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Journal articles on the topic "Authors, Nigerian"
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Ejiogu, Amanze, Obiora Okechukwu, and Chibuzo Ejiogu. "Nigerian budgetary response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its shrinking fiscal space: financial sustainability, employment, social inequality and business implications." Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 32, no. 5 (2020): 919–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpbafm-07-2020-0101.
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PurposeThis article aims to explore the Nigerian government's budgetary response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the economic and social implications of the pandemic response.Design/methodology/approachOur analysis is based on a review of secondary evidence such as Nigerian Federal Government budget documents, policy documents, Central Bank of Nigeria circulars, news media articles, World Bank and International Monetary Fund reports, reports from Big Four accounting firms and policy think-tanks.FindingsThe authors highlight how increased borrowing to fund COVID-19 related economic and social interventions have significantly squeezed Nigeria's fiscal space. The authors also highlight that while some interventions provide short-term economic relief to the poor and small businesses, other interventions and gaps in the policy response have the potential for significant negative impact on businesses, households and unemployment. In addition, the authors highlight the potential for long-term benefits to the health sector and for private sector engagement in corporate responsibility and philanthropy.Originality/valueThe authors present a comprehensive account of the Nigerian government's budgetary response to the COVID 19 pandemic and the economic and social implications of this response.
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Ozili, Peterson K., and Erick R. Outa. "Bank earnings smoothing during mandatory IFRS adoption in Nigeria." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 10, no. 1 (2019): 32–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajems-10-2017-0266.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of bank earnings smoothing during mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption in Nigeria, to determine whether mandatory IFRS adoption increased or decreased income smoothing among Nigerian banks.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ panel regression methodology to estimate the association between loan loss provisions (LLPs) and bank earnings.FindingsThe authorse find that the mandatory adoption of IFRS is associated with lower earnings smoothing among Nigerian banks, which implies that Nigerian banks do not use LLPs to smooth reported earnings during the mandatory IFRS adoption period. The authors find evidence for earnings smoothing via LLP during voluntary IFRS adoption. Earnings smoothing is not significantly associated with listed and non-listed Nigerian banks during voluntary and mandatory IFRS adoption. Overall, the findings indicate that mandatory IFRS adoption improves the informativeness and reliability of LLPs estimate by discouraging Nigerian banks from influencing LLPs for earnings smoothing purposes during the mandatory IFRS adoption. The findings of this paper are relevant to the debate on whether IFRS reporting improves the quality of financial reporting among firms in Nigeria.Practical implicationsOverall, the findings indicate that mandatory IFRS adoption improves the informativeness and reliability of LLPs estimate by discouraging Nigerian banks from influencing LLPs estimates to smooth earnings during the period of mandatory IFRS adoption.Social implicationsThe implication of the study is that IFRS has higher accounting quality than local GAAP in Nigeria as it improves the quality and informativeness of accounting numbers (LLPs and earnings) reported by Nigerian banks during the period examined.Originality/valueThis study is the first attempt to focus on income smoothing during mandatory IFRS adoption in Nigeria.
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Dell'Anno, Roberto, and Omobola Adu. "The size of the informal economy in Nigeria: a structural equation approach." International Journal of Social Economics 47, no. 8 (2020): 1063–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-12-2019-0747.
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PurposeThis paper contributes to the literature concerning the Nigerian informal economy (IE) by estimating its size from 1991 to 2017 and identifying the major causes.Design/methodology/approachA structural equation approach in the form of the multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) method is used to estimate the size of the Nigerian IE.FindingsThe results indicate that vulnerable employment and urban population as a percentage of the total population are the main drivers of the IE in Nigeria. The IE in Nigeria ranges from 38.83% to 57.55% of gross domestic product (GDP).Research limitations/implicationsAs a result of the empirical challenges in the estimation of the IE, the estimates of Nigeria's IE are considered to be rough estimates.Originality/valueThe authors calibrated the MIMIC model with the official estimate of the informal sector published by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This was an attempt to combine the national accounting approach, to estimate the size of IE, with the MIMIC approach, and to estimate the trend of informality.
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Voloshina, Tatiana, Natalia Nerubenko, and Julia Blazhevich. "LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PECULIARITIES OF NIGERIAN SCREENPLAYS." Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University 476, no. 6 (2023): 94–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.47475/1994-2796-2023-476-6-94-102.
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The article deals with the features of linguistic and cultural picture of the world representation on the example of Nigerian screenplays. The authors of the research analyze the features of the Nigerian cinematographic art which is the reflection of the Nigeria national picture of the world, that is subject to the dominant influence of the British English language influence. In the course of the work, the key characteristics of the screenplays of Nigeria are revealed, viz. the influence of the phenomenon called creolization which is the forced adaptation process of the British English language to the norms of the Nigerian autochthonous languages and cultures. The key characteristics of the Nigerian screenplays grammatical structures are due to the interference processes of autochthonous Nigerian languages Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo with English.
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Olomu, Michael Oluwaseun, Moses Clinton Ekperiware, and Taiwo Akinlo. "Agricultural sector value chain and government policy in Nigeria: issues, challenges and prospects." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 11, no. 3 (2020): 525–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajems-03-2019-0103.
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PurposeThis paper systematically reviewed the contributions of the recent Nigerian government agricultural policies and the impacts on the agricultural value chain system in line with the structural transformation of the sector and the Nigeria's vision 20:2020. The study also suggest strategies to upgrading various segments of the agricultural value chain and argue that Nigeria's agricultural sector requires huge investments and innovative ideas to increase production and create value addition across the most profitable areas of the value chain.Design/methodology/approachThe authors systematically present evidences and data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (the apex monetary authority of Nigeria) and Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (oversees and publishes statistics for Nigeria) to estimate the impact of Government agricultural policies on the value chains system.FindingsThe study discovers that the various recent government policy interventions to tackle the austere challenges in the agricultural sector are yet to yield much significant solution. Given to the dwindling performance of the sector, the Nigerian agricultural value chain is somewhat affected with systemic and services gaps which underpin the market failures (missing markets and weak markets), although the agricultural value chain has the potential of triggering economic growth in a higher scale with a trickle-down effect to other sectors of the Nigerian economy.Practical implicationsOverall, the findings indicate strategies to upgrading the production and processing segments of the agricultural value chain and argues that Nigeria's agricultural sector requires huge investments and innovative ideas to increase production and create value addition across the most profitable areas of the value chain.Social implicationsThe study proves that enhancing value addition in the agricultural sector is imperative to achieving triple-benefits of increasing productivity by building resilient systems that leverage on finance opportunities, deepening economic inclusive growth and achieving great milestones.Originality/valueThis study is the first attempt to focus on agricultural value chain system in line with the structural transformation and the Nigeria's vision 20:2020.
