1. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OUT-DOOR PLAY ENVIRONMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRE-SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Children's play has always been a natural phenomenon. Children who are healthy and not disabled (physically challenged), according to Aziza (2000), cannot live without playing in their natural environments. In some cultures,...
2. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF GENERAL SANI ABACHA FOREIGN POLICY (1993 – 1998)
Background of the study
Nigeria's foreign policy, like that of most other countries, has had achievements and disappointments since its independence in 1960. Every country's foreign policy identifies the country's primary national interests....
3. A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF DIGANCI AND DIGAWA RELIGIOUS GROUP IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In the history of Islam, doctrinal disagreements that resulted in the formation of sects were unavoidable, as the Prophet Mohammed is said to have predicted (S.A.W). 1Also, the notion of regeneration (Tajdeed) is based on another...
4. A STUDY ON ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Small and medium businesses are commonly recognized as the bedrock of long-term economic development. According to UNDP (1974), developing countries, including Nigeria, have shown increased interest in the promotion of small...
5. ETHICAL USE OF MOBILE DEVICES IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT BY UNDERGRADUATE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN OGUN STATE
Background of the study
Mobile device are arguably another revolutionary invention of our time, besides computer and internet technologies. Mobile technology is growing by leaps and bounds. From 1990 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4 mi...
6. MISREPRESENTATION OF AFRICA IN BROADCASTING MEDIA
Communication has been an effective tool of conveying knowledge throughout history. In reality, communication has evolved into an infrastructure for information flow across all industries. Fabian is a character in the film Fabian (2013). Radio broadcasting, in particular, has made significant con...
7. A SURVEY OF LANDUSE CHANGES USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNIQUES
Background to the Study
This research examines the nature of landuse...
8. A SURVEY OF THE INCREASE AND USAGE OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES IN AFRICA
Background of the study
Throughout history, people have exchanged products and services via a number of techniques and channels. Many of these methods and materials, such as metal coins or paper money, are typically physical.
Without a questio...
9. AN ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS USEFULNESS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Background Of Study
A farmer who planted corps expects results, just as a student who waits for an exam does. The same may be said for an investor. The farmer may be informed of the outcome in the form of a bountiful crop. A pupil would normally be satisfied with a resu...
10. AN ASSESSMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFORT ON THE PROVISION OF PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria has a vast amount of surface and subterranean water resources, which necessitates a well-defined administrative system capable of properly managing the resources. Nigeria's current water supply situation is woefully i...
11. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Field research is the collecting of data outside of a laboratory, library, or workplace context (Okafor, 2017). The tactics and methods utilized in field research differ depending on the discipline. Biologists, for example, may s...
12. AN INVESTIGATION OF MASS FAILURE IN FUTURE IN FURTHER MATHEMATICS AND PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Mass failure in a course happens when a substantial percentage (about 70%) of students who enrol for a certain examination fail that test. According to research, there are several reasons that lead to widespread student failure i...
13. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria as a nation is characterized by a developing economy because the various sectors responsible for economic development are not optimally utilized, as a result of which we have not been able to fully tap the natural resourc...
14. 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...
15. INVESTIGATION ON THE RISK ATTACHED TO USING E-NAIRA IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Connection to the financial system is very important to different economies in the world. Digital currencies have attracted strong interest in recent years and have the potential to become widely adopted for use in making payment...
16. MISREPRESENTATION OF AFRICA IN BROADCASTING MEDIA
Background of the study
Communication has been an effective tool of conveying knowledge throughout history. In reality, communication has evolved into an infrastructure for information flow across all industries. Fabian is a character in the film Fabian...
17. SPORT TOURISM AND PERFORMANCE IN INDUSTRY IN IMO STATE
Background Of Study
Globally, tourism has become an important policy tool for community and regional development in many developed and developing countries. Tourism also has significant potential to influence and change the use of natural and cultural r...
