1. ACCEPTANCE AND UTILISATION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONGST SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
1.1 Background to Study
Family planning is widely acknowledged as an important intervention towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four (4) and five (5) as it has proven to reduce maternal and child mortality. Family planning can prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe ab...
2. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND THE FACTORS AFFECTING THEIR PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
Entrepreneurship's dynamism is considered as capable of addressing new economic, social, and environmental concerns as globalization reshapes the global economic landscape and technological advancement creates more unpredicta...
3. IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Background To The Study
Human Resource Management (HRM) is of strategic importance in all organizations. It contributes to the success of the organization and creates competitive advantage for the organization (Rana & Rastogi, 2010). The way HRM practices and polici...
4. A STUDY ON REGRESSION ANALYSIS ON NATIONAL INCOME
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The sum of the money worth of all the commodities and services produced in a country during a specific time period, generally a year, is referred to as national income. At this point, the topic of how an economy expands may sprin...
5. AN ASSESSMENT OF LABOR OUTPUT DETERMINATION ON WINDOWS AND DOORS FIXING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The construction industry's productivity is extremely important to its efficiency. According to...
6. AN EVALUATION OF COST OVERRUN AND ITS CAUSES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN DEVELOPING NATIONS
Background of the study
Cost overrun is a global phenomena in the construction business, when projects are rarely completed within the projected cost. In a global assessment on construction project performance, cost overrun was recognized as the biggest...
7. AN INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF HIV/AIDS AS A SOCIAL DISEASE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The continuous increase in the infection of HIV/AIDS and the transmission from one source to another has become a major factor leading to death and decrease in population of our society at large, knowing fully well that HIV/AIDS...
8. ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT FAILURE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Construction projects in developing countries such as Nigeria requires much labour. Governments and Private organizations, especially governments in developing countries, have witnessed project failures in their project implementation, although there might be some...
9. ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF GENDER IN COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study had the objective of assessing the role of gender in cooperative development, analyzing the socio-economic profile of the cooperators on the basis of gender, assessing gender contributions to cooperative development in terms of membe...
10. THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATION OF INCREASING EXTERNAL DEBT LIABILITY IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study explores the economic implication of increasing external debt liability in Nigeria. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service was used to capture external debt burden . The objective of this study was to see if...
11. EXTENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
ABSTRACT
The demands and expectations from local government councils over the years have been on the increase while delivering the dividend of democracy and good governance at the grassroots continues to dwindle owing to misma...
12. FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL GROWTH OF COMPANIES IN INSURANCE SECTOR NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This work studies the foreign investment and financial growth of companies in insurance sector Nigeria in the wake of the unprecedented capital flight from the Nigerian economy during the recent global economic recession (the credit crunch). Da...
13. EFFECT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG STUDENTS OF NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic gripped the world with a shock, thereby overwhelming the health system of most nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel human coronavirus disease (COVID-1...
14. FRAUD MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The project examines fraud management and performance of financial institutions in Nigeria. The study’s main objective is to know the magnitude of frauds in Nigeria banks and to know why and how banks personnel commit fraud. The primary s...
15. EFFECT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG STUDENTS OF NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic gripped the world with a shock, thereby overwhelming the health system of most nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel human coronavirus disease (COVID-1...
16. CREDIT MANAGEMENT, CREDIT POLICY AND THE PERFORMING OF BANK IN AKURE, ONDO STATE NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Credit is one of the many factors that can be used by a firm to influence demand for its products. According to Horne & Wachowicz (1998), firms can only benefit from credit if the profitability generated from increased...
17. IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY
Background of the study
One of the important objectives of macroeconomic policy in has been the rapid economic growth of an economy. Economic growth is defined as “the process whereby the real per capita income of a country over a long period of time.” Econo...
18. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE METHODS OF ESTIMATING VARIANCE COMPONENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Variance measures the variability or difference from a mean or response. A variance value of 0 indicates that all values within a set of numbers are identical. Statisticians use variance to see how individual numbers or values relate to each othe...