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Ishola, Felix, Olumide Towoju, Angela Mamudu, Obafemi Olatunji, Stephen Akinlabi, and Joana Oladejo. "Nigerian Oil Palm Industry as a Sustainable Renewable Energy Resource." E3S Web of Conferences 152 (2020): 02005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202015202005.
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Nigeria had been standing aloof at exploring her bioresources as a means of combatting her energy cum economic challenges. After some critical examination, the authors showcased Nigerian Palm Industry as a viable biofuel source yet unexplored. Using a combination of some economic and vegetation facts and figures to comparatively analyse, Nigerian oil palm industry to validate the prospect of a sustainable commercial-scale biofuel production that can serve as both affordable alternative cleaner energy fuel for her populace and immense export revenue. The Nigerian government is encouraged to latch onto this bioresource prospect.
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Baghana, Jerome, Tatiana G. Voloshina, Yana A. Glebova, Olga O. Chernova, and Victor N. Karpenko. "Language and cultural code peculiarities within the framework of cross-cultural communication." XLinguae 16, no. 1 (2023): 201–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.18355/xl.2023.16.01.15.
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The article deals with the peculiarities of linguistic and cultural code-specific features which have a significant impact on the successful communication process within the framework of intercultural interaction. According to the research work, the basic ground of cross-cultural communication operates with definitions and cultural elements, which are of primary importance in the language-mastering process and adaptation procedure to the foreign language environment. The authors of the research work analyze the concepts of code existing processes in modern linguistics, considering the key components of the linguistic and cultural code, stressing the complex nature of intercultural communication procedure due to the subjective application of individual background knowledge of a person while adapting to a foreign country's language and culture environment. Special attention is paid to the process of code-switching, which entails a stage of the new coding system. The analyzed process is a system of subcodes transformation procedure while sub coding information is carried out using an unlimited number of verbal and nonverbal communication signs. The article presents the author's ideas about the strategic influence of Standard British English on the language and cultural conditions of such language variants as Nigerian English. Being used as the official language, Nigerian English presents a hybrid type language variant, adapting British English phonetics, lexis and grammar to the needs of local cultures and languages. The code-switching process from local languages into English in formal communication is a typical process for Nigerians. While analyzing the specific features of the code-switching process in Nigerian English, the authors stress the necessity of paying attention to all language group variants: basilect, mesolect and acrolect, which are equally used in Nigerian society. One must admit code-switching process results in the popularity of Nigerian Pidgin English which has become the most popular unofficial language to nearly all Nigerian social groups thanks to it simplification in all language levels. Nigerian cultures and languages made Standard British English adapt to the local environment due to the needs of speakers. To conclude, the authors stress the specificity of the speaker is revealed in the process of cross-cultural communication and adaptation based on the peculiarities of the peoples' mentality as well as on a communicant's national character specificity.
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Otekunrin, Olutosin Ademola, Ridwan Mukaila, and Oluwaseun Aramide Otekunrin. "Investigating and Quantifying Food Insecurity in Nigeria: A Systematic Review." Agriculture 13, no. 10 (2023): 1873. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13101873.
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Given the recent increase in the number of Nigerians estimated to be at risk of food insecurity, it is crucial to explore the array of tools used to quantify food insecurity (FI). This exploration will help determine the prevalence and severity of FI in Nigeria. This review explored the scope of FI research carried out in Nigeria to examine how the design was quantified. A systematic review was performed to compile the accessible Nigerian studies. Seventy-nine studies were reviewed. Eighteen used the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale module (HFIAS) to investigate FI status; thirteen used the recommended daily calorie requirement approach; twelve employed the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM); ten used the food insecurity index (through household per capita food expenditure); seven used the Food Insecurity Experienced Scale (FIES); two used the Food Consumption Score (FCS); and the others employed less standardized or thorough approaches. Different prevalence levels and gravities of FI in the Nigerian populations were documented. The prevalence of FI varied from 12% to 100%, based on the instrument and demography being studied. In accordance with the findings of this review, the authors propose standardization of the FI instrument and highlight the need for a measurement tool that would be appropriate for the Nigerian setting. This will enable researchers to attain a comprehensive knowledge of the occurrence rate of FI in Nigeria, leading to improved food- and nutrition-sensitive policy development.
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Diakhate, Babacar. "The Ups and Downs of the Nigerian Society: A Satirical View on Socio-political Matters in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus (2004) and Sefi Atta’s a Bit of Difference (2013)." Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) : Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birci.v2i2.231.
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This paper aims to show the objectivity of Nigerian writers by portraying the ups and downs of their society. Indeed, in Sefi Atta’s a Bit of Difference and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, the authors have done a diagnosis without complaisance of the bottlenecks that impede Nigeria from moving forwards. It also demonstrates that feminist activism can challenge a political military power. It finally displays that violence at universities; social injustice, corruption and mediocrity are the evils that characterized the Nigerian society.
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Efe, Chinedu Justin, and Oghenerioborue Esther Eberechi. "Property Rights of Nigerian Women at Divorce: A Case for a Redistribution Order." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 23 (March 17, 2020): 1–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2020/v23i0a5306.
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In Nigeria, marriage is hardly conceived as a partnership of equals in relation to the property rights of spouses during marriage and at divorce. This is because the Nigerian courts do not redistribute property at divorce. This leaves the financially weaker spouse (usually the wife) at an economically disadvantaged position. This article therefore compares the position of the matrimonial laws in England with that of Nigeria, whether there are provisions for the redistribution of property between the spouses at divorce. The comparative analysis reveals that family laws in England empower the family court to redistribute property amongst spouses at divorce. On the contrary, the matrimonial property laws in Nigeria provide for the settlement of property at divorce. The analysis also reveals that the courts in Nigeria adopt the strict property rights approach in ordering the settlement of property, which is detrimental to the wife. The article also makes a case for a redistribution through the economic analysis of the worth of a housewife. The authors therefore argue that the Nigerian courts should depart from this approach and borrow from the English courts. The authors recommend the amendment of the matrimonial property laws to fill this gap. That would enable the Nigerian courts to make a redistribution order, so as to vary the recognised property rights of spouses in order to provide compensation for any reasonable loss caused by marriage and ensure that the financial benefits of marriage are shared on a just and equitable basis.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Authors, Nigerian"
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Harvan, Mary Margaret. "Writing resistance : representations of Ken Saro-Wiwa and narratives of the Ogoni Movement in Nigeria /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Smith, Andrew Murray. "Migrant fictions : theorising the writing and reading of Nigerian stories by expatriate authors and publics." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2001. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2544/.