18. THE CHALLENGES OF ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS AND SERVICES TO THE USERS IN LAW LIBRARY IN EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY
Background of the study
Acquisition of information resources otherwise known as Collection Development is a core activity of libraries the world over. In the academic library, the acquisition section performs the variety of function and it is the chief...
19. THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Background of the Study
Environment is a comprehensive term, which comprises of all the factors which make up the surroundings. The air that one breathes, the land on which one lives, the water one drinks and all the living and non-living things that ar...
20. MISREPRESENTATION OF AFRICA IN BROADCASTING MEDIA
Background of the study
Communication has been an effective tool of conveying knowledge throughout history. In reality, communication has evolved into an infrastructure for information flow across all industries. Fabian is a character in the film Fabian...
21. A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CHILD LABOUR ON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND STUDY
In Nigeria, the main instrument for social change is western education. Education is the surest and greatest investment which a nation can depend on for the rapid development of its economic and human resources. Education is a long term...
22. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The Nigerian political history dated back to the pre-colonial era. The various ethnic groups had one form or system of political and judicial set up that were distinct and peculiar to each ethnic group.
In the Nor...
23. AN EVALUATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Occupational Health as defined by the joint committee of the ILO/WHO (1950) is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupation. It is further explained as...
24. SATELLITE TELEVISION CHANNELS PREFERENCE AMONG YOUTHS
Background to the Study
With the shrinking of the world into a global village through the increasing sophistication of communication technologies, the local media in a nation is brought under fierce competition for local audience by the global media. What broadcasting d...
25. SPORT TOURISM AND PERFORMANCE IN INDUSTRY IN IMO STATE
Background Of Study
Globally, tourism has become an important policy tool for community and regional development in many developed and developing countries. Tourism also has significant potential to influence and change the use of natural and cultural r...
26. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF WATER POLLUTION IN SOCIETIES
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Water can be said to be polluted when there is an introduction of a harmful substances in such a way that its natural qualities are so altered as to impure its usefulness or render i...
27. THE ADMINISTRATION OF COLONIAL TAXATION IN ZARIA PROVINCE
Introduction
By 1900, the partition of Africa among the colonizing powers of Europe -France, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Dutch, Italy and Portugal was practically completed. Though, the detailed demarcation of the co...
28. THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Background of the Study
Environment is a comprehensive term, which comprises of all the factors which make up the surroundings. The air that one breathes, the land on which one lives, the water one drinks and all the living and non-living things that ar...
29. THE EFFECT OF BUSH BURNING ON AGRICULTURAL LAND
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Burning with reference to land cultivation is a method of land preparation (Joseph, 2019). In Edo State generally and in Ekiadolor in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo Stat...
30. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Water pollution is a major problem in the global context, and it has been suggested that is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases (Ademoroti 1996). The growth of the major industrial cities also caused water pollutio...
31. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND IT'S ASSOCIATED HEALTH RISK AMONG RESIDENTS OF NKPOR, IDEMILI NORTH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It has been observed in recent times that the role the environment play to a nation‟s development process can not be relegated to the background. Apart from being the physical surrounding for natural habitats, the environment pro...
32. THE IMPACT OF TOURISM IN ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION
Tourism is a short term movement of people to destination outside their residential areas primarily for leisure recreation, sport and business transactions. There is domestic and international tourism. Domestic is the movement within one&rs...
33. ETHICAL USE OF MOBILE DEVICES IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT BY UNDERGRADUATE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN OGUN STATE
Background of the study
Mobile device are arguably another revolutionary invention of our time, besides computer and internet technologies. Mobile technology is growing by leaps and bounds. From 1990 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew fr...
34. IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Background of the study
Since time immemorial, local government autonomy has been a discussing issue among academic scholars cum researchers. Local government in Nigeria is a product of decentralization and is established by law. As a federal state, Nigeria has th...
35. IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE IN BROADCASTING MEDIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The broadcast media have been considered an important public domain in the use, promotion and maintenance of language in line with the sociolinguistic nature and dictates of their host communities (Silentman, 1995; Davi...
36. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The Nigerian political history dated back to the pre-colonial era. The various ethnic groups had one form or system of political and judicial set up that were distinct and peculiar to each ethnic group (Agwu, 2019).
37. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
Climate is dynamic in the sense that analysis of some relevant climate elements revealed that natural forces have enforced change over centuries (Cunningham and Cunningham, 2004) and such changes are inevitable natural occurrences. However, anthropogenic factors have exacerbated climate change in...
38. AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Background to the study
Communication is the most general form of interpersonal interaction required for decision-making and interpersonal influence in organizations.To this end, the second half of 20th century brought a tradition of communication resea...
39. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Nigerian Christianity dates back to the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the early nineteenth century, which was followed by the emergence of a literate African elite, consisting of liberated and returned slaves as well as local con...
40. COMPARISON OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BASIC SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Poor academic performance, according to Aremu and Sokan (2003) is a performance that is adjudged by the examinee/testee. Poor academic performance has been observed in secondary school subjects (Adesemowo, 2005). Aremu and Oluwole (2000) stress th...
41. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTING AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
The increased interest in the role of business in society today has been prompted by increased attention to the awareness of environmental and ethical and moral issues. It means our society has become increasingly concerned that...
42. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BROADCAST MEDIA IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD LABOUR AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to assess the broadcast media in the campaign against child labour and human trafficking in Nigeria using 4 selected broadcasting media stations in Lagos State as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed a...
43. BRAND EQUITY AND SALES PERFORMANCE (A SURVEY OF SELECTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN PORT HARCOURT)
ABSTRACT
Companies desire earnestly to improve their performance in the market. All marketing decisions and programmes are thus triggered by this reason, because the market performance of a firm is essential to the corporate wellbeing of the business un...
44. ANALYSIS OF BORE-HOLE WATER QUALITY OF COMMUNITIES
ABSTRACT
Water is one of the most important and abundant compounds of the ecosystem. All living organisms on the earth need water for their survival and growth. It rarely occurs in its pure form in nature (Ababio, 2005). It is the only substance that ex...
45. EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION OF LABOUR OUTPUT FOR FLOOR SCREED AND TILE FINISHES FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ABUJA
ABSTRACT
There is dearth of information on output level of building operatives in Nigeria, consequently, the output constants currently used for preparation of construction estimates are remnants of British colonial heritage or derived from untested exp...
46. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Background to the study
The paper discussed the concepts educational technology, lifelong learning and sustainable development in detail. The paper also described how instructional media and technologies can be employed to facilitate lifelong learning,...
47. FASTING BLOOD SUGAR ANALYSIS AND BLOOD SUGAR REGULATION
ABSTRACT
The investigation carried out of Emmanuel Hospital Eket in Eket Local Government Area Akwa Ibom State. Random sampling technique of 20 patient with equal ration to male and female.
This research to was conducted to determine or estimate the gluco...
48. FRAUDS IN NIGERIA BANKS :ANALYSIS AND SOLUTIONS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The commercial world today has been devastated by random breaches of business ethics. This has resulted to rampant occurrence of white collar crimes committed mostly by top and highly educated professional personnel, these crimes are sometimes eu...
49. AN INVESTIGATION INTO SS2 STUDENTS DIFFICULTY IN LEARNING ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY IN IKWO LGA OF EBONYI STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Biology is a branch of science that studies life. According to Maduabum (2006), science (Biology) constitute the bedrock of the National development which in its broadest sense refers to all human activities which involves organi...
50. ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA; ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Background of the study
Ethnic consciousness is the loyalty or attachment to an ethnic group either as a social, political and economic entity, or a cultural community. Whichever way we look at it, ethnic consciousness is based on the distinctiveness of...
