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Casciano, Davide. "Popular tales of Pastors, Luxury, Frauds and Corruption." Journal of Extreme Anthropology 5, no. 2 (January 21, 2022): 52–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5617/jea.9008.
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Access to consumption, especially to objects that are challenging to obtain, is one of the features contributing to the successful spread of Pentecostalism in West Africa. Pentecostal pastors have become central public figures, ‘consumer stars,’ whose display of wealth and luxury is key to their social legitimacy as preachers of the Prosperity Gospel. Moreover, their extensive and flexible social networks allow them and other born-again Christians to be part of patronage networks internally perceived as moral. However, while their conspicuous consumption has inspired ecstatic supporters, it has also attracted criticism and accusations of fakery and corruption. This article aims to explore the relationships between consumption, especially conspicuous consumption, and discourses about the corruption of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. Accusations against Pentecostal pastors and their fraud schemes or corrupt practices seem to identify the moral limits between what is considered a righteous and an immoral consumption, describing the potential perils of purely individualistic hyper-consumerism. These popular tales of ‘fake pastors’, willing to do anything to enjoy a luxury life, allow us to understand how the born-again public is scrutinizing the opaque neoliberal entanglements between consumerism and corruption that characterize emerging elite’s actions in Nigeria and elsewhere.
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Ochiagha, Terri. "Neocoductive Ruminations." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 131, no. 5 (October 2016): 1540–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2016.131.5.1540.
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I Was Born in Spain to a Spanish Mother and a Nigerian Father. I Moved to Nigeria on the Day That I Turned Seven and remained in the country for nine years. The interplay between my cultural liminality and an early aestheticism has determined my experience of literature—first as a precocious reader and later as a teacher and scholar.My first literary diet, like that of many children, consisted of fairy tales and abridged classics. At primary school in Nigeria, our English textbooks featured passages from African novels to teach reading comprehension. While I found the short storylines interesting, their pedagogical use meant that I did not perceive them as “literature”—a word that I associated with stories to wonder at, get lost in, and daydream about. At the age of nine I graduated to unabridged Dickens novels and Shakespeare plays alongside Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, supplementing my diet with Spanish chivalric romances such as Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo's Amadís de Gaula (1508) and Francisco Vázquez's Palmerín de Oliva (1511). Apart from a sense of intrigue, these two works gave me respite from an unrelenting sense of otherness. They provided vicarious adventure, and their settings reminded me of the Castilian castles that formed part of my early-childhood landscape.
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Tade, Oludayo, and Yikwab Peter Yikwabs. "Conflict triggers between farming and pastoral communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria." Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research 12, no. 3 (May 4, 2020): 101–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jacpr-10-2019-0448.
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Purpose This study aims to examine contemporary factors underlying farmers and pastoralists’ conflict in Nasarawa state. These two communities had rosy and symbiotic relationships which have transmogrified into sour tales of mutual suspicion, destruction, deaths and violence. Design/methodology/approach Exploratory research design was used. Data was collected using qualitative tools of data collection such as in-depth interview (IDI) and key informant (KII) guides to extract responses from farmers and pastoralists. Findings In a bid to end the conflicts between these two groups, Benue State Government enacted the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law also known as anti-open grazing law in 2018. Although the law altered the conflict landscape in Benue, it recorded trans-territorial backlashes in the neighbouring Nasarawa State where herdsmen relocated. The relocation of herders to Nasarawa State, setting up of livestock guards to check open grazing by pastoralists, rumour and politics triggered contemporary violent conflicts between these groups. Originality/value As against existing studies, this study examines contemporary trigger of the conflict.
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AGBELEMOGE, A., and I. A. ADESOPE. "INDIGENOUS LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN EGBA ZONE OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA." Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment 20, no. 1 (December 2, 2021): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.51406/jagse.v20i1.2094.