19. A STATISTICAL EVALUATION ON BIRTH AND DEATH RATES AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY (A CASE STUDY OF OSUN STATE)
Background of the study
Economic development of Nigeria has over the period been inconsistent despite its window dressing. Economic growth and development in Nigeria is inevitable for a better and prosperous living. In adequately studying economic growth an...
20. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT IN BUILDING INDUSTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Material management is a process that may be characterised as the coordination of planning, analysing the demand, sourcing, purchasing, transporting, storing, and regulating of materials, with the goals of avoiding material waste and improving pr...
21. APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON PRIMARY EDUCATION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Following the introduction of Western education in Nigeria through missionary societies, elementary schools were maintained locally by volunteer organisations with grant-in-aids from the colonial government. Meanwhile, prerequisites...
22. EVALUATION OF COMPLIANCE LEVEL WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Background of the Study
The value of any local government is measure...
23. THE ACCURACY OF MORTGAGE VALUATION AS A LENDING REQUIREMENT FOR SELECTED BANKS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
Background of the study
Landed property is frequently a significant percentage of a company's assets that are eligible as collateral security for corporate loans. Real estate values are critical for financial institutions, particularly banks,...
24. AN INVESTIGATION INTO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED LOAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR REFUSING OR APPROVING LOAN REQUEST USING CREDIT RISK AND EVALUATION MODELS.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Small businesses and individuals have access to loan services provided by financial institutions thanks to a number of reforms that were implemented in response to a variety of concerns about the banking sector (Kimuyu, 2019). This project intend...
25. INFLUENCE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGERIAN MONEY DEPOSIT BANKS
Background to the Study
Inventory is a stock pile of products that a company offers for sale in various components that make up the product, such as raw material stock, goods in process, finished goods in stores, and spares (Helen, 2016).
Inve...
26. THE RELEVANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A STUDY OF SELECTED MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KADUNA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Since the beginnings of the mid 1900s, the scientific field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) went through periods of intense development and drawbacks. From year 2000, however, a significant and persistent growth in AI rese...
27. THE EFFECT OF MONETARY POLICY ON AGRICULTUTRAL OUTPUT IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research work is an empirical effort attempted to re-evaluate the impact of monetary policy on agricultural output with annual secondary data from 1980 to 2006 sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. The ordinary least square techniques...
28. THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN A CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
ABSTRACT
This project examined “the impact of financial management in a corporate organization” using NICON insurance as a case study. Financial management means to plan and control the finance of a corporate organization. It is done to achieve the objective...
29. THE IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA (1981-2016)
ABSTRACT
The study examines the impact of fiscal policy on economic performance in Nigeria between 1981 and 2016. Fiscal policy is represented by government total expenditure, government total revenue and direct tax. A model was developed in which economic growth (proxy as economic perf...
30. INFLUENCE OF ESTIMATING PRACTICE ON COST PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING PROJECT
ABSTRACT
This study determined the influence of estimating practice on cost performance of building projects. The objectives were to identify the estimating practices used by cost consultants, appraise the critical factors influencing estimating practice used, and to de...
31. THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL POLICY ON NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND OUTPUT
ABSTRACT
This research work is an empirical effort attempted to re-evaluate the impact of financial policy on Nigerian agricultural productivity and output from 1980- 2015 with annual secondary data from 1980 to 2015. Data was collected through secondar...
32. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF EFFICIENT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the trend in inventory management in Guinness Nigeria, Plc investment. Relevant literature was reviewed. In this study, we specified a model which we estimated using Guinness Nigeria conceptually...
33. EXAMINATION OF MONETARY POLICY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANK IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effect of monetary policy on the financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. Using a time series data for 35 years for the period 1981 to 2015, all deposit money banks as captured by the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical B...
34. A SURVEY OF COST ESTIMATING PRACTICES OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS
ABSTRACT
Cost estimating is a key activity in quantity surveying profession and in contractor's organization. The research work is to investigate into current cost estimation practices of contractors in Akwa Ibom state. The objectives were to identify the techniques...
35. IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON BALANCE OF PAYMENT IN NIGERIA
Abstract
This study empirically investigates the impact of exchange rate on the Nigeria External sector (the balance of payments position) using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method of estimation for data covering the period between 1970 and 2012...
