1. A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
The early schools in Nigeria were built by Christian Missionaries, and their goal was to convert the "Leate...
2. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF “THE FAST AND FURIOUS” (ACTION FILM) AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOURAL PATTERN OF STUDENTS
Background of Study
It is necessary to understand and respect the power of television and cinema as media for disseminating information in order to completely comprehend the resear...
3. A CRITICAL SURVEY OF ADVERTISING AS A DETERMINANT OF CUSTOMER PATRONAGE IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Although it is widely assumed that advertising predates human history, as a promotional technique, it began with the establishment of trade. According to Samson (981), "in those early days, advertising was done in vari...
4. AN EVALUATION OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AND ITS IMPACT ON AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE NIGERIAN BANKING INDUSTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The name Bank is derived from the Italian word banco, which means "desk/bench" and was used by Florentine bankers during the Renaissance to execute this transaction over a desk covered by a green tablecloth. However, th...
5. AN EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATION OF THE 18+ WARNING SIGN IN ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENTS IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTION
Background to the Study
The most widely used substance among teenagers is alcohol. It's a common toxin that may affect practically any organ or system in the body if consumed in excess (Anderson, 2007). As a result of intoxication, alcohol intake involves a risk of...
6. THE SECRETARY PROFESSION IN NIGERIA IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The secretarial profession has existed since the beginning of time, as long as man and nature have existed. The necessity for a famous individual to whom private affairs might be entrusted and who could work as an assistant to a...
7. THE EFFECT OF LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the Study
Before the 19th century, the study of language was made. Sir Williams Jones (1786) suggested affinity of Sanskrit and Persian with Greek, opening the study of genetic relationship between languages. With this revelation of affini...
8. THE IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON CUSTOMER PATRONAGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Advertising is one of major ways in which sellers use in order to stimulate demand for goods and services; therefore, it is a communication function which likes customers with the producer. Kotler (1990:450) “Adv...
9. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ENUANI AND THE NKWERRE DIALECT OF IGBO LANGUAGE
Background Of The Study
Before the 16th century, the Igbo had an ideogram form of writing called “Nsibidi ideograms” (“Nsibidi” is an ancient system of graphic communication indigenous to the “Ejagham people of South-easter...
10. ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF PORT CONCESSION IN NIGERIA
Introduction
Privatization as a policy has existed in one form or another since antiquity. In ancient Greece, the state retained ownership of land, forests, and mines but ceded the provision of services to the p...
11. FACTORS HINDERING THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES (C.R.S) IN POST SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Background of the Study
The Christian Religious Education has emerged as a subject of prime importance in Nigerian schools. Its value in the school curriculum is unique among other subjects. The teaching of Christian Religious Knowledge in Primary schoo...
12. A SURVEY ON PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Akerman (2001) defines personal hygiene as "practices that an individual engages in to maintain their body health and well-being via cleanliness." While many people equate hygiene with "cleanliness," hygiene i...
13. AN INVESTIGATION OF STUDENTS AWARENESS IN THE 18+ WARNING SIGN ON ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENTS IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTION
Background to the Study
It is possible that alcohol is the substance that is used the most often by teenagers. It is a pervasive poison, and an excessive amount of it in the body may cause damage to almost every organ or system in the human body (Ahn, 2022). Consumption...
14. ASSESSMENT ON VIGILANTISM AND CRIME CONTROL IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Any society that wishes to thrive must fulfill the social pre-requisite of providing appropriate protection for its members. Every society takes the necessary precautions to safeguard the lives of its citizens and the property they own while the...
15. EVALUATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ITS IMPACT: THE NIGERIA EXPERIENCE
Background of the study
Many women in our culture endure violent treatment from their romantic partners while remaining silent about it. Domestic abuse sometimes results in these women's deaths. Women are essential to the expansion and advancement of every country a...
16. A STUDY OF FAKE NEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA: DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS AN INVESTIGATION
Background to the Study
The term "fake news" refers to "false information that has been purposefully spread by individuals who have minimal regard for the truth but intend to further certain (sometimes extremist political objectives and e...
17. COUNSELLING TRAINING FOR COPING WITH STRESS IN COUNSELLING RELATIONSHIP
Background of the study
Regardless of their race, color, nationality, occupation, or level of education, everyone in the world experiences some sort of stress. Maxwell (2018) believed that stress manifested in several ways and impacted individual...
18. ASSESSMENT OF THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION USED IN CANDLE PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Candles are derived from the Latin word "candera," which roughly translates to "to shine." Candles were the only source of artificial light prior to the development of electricity. The original candles were made of tall...
19. INFLUENCE OF EXPOSURE TO ROMANTIC MOVIE ON DIGITAL MEDIA ON MARRIAGE EXPECTATIONS AMONG KWASU UNDERGRADUATE
Background of the study
Digital media, often known as new media, is the 'lovebird' of today's society. Messages intended for a big audience might be conveyed through a number of different methods (Omenugha, 2018). Print and electronic...
