1. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
Background of the Study
The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata (1979) and Edoka (1992), refers to a library that caters :or the needs of those enqag...
2. 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...
3. A STUDY OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND THE CREDIBILITY OF NEWS REPORTING IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
As a watchdog and a mirror of the country, the media plays an important role in society and has a significant effect on editorial policy. We will include not only the mechanical devices that transmit and sometimes, messages (TV c...
4. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC REVIEW OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN SELECTED JENIFA’S DIARY EPISODES
Background to the study
The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...
5. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LEGAL DEPOSIT MATERIALS BY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE USER SUPPORT IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Different libraries exist for different purposes. These purposes include function, type of users and the reason for establishing the library. These account for the major differences in libraries. Okiy in Tinuoye (2010) asserted that the main reas...
6. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LEGAL DEPOSIT MATERIALS BY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE USER SUPPORT IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Different libraries exist for different purposes. These purposes include function, type of users and the reason for establishing the library. These account for the major differences in libraries. Okiy in Tinuoye (2010) asserted that the main reas...
7. 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...
8. A STUDY ON AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF THE MEDIA IN MOBILIZING WOMEN FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Background to the Study
Purdar is a very harsh kind of rejection of women's participation rights. Women encounter a variety of impediments to full involvement in different parts of social life in Nigeria, owing to established cultural beliefs that d...
9. AN ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE COVERAGE OF KIDNAPPING IN THE SOUTH WEST NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF PUNCH AND GUARDIAN NEWSPAPERS
Background of the Study
During the past decade and a half, Nigeria had an extraordinary succession of agitations in the form of kidnappings and abductions, armed robberies, bombings, and carnages of varying magnitudes. Despite the fact that kidnapping h...
10. AN ANALYSIS OF REPORT CASES OF CRIMES IN NIGERIA FROM 1995 - 2004
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Criminality is inherent in human nature and culture. As a result, no civilization can claim to be fully crime-free. However, the sorts of criminal behavior tend to follow the pattern of a society's social and economic growth. It is not surprising...
11. 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...
12. AN ASSESSMENT OF ELECTION VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Nigeria's electoral process has been marred by violence. Recent forms of electoral violence, on the other hand, have taken on an unprecedented scale and are altering shape and character, with grave consequences for democratic...
13. AN EVALUATION OF FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Federalism has developed as one of the most popular models of governance because to its integrative ability to assess the various political life of multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-lingual countries. Federalism, on the ot...
14. AN EVALUATION OF LABOUR UNREST AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
The government employs the majority of workers, with private individuals employing just a small percentage of the workforce (Fajara, 2000). Labour unions have been key agents of socio-economic transformation and class struggle in Nigeria (...
15. AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF GENDER EQUALITY ON WOMEN’S RIGHT TO WORK OUTSIDE MATRIMONIAL HOME IN ISLAMIC LAW
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
All human beings, according to Islam, are members of the same family, with the same mother (Hauwa'u) and father (Adam), and they should be treated with respect and provided all of the necessities of life that Allah supplies....
16. AN EVALUATION OF THE NTA INTEGRATION PROGRAM
Background of the study
The media, particularly television, plays a critical role in promoting national integration. Since its inception, television has grown to be a very essential and powerful medium of public communication. Its synchronized broadcast...
17. 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...
18. IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF PRIVATE BROADCASTING STATIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Media as a watchdog and the mirror of the nation perform crucial roles in the society and as well it is influence in its editorial policy. Lazar field and Kendal (2002,p.32), insist that mass is truly applicable to the medium of...
19. AN INVESTIGATION OF MERGER AND ACQUISITION AND ITS EFFECTS ON AN ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
There are typically triumphs and failures in all human endeavors. As a result, businesses are no exception. Many corporate enterprises and people struggled in an era of abundance and waste mania, such as we saw in the mid-seventi...
20. AN EVALUATION OF ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA
Background to Study
The mass media comprises the means by which a society disseminates and receives information. The traditional instruments of the mass media to the modern man are the newspapers, magazines, radio and television. The Journalist is...
21. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEDERALISM AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA (1960-2010)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
A very striking feature of every federal state is the existence of diversities. Whether federations are formed by integration of previously independent entities or through differentiation of a single entity into many components, the...
22. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LEGAL DEPOSIT MATERIALS BY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE USER SUPPORT IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Different libraries exist for different purposes. These purposes include function, type of users and the reason for establishing the library. These account for the major differences in libraries. Okiy in Tinuoye (2010) asserted t...
23. THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATION OF INCREASING EXTERNAL DEBT LIABILITY IN NIGERIA
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF NIGERIA’S EXTERNAL DEBT
The management of Nigeria’s external debt has been a major macroeconomic problem especially since the early 1980s. For many years now, the country’s debt has been growing in spite of the efforts being...
24. THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Generally, in the whole world, particularly in Nigeria, education has been considered to be the corner stone for development. It forms the basis for literacy, skill acquisition, technological advancement and ability to harness hu...
25. THE PROBLEMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Background of the Study
In the world over, education has become an essential commodity that determines the level of development or growth of any nation. It has become services that require the involvement of both the private and public sectors. The invo...
