IMPACTS OF JIGSAW II CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN MENSURATION AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
The main concepts, procedures, and logic that solve problems are the focus of mathematics. It is generally acknowledged as being essential to any society's progress. This is so because a country's ability to develop is reliant on its progress in science and technology. But without mathema...
View DetailsA 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 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 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 OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RENTAL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
A home is one of life's most fundamental need. This need can be met for an individual in one of two ways: either by occupying his own property as an owner's occupier or by renting a property from someone else. In our more traditional soci...
View DetailsA STUDY INTO THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS (Case study of Geography Department, UNIBEN)
Field study is the collection of information outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting (Wikipedia, 2016). The approaches and methods used in field study vary across disciplines. For example, biologists who conduct field study may simply observe animals interacting with their environments...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND RHESUS FACTOR COMPARABILITY AMONG COUPLES IN YENEGOA AND PORT HARCOURT
ABSTRACT: The study on a comparative study of sickle cell disease and Rhesus factor comparability among couples in Yenegoa and Port Harcourt aimed at evaluating the media campaign in creating awareness on sickle cell and Rhesus factor among couples in Yenegoa and port H...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WASSCE AND NECO EXAMINATIONS
ABSTRACT: This work made a Comparative study of Students‟ Performance in WAEC and NECO in Imo state, Nigeria (2011-2015). It comparatively ascertained the relationship in the performance of students in WAEC and NECO in mathematics, biology and physics, using 8 secondary scho...
View DetailsTHE DETERMINANTS OF BALANCE OF PAYMENT IN NIGERIA (1983 – 2007)
ABSTRACT: This study aimed at analyzing through econometric methodology the Determinant of Balance of payment in Nigeria. In the work, we capture balance of payment as the dependent variable while trade openness, external debt service and exchange rate as the exp...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF DIVERSIFICATION AS A SURVIVAL AND GROWTH STRATEGY
Abstract : The competitive nature of the economy, cause many products and services to lose their distinctiveness, the competitors’ offering of lower prices, and the deteriorating public perception of the business organizations have called for the strategies, and publi...
View DetailsA STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY (A CASE STUDY OF OSUN STATE)
Background of the study: Economic development of Nigeria has over the period been inconsistent despite its window dressing. Economic growth and development in Nigeria is inevitable for a better and prosperous living. In adequately studying economic growth and developm...
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 DetailsCHALLENGES OF NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Newspapers, which constitute the vocal and vibrant press, have consistently championed the fight again...
View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Background of the Study: The public and private organizations generate staff records. Staff records play an imperative role in providing the information needed by organizations to manage and pay their staff members, plan their workforce requirements and monitor s...
View DetailsCORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS IN NIGERIA BANKING INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITY
Background to the Study: Financial scandals and misappropriation around the world and the recent collapse of large corporate organization in the USA and Europe have brought to the fore, again, the need for the practice of sound corporate governance, which is the...
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 DetailsDETERMINANTS OF AUDIT FEES IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY
Abstract: This research examines determinants of audit fees in the banking sector.The main objective is to find out if there is any relationship between audit firm size and audit fee and also to verify if profitability has significant impact on audit fee. Using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) r...
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 DetailsEFFECT OF BUSINESS STRESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE ENTREPRENEUR
ABSTRACT: This research tends to examine the effect of business stress on the performance of small scale entrepreneur with scope covering over two hundred business owners across Lagos State. A survey design was employed, with the use of simple random sampling tec...
View DetailsEFFECT OF DEFICIT FINANCING ON UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NIGERIA
Abstract: Deficit Financing plays an extraordinary and growing role in achieving full employment in Nigeria sustainable economic growth, price stability and poverty reduction. Theoretically, both Keynesian and neoclassical economists provided tools for government intervention, pa...
View DetailsEFFECT OF DEFICIT FINANCING ON UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NIGERIA
Abstract: Deficit Financing plays an extraordinary and growing role in achieving full employment in Nigeria sustainable economic growth, price stability and poverty reduction. Theoretically, both Keynesian and neoclassical economists provided tools for government intervention, pa...
View DetailsEFFECT OF LABOUR TURNOVER ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Abstract: This work examined the relationship between labour turnover and organizational performance in Kaduna State water board. It adopted survey research design. Related literature review was based on conceptual, theoretical and empirical frameworks. The...
View DetailsFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF SMEs IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SMEs IN EKET LGA)
Background to the study: Small firms play vital roles in the process of industrialization, sustainable economic growth (Ariyo, 2005); encouragement of entrepreneurship, employment generation (Ogujiuba et al, 2004); reduction of poverty and contribution to the Gross Domestic...
View DetailsFISCAL AUTONOMY AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ABSTRACT: The focus of this study is to examine fiscal autonomy and service delivery in Nigeria local government using Ikot-Ekpene Local Government in Akwaibom State as case study. Fourty-seven respondent who are civil servant was purposively selected form t...
View DetailsFUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SPOILAGE OF SMOKED DRIED FISH
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on fungi associated with spoilage of smoked dried fish. To achieve this 2 research objectives were formulated. The study made use of four fish samples. The Four fish samples used for the study were purchased from four di...
View DetailsGLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: A brief look at Nigeria today one can find out that we like fashion and everything new in Nigeria, the spirit that greeted the issue of globalization at its climax in 2000 seemed to have reduced.
The word globalization also seems to have gone th...
View DetailsGLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: A brief look at Nigeria today one can find out that we like fashion and everything new in Nigeria, the spirit that greeted the issue of globalization at its climax in 2000 seemed to have reduced.
The word globalization also seems to have gone th...
View DetailsGOAL CLARITY AS A MODERATING VARIABLE BETWEEN BUDGET PARTICIPATION AND MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: Managerial performance is important for an organization, especially private sector corporate governance because the performance is the achievement level overview of the implementation of an activity.The main objectives of this study, therefore, was to e...
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 DetailsIMPACT OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL ON PROFITABILITY OF BANKS
Abstract: This project examines the issues of working capital management in banks specifically, it focuses attention on an efficient and effective. Working Capital Management using the case study of Wema Bank Plc. The study examines and expatiates on the merit of maintaining an e...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF DEBT FINANCING ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: Debt financing decision is among the key financial decisions that are taken by firms since debt financing has an impact on the financial performance. Leverage financing provides the borrower with an opportunity to finance an investment...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA ECONOMY
Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between government spending on education and economic development in Nigeria using annual time series data for the period of 1981 to 2013 sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin. Using Johansen`s...
View DetailsIMPACT OF TAXATION ON PERFORMANCE IN SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE IN RIVERS STATE
Abstract: The study was carried out to find out the impact of taxes on performance of small scale business enterprises in Nigeria (SSBs), taking a case study of River State. The study aimed at assessing the performance of business enterprises in...
View DetailsIMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ON BANKING FINANCE STUDENT
Background of the study: As a result of Increasing School Leavers Unemployment in the 1970s the Nigerian Government introduced the new National Policy on Education in 1981. A major provision of the policy was the Introduction of the training of Banking and Finance Studies of Juni...
View DetailsIMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON BANKING SECTOR
Abstract: The banking industry of the 21st century operates in a complex and competitive environment characterized by ever-changing economic and financial environment with information and communication technology (ICT) at the center of this change. As Information Technology is vi...
View DetailsIMPACT OF INTEREST RATE CHANGES ON EFFECTIVE PRICING OF BANK CREDIT IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study: Operators in the banking system argue that the pegging lending rate at the present level by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not realistic as it is not market determined especially urban considered against the cost of deposits (term deposits and savin...
View DetailsIMPACT OF MACRO ECONOMICS VARIABLES ON FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: Nigeria has experienced vibrant activity relating to the acquisition of local firms by Private enterprises (PE) and the size of PE transactions. Some notable PE firms are well known and are listed on the NSE. PE as its name suggests, is very...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF CLASSROOM SIZE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
Abstract: This research was performed to examine the influence of class room size on academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria since classroom congestion and low utilization rate of classrooms are common features of secondary schools in Nigeria which have...
View DetailsAN APPRAISAL OF THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON NIGERIA ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
BACKGROUND: Inflation can be defined as the persistent or continuous increase in the general price level Mr. Thoney Croft former chancellor of the exchequer (minister of finance) focuses defined inflation “too much money chasing...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE
Background of the Study: The various components of the school environment, such as classrooms, libraries, technical workshops, laboratories, teacher quality, school management, teaching methods, and peers, have been identified as factors that can influence studen...
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 DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INTERNET BANKING SERVICES EXPENDITURE ON THE PROFITABILITY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at ascertaining the impact of internet banking services expenditure on the profitability of commercial banks in Nigeria; with the focus on Diamond Bank Plc. Internet technology holds the potential to fundamentally change banks and the banking industr...
View DetailsSOLAR TECHNOLOGY: AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Background of the study: The development of a nation brings an effective transformation of its socio-political, economic, cultural, technology and industrial bases. More so, within the particular conception of socio-economic processes which underscores every econ...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF COMMERCIAL BANKING ON MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The growth of economy and development of banking have often appeared inseparable until l7 century, there had existed on modern banking institution anywhere, and there had on modern developed economy. Before 1892, Nigeria was evidently underdeve...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF SOCIAL DEMAND, PEER PRESSURE AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY ON ADOLESCENTS’ BEHAVIOURAL PATTERN
ABSTRACT: The study examined the influence of social demand, peer pressure and economic instability on adolescents’ behavioural pattern in Lagos State: Implication for Counselling in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, the research...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZATION ON THE PRODUCT CREATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Today’s business environment is very dynamic and undergoes rapid changes as a result of technological innovation, increased awareness and demands from customers. The application of information and communication technological concept...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON PRODUCTIVITY OF WORKERS
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between motivation and worker productivity, specifically focusing on the National Population Commission (NPC) Enugu headquarter as a case study. The aim was to assess the impact of motivation on the performan...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The importance of the financial sector of an economy, which comprises banks and nonbank financial intermediaries, the regulatory framework and the ever increasing financial products, in stimulating economic growth is widely recognized in the lit...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: According to Uwadia (2010), Education in a broad sense is a process by which an individual acquires the many physical and social capabilities demanded by the society in which he/she is born into to function. It is to a nation what the min...
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