1. FEMALE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
Background Of The Study
Education is a tool for the sustainable development of any economy (Oyitso & Olomukoro, 2012). In the last two decades, there have been agitations that women should be involved in ensuring the sustainable development of a cou...
2. AN ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE COVERAGE OF KIDNAPPING IN THE SOUTH WEST NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF PUNCH AND GUARDIAN NEWSPAPERS
Background of the Study
During the past decade and a half, Nigeria had an extraordinary succession of agitations in the form of kidnappings and abductions, armed robberies, bombings, and carnages of varying magnitudes. Despite the fact that kidnapping h...
3. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AGITATION AND CLAMORING FOR RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA FEDERATION
Background of the study
For some months, the discourse of restructuring has dominated the public sphere, and this theme has been disseminated via the use of digital, print, and electronic media. Restructuring appears to be the in-thing currently in every quarter. Until...
4. AN EVALUATION OF ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA
Background to Study
The mass media comprises the means by which a society disseminates and receives information. The traditional instruments of the mass media to the modern man are the newspapers, magazines, radio and television. The Journalist is...
5. AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY ON THE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO STUDENTS UNREST IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ILE IFE OSUN STATE)
Background Of The Study
Higher institution is the institution which one attends to after his secondary school education. It is the apex form of education where one chooses his career. Olaitan (2004) stated that in Nigeria, it comprises of universities,...
6. AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY ON THE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO STUDENTS UNREST IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ILE IFE OSUN STATE)
Background Of The Study
Higher institution is the institution which one attends to after his secondary school education. It is the apex form of education where one chooses his career. Olaitan (2004) stated that in Nigeria, it comprises of universities,...
7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CRISIS AND MILITANCY ON TOURISM DESTINATION IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Tourism in recent times has developed significantly to become one of most rapidly growing industries in the world. According W.T.O (2002), ‘global economy is presently driven by three major industries and these are tec...
8. ETHNIC MILITIA AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Nigeria, a sovereign state with multi-ethnic groups was amalgamated in 1914 by Fredrick Lugard, the then Governor-General of the Federation. Prior to this period, each ethnic group was administered by traditional rulers with basi...
9. INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINE ON EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Discipline has been defined as a set of rules and regulations, rewards and punishment administered in order to teach self-control, increase desirable behaviour and decrease undesirable behaviour (Okoli, 1996). As Brown (2000) put...
10. FEMALE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
Background Of The Study
Education is a tool for the sustainable development of any economy (Oyitso & Olomukoro, 2012). In the last two decades, there have been agitations that women should be involved in ensuring the sustainable development of a cou...
11. UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
Background of the Study
Crime is one major problem, and a burning issue in which every society particularly a developing one is faced with. Nigeria as a developing country faces her own share of social, political, economic and cultural problems at diffe...
12. CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORMS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The system of local government administration practiced anywhere in the world, is dependent largely on the historical, geographical, sociological, political and economic life of the people. This is no less true of Nigeria with a long...
13. ANALYSIS OF IPOB AGITATION AND THE NEED FOR NATIONAL RESTRUCTURING IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the analysis of ipob agitation and the need for national restructuring in Nigeria using Ikwerre local government as case study.. Specifically, the study examined the cause of agitation of the IPOB commun...
14. ECONOMIC IMPLICATION OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Democratic government was installed in Nigeria in 1999 after more than 16 years of military dictatorship. The aspiration of the populace was that with the coming of civilian government the dividends of democracy will sprea...
15. FISCAL FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA: THEORY AND DIMENSIONS
ABSTRACT
The dynamism and complexity of Nigeria’s federalism has attracted academic scrutiny. This is because it has generated so many problems capable of threatening the corporate existence and continuity of the Nigerian state. This research, the...
16. EFFECT OF BUILDING MATERIAL COST ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the effect of building material cost on housing development in Nigeria using public and private contractors involving civil engineers and quantity surveyors in Imo State as a case study. Specifically, the...
17. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION INTO PIPELINE VANDALISM IN NIGER DELTA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the course of its history, the petroleum sector in Nigeria, which has the bulk of its establishments located inside the Niger Delta Region, has been faced with two issues that have sapped its resources. The predominance of i...
18. AN ANALYTICAL CRITIQUE OF THE FIVE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF NIGERIAN EDUCATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRENDS IN THE COUNTRY
Background to Study
Education is the power that is destined to remove all artificial inequalities and leave the natural inequalities to find their true level. This includes artificial inequalities in caste rank, title, race, and gender, amongst others,...
19. ENDSARS PROTEST AND POLITICAL AWARENESS OF STUDENT (A CASE STUDY OF AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA)
Background of the Study
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, often known as SARS, is a special police force that was founded in 1992 to combat the rising number of armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom committed by criminal groups operating throughout N...
