1. A COMPARATIVE SURVEY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND PRIVATE-OWNED BROADCASTING MEDIA FIRMS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to McQuail [2000], the word...
2. A STYLISTIC STUDY OF ADICHIE'S THE THINGS AROUND YOUR NECK AND PURPLE HIBISCUS.
Background to the Study
A lot of similarities exist in the definitions of language. From another angle, there are highly technical usages of the word “language” reflecting the way the term has been...
3. AN ASSESSMENT OF A LEXICO-SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Background to the Study
Language, in its sophisticated form, has served as a guiding tool or a convention structure for interacting or presenting recommendations and vocal expression of one's thinking. There are several methods to convey one's views and ideas, i...
4. AN ASSESSMENT OF PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ PERFORMANCE
Background to the Study.
Early childhood education is largely a post-colonial development. The semblances of it during the colonial era were the kindergarten and infant classes, which consisted of groups of children considered not yet ready for primary...
5. POLITICAL ELITES AND DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Presently, the crisis of development is the most serious problem facing Nigeria and Africa as a whole. This is because the country has remained largely underdeveloped despite the presence of huge mineral and human resources. Seve...
6. PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF RADIO BROADCAST PROGRAMMES ON HEALTH MATTERS (CASE STUDY OF ONITSHA RESIDENTS)
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Other definitions place emphasis on the importance of signs and symbols, as well as the transmission of cultural information, ideas, attitudes, or emotions from one person or a group to another. This branch of mass media involves in some ways the...
7. ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES OF POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Agricultural Science is a science subject taught in Nigerian secondary schools with the aim of educating students in the knowledge and practice of agriculture in order to increase food production and contribute to the country'...
8. THE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MUSIC ARTISTS, MUSIC CONSUMPTION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NIGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT
This project titled the effects and consequences of social media on music artists, music consumption and its impact on the Nigerian music industry. This study was instigated by the ongoing situation in Nigeria and all over the world. Social media has its good a...
9. GRAPHOLOGICAL FOREGROUNDING IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS
ABSTRACT
There is a symbiotic relationship between language structure and language function, which is particularly exploited by literary artists to relate language forms deployed in their texts to their intended messages and visions. This is possible be...
10. FRAUD IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND THE AUDITORS LIABILITY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The problem of fraud in financial institution in Nigeria has remained one of the disturbing features of the banking sector. The menace is of the great concern to regulatory authorities the government and the general public...
11. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this project is to critically analyze Our Husband has Gone Mad Again by Ola Rotimi using Critical Discourse Analysis. Being that the analysis of a play is rarely done, the researcher is not aware of any previous atte...
12. ALTERITY AND REVERSIBILITY IN MERLEAU-DONTY: A DISCOURSE ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MINORITY RIGHTS
Cultural diversity is increasingly becoming an inevitable feature of most modern states. This is because trade, tourism, international dialogue amongst scholars, scientists and artists and the movement of skilled l...
13. ORAL LITERATURE AS A MEDIUM OF TEACHING MORAL VALUES TO SELECTED SCHOOLS
Abstract
Oral literature means oral works of high merit which are products of the creative use of imagination by the artist of the spoken words in pre-literate communities. This study focused on oral literature as a medium of teaching moral values to selected schools. it was carried out...
14. PROBLEMS MILITATING AGAINST TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ART IN PRIVATE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
All school subjects have their intrinsic value (intellectual and utilitarian) and art is one of those whose utilitarian and aesthetic value are of the most precious significance to human life and happy living (Majasca 1995).
It has bee...
15. COSTUME AND MAKEUP AS A VITAL TOOL FOR CULTURAL AND TOURISM PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Culture is the sum of attitude, customs and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another, transmitted through language, materials, objects, rituals, institutions and arts, transferable from one generation to the ne...
16. THE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MUSIC ARTISTS, MUSIC CONSUMPTION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NIGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT
This project titled the effects and consequences of social media on music artists, music consumption and its impact on the Nigerian music industry. This study was instigated by the ongoing situation in Nigeria and all over the world. Social media has its good a...
17. FAMILY AND SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF THINGS FALL APART AND PURPLE HIBISCUS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
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Many societies have beliefs rooted deep in ancient religion. Some beliefs include polygamy, polytheism, and patriarchy, or rule by men. One such culture is that of Ach...
18. LA MODULATION VUE A TRAVERS LA VERSION ANGLAISE DE LE REGARD DU ROI DE CAMARA LAYE
ABSTRACT
La traduction est et a toujours été » une activité indispensable dans les relations humaines à travers l’histoire de l’humanité au niveau national et internat...
19. ORAL LITERATURE AS A MEDIUM OF TEACHING MORAL VALUES TO SELECTED SCHOOLS
Abstract
Oral literature means oral works of high merit which are products of the creative use of imagination by the artist of the spoken words in pre-literate communities. This study focused on oral literature as a medium of teaching moral values to selected schools. it was carried out...
