Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is one of the most economically and nutritionally important indigenous African grain legumes. It is cultivated in the tropics and sub-tropical regions in Asia and Oceania, the Middle East, southern Europe, Africa, southern USA, and Central and Southern America (Singh et al., 2002). It is an annual crop believed to have originated in Africa (Padulosi and Ng, 1997). Cowpea is well adapted to the dry savanna in the West African sub-region, where it is mo...
ABSTRACT Blockchain technology is emerging and it is seen as the new way to support the needs of individuals and organizations. The blockchain is a distributed public ledger that records information about transactions onto a block which is accessed by all nodes on the network, and the block cannot be altered by any node. It ensures trust and transparency. Literature in the field of Blockchain is very scarce in developing economies in relation to its firm-level adoption and implementation rega...
The Root-Knot Nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne incognita and fungus Botryodiplodia theobromae, are important pests that cause yield losses in cassava and other crops. Chemicals have been used to manage these pests but with undesirable side effects. Information on pathogenicity of M. incognita, its interaction with B. theobromae and its biocontrol in Nigeria is very little. Therefore, pathogenicity of M. incognita on cassava, its interaction with B. theobromae and management with biocontrol ag...
Maize (Zea mays L) is the third most important cereal crop in the tropics (CIMMYT, 2004). It is an important grain crop in the world due to its ability to produce economic yields under the marginal production conditions of low soil fertility and management (FAO, 2005). Total world production of maize in 2011 was estimated at 817,110,509 MT. Nigeria‘s share of the production is 9, 180, 270 MT (FAOSTAT, 2011). It is a food crop of economic significance and nutritional importance in the ...
The purpose of the research is to determine the impact of Technology Based Self-Service Banking (TBSSB) on customers’ satisfaction in the Nigerian Banking Sector. Focus is given to five selected banks within Yola metropolis, in Adamawa state. The research determines the degree of impact of speed of delivery, convenience, efficiency, reliability & security as well as their influence on customer satisfaction. In this context, the speed of delivery, convenience, efficiency, reliability & ...
This research assessed the Impact of Road Transport Infrastructure Development in Port Harcourt. It also examined critically, the importance of quality road infrastructure in Port Harcourt and its relative impact on the Nigerian economic development. Relevant literatures on road infrastructure development and its impact on Rivers State were reviewed. A time-series data (2004 - 2016) on road infrastructure quality index (RIQI), GDP per capita, cost of cargo haulage and volume of cargo, s...
The importance of leadership in an organization cannot be over emphasized. Managers are often challenged with the most appropriate leadership style that will guarantee optimal organizational performance which are Charismatic leadership, Transactional leadership, Transformational leadership, Autocratic leadership, Bureaucratic leadership, Democratic leadership, Team leadership, and Strategic leadership. Motivation, Financial management, Personnel management and Asset Management were found...
ABSTRACT Activity concentrations of the Naturally Ocurring Radioactive Materials (NORMs) in some bottled water brands were analyzed using gamma spectrometry. 40K activity concentrations were in the range of 3.57-5.47Bq/L, the highest occurring in brand L9. Similarly 232 Th activity concentrations were in the range of 0.30-0.56 Bq/L with the highest occurring in brand L8. 226Ra was identified in eleven brands with the remaining five below detection limit. The highest value (0.53Bq/L) occurr...
ABSTRACT An Efficient Model for the Healthcare Management is an element of health informatics that focuses on the administrative needs of a health environment. It is a comprehensive, integrated information platform that manages all aspects of operation in the environment. This study generates a model that seeks to integrate all aspects and major playing parts of the operation within the medical ecosystem using the Agile methodology. Keywords: Management information system; Hospital manage...
ABSTRACT This research work titled „‟An Econometric Study of tanker Shipping services in Nigeria‟‟ aimed at examining the demand for tanker shipping services with the resultant crude oil to be exported from Nigeria to other parts of the world using a time series regression approach and correlations. The objective is to ascertain whether the demand for tanker vessels (tonnage) corresponds with the resultant volume of the crude oil available at oil terminal to be exported. Our findings...
ABSTRACT The Nigerian maritime industry is dominated by foreign shipping companies. The foreign firms dominated over 95% of the activities whereby, rendering the indigenous companies useless and non-active. However, these have resulted to many companies to go underground since they cannot participate or complete favourably with the foreign companies. As a result of this, Nigeria loses billion of naira annually though capital flight which has affected the economy negatively. Nigeria is an im...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to appraise the impact of Micro Projects Programme of European Union (MPP6) in Abia State on the living standard of the people. The introduction on the activities of micro projects programme in the Nine States of the Niger Delta tagged MPP3 and MPP6 respectively were traced. Attempt was made to review related literatures which formed the theoretical framework. This study, being empirical, primary data was collected through questionnaire administered to two h...
ABSTRACT This study is designed to examine the cargo traffic from Nigerian seaports, using the Calabar and Port Harcourt port complexes as case study. The objective being to identify the function for assessing cargo movement from the aforementioned seaports to different towns in the country. This culminated in a model depicting the functional relationship which exists between the variables used in the study. A chronological review of related studies by different scholars was carried out to ...
ABSTRACT This study undertakes a critical analysis of risk management as a formal technique for managing risks in project execution. It specifically probes into the proximate sources of risk into construction projects in Nigeria, the level of awareness and use of the technique amongst Nigerian construction professionals with a view to properly situating the remote causes of project distress and abandonment in Nigeria. In carrying out the study, large scale construction projects were targeted...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the design and construction of a solar cell phone charger with battery bank. It is designed to meet up with the high demand of power supply needed to keep our cell phone batteries charged especially people in open public places like traders in Kejetia market in the Ashanti region of Ghana. A solar cell phone battery charger is an electrical device that converts the energy of sunlight directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect. It does this by the use o...