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This thesis is about the inter-relationship between migrancy and narrative. It is based on research carried out among expatriate Nigerians, studying the stories that they told of their time abroad and of their relationship with Nigeria. It is also based on research examining the cross-cultural reception of two contrasting novels in various parts of Scotland, and in Plateau State, Nigeria. The thesis argues that western cultural history from the 1980s forwards had tended to celebrate migrancy in general, and the migrant intellectual specifically, in a way that privileges homelessness over residence, and in a fashion which allocates an undue voluntaristic power of achievement to acts of imagination, ignoring the delimiting effects of class position and economics on individual subjects. This aggrandisement of the migrant, it is argued, is part of a long-standing western romantic tradition in which the outsider is seem to hold a unique, vatic perspective on social life. While there is some sociological truth in such a proposition, the research presented here demonstrates how such a dominant intellectual attitude exerts a pressure against the production of fiction written locally in Africa, for African readers. It also demonstrates how the privileging of the distanciated perspective can give the cue for migrancy to become, in itself, a form of symbolic capital held over and against the sedentary local. In both of these cases what appear to be purely cultural effects - changes in perspectives and attitude - are at the same time disguised expressions of an economic privilege. The contribution of this dissertation then, is to examine these cultural questions from a materialist position and to suggest how it has come about that even in its discussion of migrancy, the deterritorialization of identity, and the death of the nation, western cultural theory has managed to re-enforce its own hegemonic and institutional grip.
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Pape, Marion. "Frauen schreiben Krieg." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät III, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15584.
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Kein anderes Thema hat die nigerianische Literatur so dominiert wie der nigerianische Bürgerkrieg, in dessen Verarbeitung sich verstärkt auch Autorinnen einmischen. Die Dissertation evaluiert 34 Texte von 16 nigerianischen Autorinnen - 12 Romane und 22 Kurzgeschichten - und analysiert sie als Gesamtkorpus, in dem die Texte miteinander und mit der Männerliteratur einen Dialog um den Bürgerkrieg führen. Die Autorinnen wenden bei ihrem "war talk" literarische Strategien wie "re-reading" und "re-writing" an, das Neu-Lesen, Fort- und Umschreiben der Texte und Diskurse des "Zentrums", durch die nicht nur die Blindstellen eines von Männern dominierten literarischen Diskurses sichtbar werden, sondern durch die auch der Prozess des Aushandelns der Geschlechterverhältnisse sowie des Krieges selbst erfolgt, seiner Ursachen, Auslöser und Folgen. Die Autorinnen stellen den Krieg als "sexuelle Unordnung" dar, als Geschlechterkrieg. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass bei der Verortung der Perspektive der Autorinnen neben Geschlecht, ethnischer Zugehörigkeit auch andere Faktoren, wie Alter, Race, Grad der Distanz oder Nähe etc. berücksichtigt werden müssen, um vorschnelle Festschreibungen zu vermeiden. Hierbei spielen die Paratexte eine wichtige Rolle, in denen die Autorinnen sich persönlich zum Krieg äußern. Die Arbeit bewegt sich an den Schnittstellen mehrerer Disziplinen: Literatur, Historiographie und Geschlechterstudien. In der Einleitung werden die theoretischen Prämissen im Kontext von Krieg, Geschlecht und literarischer Repäsentation behandelt. Das 1. Kapitel ist dem historischen Kontext des Bürgerkrieges, einschließlich der Rolle der Frauen darin gewidmet. Im 2. Kapitel geht es um die Darstellung des Krieges, des Selbst- und Feindbildes sowie der Zukunft. Das dritte Kapitel handelt von der Beziehung zwischen Bürger- und Geschlechterkrieg, vermittelt durch das Medium literarischer Text. Die Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse und der Ausblick auf zukünftige Forschung erfolgt im Schlussteil. Der Anhang enthält ein vorläufiges Verzeichnis der gesamten Frauenliteratur über den nigerianischen Bürgerkrieg.<br>No other topic has dominated the Nigerian literature as much as the Nigerian Civil War and female authors increasingly interfere in its literary representation. The thesis evaluates 34 literary texts by 16 female Nigerian authors - 12 novels and 22 short stories - and analyses them as distinctive corpus whose individual texts are in a state of dialogue both with each other and with texts from male authors. The female authors use, in their "war talk", literary strategies like "re-reading" and "re-writing" of texts from the "Centre". On the one hand, these strategies enable them to make the blind spots of a male dominated literary discourse apparent/visible on the other hand, they facilitate the negotiation of gender relations and of the war itself, its causes, trigger points and consequences. The female authors represent war as "sexual disorder", as gender war. The study shows that in order to be able to locate an author''s perspective (and to avoid rash conclusions) it is essential to consider the different factors determining it - besides ethnicity and gender, also age, race, the grade of emotional involvement or distance etc. It is in this regard, where the paratexts play an important part, as in these authors express their personal views and comments on the war. The thesis is located at the interfaces of several disciplines: literary, historical and gender studies. The introduction deals with the theoretical backgrounds in the context of war, literary representation and gender. The first chapter is dedicated to the historical context of the Nigerian Civil War including the role of women. The second chapter looks at the paratexts, different representations of the war''s causes, the self-image, the enemy''s image and the future. The third chapter finally deals with the question how the relationship between Civil War and gender war is negotiated/conveyed through the medium of the literary texts. In the conclusion the results are summarized and prospects for future research are discussed. The appendix contains a preliminary bibliography of all literary texts on the Nigerian Civil War written by female authors.
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McGuigan, Fiona. "Gendered geographies and the politics of place : a comparative reading of the novels of Mariama Bâ and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11226.