20. ASSESSING THE POPULARITY OF TWITTER USAGE AFTER the BAN LIFTING IN NIGERIAN: A STUDY OF UNIBEN STUDENTS
Background Of The Study
People have long recognized social media as a means of human interaction in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual groups and networks. Because of the increasing popularity of social med...
21. ASSESSMENT OF POLICE BRUTALITY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ENDSARS PROTEST)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Police brutality has occurred all across the globe and continues to be a serious worry for society and police agencies. This cruelty includes attacks, deaths resulting from the use of force, harassment, etc. According to Amnesty...
22. SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE
Background of the study
Security concerns are taken very seriously all throughout the world. It is widely acknowledged as one of a state's most basic tasks. Security has always been an important aspect of human existence and sustenance, and it may b...
23. SOCIAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED(OR QUOTED) MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA
Background to the study
Social accounting is the branch of accounting that assists a business in being accountable to all of its stakeholders in all of its operations and activities. Social accounting practices are concerned with the gathering and disse...
24. THE INFLUENCE OF ENDSARS PROTEST ON POLITICAL INTEREST OF NIGERIA YOUTH
Background of the Study
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or SARS, is a special police team that was established in 1992 to counteract the escalating number of armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom carried out by criminal organizations operating acro...
25. THE SOUTH WEST AGITATION AND CLAMOUR FOR NIGERIA’S RESTRUCTURING IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
Background of the study
Nigeria's federalism since the pre-independence era has been a cause of considerable debate. More controversial is her return to democratic rule in 1999, which has resulted in the emergence of a new form of politics cen...
26. THE PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME FOR PEACE BUILDING INITIATIVES IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION
Background of the Study
The Niger Delta is the major hub of the Nigerian economy, but continues to linger in violence occasioned by multifarious social, political and environmental issues. Dudu and Odalonu (2016) confirmed that the Niger Del...
27. POVERTY AND YOUTH RESTIVENESS IN NIGERIA AN EVALUATION OF THE BOKO HARAM CRISIS
Abstract
Over the years, Nigeria was experienced series of attacks, agitations, restiveness and blests ranging from diverse regions and localities. References are; hostage thing in the south-south region, the Niger Delta militancy crisis, the Boko Haram crisis in Northe...
28. IMPACTS OF VALUE ADDED TAX REFORMS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Regular rulers and local regulation enforcement merchants acquired money from their citizens in order to support development programs in their communities in the eighteenth century, and the Nigeria tax device may be traced back t...
29. POLITICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE CREATION
Abstract
Agitations for state creation are almost as old as the Nigerian nation. The more states that are created, the more the problem they are intended to solve persists. Just as the exercises enfeeble the constituent units vis-à-vis the federal government so d...
30. THE ROLE OF FAMILY COUNSELLING IN REDUCING RATE OF DIVORCE
Background of the study
Family is the first place of association in a ma’s life and the family has a greater influence in the life of a person. The formation of the grassroot level of the society starts with the family and the small form of government is the famil...
31. WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONS: A DESIDERATUM OR A MERE FEMINIST UTOPIAN AGENDA?
Background of the Study
It would appear correct to say that the subject of women’s rights is one of the most contentious and seemingly nebulous aspects of human rights j...
32. SECURITY CHALLENGES AND ECONOMY OF THE NIGERIAN STATE
Abstract
This study examines security challenges and economy of the Nigerian state . The paper seeks to find out the extent to which the internal security problems have adversely impacted on the Nigerian economy within the above pe...
33. PRODUCTION OF BLACK AND BROWN POLISH BROWN POLISH
ABSTRACT
This project is aimed at producing black and brown polish of good quality. For clearity, polish is a substance rubbed on the surface of materials to make them smooth and shiny. Polish has being of immense importance in protecting leather surf...
34. ANTIDIARRHOAEL EFFECT OF METHANOL STEM BARK EXTRACT OF HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA (EUPHOBIACEAE) IN LABORATORY ANIMALS
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antidiarrheal activity of the methanol stem bark extract of Hymenocardia acida in some laboratory animals. They methanol stem bark extract of Hymenocardia acida (MEHA) was prepared from the freshly collected stem bark of th...
35. LEGAL EFFECT OF CUSTOMARY LAW MARRIAGES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The conflict in customary law is a theme that permeates the history of colonialism in Nigeria and indeed Africa. It is a fact that, global interaction has created a world of cultural evolution among nations but in our situation, the many years...
36. AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE NIGER DELTA STATES IN RELATION TO OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF MINERAL RESOURCES UNDER NIGERIAN LAW
ABSTRACT
Natural resources worldwide are a gift of nature and an endowment of comfort that makes the existence of mankind complete. As nature’s priceless gift to man and because nature’s endowment of these resources is without reference to people or nation, the subject of ow...
