• Have a Yard Sale with Drink Stand

I am sure that, you will like to get rid of those unwanted, un-needed and unnecessary items that you have in your garage or loft.

You can make money with those things, and don't you just love making money? Also, children love making money, so allow them to set up a drink stand.

Tell them that, from the sale they make, they can tithe on 10%, Invest 50% and spend 40% on whatever they want. They can put the money to be invested in their piggy bank and save for that special toy they want to buy.

This will teach your children marketing, money management, and responsibility. Allow your children to make their own drink, their own stand, set their own price and to run their entire drink sale on their own.

• Water Fight

You can start your day by going to different place and then end the day with a water fight. You can use water guns, water balloons, squirt guns, cups of water or anything you can get your hands on. Attack each other with the water guns.


Other Games

o Jumping on the trampoline with the children.
o Riding bikes,
o Playing Tag
o playing catch
o Throwing Frisbee or flying disc
o Walking together around the neighbourhood.

• Swimming

Most children love to swim, and the most important benefit is that swimming is fantastic exercise! Some parents may be shocked to learn that children as young as 10 months old can learn to swim. All you have to do if you have a toddler is to buy a water proof diaper from http://www.swimpoolstore.com/.

You can visit your local swimming pool or a lake and swim. Teach your children as young as possible to swim, to dive, and to not be afraid of the water. There are several stages to learn when it comes to swimming from getting in the water period, to swimming underwater, to treading water and swimming in deep water and the sooner your child learns the easier, the experience will be for them. Some educational experiences can be fun and this is certainly one of them.

Fee will be for the entrance.

Ask at your leisure centre/swimming pool for the reduced price day for swimming. Normally called “Swim for 50pence” or something like that. If you don’t ask, you don’t know.

• Hiking and Camping

The great outdoors always offers unlimited entertainment, for everybody. It may sound like a nightmare to go walking through the woods with children, but once you get those children outside where they are actually able to exert their energy in a healthy way... you'll be quite impressed at how much fun your whole family is having. Read more about Hiking & Camping with Children for some tips.

FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES – INVOLVING MONEY

• Aquariums

Children love to go to aquariums. You can watch out for coupons in the newspapers or in retail shops that, offer KIDS GO FREE TO ATTRACTIONS. All you have to do is pay for the adult and the child goes free. If you are in the United Kingdom, it is always in the local paper in the month of May. Cut the coupons out and save a lot of money on entrance tickets.

Take your digital camera and take lots of pictures of the different fishes. It is an educative trip for the children and you. Save some more money by making your sandwich and drinks from home and taking them with you.


Amusement Parks and Zoos

Amusement parks and Zoos can be very expensive. But, you can save money on the FREE KID ENTRANCE TICKET. Remember that, your children are only children for a short period of time, and it is good to take advantage of these experiences.

Even if you are on a budget, you can still save some money for months just to be able to spend one day at an amusement park with the family and they children will thank you for it.

Consider that day you're family vacation. Make a big deal of it, look forward to it and enjoy yourselves while you're there.

• Fishing

If you decide to swim in a lake with the children. Then you can throw some poles out there as well and teach your children how to fish. Fishing fis a lot of fun, and it is great fun for the whole family. Try and read up on safety tips for teaching children to fish.

In conclusion,

You don’t have to spend thousands of money to have fun with the children. It can be free and fun. You can then repeat this every year with the children. And your children can do this with their own children as well.


Olubola Adeleye

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4 Reasons Why Children Should Take Swimming Lessons

Our main reasons for enrolling our children for swimming lessons are:

1. Safety -

This is the principal reason for taking our children swimming. While they are swimming, the children are taught about water safety on the first lesson. They also learn that, it is not safe for them to go into the pool if an adult is not present. In addition, they learn what to do if someone is downing and they should not run around the pool area in case they fall into the pool.

2. Fun -

So that, they can have fun while we go on holiday and they can go swimming with their friends. Children love the water, the splashing, the kicking and everything about it.

3. Promotes Confidence -

The look on a child's face when they learn a swimming skill is priceless. Our daughter can swim with her friends now.

4. Qualified Teachers -

The swimming teachers are qualified and they are able to teach our children more.
Definitely, swimming lessons helped boost confidence around our house we are so proud of our children.In conclusion, look in the Yellow Pages for qualified swimming teachers who have the swimming certificate. Better still, speak to other parents in your children’s school for the names and telephone nos of their leisure center.

To Children’s Your Swimming,


Olubola Adeleye

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