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This study assessed the management of indigenous livestock in Egba zone of Ogun State using one hundred and forty four farmers and twenty Village Extension Agents. Data were collected with interview schedule and questionnaire respectively. The study revealed that indigenous livestock farmers were of average age of 48 years, mostly (77.8%) native of these communities sampled and literate (63.2%), more female (58.3%) and they were not cosmopolite (83.3%). Poultry, sheep and goats are mostly kept by indigenous livestock farmers, followed by cattle and pig, snail and rabbit by a few farmers. Most (66.7%) farmers raised their livestock on free range while few provided feeding and housing for their animals. Local materials were used for feeding, housing, and ethno-veterinary care for animals. Livestock farmers earned an average of twenty one thousand seven hundred and fifty naira monthly from their animals. The materials livestock farmers used included pawpaw seeds for deworming, lime and sandpaper leaf to control lice, sulphur, lime and palm oil to control mange; Iyeye leaves [Spondia mombin] for treatment of diarrhea in ruminants. Communication methods used in the diffusion of ethno-veterinary practices were town criers, traditional songs and festivals, folk tales, use of signs and symbols, life dramas and face-to-face interpersonal media while the sources of information were extension agents, community leaders, fellow farmers, neighbours, livestock traders, and farmers` union. Most important information came from fellow farmers. Indigenous livestock farmers should be involved in research and extension planning and regular visits to farmers by village extension agents is recommended.
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Tade, Oludayo, and Yikwab Peter Yikwabs. "“If you kill me, you take the cow”: victimization experiences of farming and herding communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria." Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research 11, no. 4 (October 3, 2019): 273–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jacpr-06-2019-0417.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the victimization experiences of farming and herding communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study employed purposive sampling, extracting data from 27 victims in Lafia and Obi local government areas. Data were collected using in-depth and key informant interviews. In a balance of tales, both farming and herding communities claimed victimhood status. Findings While farming communities suffered internal displacement resulting from destruction of farmland, forceful takeover of own community, destruction of livelihoods and human fatalities; herding community victimization manifested in destruction of livelihood (killing of cows), cattle rustling and human fatalities. Arising from the findings, the authors suggest proactive policing and victim compensation to reduce the incidence and severity of victimization. Originality/value The study is unique as it probed into the neglected domain of victimization experiences of farming and herding communities.
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Adams, W. M. "Rural protest, land policy and the planning process on the Bakolori Project, Nigeria." Africa 58, no. 3 (July 1988): 315–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1159803.
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Opening ParagraphIn the literature and accumulated folk wisdom of development in rural Africa there are numerous instances of government projects which are expensive, ineffective and unpopular. These include now classic failures of the past, such as the Tanganyika Groundnuts Scheme (Wood, 1950; Frankel, 1953), which are still cited as cautionary tales demonstrating the need for proper project appraisal. There are also numerous more recent examples, for the phenomenon of failure has persisted and governments and international agencies continue to implement schemes ‘little better planned than their more spectacularly misbegotten predecessors’ (Hill, 1978: 25). Among recent initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa the large-scale irrigation projects developed in northern Nigeria during the 1970s have attracted particularly extensive adverse criticism. This has focused on the social and economic impact of the introduction of irrigation and particularly on questions of land tenure (inter alia Wallace, 1979, 1980, 1981; Oculi, 1981; Adams, 1982, 1984; Palmer-Jones, 1984; Andrae and Beckman, 1985; Beckman, 1986). A number of accounts discuss technical aspects of the land survey carried out at Bakolori {Bird, 1981, 1984, 1985; Griffith, 1984), while others focus on economic problems (e.g. Etuk and Abalu, 1982). However, although economic and technical aspects of these developments have been criticised, it is the social impacts of project development and more particularly the political responses to those impacts which are of greatest interest (Wallace, 1980; Adams, 1984; Andrae and Beckman, 1985; Beckman, 1986). This paper examines the bature of the response of farmers affected by one of these schemes, the Bakolori Project in Sokoto State.
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Arsan, Andrew Kerim. "Roots and Routes: The Paths of Lebanese Migration to French West Africa." Chronos 22 (April 7, 2019): 107–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.31377/chr.v22i0.451.
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We have no way of knowing when the first migrant from present-day Lebanon arrived in West Africa. Some amongst the Lebanese of Dakar still clung in the 1960s to tales ofa man, known only by his first name — 'Isa — who had landed in Senegal a century earlier (Cruise O'Brien 1975: 98). Others told ofa group of young men — Maronite Christians from the craggy escarpments of Mount Lebanon — who had found their way to West Africa some time between 1876 and 1880 (Winder 1962:30()). The Lebanese journalist 'Abdallah Hushaimah, travelling through the region in the 1930s, met in Nigeria one Elias al-Khuri, who claimed to have arrived in the colony in 1890 (Hushaimah 1931:332). The Dutch scholar Laurens van der Laan, combing in the late 1960s through old newspapers in the reading rooms of Fourah Bay College in Freetown, found the first mention of the Lebanese in the Creole press of Sierra Leone in 1895 (van der Laan 1975: l).