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This thesis is concerned with inscriptions of gender and space in the novels of two African women writers, Mariama Bâ and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, particularly Bâ’s So Long a Letter (1981) and Scarlet Song (1986) and Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus (2004) and Half of a Yellow Sun (2006). The exploration of representations of gendered identity is thus integrated with an awareness of space/place. By exploring the demarcation and enunciation of space within my chosen texts, I hope to provide new perspectives on the question of gendered identities and relations. The theorizing of gender identities and relations thus gains a new orientation from its application in relation to the theorizing of space and spatiality. As many theorists have argued, space is an important aspect to consider because it is not a neutral site: it becomes invested with meanings and encodes particular values and relations of power which can be contested and negotiated. This is particularly evident when looking at questions of gender identity, roles and relations. ‘Geographies of gender’ are established not only in the coding of spaces as ‘masculine’ and feminine’ but also in the kinds of sociality which they encourage and the power-relations they encode. If space is central to masculinist power, it is also important in the development of feminine resistance. Drawing on a range of theorists, I endeavour to pursue a gendered analysis of space/place through a reading of particular locations (the home, the street, the village) as expressive of power relations, gender identities and roles. I also consider how space/place is differently experienced and inhabited by men and women as well as how dominant constructions of space/place, which are also invested with meaning and power relations, come to be negotiated or contested.
In all four novels explored in this thesis, the home is revealed as a dominant site of inscription, a space which tends to reflect and reinforce dominant social identities and roles. In this sense, the home is often figured as a site of patriarchal and gendered oppression, a central domain in which normative definitions of gender are established and reinforced. What is also clear, however, is that way in which the home also becomes a site for the contestation and renegotiation of gender identities and roles, a place where conventional identities can be challenged and new identities explored. In this sense, the home is revealed as a major site of contestation in which the tensions between different experiences and interpretations of space based on contrasting cultural definitions of power relations, gender identities and roles are played out. If the ordering of space is an important means of securing dominant gender relations, it also provides the means for negotiation and resistance. This is reflected not only the alternative
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examples of home explored in these novels but also in liberating spaces such as the school, the beach and the university. In the destabilisation and destruction of the home, the links between self and place becomes apparent as new identities are formed and conventional roles are redefined.
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Oluwasuji, Olutoba Gboyega. "Re-imagining Ogun in selected Nigerian plays: a decolonial reading." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25490.
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Text in English<br>Through an in-depth analysis of selected texts, this study engages with the ways in which Ogun is reimagined by recent selected Nigerian playwrights. Early writers from this country, influenced by their modernist education, misrepresented Ogun by presenting only his so-called negative attributes. Contemporary writers are reconceptualising him; it is the task of this thesis to demonstrate how they are doing so from a decolonial perspective. These alleged attributes represent Ogun as a wicked, bloodthirsty, arrogant and hot tempered god who only kills and makes no positive contribution to the Yoruba community. The thesis argues that the notion of an African god should be viewed from an Afrocentric perspective, not a Eurocentric one, which might lead to violence or misrepresentation of him. The dialogue in the plays conveys how the playwrights have constructed their main characters as Ogun representatives in their society. For example, Mojagbe and Morontonu present Balogun, the chief warlord of their different community; both characters exhibit Ogun features of defending their community.
The chosen plays for this study are selected based on different notions of Ogun, the Yoruba god of iron and war, presented by the playwrights. A closer look at the primary materials this thesis explores suggests Ogun’s strong connection with rituals and cultural festivals. These plays exemplify African ritual theatre. Being a member of the Yoruba ethnic group, I have considerable knowledge of how festivals are performed. The Ogun festival is an annual celebration among the Yoruba, where African idioms of puppetry, masquerading, music, dance, mime, invocation, evocation and several elements of drama are incorporated into the performances. The selected plays critiqued in this thesis are Mojagbe (Ahmed Yerima, 2008), Battles of Pleasure (Peter Omoko, 2009), Hard Choice (Sunnie Ododo, 2011), and Morontonu (Alex Roy-Omoni, 2012). No in-depth exploration has previously been undertaken into the kinds of textual and ideological identities that Ogun adopts, especially in the selected plays. Therefore, using a decolonial epistemic perspective, this study offers a critical examination of how the selected Nigerian playwrights between the years 2008 and 2012 have constructed Ogun, the Yoruba god of iron. Such a perspective assists in delinking interpretations from the modernised notions mentioned above, in which Ogun is sometimes a paradoxical god. Coloniality is responsible for such misinterpretation; the employed theoretical framework is used to interrogate these notions.
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in this first chapter is a discussion on a decolonial perspective, the principles of coloniality, the aims and objective of the study, and the relevant literature review. Thereafter, chapter two focuses on Battles of Pleasure and argues that the play re-imagines Ogun as a god of peace and harvest as opposed to a god of war and destruction. Chapter three discusses how Ododo’s Hard Choice reconceptualises Ogun as a god of justice, in contrast to him being interpreted as a god who engages in reckless devastation of life. Chapter four explores Ogun’s representation in Yerima’s Mojagbe as a reformer who gives human beings ample time to change from their wayward course to a course that he approves. In chapter five, Ogun’s reconception as a remover of obstacles in Roy-Omoni’s Morontonu is examined. The study concludes with a discussion on how Africans should delink themselves from a modernist Eurocentric perspective and think from an Afrocentric locus of enunciation.<br>English Studies<br>D. Litt. et Phil.(English)
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Opuamah, Abiye. "Narrating social decay: satire and ecology in Ayo Akinfe's Fuelling the Delta Fires." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25727.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University
of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Arts, 2017<br>This research report conducts a critical examination of Ayo Akinfe’s Fuelling the Delta Fires
by paying attention to the writer’s use of satire to highlight social problems such as
corruption, deception and exploitation in Nigeria. The focus is on how Akinfe’s novel
represents exploitation, waste, and excess that have become normative in a country on the
brink of collapse. The work also seeks to identify and critique how Akinfe employs satire to
interrogate the syndrome of the ‘big-man’ in Nigeria, showing how their actions contribute to
social decay and violence.