20. MODERN MODEL OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES AND JOB PRODUCTIVITY OF SECRETARIES IN RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITIES
Background of the Study
The advancement of modern model office technologies has brought closer the “electronic Office” which is the term used in describing the way the modern model office is developing which has made it possible for workers...
21. THE ROLE OF FEMALE JOURNALISTS ON NIGERIAN BROADCAST MEDIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The media has an important part to play in the man for gender transition and in narrowing the social woman gap that exists between women and men. Communication studies, especially of the radical critical inclination, have...
22. BILINGUAL UNDERGRADUATES' USE OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGING: A LINGUISTIC AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Around the world, practically every facet of human existence is being disrupted by the proliferation of contemporary technologies, in especially the new media with its various forms of electronic communicat...
23. IMPACT OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADERSHIP STYLE ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA
Statement of the problem
Employees' job performance, attitudes, and behaviors toward the company may be influenced by different leadership styles. According to Mullins (2005), a manager's leadership style is the way he or she interacts with empl...
24. ABUSE OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: AN APPRAISAL OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS AND UNIGWE’S
Background of the study
The essayists and scholars have called the abuse of children’s rights a troubled childhood. Edgar Fred Nabutanyi, in his thesis titled “Representations of troubled childhood in an African fiction selected after 1990”, defines di...
25. ASSESSING MEN’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The issue of family planning all over the world has attracted attention due to it important in decision making about population growth and development issues. Uncontrolled birth is a major contributing factor of an increase...
26. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FAITH IN THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN IN NIGERIA
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The New Testament authors emphasize unremittingly that the key to genuine human flourishing is faith in Jesus Christ as the revealed and revealing Word of God, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life...
27. A PHILOSOPHICAL LOOK INTO RELIGION AND FREEWILL IN THE LIGHT OF JAMES WILLIAM
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
I have come to find out through history that almost all the wars and rancor that ravage the world have either economic or religious motive. Casting a look back to the Roman Empire, we will observe that most of the wars they fought had a religious m...
28. A PHILOSOPHICAL LOOK INTO RELIGION AND FREEWILL IN THE LIGHT OF JAMES WILLIAM
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
I have come to find out through history that almost all the wars and rancor that ravage the world have either economic or religious motive. Casting a look back to the Roman Empire, we will observe that most of the wars they fought...
29. JURISPRUDENTIAL ANALYSIS OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND SAME SEX MARRIAGES: SUPPORTING THE NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT
Homosexuality is the romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex. The ever-increasing emergence of fundamental human rights has led to a...
30. A PHILOSOPHICAL LOOK INTO RELIGION AND FREEWILL IN THE LIGHT OF JAMES WILLIAM
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
I have come to find out through history that almost all the wars and rancor that ravage the world have either economic or religious motive. Casting a look back to the Roman Empire, we will observe that most of the wars they fought had a religious m...
31. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND SOME PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE LEAF OF OCHNA RHIZOMATOSA (VAN TIEGH.) KEAY [OCHNACEAE]
ABSTRACT
The extract of the leaf of Ochna rhizomatosa (van Tiegh.) Keay [Ochnaceae], a plant used in the treatment of malaria in Northern Cameroun, was subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening. The result revealed the presence of carbohydrates, steroids, cardiac glycosides, terp...
32. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIFUNGAL STUDIES OF METHANOL LEAF EXTRACT OF TAPINANTHUS GLOBIFERUS (A.Rich) Tiegh GROWING ON VITEX DONIANA
ABSTRACT
Tapinanthus globiferus (A.Rich) (Loranthacae)is a semi-parasitic plant growing on several plant sepecie such as Vitex doniana, Vitellaria paradoxa, Kola, Citrus,Combretum, Acacia, Aloe and Terminalia. Itis used in ethno-medicine for the treatment of fungal infection, itching, h...
33. SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MANAGERS’ RATING OF SKILLS NEEDED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS IN ONDO AND EKITI STATES
Background to the Study
One of the foremost adolescents’ problems these days is their early involvement in different sexual behaviours which could be detrimental to their wellbeing. Human sexual behaviour involves the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality....
34. Characters and Voices- The Bildungsroman Tradition in Selected Third Generation Nigerian Novels
Background to the Study
Early twenty-first century witnessed the emergence of new voices in Nigerian literature, especially, the novel genre.These voices whom Pius Adesanmi and Chris Dunton have labelled “Third Generation,” may have consciously adopted the German Bildungsrom...
35. 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...