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Olarotimi, O. J., and O. A. Adu. "Potenciales de las fuentes no convencionales de proteína en la alimentación de animales no rumiantes." Archivos de Zootecnia 66, no. 255 (July 15, 2017): 451. http://dx.doi.org/10.21071/az.v66i255.2524.
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Este trabajo revisa las investigaciones sobre el uso de fuentes no convencionales de proteína de origen vegetal para la avicultura en Nigeria y otros paises vecinos. Como el coste de los piensos compuestos continua siendo una carga para los granjeros nigerianos debido al alto coste actual de las fuentes convencionales de proteína tales como harina de pescado, torta de cacahuete y harina de soja, es muy urgente explorar los potenciales de fuentes alternativas no convencinales de proteína, especialmente harinas de hojas de algunas plantas, tales como Moringa oleifera, Leuceana leucocephala, Manihot esculenta, Carica papaya y otros piensos leguminosos los cuales pueden, de alguna forma, sustituir la inclusión de fuentes convencionales de proteína. Esas fuentes alternativas no convencionales tienen un excelente valor nutritivo y propiedades terapéuticas. Sus contenidos de proteína bruta son excelentes. Resulta aparente por varios estudios previos que la inclusión de esas fuentes proteícas no convencionales en las dietas avícolas mejora el rendimiento de los pollos en término de tasa de crecimiento y producción de huevos. Sin embargo, sus niveles de inclusión recomendados deben de ser estrictamente ajustados para evitar cualquier efecto deletéreo que pueda tener sobre los pollos. Por ejemplo, la inclusión de la harina de hojas de Moringa oleifera (MOLM) hasta el 10% en dietas de gallinas ponedoras se ha comprobado que es segura. Por lo tanto, será una novedad su inclusión en alimentos avícolas sin producir efectos nocivos para el rendimiento de las aves así como para los consumidores de los productos y, finalmente, dando lugar a mejores beneficios de los granjeros.
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Xiao, Allen Hai. "In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in Nigeria." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 44, no. 1 (March 2015): 75–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810261504400104.
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The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian people, the dominance of self-interest over cohesion and mutual support among the Chinese compatriots, and variations in state policies due to dynamic and changing interstate relations. To overcome their position of weakness, small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs strategize their interactions with both Nigerian and Chinese nationals. Informality is a characteristic of such interactions. Economic informality is primarily embodied in the documentation service businesses that are indebted to those popular corrupt practices in Nigeria; while social informality takes place in cyberspace. Interaction via the Internet among Chinese involved in Chinese–Nigerian businesses helps small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs to cope with fluctuations in interstate links at the macro-level and to develop a sense of community.
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Olusola, Ayinde Taofeek. "Policy lags and exchange rate dynamics in Nigeria: Any evidence?" Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan 18, no. 1 (July 12, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.29259/jep.v18i1.9688.
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The study investigates policy lags and exchange rate dynamics in Nigeria. The downswing in the Nigerian economy attributed to recurring exchange rate fluctuations justifies this empirical investigation. The period of investigation spans 1970 – 2016 and the data were obtained from the various issues of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin and the Annual Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Anchored on the monetary theory of exchange rate, the Markov-Switching Dynamic Regression (MSDR) was employed as the technique of analysis. The findings show that the supply of broad money in Nigeria is endogenous in nature as it serves as the adjustment variable for the stabilization of exchange rate in the economy. Also, the results obtained indicated that changes in the exchange rate affect the overall government income and that the Nigerian economy is still foreign dependent. An expansionary monetary policy takes three (3) years to stabilize exchange rate in Nigeria while an expansionary fiscal policy only takes one and a half (11/2) years. By implication, monetary policy is half-effective as the fiscal policy. Besides, there is evidence of fiscal dominance in Nigeria. The study found two exchange regimes of fixed- and managed-float. More so, fixed exchange rate regime in Nigeria was just not persistent but that the probability of transiting to a managed-float regime was relatively lower.
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Onuora, Chijioke Noel, Nkem Fortyunes Alu, Samuel Ogba Echem, Stephen Ezeh Ezike, and Jovita Charles Ogu. "ILLUSTRATIONS IN TOTEMISM AND MYTHOLOGY AS PANACEA FOR ENHANCING CULTURAL STUDIES AMONG IGBO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 7, no. 7 (July 19, 2020): 238–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.77.8543.
