A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER MUHAMMADU BUHARI ADMINISTRATION IN 1983-1985 AND 2015-2018
Background of the study
Foreign policy is a necessary activity engaged in by each sovereign State in the international system because no State is an island unto itself, nor can any State be insulated from the actions of others whether favourable or adverse. Bilateral an...
View DetailsA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA
Nigeria as a nation is characterized by a developing economy due to the fact that the various sectors responsible for economic development are not optimally utilized as a result of which we have not being able to tap fully the natural resources that Nigeria is blessed with as it could increase ou...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG YOUTHS
ABSTRACT: Criminal behavior could be seen as a fault of the social system whose institutions do not work equally for all its members. This phenomenon has become a recurrent problem in Nigeria among youths, despite concerted efforts made by government, intern...
View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED MAILING SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN POSTAL SERVICE (NIPOST) UYO)
Introduction: This chapter introduces a computerized mailing system. It focuses on the theoretical background of the research, statement of the problem, aim and objectives of the study, significance of the study, scope of the study and the organization of the study.
<... View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CRIME GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION TRACKING SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: As the amount of criminal activity across the country increases, the need for crime prevention also increases. Therefore police departments need every available crime-fighting tool that can provide an advantage over criminals. Since traditiona...
View DetailsGOOD GOVERNANCE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Background to the Study: Governance, according to the World Bank Report (2010) is the exercise of political power in the management of a nation’s affairs. This definition thus implies that governance encompasses the state’s institutional and structura...
View DetailsIMPEDIMENTS IN ADOPTING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine impediments in adopting international financial reporting standard in Nigeria with special reference to Federal Pay Office, Benin and Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation, Benin City. Specifically, the study aimed to find...
View DetailsMANAGING INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN ENUGU STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In the formation of the nation industrial policy the federal government was influenced by the country’s social and economic conditions and the standard set by the international labour organization (ILO) and Nigeria is a...
View DetailsRESIDENTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the residential building collapse in Nigeria: causes, effects and solutions. To achieve this 3 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were empl...
View DetailsIMPACT OF FUEL SCARCITY ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Until the early 70’s, the mainstay of Nigeria economy was agriculture. Then the country was famed for her proficiency in the production of groundnuts hence the Kano groundnut pyramids, oil palm and the faster part of cocoa in the we...
View DetailsTHE LINGUISTIC - STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN SECURITY AGENCIES USE OF LANGUAGE: A Case Study Of The Nigeria Police Force's Registers
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The truth, of course, is that it is precisely the multiplication of meanings which makes language the powerful and flexible tool that it is. The possibility of selecting adopting, standardizing of a selected set of vocabulary and spe...
View DetailsA CRITICAL EVALUATION OF COVID-19 SAFETY COMPLIANCE LEVEL AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The globe was rocked by a pandemic of severe respiratory sickness known as Covid-19. The viral infection is quickly spreading over the world. Droplet transmission, contact with an infected case, and contact with contaminated fomites are a...
View DetailsA CRITICAL EVALUATION OF STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORKING EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AND ITS BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to critically evaluate students industrial working experience scheme (siwes) and its benefits and challenges in Nigerian universities using Rivers State University as a case study. Specifically, the study aimed at ex...
View DetailsA CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THREATS IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES IN CROSS RIVERS STATE (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED HOTELS IN CALABAR)
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to the safety and security threats in hospitality industries in Cross Rivers State using some selected some selected hotels in calabar as a case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniqu...
View DetailsA SURVEY ON SHIP FINANCING: EXPERIENCE OF NIGERIA
Statement of the problem: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have long been recognized by the World Bank and other multilateral agencies as crucial to these institutions' economic growth in their more focused operations in developing nations. Small firms com...