36. Rhetoric in African Fiction- a Postcolonial Analysis to Ngugi’s A Grain of Wheat, Petals of Blood, Devil on the Cross and Wizard of the Crow
Background to the Study
Rhetoric is the ancient art of argumentation and discourse from primordial Greece to the twentyfirst century. Rhetoric has been central to Western and African education, filling the need to train public speakers, orators and writers to move audiences to action wi...
37. KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALITY AND ITS IMPLICATION ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT (A STUDY OF CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI- NIKE, EMENE) ENUGU STATE
ABSTRACT
With civilization and urbanization on the increase in Nigeria today and also freedom from parents enjoyed by youths and students in various institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, different kinds of sexual orientation has developed which homosexual is one of them. Homosexua...
38. CONFLICT AND EMPOWERMENT IN SELECTED PROSE OF WOLE SOYINKA AND SEMBENE OUSMANE
Abstract
Political conflict and empowerment are crucial issues that have not been studied in a comparative manner in Wole Soyinka and Sembene Ousmane’s writings. The disparity in the consideration of the female gender by the authors in question has also not been given crucial atte...
39. A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF CHRISTIANITY AND EKWULOBIA CULTURE, 1913-2013
Background to the Study
Ekwulobia is one of the towns that benefitted from the coming of the European missionaries and their religion, Christianity in 1913. Christianity is no longer a new phenomenon in Ekwulobia. The process of Christianization in Ekwulobia which broug...
40. CLAPHAM ANTI-SLAVERY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT, 1773-1833 AN APPROACH TO THE ERADICATION OF MODERN HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Slavery cum slave trade was a constituent part of the social system in Africa as in other parts of the world. During the old slavery era, people became slaves as a result of economic default, seizure as war captives, purchase and voluntary submi...
41. HISTORICAL DYNAMICS OF INTERACTION OF CHRISTIANITY WITH OZO INSTITUTION AND WIDOWHOOD PRACTICES IN OGIDI, 1985-2015
Background to the Study
When asked to define history, what comes to mind is a systematic and expository record of past events, their causes, their effects, their peaks and their declines. History deals with people, institutions and relationships as a study in humanities...
42. NIGERIAN-BIAFRAN WAR AND THE GROWTH OF PENTECOSTALISM IN IGBOLAND, 1970-1995
Background to the Study
The growth of global Pentecostalism in Nigeria and Igboland in particular emanated naturally from the religious and political scenario of the country between 1950 and 1970. Kalu (2008) says that this phenomenal increase could be measured by non-q...
43. THE INFLUENCE OF IGBO CATECHISTS ON ROMAN CATHOLICISM IN IGBOLAND (1888 -1931)
ABSTRACT
The Catholic evangelization endeavours on the lower Niger (Igboland) came in the wake of the post slavery abolition era. The Holy Ghost Fathers, who were the architects of this mission, utilized the school evangelization strategy. It succeeded beyond all expectations. However,...
44. FAMILY VIOLENCE IN CLASSICAL AND IGBO LITERATURES
ABSTRACT
Classical and African literatures have portrayed the family as a nucleus of the societies. Existing studies from the old Graeco-Roman times and Igbo cultures acknowledged this significance by paying adequate attention to issues of marriage, inheritance, finance, and social clas...
45. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS IN UKWA EAST – UKWA WEST FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY, ABIA STATE FROM 2011 – 2019
Background to the Study
The parliament or legislature is a prominent institution in a democratic government and is composed of elected representatives of the populace. Thus, it occupies a special position in contemporary democracy. The ancient Roman Republic which exist...
46. AN ASSESSMENT OF MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANISATIONAL POLITICS PERCEPTION ON LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AND WORK WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG PUBLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN GHANA
Background of the study
Leaders' responsibilities and connections with their subordinates have been assessed as critical components of subordinates' job performance in different companies throughout the years (Yariv, 2009). It is very impossible to create and su...
47. AN ASSESSMENT OF MUSEUM AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Edward stating in 2007 was of the view that museum is an establishment that caters for artifacts and other scientific materials, artistic, cultural, of historical relevance and makes them available to the...
48. AN ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Akerman (2001) defines personal hygiene as "practices that an individual engages in to maintain their body health and well-being via cleanliness." While many people equate hygiene with "cleanliness," hygiene i...
49. AN ASSESSMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PROSTITUTION IN GHANA (CASE OF BRONG AHAFO REGION, GHANA)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In exchange for the employee's labor, the company pays the employee money. People are compensated for their abilities, attention, and efforts in meeting others' emotional needs. The comedian, hairdresser, and funeral decorator, for exampl...
50. AN EVALUATION OF GENDER ADMISSION DESIGN INTO SECRETARIAL STUDIES PROGRAMMES IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Gender refers to the acquired social distinctions and relationships between men and women, which vary greatly between civilizations and cultures and evolve over time (UNESCO 1998). Gender is not synonymous with sex, which refers...
