COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INSURANCE AND BANKING INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA
Background: The insurance and banking industries, both of which are components of the Nigerian financial system, play very important role in the country. They jointly for the backbone of the economy without which all economic activities would come to a halt...
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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED AUDITING SYSTEM FOR A FINANCIAL INSITITUTION A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK (NIG) PLC
ABSTRACT: The documentation management system in most audit firms no doubt, has a difficult task in today’s competitive auditing industry; hence there is the need for a fat, more efficient and effective processing system.
Client’s files cannot be assessed qu...
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A 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...
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A STUDY OF CHOSEN LOCALLY OWNED SHIPPING COMPANIES CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF THE CABOTAGE ACT ON LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT: In 2003 the cabotage law was enacted with provisions to empower local investors to take control of the domestic shipping trade and from it develop enough muscle to assume the right of place for Nigeria as a maritime nation in the movement of her import...
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A 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...
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AUDIT 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...
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AVAILABILITY 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...
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INCREASING MARITAL PROBLEMS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
ABSTRACT: The present investigation was conducted with the primary objective of scrutinising the underlying factors and ramifications of marital discord, employing the urban area of Kaduna as a representative case study. The utilisation of the survey research des...
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE (A CASE STUDY OF PRICE WATER HOUSE COOPERS)
Background to the Study: Conflict of interest and auditor’s independence are two concepts that must be considered properly in this project work. If there is any way auditors’ conflict of interest affects his independence. To start with auditor’s...
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COUNSELLING AS A STRONG TOOL FOR CHECKING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE AND COPING WITH EXAMINATION ANXIETY
Background of the study: Evidence abound of increasing incidents of examination malpractices by students at schools and colleges; which conflict with the core purpose of education ´ the training of the mind and character for the acquisition of pra...
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THE 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...
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MANAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PORT HARCOURT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN RIVERS STATE NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: There is a growing body of literature from researchers and educationists which have made an attempt to examine the relationship between education management and students academic performance (Orodho, 2014; UNESCO, 1999; United Nations, 2013; Waweru&Or...
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THE FIDUCIARY FRAUD DETECTION DUTY OF THE FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study: The trend and the volume are increasing on a daily basis and all levels of the society are involved. The rich, the poor, the young and the elderly, the male and female all are neck deep in fraud and fraud related activities that say a lot about our m...
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TRIPLY ENTRY ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL REPORTING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Modern financial accounting is based on a double entry system. Described simply, double entry bookkeeping allows firms to maintain records that reflect what the firm owns and owes and also what...
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UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND GLOBAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INVASION OF IRAQ, 1991-2008
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Evaluation of the Iraq conflict cannot be finished until the roles performed by two key actors—the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United States of America (USA)—have been de-mythified (C...
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THE PREVALENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PROFICIENT CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE NIGERIAN INSURANCE SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF LEADWAY ASSURANCE COMPANY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The origin of the insurance industry in Nigeria, as stated by Augustine and Brennan (2012), can be attributed to the British...
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THE ROLE OF AUDITING IN ENSURING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Corporate performance management is the area of business intelligence involved with monitoring and managing an organizations performance such as revenue, returns in investment,...
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THE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS ATTAINMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to study: Internal auditing has undergone dramatic changes and has expended its scope to make greater contribution to the organization goals. Internal auditing is also performing its role in...
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THE 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...
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THE INFLUENCE OF SINGLE PARENTING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IDO-OSI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EKITI STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Every country places a significant emphasis on the education of its educational system. As a result, it commands a significant education of attention from the family, the commu...
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THE MANAGEMENT OF INSURANCE COMPANIES TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Life is full of risk and every human being is confronted with possibility that one day one of these hazards which form part of life may befall them because one financial loss or the other. The...
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THE IMPACT OF PROMOTIONAL STRATAEGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSURANCE IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
“Risk is a phenomenon which has been in existence since the beginning of the world. Risk exists whenever the future is unknown” (Lemon 1989: 17). This means that the word implies some element of...
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THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR
CHAPTER I
Introduction
Background of the Study: This study intends to shed more light on the impact of public procurement act on the accountability of procurement officers in public sector in Kaduna state ministry of ed...
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THE IMPACT OF RITUALISM ON NATIONAL SECURITY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Security concerns are taken seriously all across the world. It is acknowledged as one of the most fundamental tasks of a stat...