View DetailsA SURVEY ON THE CHALLENGES FACING HANDICRAFT BUSINESSES IN IMPLEMENTING PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR THEIR PRODUCT
ABSTRACT: The study specifically was aimed at ascertaining the challenges faced by handicraft businesses in Benin city in implementing product promotion strategies. This study reviewed and anchored its framework on the Need Theory and Equity theory. &n...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE MISHANDLING AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND ITS EFFECTS ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: A CASE SYTUDY OF FIRS, ABUJA
ABSTRACT: This study examined the impact of mismanagement and embezzlement of public fund on government Parastatals using Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS), Abuja as case study. Specifically, the study aimed at determining the nature of mismanag...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF CHILD LABOUR, CHILD TRAFFICKING AND GIRL CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine child labour, child trafficking and girl child marriage in Nigeria using resident of Enugu urban as case study. Specifically, the study examined the role of the media in the fight against child labour, traffic...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN LAGOS STATE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the causes, effects and solutions of building collapse in Lagos State. Specifically, this study aimed at examining the causes of building collapse in Lagos State, identify the effects of building collapse in...
View DetailsA COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE NOTION OF CRIME VICTIMS WITHIN THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT
ABSTRACT: It is not exaggeration that despite the effort of NAPTIP and other bodies like the ILO, there are still cases and reports of women and child trafficking in Nigeria. There are occasions where hospitals take in young pregnant girls, offer them money for their babies...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON CHILD AND WOMEN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA: THE NAPTIP LEGAL PERCEPTION
ABSTRACT: It is not exaggeration that despite the effort of NAPTIP and other bodies like the ILO, there are still cases and reports of women and child trafficking in Nigeria. There are occasions where hospitals take in young pregnant girls, offer them money for their babies...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF BANDITRY AND ITS A CRITICAL EFFECT ON RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: The study is focused on a critical evaluation of banditry and its effect on rural community development using funtua local Government in Kastina State as a case study. Survey research design and convenience sampling method was employed for the stu...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE ON LIFESTYLE OF YOUTHS
ABSTRACT: Mass media refers to those media that are designed to be consumed by large audiences through the agencies of technology. These technologies include the Internet, television, newspapers, film and radio, which are used for mass communication. Mass media a...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN POVERTY AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AMONG YOUTH
ABSTRACT: The broad objective of this study centers on an evaluation of the connection between poverty and criminal activity among youth. This study which sought to establish the impact of poverty on criminal behavior among youths in Nigeria is an attem...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF DOMESTIC WATER DEMAND AND SUPPLY: A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN, KWARA STATE
Background of the study: Water is necessary for life, and its availability, usage, and spatial distribution are all linked to economic growth and societal progress. Aside from oxygen, water is essential to life; it is a cornerstone for human success because adequate and high-qual...
View DetailsA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF WESTERN MEDIA ON THE FASHION PREFERENCES OF NIGERIAN YOUNG WOMEN
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the influence of western media on the fashion choices of Nigerian women using female students of Legacy University, Okija as case study. Specifically, the study aimed at showing how the contents...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NIGERIAN COURTS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
ABSTRACT: The topic “ Administration of justice in Nigerian courts, challenges and prospects” seems to attract to itself the attention and  ...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE INFORMATION CHANNEL AND THE ADOPTION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AMONG AGRICULTURAL PRACTITIONERS
ABSTRACT: This study investigated the information channels utilised and the utilisation of traditional medicine among farmers in the Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. This study investigated the accessibility of information for farmers, the various ailments that i...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGENCIES IN NIGERIAN PORTS
Background of the study: The assertion that Nigeria is one of the most successful maritime nations in the world is supported by the fact that this view is shared by both domestic maritime operators and those based in other countries. Ports are intended to be secure areas, and the...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS AMONG TERTIARY STUDENTS REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF THE 18+ WARNING SIGN ON ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENTS
Background: The impact of advertising on the consumption of alcoholic beverages, particularly among young people, has been recognised as a significant contributing factor (Alcohol Concern, 2013). By employing various advertising execution techniques, including but not limited to...
View DetailsA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT EFFORTS AND SECURITY PROBLEM MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: After the civil war that broke out in 1970 in Nigeria, the country's security situation has been generally stable ever since. The people have peace, and they are able to travel freely from one section of the nation to another without being harassed or...
View DetailsEXAMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF LISTED CONSUMER GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA
Background To The Study: The performance of each firm not only contributes to its own market value, but also to the growth of the whole industry, which in turn contributes to the economy's economic success. Scholars in numerous fields of business and strategi...
View DetailsASSESSING MASS MEDIA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ENDSARS PROTEST
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the influence of mass media on EndSARs protest using Lagos State as a case study. Specifically, the study examined the role of mass media in Nigeria.the study also, ascertain the extent of influ...