The research will also examine issues of ecology in the Niger Delta. Ecology has often been
construed as a Western ideology that has little resonance within the framework of the African
novel. However, this work, tries to show that as the scholarship on ecological humanities has
evolved over the years, African alternatives which take account of the unique challenges of
the continent have also being developed. Akinfe draws from these proposed models of
ecology to focus attention on the ecological issues that are a direct outcome of the exploration
of oil in the Niger Delta and by so doing, brings attention to the transgressions of government
and multinational corporations who go to great lengths to extract oil in the region. Applying
ecocritical examples suggested by scholars like Anthony Vital, Byron Caminero-Santangelo
and others, the research report demonstrates how literature has been used as a medium to
expose greed that facilitates ecological degradations and how the culture of consumerism
affect the daily lives of the inhabitants of the Niger Delta.<br>XL2018
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Sawyerr, Oluwatosin E. "The representation of women's experiences in Eastern Nigeria as porayed in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's trilogy." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/290.
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Khunwane, Mapula Rosina. "A Comparative Analysis of the influence of Folklore on the works of the following African writers: Chinua Achebe, Eskia Mphahlele, Ngungi wa Thiongo' and Andrew Nkadimeng: An Afrocentric approach." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1283.
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PhD (African Studies)<br>Centre for African Studies<br>African authors play a significant role in passing on African folklore. Their writing is often influenced by their lived experiences and the social context embedded within folklore. Folklore houses the cultural beliefs, customs and traditions of a society and is passed on from one generation to the next through oral and written literature. Many African authors’ works instil an appreciation of people’s African identity, customs and beliefs. The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which folklore had influenced the writings of four selected African authors: Chinua Achebe, a renowned author from Nigeria, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʹo from Kenya, Es’kia Mphahlele and Andrew Nkadimeng, both from South Africa. These African authors, who chose to write their stories in English rather than in their African language, were influenced by the folklore they were exposed to in their upbringing. The objective of the study was to identify various aspects of folklore and demonstrate how folklore had remained entrenched in the writings of these African authors, despite the fact that they were telling their stories in the English language. The research was qualitative in nature and a hermeneutic research method was used to describe and interpret the meaning of texts as used by the authors and to explore the influence of folklore in the text. The study will be a useful resource for teachers in the Further Education and Training (FET) band in schools (grade 10 to 12) which includes folklore studies as part of its syllabus. Currently, folklore is studied in schools only in terms of Oral Literature. However, Oral Literature is just one aspect of folklore, as is discussed in this study. The study will also contribute towards efforts to re-establish Africans’ dignity and identity<br>NRF
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Temesgen, Tilahun. "The structure and outcomes of urban labor markets in Africa /." 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/546858414.pdf.
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Etim-Effiong, Toyosi. Now you know me better: A non-fiction story collection. Femperial Publishers, 2020.
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Rosiji, Gbemi. Lady Ademola: Portrait of a pioneer : biography of Lady Kofoworola Aina Ademola, MBE OFR. EnClair Publishers, 1996.
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Sola, Adeyemi, ed. Goddess of the storm and other stories: --a compilation of short stories by Nigerian authors. Smart Image, 1999.
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Ayodele, Arigbabu, Toye Deji, and Ogundipe Dapo, eds. 3 kobo book: Oro po ninu iwe kobo! : three authors & three genres. Evolution Media, 2004.
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Sylvester, Mnguember Vicky. Emerging perspectives on Abubakar Gimba. Malthouse Press Limited, 2014.
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Gani, Mary W. "An Empirical Analysis of the Status of Performing Authors’ Creative Autonomy." In Creative Autonomy, Copyright and Popular Music in Nigeria. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48694-5_4.
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Gani, Mary W. "The Traditional Structure of the Popular Music Industry, and the Performing Author’s Role." In Creative Autonomy, Copyright and Popular Music in Nigeria. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48694-5_2.
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Halliru, Samir, and Audu Semiu Aganah. "Enhancing Adult Education through Institution Building: The Nigerian Experience." In Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives. Firenze University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4.14.
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Adult Education as a humanitarian discipline is critical for ensuring social justice, human capital development and social transformation in different walks of human life. The role of Adult Education in achieving the above objectives could only be visible in Africa with the institution building. The decolonisation process of adult education played a vital role in ensuring such institution building in Africa. The early inception of Adult Education in Africa has received enormous contributions of great scholars and educators, who established and strengthened institutions of indigenous education for proper entrenchment of Adult Education. One of such great scholars was Professor Lalage Bown of blessed memory, who contributed to Adult Education discourse across many African countries. This chapter uses primary and secondary sources of data to establish ways of enhancing Adult Education, while reflecting on the works and legacies of Bown. It discusses the legacies of Lalage in the light of personal reflection of the author, who was privileged to meet Bown at a conference as a student at the University of Glasgow. The chapter draws from the experience of the people who worked or had encounters with Professor Bown in Nigeria and beyond. It examines publications and activities of Bown in the promotion of indigenous knowledge. It offers policy directions arising from the discussions of Bown’s legacies in order to provide solutions to the current economic, social and political development challenges facing Africa.
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Samy, Yiagadeesen, Adeniran Adedeji, Augustine Iraoya, Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Jasmine Lal Fakmawii, and Wen Hao. "Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Survey Results for SMEs Across Six Developing Countries." In Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39039-5_2.
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AbstractIn this chapter, the authors present and discuss the survey data on trade and women’s economic empowerment that was collected for this project in 2021–2022 from 610 SMEs across the six developing countries selected for the study, namely Cambodia, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal and Vietnam. The chapter includes basic contextual country-level information about trade, development and gender equality in the selected countries. The discussion of the survey results includes a comparison with secondary data from World Bank Enterprise Surveys. The authors find that SMEs face various challenges that are often context-specific and recommend that policy options be tailored to address these differences. Women-owned SMEs across the six country cases face varying levels of both gender-related and more general constraints. Among the recommendations in this chapter is the need for more gender-disaggregated data to understand the difference between women-owned exporting and non-exporting SMEs.
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Dix, Hywel. "Autofiction, Post-conflict Narratives, and New Memory Cultures." In Palgrave Studies in Life Writing. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78440-9_10.
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AbstractA reaction against the death of the author provided one context in which autofiction started to develop in the 1970s. The rebuttal of the death of the author has been prominent among postcolonial writers, who, because their voices were historically marginalized until the recent past, are unlikely to accept the tacit silencing that theories of the death of the author might imply. Through a discussion of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s depiction of Nigeria’s Biafran War of 1967–1970 in Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Justin Cartwright’s reflection on the massacre of Zulus by Boers in 1838 in Up Against the Night (2015), this chapter shows how they use techniques associated with autofiction to contribute to new forms of memory culture in post-conflict societies.
