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One of the big department store chains was the Leventis stores. It, along with Kingsway and UTC, formed the dominant names in the retail sector. These stores were stuffed with some of the best consumer goods from beyond the country’s shores and were visited by shoppers and spectators, who feasted their eyes and spent their cash on the attractively displayed merchandise.

While much emphasis is on the leaves, amazingly, all parts of this plant – the leaves and the seeds – have numerous medicinal, dietary, insecticidal, and health benefits.

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In fact, these humble-looking spaces are the centre of an industry worth at least ₦25 billion. They, along with the leather cobblers and stores across Nigeria, employ people in the hundreds of thousands. They’re also hanging bags on countless shoulders, and covering innumerable human feet.

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Remarkably, the core of the pineapple is edible and contains valuable vitamins and nutrients. It also has great health benefits.

Perhaps the greatest pride of this sprawling urban complex is its major centre of commerce, the Onitsha Main Market. It’s a restless mix of modest looking stores, makeshift kiosks and fairly decent buildings, spreading out over the west of the city and down to the great Niger River. This mass of structures, swarming with tens of thousands of people on a regular day, is the heartbeat of the metropolis.

It can be used by a skilled drummer to practically imitate any word, phrase or even sound, and used traditionally as a means of communication. It is ann hourglass shaped drum with two drum heads on either side connected by leather tension strings that allow the drummer manipulate its pitch. It is played using a curved stick.