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THE IMPACT OF STAFFS DEVELOPMENT IN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS OF NEPA DISTRICT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Tuoyo (1982) pointed out the electricity occupies a strategic position in the social and industrial development or any countr...
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THE 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...
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THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS ON THE USE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES IN NKANU AREA OF ENUGU STATE.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background To The Study: Family Planning is the deliberate regulation of conception or delivery, or the use of contraceptives, drugs, abortion, or other methods to prevent or terminate pregnancy, or th...
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THE IMPACT OF THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: In recent times, education stakeholders have expressed their concerned over the poor performance of students in the school ce...
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THE IMPACT OF WORK ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE’S PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Working environment plays an important role towards the employees performance. Working environment is argued to im...
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THE IMPACT OF TRIPLE ENTRY ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ON FINANCIAL REPORTING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION: Modern financial accounting is based on a double entry system. Described simply, double entry bookkeeping allows firms to maintain recor...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENT PURCHASING IN A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Purchasing is concerned with the “process of defining the organization needs, selecting suppliers, agreeing terms, plac...
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THE IMPACT OF HOSPITAL LIBRARY ON CLINICAL DECISION MAKING IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: In the context of human beings, "health information" refers to the knowledge, facts, and news that are created from...
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THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL AUDITING ON THE PROFITABILITY OF MONEY DEPOSIT BANK
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Taking a deep retrospect, internal audit has served as a simple administrative procedure comprised mainly of checking documents, counting assets, and reporting to Board of Dire...
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THE GROWTH AND CONTRIBUTION OF LIFE ASSURANCE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The development of life assurance can be traced back to as far back as 1983. It was in this year that we have the first evide...
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THE INFLUENCE OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL STRATEGIES ON ORGANISATIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Advertising encompasses the comprehensive array of endeavours involved in effectively conveying information or promoting prod...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA ECONOMY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Having chosen this topic to write on, my objectives is to find out the roles played by our financial institutions in our present economic situa...
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A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATED CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE IN THE BENIN KINGDOM
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The family that emerges from a marriage has some basic functions which make it unique. Bilton, Bonnett, Jones, Sheard, Stanworth and Webster (2001) observed that in all societi...
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THE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY OF FIRM
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The emerging global economic scenario characterized by advancement in information technology, rapid changes in production pro...
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THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES ON SME PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Purpose Statement
This quantitative survey-based study aims to examine the effect of financial management best practices on the performance...
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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DIETITIAN WITH PYTHON
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Overview
Recent estimates suggest that poor dietary habits are linked to one in five early deaths globally (Afshin et al., 2019). Tackling t...
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APPLICATION OF DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVELS FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES AT SELECTED TEACHING HOSPITALS IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Diagnostic reference level (DRL) is de...
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PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GROUNDNUT OIL AND PALM OIL IN OGBOMOSO SOUTH LGA, OYO STATE
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GROUNDNUT OIL AND PALM OIL IN OGBOMOSO SOUTH LGA, OYO STATE
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AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET
ABSTRACT
The capital market is the long arm of the financial market through which resources in the form of savings are pooled and channeled to the production of goods and services. Disputes often arise in capital market transactions, which must be resolved speedily, fairly and efficient...
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ANALYSIS OF TETFUND INTERVENTION IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION I TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN EDO AND DELTA STATES
Background to the Study
Education is the most powerful tool in the development of personality and human skills, and for any nation to progress (whether developed, developing or under developed) it needs education. Education gives proper direction to the attitude and behavior of individu...
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CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA; AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (2015 -2020)
ABSTRACT
The Niger-Delta region of Nigeria has a chequered history of human and material exploitation as well as environmental degradation and underdevelopment. As the heartbeat of Nigeria’s economy being the source of most revenues accruing to the federation in terms of oil miner...
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DEVELOPMENT OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA
1.1Background of Study
Total Quality Management (TQM) is considered as an approach of continuous improvement in all quality aspects of the whole processes, goods, services and employees within the firm, and it aims at adding value to the delivered products to customers through continuou...
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AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON TEACHER PREPARATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON TEACHER PREPARATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Accreditation standards play a cruc...
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E-Administration and Public Service Delivery in Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Nigeria
1.1Background
One of the most revolutionary realizations in the organization of human societies and one that takes on the magnitude of a necessity to human survival is the discovery that institutions could be designed to cater for the interests of members of the society...
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EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Quality assurance in education is a critical aspect of main...
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