ABSTRACT Nigerian scientists have put in a lot of effort into the teaching of science. At the senior secondary school level', a number of funicular projects developed. The National Curriculum for senior secondary school a ci tt--, e N i 3nce Teachers Association texts on Bi0log y and other science 8~_objects; of such projects. These efforts are geared towards icatiOl' of concealed in school by senior secondary students to everyday living. e researchers and broad concepts from biology to deve...
Abstract The issue of price deregulation in the downstream oil sector of Nigeria through gradual subsidy withdrawal has generated a heated debate in the country with the government claiming that it will guarantee long term stability in produ� supply and price. This will translate into economic growth and development Others/ especially the organised labour; claim that deregulation will lead to higher product prices/ higher cost of production/ and cut of jobs and will bring about recession i...
ABSTRACT The topic of the study was an analysis of students' use of Facebook comparison; academics relationship/interaction uses. This study intends to analyze students’ use of Facebook to know if they use them for social interaction or for academic purposes. The general purpose of the study is to analyze students’ use of Facebook, to ascertain if they use it more for social interaction or for academic purposes. Thus, the study will tend to 1. Determine how often the students use social m...
Abstract Shell Petroleum Development Company is a subsidiary of the global energy and petrochemical company, the Royal Dutch Shell Group, and operates in more than 140 countries. It is one of the largest independent upstream operators! with limited investments in the downstream sector of the Nigerian petroleum industry. It operates through four autonomous companies: Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), Shell Nigeria Oil Products (SNOP), and Shell Nigeria Explo...
ABSTRACT This study has assessed the role of men in maternal health care in Gwagwalada Area Counci� FCT; Abuja/ Nigeria. The study covered 30 villages and a total of 600 copies of the questionnaires were administered, but 571 copies were duly completed and returned. Relevant descriptive and inferential statistics such as Spearman 5 rank correlation were used to test the hypotheses. The result obtained revealed that education greatly influences men 5 involvement in maternal health care serv...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the dynamics of poverty among rural active population in Mangu Local Government of Plateau State The ob1ect1ves of the study were to determine the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the respondents; the incidence and spatial distribution of poverty and the causes of poverty in the study area. The study also intended to assess the pattern of poverty trajectory of the rural active population in the study area and the coping strategies/mechanisms e...
ABSTRACT For many developing countries, Solid Waste disposal and management remains a serious problem. Under research problem, Case study of assessment of solid waste Management practices of residents was undertaken in Abaji, Kuje, Kwali, Gwagwalada, Buhari and (AMAC) Abuja Municipal Area Councils Nigeria. Solid Waste disposal practices were investigated through structured questionnaire, Personal interview in the study area. Findings indicated that poor funding, absence of any recycling prog...
Abstract The study is an assessment of Nigeria’s foreign policy under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in relation with ECOWAS. This work is necessitated on the premise that no state in the modern times can avoid involvement in international affairs, and this involvement must be systematic and based on certain principles. The objective of this work was to determine if Nigeria’s policy under the period in view had significant impact on Nigerian global image. Data for thi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research study was an assessment of radio and facebook advertisements on the purchasing habits of godfrey okoye university students. Anchored on the uses and gratification theory, social relationship theory and source credibility theory, the objectives of the study was structured to determine the extent to which undergraduates youths are exposed to advertisements on Radio and Facebook, to ascertain the media channels preferred by undergraduate youths for advertisi...
ABSTRACT The country’s prolonged inability to attract foreign investments has been an issue of major concern to successive administrations in Nigeria. The desire and urgent demand for a substantial inflow of foreign investment into Nigeria as triggers for national economic development nurtured the undertaking of this research. The research was aimed at identifying the factors that have impeded the influx of foreign investments into Nigeria in spite of the efforts made to attract foreign in...
ABSTRACT This work is an academic exercise undertaken for my master’s degree – MFA- at the School of Performing Art, University of Ghana. The study examines the phenomenon of political propaganda campaign in contemporary Ghana from the standpoint of drama since 1992. As a playwright, I settled on a play entitled In the Pipeline for my project work. My motivation for such a work derives from personal experience, interviews and observation in Ghana politics; my academic curiosity to analys...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to find out the use of smartphones for learning among students at the University of Ghana. The main objectives pursued by this study were to investigate the adoption factors most relevant in student use of a smartphone as a learning tool, and also to investigate the role of educators (lecturers) in students’ resolution to learning via smartphones, as well as investigate factors that inhibit the use of smartphones as a learning tool. In accomplishing the obj...
ABSTRACT This paper examines two speeches of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, applying Halliday‟s Interpersonal Metafunction of Systemic Functional Grammar. The two speeches are Dr. Kwame Nkrumah‟s Independence Declaration Speech from British colonial rule on March 6, 1957 and a selected speech from his radio broadcasts to the people of Ghana, after the coup d'état of 1966, collectively dubbed “Voice from Conakry”. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Prime Minister and President, was not...
ABSTRACT This is an analysis that sets out to demonstrate by example the treatment of a political subject matter in a play-text that focuses on the art vocabulary with the hope of not sacrificing the content for its form. The independent use of history, poetry, prose, metaphoric and symbolic illustrations are fundamental to several initiatives in the creation of the resultant play The Return of Nkrumah. The dissertation therefore discusses the blunt vocabulary of plays and the findings resul...
ABSTRACT Fifty paediatric and young adult patients who underwent plain radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures in the operating theatres of a selected orthopaedic hospital were investigated. Radiation Dose was measured using single chip TLD (LiF) held at the skin surface at the beam entrance site for scoliotic, kyphotic and kyphoscoliotic patients undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion (single stage), Posterior Spinal Fusion (two stage), Growing Rod and Revision Posterior Spinal Fusion as well ...