37. AN APPRAISAL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROOF IN THE HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF ELECTION PETITION IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Election petition is the only viable and recognized alternative open to any person or party dissatisfied with the conduct of an election under our laws to ventilate his or her grievance(s). Over the years litigants/petitioners have continued to patronize the election petition t...
38. AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF TRADE UNIONISM UNDER NIGERIAN LAW: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS
ABSTRACT
The writer was motivated to write on the subject of unionism with reference to the Nigeria Labour Congress owing to criticisms labeled by Nigeria on the role played by the congress. The writer’s desire of changing this negative perspective of the role of unionism became t...
39. ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS AND THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: AN AGITATION FOR LEGAL FRAMEWORK
ABSTRACT
Nigeria as an Independent state with different ethnic and religious groups over the years experienced a number of ethno-religious conflicts which have claimed lives and properties. The consequence of this is the displacement of many inhabitants which are referred to as Internal...
40. LEGAL APPRAISAL OF TAXATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The tax regime of small and medium business enterprises was a snow ball of international agitation specially international monetary fund (IMF). To Nigeria Government to diversify her revenue base from Petroleum tax which consisted of 80% percent of the total revenue. Consequent...
41. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF JOHN LOCKE’S SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY ON GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA (1999 – 2000)
ABSTRACT
Nigeria is a multi-ethnic society with a conglomerate of nations each with distinct and unique identities and values but fused together as a state by European imperialism in Africa as perfected by British colonialism. Since the advent of British rule following amalgamation of t...
42. POVERTY AND YOUTH RESTIVENESS IN NIGERIA AN EVALUATION OF THE BOKO HARAM CRISIS
ABSTRACT
Over the years, Nigeria was experienced series of attacks, agitations, restiveness and blests ranging from diverse regions and localities. References are; hostage thing in the south-south region, the Niger Delta militancy crisis, the Boko Haram crisis in Northern Nigeria (which...
43. PERCEPTIONS OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION (U.B.E) PROGRAMME
Background to the Study
Education is very important for the development of individuals and the society. In realization of the role which education plays in national development the government of Nigeria has introduced various educational policies and programmes with gre...
44. THE UNWANTED METAMORPHOSES OF THE USMAN DAN FODIO’S JIHAD AND SHARIA IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
It is the view of some scholars and authors like Danjibo (2012), that in the middle years of the twentieth century, it was assumed that secularism would make religion irrelevant in the politics of mankind. This is because human beings were expect...
45. KINETICS AND ENGINE PERFORMANCE OF BIODIESEL PRODUCED FROM SELECTED NON EDIBLESEEDSOILS USING ACTIVATED CLAY CATALYSTS
ABSTRACT
The kinetics and engine performance of biodiesel from African pear seed oil (APO) and Gmelina seed oil (GSO) by modified clay catalysts were carried out. The catalyst was synthesized by activating it with heat, phosphoric acid and sodium hydroxide. They were characterized using...
46. LANGUAGE, IDEOLOGY AND POWER IN NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATION OF ETHNIC INTEREST GROUPS IN NIGERIA
. Background to the Study
The landmark event of January 1, 1914, wherein Lord Frederick Lugard amalgamated what was then the Northern and Southern Protectorates with the Colony of Lagos to form the entity known as Nigeria marked the beginning of coexistence under one political roof of p...
47. PSYCHO-SOCIAL INFLUENCE OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Tobacco is one of the most important public health problems worldwide. Particularly, in developing countries it has been reported that among all risk factors, smoking is the fourth leading cause of diseases, (Nwosu, 2013). The use of tobacco and its product have...
48. A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF IDEOLOGY AND MEANING IN SELECTED NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE
ABSTRACT
Most previous studies on Chinua Achebe‟s novels have largely concentrated on thematic preoccupations, especially inter-cultural conflicts in Africa. Some of the works focus on ideology and meaning with emphasis on cultural nationalism. Nevertheless, they have not yet objectifie...
49. A Psychological Appraisal of Pre- Retirement Anxiety among Selected Workers in Lagos Metropolis
Statement of the Research Problem
Despite serious concerns regarding retirement and its consequences on workers overall wellness, there has been no effective retirement planning nor adequate educational programmes to prepare workers for the anticipated problems associated with retiremen...
50. AN ASSESSMENT OF IPOB “SIT-AT-HOME” ORDER AND ITS EFFECT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF 2021 WASSCE STUDENTS IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In Nigeria, education is a "par excellence" tool for achieving national development. Non-governmental organizations, communities, and individuals have all actively participated, as have government actions. As a result,...
