1. FEVER AS A PREDICTOR FOR MALARIA INFECTION AMONG INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING KOFAI PHCC IN ARDO-KOLA LGA TARABA STATE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Malaria is a life threatening parasitic disease transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. In Nigeria, malaria is responsible for around 60% of the out-patient visits to health facilities, 30% of childhood death, 25% of death in children under one y...
2. EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW THE POLITICS OF EARTH PROTECTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Environmental laws are meant to safeguard humans from extinction. It is also the responsibility of the Nigerian federal government to assist in the oil and gas sector in order to prevent oil spills into the oceans (Jane et al, 20...
3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE AQUACULTURE COMPENDIUM
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The Aquaculture Compendium is an encyclopedic, multimedia tool that brings together a wide range of different types of science-based information to support sound decision-making in aquaculture and aquatic resource management wor...
4. AWARENESS OF THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA
Background To the study
The vast majority of malaria deaths occur in Africa, south of the Sahara, where malaria also presents major obstacles to social and economic development. Malaria has been estimated to cost Africa more than US$ 12 billion every ye...
5. IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Academics and practitioners have been striving to establish and agreed upon definitions of the concept of corporate social responsibility for over 30 years. Davis (1960) suggested that social responsibility refers to businesses’ “deci...
6. THE EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY
Background to the Study
Industrialization has been the primary driver of economic expansion in the majority of developing nations, including Nigeria; consequently, many governments that have come and gone have made it a priority to investigate and implement strategies...
7. APPRAISING THE FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SMALL MEDIUM AND LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OYO STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
However, the construction industry is often regarded as one of the most hazardous sectors of the industry anywhere in the globe. According to the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (2011), a co...
8. 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...
9. ASSESSMENT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON FINANCIAL PRODUCTIVITY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the impact of corporate social responsibility practices on financial productivity of micro finance bank in Nigeria. The study used generalized least square multiple regression to analyze the se...
10. ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Environmental Management System refers to management of an organization’s environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner. It includes the organizational structure, planning and resources for developing, implementi...
11. EXAMINING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the impact of corporate social responsibility practices on risk management of mining firm in Nigeria. The study used generalized least square multiple regression to analyze the secondary data extracted from the annual reports and accounts of Jobayo minin...
12. THE STATE OF THE EARTH: ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
ABSTRACT
Environmental issues are meant to be operationalized through the formulation of actor-specific environmental actions plans, which define priority action that will convert strategy into practice. The Environmental Planning and Management (EPM) process which is a...
13. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF SAND EXCAVATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the effect of sand excavation on the environment The study examined positive and negative environmental impacts of the continuous removal of river sand, pit sand and gravel from sampled rivers and open areas surrounding Abra...
14. AWARENESS OF THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA (A CASE STUDY OF IFAKO IJAIYE LGA)
ABSTRACT
Environmental conditions play an important role in the transmission of malaria; therefore, regulating these conditions can help to reduce disease burden. Environmental management practices for disease control can be implemented at the community level to complem...
15. MANAGEMENT OF ABATTOIR WASTE IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF BODIJA AND AKINYELE MARKET)
Background of the study
Management of Abattoir wastes has been of great concern in Nigeria. Almost every day in all the urban and rural markets in our county Nigeria, animals are slaughtered while the meats are sold to the public for consumption. Meat wastes sprang up f...
16. AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The development of environmental management and sustainable development is borne out of the recognition that the environment is important and therefore human activities need to be guided strictly by enabling legal regimes so as to ensure environmental continuity for future gene...
17. APPRAISAL OF THE CONTEMPORARY JURISPRUDENCE ON THE RIGHT TO ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
ABSTRACT
The study explores environmental rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa. The research questions are: Are the identified elements of environmental rights reflected in the law and policy of Nigeria? What role has regulatory bodies, the judiciary and civil society played in...
18. WOMEN AS VICTIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE NIGER DELTA
Background to the Study
Literature is a carrier and reflector of society which captures the life and essence of a people’s existence in totality. Terry Eagleton in Literary Theory: An Introduction posits that “literature is concrete rather than abstract, displays life in all...
19. PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM ELEME, PORT-HARCOURT
2 Statement of the Problem
Petroleum substances pose a threat to the environment as they negatively affect plant production and put health of people and animals at risk (Zacharyasz et al., 2012 and Kolwzan et al., 2001). They cause carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic effects (Ribes et al....
20. PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM ELEME, PORT-HARCOURT
2 Statement of the Problem Petroleum substances pose a threat to the environment as they negatively affect plant production and put health of people and animals at risk (Zacharyasz et al., 2012 and Kolwzan et al., 2001). They cause carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic effects (Ribes et al., 2003, Fr...