26. MEDIA STAFF WELFARE AND EFFECTIVE JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
For any organization to function very effectively is it big or small, the welfare of the staff of that organization must first be taken into consideration. This is because a staff who is not taken good care of, for instance, whose sa...
27. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
Auditor independence refers to the ability of the external auditor to act with integrity and impartiality during his/her auditing functions. According to the Indonesian Accounting Association (2010), auditor independence is an ex...
28. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PRINT MEDIA IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Drug abuse is a very sensitive and vital issue on our social, education, economic and moral life. It was due to the negative effect it have on the individual or society, that lead to the establishment of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA...
29. COMPARISON OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NEWS INFORMATION
Background of the Study
A century and half ago, communication between countries involved physical presence. Once, a reporter had to run as fast as possible back to the newsroom after interviewing and tried to beat the competition to print. Wit...
30. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
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The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata...
31. THE EFFECT OF ADVERTISEMENT ON THE DEMAND OF CONSUMERS GOODS: A CASE STUDY OF SEVEN UP BOTTLING COMPANY
Background Of The Study
Advertisement is the collective term for public announcement designed to promote the scales of specific commodities or services that are meant to educate, inform and persuade the entire public by means of difference methods such...
32. THE EFFECT OF ADVERTISEMENT ON THE DEMAND OF CONSUMERS GOODS: A CASE STUDY OF SEVEN UP BOTTLING COMPANY
Background Of The Study
Advertisement is the collective term for public announcement designed to promote the scales of specific commodities or services that are meant to educate, inform and persuade the entire public by means of difference methods such...
33. THE EFFECT OF TERRORISM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: IT’S SIGNIFICANCE TO DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA)
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Terrorism and insurgency is globally becoming a household word as there is no nation that is completely absolved from its effect. This is the reason why Rourke (2015) observes that war, terrorism and other forms of transnational political violenc...
34. EFFECT OF FUEL SUBSIDY ON THE ECONOMY OF NIGERIA
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a 2011population of 162.5 million.It possesses28percentof Africanprovenoil reserves, second after Libya, and it is the top producer of African crude oil, producing 24percentof 2010 Africanoil production equaling2.4 million barrelsper day(bpd)(UN...
35. THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ON PUPILS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education, according to Qureshi, (2001) consists of two components. He classified these two components. He classified these two components into inputs and outputs. According to him, inputs consist of human and materials reso...
36. 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...
37. THE IMPLICATION OF RITUALISM ON MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN YOUTHS
Background of the study
Moral education is an issue that is currently being widely discussed as a result of the moral decadence of youths. The Nigerian society particularly is now in serious crisis for the high level of immorality that prevails in our s...
38. 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...
39. INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICY MAKING IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The recent advances in information communication technology (ICT) especially on the aspect of foreign policy making are becoming central to other processes, such as socio-economic and political development of nation states and ho...
40. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Generally, in the whole world, particularly in Nigeria, education has been considered to be the corner stone for development. It forms the basis for literacy, skill acquisition, technological advancement and ability to harness hu...
41. THE PROBLEMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Background of the Study
In the world over, education has become an essential commodity that determines the level of development or growth of any nation. It has become services that require the involvement of both the private and public sectors. The invo...
42. AN EXAMINATION OF WESTERN MEDIA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE FASHION CHOICES OF NIGERIAN LADIES
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
"Western culture is an extremely broad term that refers to the social norms, belief systems, traditions, customs, values, and so on that originated in Europe or are based on European culture."Since Western culture has a unique identity with the concept t...
43. ASSESSMENT OF ADVERTISING AS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY FOR MASS MEDIA ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria Television Authority Enugu was established in the year 1960 by the Premier of an Eastern region of Nigeria Dr. Michael Okpara. It was the oldest television station in Nigeria. It was received in the thirteen states of the fe...
44. 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...
45. INVESTIGATION INTO TWITTER BAN AND ITS EFFECTS ON SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HUMANITARIAN SERVICES
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Dominick (2019) explains that advertising is not only paid for in this era but word of mouth (viral advertising) is used to harness paid advertising. Advertising through traditional media relied on a model of interrupting and disrupting consumers&...
46. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MODERN JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Modern journalism refers to the era of online journalism, the era of internet, which has become pervasive. Nowadays there is no media organization worth the name that does not have an online presence. Playing an active role in the process of colle...
47. THE IMPACT OF PHONE-IN PROGRAMMES
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Mass media is a channel, medium, utility, device, or instrument used in the mass communication process. The mass media also includes, printed media, electronic media and Cyber media. Printed media such as newspapers, magazines, books, pamphlets, b...
48. AN ANALYSIS OF CHILD LABOUR, CHILD TRAFFICKING AND GIRL CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Child labour and trafficking are essentially understood as encompassing monetary or non monetary activities which are mentally physically, morally and socially hazardous for children below 15 years of age (UNICEF, 2005). Ch...
49. DEPENDENCY AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA UNDERDEVELOPMENT: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
ABSTRACT
The major aim of the study is to examine the impact of dependency on sub Saharan African development with reference to Nigeria perspective. It examined the major problem of dependency in sub Saharan African. It examine the major areas of under...
50. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF FISCAL POLICY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA ECONOMY
ABSTRACT
This research work was undertaken in order to evaluate the role of Fiscal policies in the development of Nigeria economy. A major issue in Nigerian economy recovery relates to...
