A CASE STUDY ON DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION (2015-2019)
Background of the study
The connection between democratic government and economic progress at the national level is recognized and valued by many. This is due to the fact that democracy plays an extremely significant and significant part in nurturing na...
View DetailsA CRITIQUE OF THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS NIHILISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREIDRICH NIETZSCHE
ABSTRACT: This study is necessary in the face of the present-day unscrutinized quest for faith or religion. For this reason, it followed a thought-pattern that argued the credibility of God and religion. Thus, the major task of this work is to criticize...
View DetailsA PHILOSOPHICAL EVALUATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF GOD AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
Background of the Study: For centuries, people have sought a solution to the conundrum of the existence of a supernatural deity who is almighty and omni-benevolent but permits evil to exist (Manyx 2019). Three intellectual demands may be seen to be served by belief in a supe...
View DetailsTHE LEGALISATION OF ABORTION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS OF ADOLESCENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF FCT RESIDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on abortion legalization and its impact on sexual practices of youths: a study of FCT residents. To achieve this 3 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling technique...
View DetailsAN APPRAISAL OF FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF FORMAL RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN PROJECT DELIVERY
ABSTRACT: Non utilization of Formal Risk Management Techniques in project delivery by the project team has been identified as one the causes of project failure This prompts the question ‘what factors are responsible?’ This study therefore first presen...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN NATION BUILDING: A SURVEY ON 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 converts. Th...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the impact of Total Quality Management (TQM) on organizational performance using First Bank Plc, Ikotun as a case study. Specifically, the study examined the impact of TQM in First Bank, Ikotun, the level of ma...
View DetailsAPPRAISING THE FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SMALL MEDIUM AND LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OYO STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: However, the construction industry is often regarded as one of the most hazardous sectors of the industry anywhere in the globe. According to the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (2011), a constructio...
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 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 EFFECTIVENESS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL EXERCISE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Background to the study: Performance appraisal has become a strategic tool for improving organizational effectiveness. Performance appraisal exercise is often used interchangeably with performance assessment, evaluations, and performance review or employee a...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF GENDER IN COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Background Of The Study: Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and a...
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 DetailsAVAILABILITY OF LABORATORY FACILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING-LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS, INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA L.G.A
INTRODUCTION: In Nigeria as well as in other countries, education is perceived as a tool for socio-economic and political developments and as such it is accorded the necessary attention. This position is amplified in the Nigerian National Policy on Edu...
View DetailsCHRISTIAN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS: A MORAL CONCERN IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA
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 converts. Th...
View DetailsCOMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCES OF GOVERNMENT OWNED AND PRIVATELY OWNED MEDIA ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The role of the broadcasters and the broadcast media...
View DetailsTHE PERCEIVED CREDIBILITY OF TELEVISION COMMERCIAL CLAIMS BY CONSUMERS
Background Of The Study: Globally, adverts have been known to be a great source/or means of luring and convincing consumers to purchase various goods and services. Since the inception of adverts there has been an increase in brand loyalty from consumers of certai...
View DetailsCORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT USING BANKING AND TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: At an earlier point in history, societal expectations from business organizations did not go beyond efficient resource allocation and its maximization. But today, it has changed and modern business must think beyond profit maximization to...
View DetailsDESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC PHASE SELECTOR
ABSTRACT: This is a technical report presented on the design and construction of an Automatic Phase Selector. In the construction work, an ordinary level knowledge of electronics principles are observed. We aimed at presenting a practical aspect of the subject and then providing...
View DetailsEXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND CHALLENGES OF CBN CASHLESS POLICY ON RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Background of the study: The financial system of any economy is responsible for mobilizing savings for productive investments and ensuring efficient resource allocation. Banks have traditionally played an active role in this regard. A large volume of literatures such as those of...
View DetailsTHE US SECURITY POLICY AND NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAMME, 2000 - 2008
Introduction: The posture of the US foreign and defense policies especially in the post-Cold War era of international politics has demonstrated blatantly and abundantly a tendency to seek power, increase power and to demonstrate power (Morganthau, 1973). More importantly, the 9/1...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF PRIVATE SCHOOL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Educationally it is generally agreed that private schools have contributed positively to the academic performance of students in secondary schools. Presently, some elites seem not to agree that private schools are doing anything to encourage or enhance st...
View DetailsFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: Many policy makers and academics argue that foreign direct investment (FDI) can have robust positive effects on a host economy’s development. In addition to the direct capital financing it supplies, FDI can be a source of valuable technology and kno...
