A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OUT-DOOR PLAY ENVIRONMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRE-SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Children's play has always been a natural phenomenon. Children who are healthy and not disabled (physically challenged), according to Aziza (2000), cannot live without playing in their natural environments. In some cultures,...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCES OF HOME ECONOMICS STUDENT-TEACHERS AND POSSIBLE PANACEA
Background of the study
A student teacher observed that the practical component of teacher training - practice teaching - was a challenging and stressful element of the course. She didn't seem to appreciate the experience. The experience of this student teacher desc...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE WAYS OF GENERATING INCOME IN NIGERIAN LIBRARIES
Background to the study
Generally, sufficient funding is needed for effective library and information service delivery; also while responding to the opportunities of digital revolution, the library faces renewed and intensified period of financial strin...
View DetailsAUTOMATED MARKET BASKET ANALYSIS SYSTEM
ABSTRACT: Due to technology Advancements, relationship marketing has become a reality in recent years. Technologies such as data warehousing, data mining, and campaign management software have made customer relationship management a new area where firms can gain a competitiv...
View DetailsEFFECT OF BANK CONSOLIDATION ON PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: The central tenet of banking sector consolidation was to develop a strong, reliable and diversified banking sector that is capable of playing effective developmental roles in the economy, such as funding of small and medium scale enterprises and becoming a competent and...
View DetailsGODFATHERISM AND POLITICAL CONFLICT IN NIGERIA: AN OPINION SURVEY OF VOTERS
INTRODUCTION: The human race will never see the end of troubles until political power is entrusted to the lover of wisdom “Plato Republic”. My first approach to the challenge of this topic, is that we have no choice but to seed to return to the basic context in which Nigerians see the...
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 DetailsTHE IMPACT OF CULTURAL FACTORS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE SELECTED PRIVATE FIRMS
Background of the study: The Entrepreneurship practices exist in most countries of the world, including Nigeria. In Nigeria the development of entrepreneurship has gone a long way to achieve industrialization and economic development. Management scholars agree that althoug...
View DetailsA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THREAT: A CASE STUDY OF ASARI DOKUBO’S UTTERANCES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:Conversation analysis is a broad phrase for the several traditions that may be used to analyse discourse. It is a cognitivism critique that emerged in the 1970s, however it has its origins in the 1950s' "turn to language&quo...
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 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 DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS USEFULNESS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Background Of Study: A farmer who planted corps expects results, just as a student who waits for an exam does. The same may be said for an investor. The farmer may be informed of the outcome in the form of a bountiful crop. A pupil would normally be satisfied with a result sheet...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFORT ON THE PROVISION OF PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY IN BIDA LGA, NIGER STATE
Background of the study: Nigeria has a vast amount of surface and subterranean water resources, which necessitates a well-defined administrative system capable of properly managing the resources. Nigeria's current water supply situation is woefully insufficie...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS RESPONSE TO TELEVISION REALITY PROGRAMMES
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the assessment of students response to television reality programmes using Delta State University, Abraka as case study. To achieve this 4 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simpl...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THUGGERY IN OGUN STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Elections are an accepted method of choosing leaders in modern democracies. This is a crucial procedure that helps establish democratic institutions and facilitates the peaceful transfer of power (Abekhale, 2022). Nevertheless, all elections held in Niger...
View DetailsA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF DAVID HUME'S EMPIRICISM: AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION
ABSTRACT: The perpetual process of acquiring information is a fundamental aspect of human existence, which may not pose any apparent difficulties to individuals who are not well-versed in the intricacies of this process. However, philosophers throughout history h...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION SERIES ON THE NIGERIAN WOMEN (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE)
Background of the study: The mass media has recently become very well-established in emerging nations. Today, even historically isolated areas have access to television and radio programming. Although proof of the media's socioeconomic consequences is not restricted to develo...
View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM OF COURT PROCEEDINGS (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL HIGH COURT ENUGU STATE)
Background of the study: They have been constantly generating new ideas in an effort to find answers to the challenges they face and to make their lives easier. They have explored a wide variety of options in an effort to make their goals a reality. But, alas, there has been litt...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION ON THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFLICT BETWEEN SECRETARIES AND BOSSES IN STATE OWNED ESTABLISHMENT
Background of the study: A secretary is an assistant to an executive who has mastery of office skills as well as the capacity to undertake responsibilities without direct supervision. This individual also demonstrates initiative, exercises judgement, and makes decisions within th...
View DetailsASSESSING THE CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE AND ITS EFECTS AMONG SCONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This research is carried out to critically review the causes of drug abuse among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City as a case study. To make this research a reality questionnaires were administered to collect information, the informatio...
View DetailsASSESSING THE HOME ECONOMIC EDUCATION AWARENESS LEVEL AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on assessing the home economics education awareness level among junior secondary school students in Ekpoma, Edo State. Specifically, the study ascertaining if the students offer home economics as a subject in school; find out...
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 DetailsPATIENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS MANAGEMENT
Background of Study: Hypertension remains a major global public health challenge that has been identified as the leading risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (Kearney, Whelton, Reynolds, Muntner, Whelton& He, 2004). It increases hardening of...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF STUDY HABITS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Scholars and educational authorities have long been interested in the relationship between study habits and student academic achievement. Students in any educational environment are always striving for academic achievement, and academic perfo...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS IN NIGERIA: A CASE OF 2020 WAEC, NECO AND GCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Sometimes in 2019, there was an outbreak of a viral disease (Coronavirus: COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. This epidemic recently turned into a ravaging pandemic which posed a serious threat to global public health and eventually led t...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: It has been the general assumption that children with reasonable physical care would grow into normal happy adulthood. But scientific investigations of psychologists, sociologist and psychiatrists regarding personality development has uncovered the greate...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVAL PRACTICES OF QUANTIITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN A RECESSED ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The construction industry plays an important role in a nation’s economy and its activities are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. According to Aibinu and Ja...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVAL PRACTICES OF QUANTIITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN A RECESSED ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The construction industry plays an important role in a nation’s economy and its activities are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. According to Aibinu and Ja...