20. THE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MUSIC ARTISTS, MUSIC CONSUMPTION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NIGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT
This project titled the effects and consequences of social media on music artists, music consumption and its impact on the Nigerian music industry. This study was instigated by the ongoing situation in Nigeria and all over the world. Social media has its good a...
21. POLITICAL ELITES AND DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN NIGERIA.A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN IJAW LGA OF BAYELSA STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Presently, the crisis of development is the most serious problem facing Nigeria and Africa as a whole. This is because the country has remained largely underdeveloped despite the presence of huge mineral...
22. THE PORTRAYAL OF VIOLENT CONTENT IN CARTOONS SHOWN ON SATELLITE TEVELSION: DSTV
ABSTRACT
The notion that art reflects reality is an ideology set upon works of art to influence the perception of the audience to decode the message as it is or in a way that relates to the message the artist intends to pass across. As a result of this notion, the message or massages te...
23. THE USE OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY: HIP POP MUSIC)
ABSTRACT
While Nigerian scholars have examined code-switching in conversation and in literary language (Akere, 1980; Amuda, 1986, 1994; Goke-Pariola, 1983; O'Mole, 1987; Lamidi, 2004; Ayeomoni, 2006) this study presents a critical examination of code-switching in co...
24. WEB DRIVEN INFORMATION SYSTEM OF NIGERIAN MUSEUMS
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Digital museums appeared in the Internet many years ago. First digital museums have emerged since 1991. However, despite the identity and quality of exhibitions their...
25. ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The subject of intellectual property rights without doubt, has attained considerable universal prominence, especially in its ever growing significance to the core values of human enterprises. In today’s world, the subject of intellectual property rights is so central and...
26. FICTION, EMOTION AND NARRATION IN SELECTED NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE
INTRODUCTION
Narration as a concept is the weaving of several strands of events into a story. This means narrative comes out of oral or written account of an event or events such as The Man Died (1972) – the autobiographical narrative on the detention and...
27. 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...
28. THE USE OF IGBO PROVERBS IN SELECT PLAYS OF ZULU SOFOLA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
African literature consists of a body of literary works in different languages and genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in African and colonial languages. As a result of European colonization of the continent from the 16th century to the mid...
29. STRUGGLE AND SURVIVAL IN A COWRIE OF HOPE BY BINWELL SINYANGWE AND THE CARDINALS BY BESSIE HEAD
ABSTRACT
Life is a battle for struggle and survival. Struggle and survival are as old as man. Every second, man is on the move, thinking of what to do and how to do it in order to survive. This project, therefore, examines the ways the two novelists presented their characters in their a...
30. INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL BUILDING ELEMENTS IN A MUSEUM
ABSTRACT
Museums are seen by some as places where only researches are being carried out, some people do not know about their culture, historic times, artefacts or relics. It is important to get, gather, restore and update our cultural heritage, artefacts and other collection of artistic...
31. 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...
32. A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF METAPHORS IN THE POETRY OF NIYI OSUNDARE
ABSTRACT
Poetic discourse has always been considered an important aspect of discursive practices that presents a scholarly approach to creative uses of language. Poetic discourse is considered to be comprehensively language-dependent; it relies mainly on the rhetorical and pragmatic con...
33. 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...
34. AN ASSESSMENT OF URBAN AND RURAL DISPARITY IN CREATIVITY INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN EDO STATE
Background of the study
Because various nations have varied views of what “rural” implies, there is no generally recognized definition for a rural region (Adedeji & Olaniyan, 2011). Kashaa (2012) simply characterizes rural regions as imp...
35. ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF NOLLYWOOD MOVIES ON CULTURAL IDENTITY AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTH. A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI
Background of the study
Throughout the course of history, various worldviews have consistently discerned the moral inclinations of individuals across the globe. Indeed, this statement holds true not only for Nigerians but also for individuals hailing fr...
36. THE IMPACT OF ART AND CREATIVITY IN ENHANCING CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN RIVERS STATE
Abstract: This study investigates the role of art and creativity in enhancing early childhood education (ECE) experiences in Nigeria, focusing on their impact on children's cognitive, emotional, and social development. Objectives include assessing the ef...
37. THE IMPACT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ON CREATIVE EXPRESSION
ABSTRACT: The study investigated the impact of early childhood education on the creative expression of young children. The objectives were to assess the levels of creative expression in children enrolled in early childhood e...
38. COMMUNICATING WITH COSTUME AND MAKE UP IN NIGERIA HOME VIDEO FILM (A CASE STUDY OF EFUNSETAN ANIWURA)
Background of the Study
Costume and makeup are integral components of visual storytelling in film. They not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of a production but also serve as powerful tools for character development, cultural representation, and narrat...