View DetailsFEMINISTS CRITIQUE ON ARISTOTLE GENDER PERSPECTIVE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: Since time immemorial, people have held the view that men are superior to women. This vision of male supremacy is clearly reflected in all traditional families and societies to an extent that even women were made to accept that they are inferior nature.
... View DetailsATTITUDES OF TEACHERS AND PARENT TOWARD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Corporal punishment is kind of punishment the causes severe pains to the body. It can be in various forms among which are flogging, picking pains, frog jump, uprooting trees and so on. Flogging which was mostly used in secondary schools was abolished in 1...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN NIGERIA A STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE
Background of Study: The concept of traditional institution‖ has been the major phenomena in the recent years and most especially after United Nations General Assembly adapted resolution A/RES/61/295 on Thursday, 13th September 2007 in New York (http://www.u...
View DetailsTHE TREND IN HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN JNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
Background to the Study: Academic performance has been described as the scores attained by students at a given moment. This scholastic standing could be explained in terms of the grades obtained in a course or groups of courses (Daniels and Schoulen, 19...
View DetailsTHE USE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTICE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In the contemporary competitive world of business/brand competition the ability to create maintain a positive corporate reputation has become an invaluable asset. It is this truism which inspired Macnamara (1999) to assert that the d...
View DetailsTRADE UNIONISM AND IT’S IMPACT ON WORKERS WELFARE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The term trade union has a variety of meanings depending on the perception of workers and the definition imposed by the legal frameworks in many countries. Some workers organizations call themselves staff or professional associations...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF BROADCAST MEDIA IN MOBILIZING WOMEN FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Women constitute a critical segment of the Nigeria population. They are active in the agriculture and economic sectors of the...
View DetailsTHE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Technical and Vocational Education and Training has been regarded as the bedrock to sustainable technology development progra...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF BROADCAST MEDIA ON THE MORAL UPBRINGING OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The mass media-radio, television, newspaper and magazine reach large numbers of people through communication and entertainmen...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Research provides inconsistent findings regarding the importance of parent-child communication and other forms of parental in...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED YOUTH CULTURE ON SOCIAL ORIENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The study of every unit of social organization must eventually lead to an analysis of the i...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF PERCEIVED YOUTH CULTURE ON THE SOCIAL ORIENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The examination of each constituent of a social structure inevitably culminates in an explo...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF POOR FINANCING ON THE OPERATION OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN AWKA METROPOLIS)
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
A look around us will reveal that that our economy consists of people whose material needs and wants are satisfied by numerous business organizaiton especi...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Small and medium enterprises in Nigeria can be defined according to asset base and number of staff employed. The criteria ar...
View DetailsTHE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR 21ST CENTURY ENGLISH PEDAGOGY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: One sociolinguistic implication of the diffusion of English language - an amalgam of the three paltry languages of the J...
View DetailsTHE NEW MINIMUM WAGE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN GOVERNMENT PARASTATAL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: One of the key reasons why people work and labor is to generate income in the form of compensation and salary, especially whe...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF PUBLIC OPINION ON PUBLIC POLICY IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Since independence in 1960 in Nigeria, different governments have embrace on one programme or another. The research work is to examine the activities of the public...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS ON PUPILS PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: It has been theorized that teacher effectiveness is vital to student performance (Darling Hammond, 2010), According to Darlin...
View DetailsTHE PROFOUND RAMIFICATIONS STEMMING FROM DAVID HUME'S PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK CONCERNING IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction: Are we not often at times shocked by the discovery that what we thought was certain is later proved dubious and false? If this be a regular occurrence, is it not the case that we may become suspicious of all claims to certainty...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA (1988-2023)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Fiscal policy has traditionally been related to the use of taxation and public expenditure to influence economic activities o...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF NIGERIA (1997-2023)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Globalization remains one of the most controversial subjects of our time. Several authors and ideological applications. Globa...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH (1988 – 2023)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The relationship between government expenditure and economic growth has continued series of debate among scholars. Keynes (19...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STANDARDS (IFRS) ON THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: This study sets out to examine whether the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Nigeria has improv...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Organizational culture refers to a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that show people what is appropriat...
View DetailsTHE SOCIOLOGICAL APPRAISAL OF THE IMPACT OF PHONE-IN PROGRAMMES IN MEDIA BRODCASTING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Communication is said to be the life blood of every society. There is therefore a need to know what communication is all abou...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF OWNERSHIP ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AND REPORTING IN NIGERIA, A STUDY OF GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: This paper evaluates Nigerian press reportage of political campaign during the 2011 presidential election. The major focus of the paper is to assess the role of the Nigerian press in the strugg...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVERTISING IN CHANGING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
BACKGR...
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