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"Authors." In The Nigerian Rice Economy, edited by Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Michael Johnson, and Hiroyuki Takeshima. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812293753-022.
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"APPENDIX B. Nigerian authors." In Bearing Witness. Princeton University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780691186306-010.
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Endong, Floribert Patrick C. "Tackling Nigeria's Image Crisis With the Aid of Popular Cinema." In Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9821-3.ch007.
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Knowing whether Nollywood filmmakers are conscious of their double role as Nigeria's image makers and cultural ambassadors has always been an interesting question to ask. However, only very few empirical studies have provided a forum for answering such a question. Most of the authors who have focused on Nollywood's contribution to the Nigerian image crisis have tended to dominantly relegate Nollywood filmmakers to capitalist “videastes” who are more driven by financial gains than by the desire to build or launder the image of Nigeria. This chapter censures this myopic tendency arguing that inasmuch as Nollywood filmmakers have be contributing to the Nigerian image crisis, a good number of Nigerian film directors and producers have, in their modus operandis sought to deconstruct the negative stereotypes of Nigeria in the international scene, thereby contributing to the rebranding of Nigeria. The chapter highlights a number of ways in which Nollywood filmmakers and the Nigerian government use cinema to deconstruct the negative image of Nigeria in the international scene.
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Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba, and Edidiong Mendie. "Political Violence and Civil Fight in Nigeria." In Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4964-6.ch006.
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Nigeria's landscape is plagued with increased insecurity fueled by political violence and civil unrest. The political violence stems from ethnic chauvinism, power dominance by Nigerian politicians, and the military. The resulting consequence has driven investors and forced locals to find solace in other nations through mass migration. This chapter seeks to examine events surrounding key political violence in Nigeria and its causes. The authors address practical strategies to address the civil unrest in Nigeria. Policy implications for Nigeria's national security and sustainable development are suggested.
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Duru, Adaobi Vivian, Emeka Lucky Umejei, and Ikechukwu W. Eke. "Weaponizing Music for Political Contestation and Rivalry in Nigeria." In Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7295-4.ch010.
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This chapter examines the performative turn in Nigeria's political landscape through an analysis of YouTube videos involving three leading politicians in the country. It argues that Nigerian political actors use dance and music as strategies to wield power. The videos analyzed are the “Conqueror Dance” of Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president; the “Elephant Dance” by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); and Senator Dino Melaye's “Ajekun Iya Ni Oje.” The authors employed the critical discourse analysis as the conceptual framework and drew on Norman Fairclough's three-dimensional model as the analytical framework to examine the messages inherent in the songs, thus providing insight into the way Nigerian politicians use musical performances to propagate political inequality and abuse of power. The findings suggest that political actors in Nigeria employ tropes as performative devices to entrench mockery, intimidation, threat, vainglory, name-calling, political war and conquest, and imperialism.
Conference papers on the topic "Authors, Nigerian"
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"Authors index." In 2013 IEEE International Conference on Emerging & Sustainable Technologies for Power & ICT in a Developing Society (NIGERCON). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/nigercon.2013.6715676.
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"Authors Index." In 2020 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Cyberspace (CYBER NIGERIA). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cybernigeria51635.2021.9428868.
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Fadugba, Olaolu George, Fidelis O. Ajibade, and Bamitale Dorcas Oluyemi-Ayibiowu. "Effective Waste Collection and Storage in Selected Major Urban Cities in Nigeria: A Panacea for Environmental Safety Sustainability." In 2023 School of Engineering and Engineering Technology Annual Conference. Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-mpks0r.
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Municipal solid waste management continues to be an enormous challenge for developing countries such as Nigeria. With a rapidly increasing population and change in consumption choices in urban cities in Nigeria, the need to cater for and properly manage the increased volume and more diversified waste generated becomes an urgent issue for consideration. Storage and Collection of generated waste make up the crucial elements of waste management systems in any city. Sadly, though, just about a quarter of waste generated in Nigeria is collected. This paper compiles relevant information from recent studies made by researchers and authors on waste management systems in Nigeria to review the current state of the waste storage and waste collection systems in major cities in Nigeria using Lagos and Abuja as case studies. This study also summarizes the methods majorly used for the storage and collection of waste in Nigeria, making recommendations as and when necessary.
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"NigeriaComputConf 2019 Author Index." In 2019 2nd International Conference of the IEEE Nigeria Computer Chapter (NigeriaComputConf). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/nigeriacomputconf45974.2019.8949650.
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N. Agu, Monica, Stephen Nabareseh, and Christian Nedu Osakwe. "Investigating Web Based Marketing in the Context of Micro and Small-Scale Enterprises (MSEs): A Decision Tree Classification Technique." In InSITE 2015: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: USA. Informing Science Institute, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2201.
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This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study of web based marketing (WBM) usage predictor variables in the context of micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs). By means of a cross-sectional field study, a structured questionnaire was used to elicit responses from 267 enterprises situated in the South East Region of Nigeria. The main rationale for this study is to provide a vivid description of pertinent variables that are most likely to influence an enterprise’s consideration of the relevance and/or implementation of WBM. Against this backdrop, the authors used the decision tree classification technique of data mining to build a predictive model. One of the interesting findings in this study seems to show that service-oriented enterprises that have a social media presence and are equally headed by highly educated women have a higher proclivity of engaging in WBM. By and large, our findings provide an understanding of idiosyncratic factors that impact on WBM non (usage) by enterprises. Lastly, our findings have implications for practitioners and policy makers in developing countries, particularly that of Nigeria.
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Lekia, Prosper Kiisi. "Computer Implementation of the Dykstra-Parsons Method of Waterflood Calculation." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207151-ms.