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Totemism is the philosophy in which animals and inanimate objects called totems are accepted as harmless co-habitants of man. Myths are folkloric tales of origins and existence, which are as doubtful as they are credible. In assessing Totemic and Mythological Imagery for cultural studies, the study specifically sought to; (i) measure the extent to which Igbo cultural images can hold students’ attention during cultural studies, and (ii) explore Igbo totemic and mythological themes for traditional synthesis in art. The research was experimental and descriptive survey. The 4-week long vacation experiment comprised 40 Junior Secondary School students of ages 12-14 (treatment, n=20; control, n=20) randomised from 60. The subject foci were; (i) Cultural Studies; Igbo, Social Studies and Agriculture, and (ii) Art; Fine art, Poetry and Drama. Three study instruments were used; (i) Igbo Totemic and Mythological Illustrations Scoring Chart (ITMI-SC), (ii) Igbo Totemic and Mythological Illustrations Mean Rating Table (ITMI-MRT), and (iii) Igbo Totemic and Mythological Illustrations Post-test Impact Assessment Mean Rating Table (ITMIPIA-MRT). The post-test course tagged; Igbo Totemic and Mythological Illustrations Post-test Impact Assessment Test (ITMI-PIAT) involved the treatment and control groups in a free-topic choice of artistic contents. Findings showed that the treatment group progressed in cultural studies with artistic illustrations and subsequently explored Igbo mythological contents freely in art. During the ITMI-PIAT post test, the treatment group excelled beyond the control group members who were significantly atelic. It is recommended that teachers adopt artistic pedagogies for ethnographical studies while injecting traditional contents in art learning processes.
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Akinola, Grace O., and Olusegun Timothy Odesola. "Information and Communications Technology and Inventory Management amongst Breweries in Nigeria." Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Business Intelligence 4, no. 1 (April 28, 2018): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jisebi.4.1.39-45.
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This study examined the effect of ICT on inventory management amongst breweries in Nigeria. Secondary data were sourced for this study. The population for the study comprises all brewery companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting the three leading brewery companies in Nigeria, namely the Nigerian Breweries Plc; Guinness Nigeria Plc; and International Breweries Plc that represent 75% of the breweries quoted in the Nigerian Stock Exchange factsbook. Secondary data on ICT/ software costs, inventories, sales turnover/revenue, and assets were sourced from years 2006 to 2015 Annual Reports and Statements of Accounts of the three selected breweries and the Nigeria Stock Exchange facts book. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics ( tables, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method). The results also showed that ICT usage had no significant positive relationship on inventory management (t = 0.021, P > 0.01). The study concluded that ICT had no significant positive effect on inventory management in the Nigerian Brewery industry. It is recommended that brewery firms in Nigeria should deploy the right software for inventory management. The limitation of this research is what were used to measure the inventory management and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as contrary results could be obtained if these variables are measured using other yardsticks. The improvement of the respondent required to see the other problem and another kind of business.
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Chitom, John-Akamelu Racheal, and Iyidiobi Felicia Cheluchi. "Personal Income Taxes and Growth of Small Firms in Nigeria." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Volume-2, Issue-3 (April 30, 2018): 441–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd11051.
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Michael Isaac, OPUSUNJU, AKYUZ Murat, and INIM E. Victor. "Assessment Of China – Nigeria Trade Relations (1990-2018)." Randwick International of Social Science Journal 1, no. 1 (April 25, 2020): 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.47175/rissj.v1i1.4.
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The study assessed China- Nigeria trade relations covering a period of 29 years from 1990 to 2018. The study adopted the ex-post facto research design and obtained data for export and import transactions from the Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin. The study used T-test, charts, and tables to address the engagement of China-Nigeria trade relations. The study used Microsoft excel software package and statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 to analysis the data. The study found that Nigeria has not gained from trade relations with China from 1990 to 2018 and it is only China that benefited from trade relations with Nigeria from 1990 to 2018. The study recommended that the Nigerian Government should re-strategise its industrial sector to enable the country to manufacture industrial goods and manufactured consumable goods as well as medical equipment to export to China. They should try to discover what type of industrial goods that China does not well produce and should re-strategise to produce it with low labour and low capital. The Chinese Government should continue to import goods to Nigeria since they are the ones benefiting from trade relations in Nigeria from 1990 to 2018. They should also encourage the Nigerian government to produce and manufacture industrial goods so that they can face a little competitive with Nigeria in the future for improvement of their products.
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Emmanvitalis. E, Ifediba, and Nwangene Ogochukwu. C. "ASSESSING CURRENT PERFORMANCE, ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET." Cognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 2, no. 3 (March 30, 2022): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.47760/cognizance.2022.v02i03.001.