View DetailsASSESSING POST ENDSARS PROTEST EFFECT ON LIVES AND PROPERTIES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: The EndSars protest left memories not just on the Nigerian people but on her economy leading to loss of lives and properties. The study focused on an Assessing post ENDSARS protest effect on lives and properties in Nigeria using Lekki in Lag...
View DetailsEFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF ADVERTISING AS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY FOR MASS MEDIA ORGANIZATION
ABSTRACT: This study is an investigation carried out in order to find the impact of adoption of advertising as a survival strategy in mass media organization. This study was carried out in mass media organization and based on case study of Nigeria Television...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF AUDIENCE AWARENESS, ACCESSIBILITY AND PATRONAGE OF ONLINE NEWS
Background of the study: The Internet continues to evolve into a major news source. The internet which is the worldwide system of interconnected computers makes use of telecommunication resources. It is defined by Aina (2003), Hanson (2005) as a network made up o...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF CAREER EXPECTATION ON THE CONFIDENTIAL CAPACITY OF SECRETARY IN A PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT
Background of the study: Secretaries may work in a variety of settings, including government agencies, businesses, nonprofit groups, and industries. Of all these, the sector may stand to benefit the most from hiring the greatest secretaries and suffer the most from doing so. ...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM AMONG UYO BASED JOURNALIST IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: Journalists who work professionally in Nigeria are often confronted with complex and nuanced ethical dilemmas that need them to make choices about not just their own ethical behavior but also the behavior of the professional persons...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ELECTION MALPRACTICE AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC
Background of the Study: Democracy is the system of government that promotes the participation of the masses in government and the accountability of elected representatives to the electorate. The representatives are public office holders who are voted into office by the people th...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ONLINE MARKETING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
Background of the study: Over the past ten years, there has been a spectacular increase in the usage of the Internet, and more specifically the World Wide Web. This rise has had an influence on practically every aspect of daily life in industrialised cultures. In...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF SERVICE COMPACT (SERVICOM) ON PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN SELECTED FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITALS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The Nigeria public service is a vital government institution consisting of the staff of the central administrations, state administrations, the police and the Nigerian A...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Since independence, the Nigeria government has desperately continued to make concerted effort in the area of quantitative (but not qualitative) supply of mass housing through huge budgetary and policy provisions but, surprisingly, the rat...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLICATION OF FULANI HERDSMEN BANDITRY ACTIVITIES ON COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The Fulani unarguably represent a significant part of the economy of Nigeria. They are the major breeders of goats, sheep and cattle as those animals are the major source of meat and affordable source of animal proteins ate by Nigerians.&...
View DetailsASSESSMENT 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 they are...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) (A case study of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State)
Background to the Study: Attitude as a concept is concerned with individuals’ way of thinking, acting, and behaving. Attitudes are formed as a result of some kind of learning experiences. Attitude is fundamental to understanding social perception of people...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF UNDERGRADUATE YOUTHS TOWARD DEMOCRATIC VALUES: IMPLICATION FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
Background to the Study: Citizens are the hearts and soul of democracy and hence there must be active and informed involvement of the people at all levels of governance as willing participants in defining and maintaining their democracy. The youths of...
View DetailsAUDIT INDEPENDENCE AND CREDIBILITY OF FINANCIAL REPORTING IN THE NIGERIAN BANKING SECTOR
Background to the Study: In present times, there has been much discussion about the Auditors independence; the leadership of the auditing standards board, the public oversight board, the independence standards board, and most recently the proposed independence ru...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, SUPERVISION PROCEDURES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The change and development of any nation in the globe begins and ends with the education of a high-quality educational system. Because of this, no nation ever progresses beyond the degree of education she possesses. In addition, education...
View DetailsBACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SACHET WATER SOLD IN OWERRI METROPOLIS
ABSTRACT: Water is one of the indispensable resources for the continued existence of all living things including man. The provision of an adequate supply of safe drinking water was one of the eight components of primary health care identified by the International Conference on Pr...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF BUREAUCRATS IN GOVERNMENT CORRUPT PRACTISES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The issue of leadership and good governance probity, accountability remains a monumental problem to Nigerian Socio-political and economic development over the years, since independence. This is as a result of linkage between the tran...
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