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Abstract One of the challenges of the petroleum industry is achieving maximum recovery from oil reservoirs. The natural energy of the reservoir, primary recoveries in most cases do not exceed 20%. To improve recovery, secondary recovery techniques are employed. With secondary recovery techniques such as waterflooding, an incremental recovery ranging from 15 to 25% can be achieved. Several theories and methods have been developed for predicting waterflood performance. The Dykstra-Parson technique stands as the most widely used of these methods. The authors developed a discrete, analytical solution from which the vertical coverage, water-oil ratio, cumulative oil produced, cumulative water produced and injected, and the time required for injection was determined. Reznik et al extended the work of Dykstra and Parson to include exact, analytical, continuous solutions, with explicit solutions for time, constant injection pressure, and constant overall injection rate conditions, property time, real or process time, with the assumption of piston-like displacement. This work presents a computer implementation to compare the results of the Dykstra and Parson method, and the Reznik et al extension. A user-friendly graphical user interface executable application has been developed for both methods using Python 3. The application provides an interactive GUI output for graphs and tables with the python matplotlib module, and Pandastable. The GUI was built with Tkinter and converted to an executable desktop application using Pyinstaller and the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, to serve as a hands-on tool for petroleum engineers and the industry. The results of the program for both methods gave a close match with that obtained from the simulation performed with Flow (Open Porous Media). The results provided more insight into the underlying principles and applications of the methods.
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Okafor, Chinonso, Abdulwahab GIWA, and Abdulkabir Gidado. "Modelling and Simulation of Liquid-Loaded Gas Flow." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211952-ms.
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Abstract Liquid loading of gas wells gives rise to problems in the wells and diminishes their complete recuperation. A few authors proposed various models to predict the beginning of liquid loading in gas wells, yet the outcomes from the models regularly show disparities. Turner et al.'s basic model was developed based on the understanding that the liquid droplet is a sphere and stays spherical all through the whole wellbore. Thereafter, Li's model was formulated with the understanding that the fluid drops are flat in shape and stays the same all through. Furthermore, Maduabuchi's model was proposed in line with the previous models by presenting a distortion coefficient "C" to cater for the disfigurement of the liquid droplet along the wellbore and, thus, have the option to effectively foresee the basic rate when the droplet fluctuates from the circular shape to the level shape. In this work, another model has been developed and simulated with the aid of MATLAB program to anticipate liquid loading in gas wells. In the new model of this work, Maduabuchi et al.'s model was utilized while relating the drift flux equations and their parameters (distribution coefficient, C0, and the drift velocity, uD) in a modified form. The drift flux parameters were incorporated to cater for the impacts of mixing of the liquid and gas droplets. The newly developed Model predicted the critical velocity with a fitting accuracy of coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9547 compared to other models. Maduabuchi et al.'s model has coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.8987, Li et al.'s Model has R2 value of 0.8987 and Turner et al.'s model has coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.8939. Consequently, the new evolved model was discovered to be a quick and robust tool for estimating exactly the beginning of liquid loading of producing gas wells.
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Okologumw, W. C., and J. O. Onyeoru. "A Digitized Tool for Well Candidate Selection for Matrix Acidizing in Sandstone Reservoir." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/217117-ms.
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Abstract Matrix acidizing is a well-stimulation that has evolved and is still used to increase productivity when the productivity index drastically decreases and the production rate declines. A candidate well-stimulation selection method and software are suggested in this work. The process is based on technical, workover complexity, production decline curve analysis (for future forecasting), and economics since candidate selection must be rigorous. Production data from four onshore Niger Delta stimulation candidate wells were used to validate the software developed. R-factor, productivity index, and flow efficiency were the technical parameters used, and eleven (11) indicators were used for workover complexity evaluation. The future forecast was done using the production decline curve analysis and different economic indicators such as the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), the Net present value (NPV), and the Payback time. Profitability Index (PI) was used for analysis and make decisions. All wells analyzed in this study met the technical parameter criteria, making each well a potential candidate; hence, further studies can be conducted. From further reviews based on the author selection criteria carried out with regard to production trend (decline curve analysis) and economics, it was seen that WELL XX-01 was ranked first due to its shortest payback time of 2.0899 months and highest NPV of $23,636,983, WELL XX-03 was ranked next, having a payback of 2.2472 months and an NPV of $9,627,221, WELL XX-02 was ranked following having NPV of $7,260,917 and a payback of 2.2560 months and lastly, WELL XX-04 having a payback time of 2.3615 months and NPV of $6,777,548.
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Dias, Rui, and Hortense Santos. "STOCK MARKET EFFICIENCY IN AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM RANDOM WALK HYPOTHESIS." In Sixth International Scientific-Business Conference LIMEN Leadership, Innovation, Management and Economics: Integrated Politics of Research. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/limen.2020.25.
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This paper aims to test the efficient market hypothesis, in its weak form, in the stock markets of BOTSWANA, EGYPT, KENYA, MOROCCO, NIGERIA and SOUTH AFRICA, in the period from September 2, 2019 to September 2, 2020. In order to achieve this analysis, we intend to find out if: the global pandemic (Covid-19) has decreased the efficiency, in its weak form, of African stock markets? The results therefore support the evidence that the random walk hypothesis is not supported by the financial markets analyzed in this period of global pandemic. The values of variance ratios are lower than the unit, which implies that the yields are autocorrelated in time and, there is reversal to the mean, and no differences were identified between the stock markets analyzed. The authors consider that the results achieved are of interest to investors looking for opportunities for portfolio diversification in these regional stock markets.
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Awortu Jeremiah, Prof Zaccheaus, Prof Osaro Erhabor, and Prof Musa Abidemi Muhibi. "Book of Proceedings of the First International Congress of the HBTSSN 2020." In 1st INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS. Haematology and Blood Transfusion Scientists Society of Nigeria, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.59708/hbtssn-preceedings-2020.