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The Nigeria capital market has not witnessed obvious transformation over the years. The research aimed at Assessing Current Performance, Issues & Opportunities on the Nigeria capital market. An empirical survey based on secondary data & primary data procured from Lagos Stock Exchange, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Securities & Exchange Commission. A total number of one hundred and twenty (120) copies of questionnaire were administered to staff of financial regulatory sectors respectively for which (80) were used for analysis. After cleaning and sorting the copies of the accepted questionnaire they were fed into the statistical package for social science (SPSS). The questionnaire was structured in line with the research objectives, questions and hypothesis of the study. The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to confirm formulated hypotheses. The findings indicate that the rate of capital market performance is low and has not contributed effectively to Nation gross domestic product (GDP). The capital market, stock market which are the major players in the Nigeria economy diminished as shown in Tables. The Nigeria stock exchange (NSE) All share index greatly collapsed. The study concluded that policies like improvement in the institutional quality, enhancement of Nigerian security challenges to make Nigeria an investor-friendly nation, encouragement of the local industries by supporting small and medium enterprises, and enhancement of international trade between Nigeria and other countries will be suggested to Nigerian government as a way to improve stock market performance.
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Nyewusira, Benjamin N., and Chituru Nyewusira. "Reflections on the Dangers and Delusions of Education Tourism for Educational Development in Nigeria." Archives of Business Research 9, no. 3 (March 28, 2021): 198–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.93.9695.
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In contemporary times, education tourism has become such a complex phenomenon vis-à-vis the overall development of education in Nigeria. This paper, after explaining the concept of education tourism, takes into consideration the initial historical imperatives that occasioned the need for Nigerians to travel overseas for Higher Education. It identifies the challenges that prompted a rise in education tourism, noting that the Nigerian education sector in particular, and the Nigerian nation in general, suffers huge capital flights as a result of this phenomenon. A further critical analysis from the paper shows that the recent incidents and experiences with education tourism live some Nigerian students with many dangers and delusions-the delusions arising from the incongruence between the knowledge acquired abroad and the dysfunctional social systems in Nigeria. Consequently, the paper submits that Nigerians will be speared much of the complex problems identified with education tourism if the country can adopt some immediate and remote measures that will revitalize its education and make it attractive to the rest of the globe.
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Sule, Ibrahim. "From Freedom of Expression to Freedom of Speech – the Guarantees under the Nigerian Constitution and the Real Challenges." American Journal of Law 4, no. 1 (October 2, 2022): 50–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/ajl.1207.
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Right to freedom of expression is one of the globally recognized fundamental rights guaranteed and protected in many international human rights conventions, charters and other international and regional treaties and instruments. In Nigeria, the right has always been given recognision and specifically provided for in all the Nigeria’s constitutions, including the colonial and pre-independence. Even under the constitutional arrangements under the military governments, the said right is given recognition. Under the 1999 Constitution of Federal republic of Nigeria, the said right has also been prescribed for as one of the rights guaranteed for all Nigerians and anybody on the Nigerian soil. Nevertheless, it is one thing to recognize a right and it is completely another to practically implement the guarantees provided for. The Nigerian constitution is said to have given the said right with one hand and takes it away with another hand. This article critically analyses the right to freedom of expression under the Nigerian Constitution 1999 to discover whether or not the constitution as is being alleged, is really speaking from two sides of its mouth.
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Zhuravka, Fedir, Olena Shkarupa, John O. Aiyedogbon, Olure-Bank Adeyinka, and Ivan Shkarupa. "Factors of macroeconomic growth in Nigeria: wages demand, taxes, and entrepreneurship development." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 17, no. 1 (March 30, 2020): 242–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.17(1).2020.21.
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This paper contributes to clarifying the scientific debate on the impact of entrepreneurship development and wages increases on Nigeria’s macroeconomic development. The main purpose of this research is to estimate the impacts, problems, and consequences between wages growth and the growth of a long-term relationship between wages and investment. The article deals with the current state of Nigeria’s macroeconomic indicators. The methodological tools for the research are the ARDL and DOLS methods, which were used to study the relationships between the macroeconomic indicators. The research period is 1987–2019. The research empirically confirms and theoretically proves that the country operates under unstable and uncertain conditions, so it is difficult to achieve macroeconomic stability. Also, the article presents the results of the analysis, which has shown a positive and statistically significant effect of raising the minimum wages on economic growth both in the long and short term. The study results can be useful for state authorities, private sector, as well as for the researchers. AcknowledgementsThis research was prepared as a part of the Scientific Project “Modeling the Transfer of Eco-Innovations in the Enterprise-Region-State System: Impact on Ukraine’s Economic Growth and Security” (No. 0119U100364), that is financed by the state budget of Ukraine.