View DetailsASSESSMENT ON THE EFFECT OF ONLINE MARKETING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: New technologies are increasingly being looked to by businesses as a means to satisfy the specific needs of their operations and better position themselves to take advantage of global shifts in commercial activity. When it comes to successfully opera...
View DetailsASSESSMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SIWES TO BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
Background of the study: The type of a country's educational system and program is often thought to have an impact on its degree of development. This statement is accurate to the degree that a nation's technical goals are often embedded in its educational goals and progra...
View DetailsASSESSMENT ON THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT USING JOS AS CASE STUDY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The desire of the rural population to participate directly in the affairs of their communities is driving the rising demand for local government in every corner of the world. Local government is, in reality, as ancient as mankind, as it is the only form o...
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 DetailsAWARENESS AND PERCEPTION ON EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AS A BIRTH CONTROL METHOD AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Breastfeeding is the process of feeding an infant mother's milk, either through direct nipple-baby mouth contact or by expressed breast milk. Breast milk is classified into two types: colostrum, which is the initial yellowish and stic...
View DetailsAWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AS A BIRTH CONTROL METHOD AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING RURAL ANTENATAL CLINICS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Breastfeeding is the process of feeding an infant mother's milk, either through direct nipple-baby mouth contact or by expressed breast milk. Breast milk is classified into two types: colostrum, which is the initial yellowish and stic...
View DetailsA COMPREHENSIVE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON THE WATER SUPPLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE FEMALE HOSTEL AT THE ESTEEMED UNIVERSITY OF UYO
Background Of The Study: Water is an essential and intricately interrelated element that is fundamental to the existence of life, as life cannot be sustained without it. Water must be consistently prioritised due to its critical importance. Access to clean and safe drinking water...
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 DetailsCONTROL OF PROJECT TIME IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
INTRODUCTION: The construction industry has evolved into an ever more intricate web of linkages between ever more rapid processes, choices, and actions. On the other hand, there is a movement in the direction of more sustainable practices (Boussabain, 2022).
... View DetailsCORRUPTION IN NIGERIA AS A HINDRANCE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study: Public debates recently in Nigeria have centred on the increasing rate of corruption resulting from inappropriate public finance planning and implementation mostly in some of the developing countries, Nigeria inclusive which in turn reduc...
View DetailsThe Impact of Crime Case Reporting on Victims: An Academic Analysis
Background to the study: Crime is a social problem that every society seeks to address. Once a crime occurs, it instantly throws up different layers of victims. In the dynamics of victimisation and social reactions to it, crime reporting plays a critical role. Th...
View DetailsDIFFICULT TEACHING TOPICS IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: According to a number of sources, the ideals of science and technology in relation to national development are ingrained in the minds of leaders from African and third world countries (Logan, & Skamp, 2021). Since as early as 1880, students in Nigeria...
View DetailsIMPACT OF INTERNET USAGE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study: The internet can be conceived as a rich, multi-layered complex ever-changing text for information dissemination and a medium for collaborative interaction between individuals and computers without regards for geographical limitation...
View DetailsTHE NIGERIAN PRESS AND ETHICS OF JOURNALISM PROFESSION
Background of the study: Truth is either nailed to a bleeding cross, or it dons a variegated cloak. That is the nexus between the ‘brown envelope’ syndrome and the cancer of corruption. Siyan Oyeweso (2009). Journalism practice wields such enormous powers and cal...
View DetailsAUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF PIDGIN ENGLISH USAGE IN BROADCAST MEDIA
Background of the study: The term Pidgin English or Nigeria Pidgin otherwise known as Brokin English is a term used to denote an English based pidgin; a marginal language used among Nigerians to facilitate communication needs in certain interaction contexts. Like any ot...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF NIGERIAN HOME VIDEO FILMS ON CRIMINALITY
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the influence of Nigerian home video films on criminality in Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State. Specifically, the study ascertain if there is an over-emphasis of negative themes in Nigerian movies.the stud...
View DetailsA SURVEY OF THE IMPACT OF WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL STATUS ON CHILDREN UPBRINGING IN YALA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The need for women to attain higher position at work as well as obtain good jobs has resulted in the increase of women in higher educational institutions, most especially when it is on acknowledgement fact that education socialization pro...
View DetailsEFFECT OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM ON NEWS OBJECTIVITY IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The mass media are seen as advances in science and technology in a culture, as well as catalysts for social and economic transformation in that society (Melkote, 1991). The mass media's actions are assumed to mobilize human and materi...
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 SOCIAL EFFECT OF ADVERTISING ON THE NIGERIAN STUDENTS
Background To The Study: Advertisements are part of our social environment in the 21st century, and can be seen throughout any industrialized country. The average American is exposed to as many as 5,000 advertisements a day, stated by Jay Walker-Smith, and nearly...
View DetailsTHE USE OF ACCOUNTING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Accounting, unlike the other natural sciences, is not based on fundamental laws or absolute precepts. It has evolved over many years through trial and error, and its continual improvement rests on a basis responsive to the requireme...
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...
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