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The Book of proceedings of the first international congress of the Haematology and Blood Transfusion Scientists Society of Nigeria is a compendium of the academic contents of the events that transpired during the congress tagged HBTSSN 2020 with the theme Healthy Blood, Healthy Nation: The haematology Scientists perspective. It is a collection of papers presented from the 17th to 19th of March 2020 at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The publication of this congress proceedings is meant to serve the following purposes: Providing a great place for participants to present their research findings, novel approaches or new methodology. Allowing researchers to engage with the research teams and community doing research on the same subject. Staging and spreading the new ideas to the scientific community. The HBTSSN benefits from publishing the proceedings as it creates awareness and adds value to our great society. Attracts more authors to participate in future conferences. It’s a faster way of making your results available to the wider world Citable for academic appointments and promotions This congress proceedings is having a unique ISBN number and is catalogued in the National Library. It comprises of three parts: 1) Keynote and plenary lectures. 2) Abstracts of original articles for oral and poster presentations and 3) Workshop papers on Building a successful research career in Haematology and Blood Transfusion I wish to acknowledge the efforts of the Chairman of Scientific committee, Prof Osaro Erhabor and other distinguished members of the scientific committee for their diligence in reviewing the abstracts submitted to this congress. I also thank the speakers who made their papers available for publication. This is the maiden edition and we hope to improve in the subsequent editions. I sincerely wish that every participant will find this book of proceedings useful. Prof Z. A. Jeremiah President
Reports on the topic "Authors, Nigerian"
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Ogwuike, C. Obinna, and Emeka W. Nweke. School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) and How to Study Them: A Methodological Review of a RISE Research Project. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-ri_2022/042.
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In this Insight Note, the authors provide a detailed explanation of our research strategy and the methodologies and tools we are using to assess the institutional norms and conditions that lead to effective SBMCs. The goal of the note is to show other researchers interested in Nigeria’s SBMCs the type of work we are doing, and exactly how our research team operates in rural Nigeria. The authors hope that this information will be useful to researchers interested in studying Nigeria’s SBMCs, or in the nuances of data collection in rural Nigeria generally.
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Wickenden, Mary, Stephen Thompson, Oluwatosin Adekeye, and Noela Gwani. Report on Development of Children with Disabilities’ and Parents’ Wellbeing and Inclusion Checklist tool 2022 - Phase 1. Institute of Development Studies, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2023.005.
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This report describes a piece of participatory research undertaken in 2022 as part of the UK-aid funded Disability Inclusive Development programme. Under this programme, Task Order 27 developed a model of disability-inclusive education in selected schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria and the authors of this report worked on the development of a tool to measure how children with disabilities (and their parents) perceive their inclusion in school and society, as well as their wellbeing. The tool was developed in a way which was informed by what children themselves see as important. It was also designed to show changes in experiences and perceptions overtime through repeated use of the tool over a one-year period. This report describes Phase 1 which covers the process of planning, designing and testing the tool.
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Lipsky, Alyson, Molly Adams, and Chinyere Okeke. Ground-Truthing Social Network Analysis for Universal Health Coverage Advocacy Networks in Nigeria. RTI Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2024.pb.0028.2405.
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Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires commitment from a wide range of actors, including policy makers, civil society, and academics. In low- and middle-income countries, creating momentum among stakeholders can be challenging with competing priorities and limited funding. Advocacy coalitions—groups of like-minded organizations coalescing to achieve a common goal—have been used to achieve UHC; however, the effectiveness of advocacy coalitions for UHC is not well understood. This policy brief reviews literature on how social network analysis (SNA)—a method “effective in helping to understand how the stakeholders view one another, share information, cooperate, and take joint action”—has been used in low- and middle-income countries to evaluate UHC advocacy coalitions (Abbot et al., 2022). These findings were validated using experiences from coalition members in Nigeria advocating for UHC. The literature suggests that factors contributing to network success include network cohesion, decentralized network structure, collective action, strong transparency and trust between actors within an advocacy network, and clear communication and collaboration around advocacy objectives and the roles of all involved. The interviews suggest these themes are present in Nigeria as well. Using SNA thinking to conduct interviews in Nigeria, the authors highlighted specific strengths and areas of growth for advocacy coalitions for UHC. La réalisation de la couverture santé universelle (CSU) nécessite l'engagement d'un large éventail d'acteurs, notamment les décideurs politiques, la société civile et les universitaires. Dans les pays à faible et revenu intermédiaire, susciter un élan parmi les parties prenantes peut être difficile avec des priorités concurrentes et un financement limité. Les coalitions de plaidoyer - des groupes d'organisations partageant les mêmes idées se regroupant pour atteindre un objectif commun - ont été utilisées pour réaliser la CSU ; cependant, l'efficacité des coalitions de plaidoyer pour la CSU n'est pas bien comprise. Ce document politique passe en revue la littérature sur la manière dont l'analyse des réseaux sociaux (ARS) - une méthode "efficace pour aider à comprendre comment les parties prenantes se perçoivent mutuellement, partagent des informations, coopèrent et prennent des mesures conjointes" - a été utilisée dans les pays à faible et revenu intermédiaire pour évaluer les coalitions de plaidoyer pour la CSU (Abbot et al., 2022). Ces résultats ont été validés à l'aide des expériences des membres de la coalition au Nigéria plaidant en faveur de la CSU. La littérature suggère que les facteurs contribuant au succès du réseau comprennent la cohésion du réseau, la structure décentralisée du réseau, l'action collective, une transparence et une confiance solides entre les acteurs au sein d'un réseau de plaidoyer, et une collaboration autour des objectifs de plaidoyer et des rôles de tous les intervenants. Les entretiens suggèrent que ces thèmes sont également présents au Nigéria. En utilisant la pensée de l'ARS pour mener des entretiens au Nigéria, les auteurs ont mis en évidence des forces spécifiques et des domaines de croissance pour les coalitions de plaidoyer pour la CSU.
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Wickenden, Mary, Stephen Thompson, Oluwatosin Adekeye, and Noela Gwani. Report on Development of Children with Disabilities’ and Parents’ Wellbeing and Inclusion Checklist Tool Phase 2 - 2023. Institute of Development Studies, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2023.054.
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This report describes participatory research undertaken in 2023 as part of the UK-aid funded Disability Inclusive Development programme. Under this programme, Task Order 27 developed a model of disability-inclusive education in selected schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria and the authors of this report worked on the development of a tool to measure how children with disabilities (and their parents) perceive their inclusion in school and society, as well as their wellbeing. This report covers Phase 2 of the research, when the team re-visited the schools to repeat the piloting of the revised checklists to (1) explore whether the revisions to the checklists (designed in Phase 1) improved their useability for a range of respondents and made the data they produced more specific and useful, and (2) to learn whether the schools and the communities (where the SMILE project had been doing a variety of interventions to promote inclusion), were now perceived by the children and their parents to be more inclusive and supportive of their wellbeing. This report shares the findings, describes how the revised versions worked and what they told us about the children’s and parents’ experiences. Finally, some suggestions are made about how these tools could be developed and rolled out further.