36. ESTIMATION OF SOIL HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS USING STRUCTURE AND TEXTURE
ABSTRACT
Hydrologic analyses often involve the evaluation of soil water in-filtration, conductivity, storage, and plant-water relationships. To de-fine the hydrologic soil water effects requires estimating soil water characteristics for water potential...
37. TAXATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FISCAL POLICY IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research work is an attempt to examine how taxation is used as a fiscal policy tool in planning, controlling and co-ordinating the tempo of some of the activities of the economy. It has been made for all those who may be interested in carrying out a study...
38. THE IMPACT OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MARKETING ON CUSTOMER RETENTION
ABSTRACT
The subject of Customer Relationship marketing, Customer Satisfaction and Customer Retention has become a global issue. The study sought to examine the effect of customer relationship marketing on customer retention, with custo...
39. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOLAR RADIATION ON NIGERIA
Abstract
The technical consideration of some common and related atmospheric variables were investigated in the light of climate change on annual time scale and a suitable scheme was further developed for the simulation of annual global solar radiation in Nigeria. In thi...
40. UTILIZATION OF CAPITAL BUDGETING AS AN OPTIMAL TOOL FOR INVESTMENT ANALYSIS IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN ENUGU AND ANAMBRA STATES
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
A company is a form of business organization, a corporate body or a corporation, generally registered under the company‟s Act or similar legislations. It is a legal entity, created under an enabling law of the government, h...
41. UTILIZATION OF CAPITAL BUDGETING AS AN OPTIMAL TOOL FOR INVESTMENT ANALYSIS IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN ENUGU AND ANAMBRA STATES
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
A company is a form of business organization, a corporate body or a corporation, generally registered under the company‟s Act or similar legislations. It is a legal entity, created under an enabling law of the government, h...
42. AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The stock market is a common feature of a modern economy and it is perceived to perform some necessary functions which promote the growth and development of the economy. Hence, delibe...
43. AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Many developing countries are competing to attract foreign direct investment with a belief that it can be a tool for poverty reduction because it serves as supplements to domestic savings and it is often accompanied with technology and managerial skills which are indispensable...
44. ASSESSMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN GORONYO RESERVOIR, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Climatic parameters are exposed to variation due to the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases. Hence, it is essential to assess the water availability and demand under the climate variation in Goronyo Reservoir, Sokoto State Nigeria. since the supply of water is one of...
45. THE IMPACT OF DEBT BURDEN ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2012. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service was used to capture external debt burden. The study set out to test...
46. ESTIMATION OF ORGAN EQUIVALENT AND EFFECTIVE DOSES FROM DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY
ABSTRACT
The radiation dose received by the patient during the radiological examination is essential to prevent risks of exposure.A study was carried out to establish the trend of dose received by patient during x-ray examination in Federal Medical Centre, Keffi in Nasa...
47. DEVELOPMENT OF A PILOT ALLOCATION PROTOCOL TO MITIGATE THE EFFECT OF PILOT CONTAMINATION IN MASSIVE MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
Pilot Contamination (PC) has been considered as a majorlimiting factor of Time Division Duplexing (TDD) Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (M-MIMO) systems, as itsaturates the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) saturated. Similarly, several mitigation techniques...
48. DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE ESTIMATION BASED IMPROVED DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF NON-TECHNICAL LOSSES USING SMART METER MEASUREMENTS
ABSTRACT
This research work presents the development of branch current based state estimation for NonTechnical Losses (NTLs) Detection and Localization. The use of weighted least square (WLS) state estimation for the evaluation of branch current of a network during theft is considered....
49. DYNAMIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL OF BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION
ABSTRACT
Biological systems usually consist of large number of components and involve processes at a variety of spatial, temporal and biological scales. This study presents a framework for model identification and the use of Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) in systems biology modelling...
50. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING OF CLIMATE CHANGE VARIABLES ON HADEJIA RIVER SUB-BASIN, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and Geographical Information System (GIS) based hydrological modelling was applied to Hadejia River Sub-basin- an integral of the Chad Basin in the Northern Nigeria- to determine the impacts of land use/cover dynamics on the hydrological re...