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Urama, Evelyn Nwachukwu, and Chukwuka Ogbu Nwachukwu. "Human trafficking: Commercial sexual exploitation and forced domestic labour in African literature." Journal of Language and Cultural Education 5, no. 2 (May 24, 2017): 123–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0023.
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Abstract Just like social occurrences such as human sacrifice and slavery enhanced retardation of progress in Africa in the past, trafficking is another social occurrence addressed in contemporary African literature that impedes progress and tarnishes the image of the victims. Human trafficking is rampant in Africans and some part of the world in this 21st century. This paper examines how Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Trafficked (2008) and Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters′ Street (2009) highlight social occurrences and how they contribute to the spread of girl trafficking in Africa. It also explores how both men and women are partners in trafficking, forming trafficking networks that lure girls from Nigeria to Europe and make huge profits from their misery. These pimps use ‘juju magic’ and rituals as a threat to exert complete control over the girls and also to ensure their compliance. The trafficked girls share their life experiences by telling their tales of woes exposing the shame that accompanies the sex trade and the stigmatization they suffer in the society. Their experiences are presented by the authors to highlight the trafficked girls′ pains, misery and struggle for freedom in order to appeal to everybody in the society to fight against human trafficking. The paper also examines how these exploited and depressed trafficked girls that have lost their self-esteem can still live fulfilled lives if government agencies and nongovernmental organizations come to their rescue.
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Okon, Emmanuel O. "Africa’s Space Technology Investment and Socio-Economic Returns: The Case of Nigeria." International Journal of Business and Management Future 2, no. 1 (January 19, 2018): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.46281/ijbmf.v2i1.114.
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Scientific and technological advances and innovations are fundamental to sustained economic and human development. Space exploration programs offer significant potential socio-economic benefits. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, space programme is considered to be less necessary than many other governmental initiatives, particularly in the context of sustainable development. This paper takes a look at space technology investment in Africa and application of space technology in solving socio-economic problems in the continent with a special focus on Nigeria. Also, the paper identified some challenge faced in the Nigerian space programme and made some suggestion. Nigeria must take advantage of innovations in space technology to utilize space and the by-products of space technology to make significant strides in optimizing the resources of socio-economic development and solve national problems in consonance with the global sustainable development agenda.
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Okarah, Anthony Chidiebere, and Emeka Austin Ndaguba. "Assessing the Implementation of the Deregulation Policy of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (2003 – 2012)." Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review 3, no. 3 (September 1, 2015): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v3i3.92.
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The Nigerian oil and gas sector plays avery dominant role in the nation’s economy with over 90% in 2011 and 98% in 2012 of the nation’s foreign exchange earnings (Ibanga, 2011; CBN, 2012). About 36 Billion barrels of crude oil reserve and 19.2 Billion cubic meters of natural gas is deposited in the country. This paperassesses the implementation of the deregulation policy in Nigeria (2003-2012),with a focus on the Nigerian NationalPetroleum Corporation (NNPC). The study used informed knowledge in providing analysis for the study. The study found out that the two major challenges inhibiting the implementation of the deregulation policy by NNPC are, price control, and effect of global market. The study recommended among others that, for Nigeria to realize its potential and reap the benefits of deregulating the sector, the NNPC must tailor the implementation of the policy in a manner that will take cognizance of the socioeconomic challenges facing Nigerians by recognizing and engaging community help services in communities where exploration takes place.
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Idhalama, Ogagaoghene Uzezi, Magnus Osahon Igbinovia, and Chioma Augusta Ezeabasili. "Use of webinar tools for teaching and learning by library and information professionals in Nigeria." Information Development 37, no. 3 (March 29, 2021): 334–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02666669211003923.
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The study investigated the use of webinar tools for teaching and learning by library and information professionals in Nigeria. The research objectives were to determine the level of ICT skills for webinar utilisation possessed by library and information professionals in Nigeria; ascertain the devices used for participating in webinars by Nigerian library and information professionals; ascertain the webinar platforms used by library and information professionals, and two others. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design and structured questionnaire was adopted as instrument for data collection. The instrument was converted to an online survey using online Google forms which was posted on the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) platform soliciting responses from members of the platform. The survey response summary showed that 109 library and information professionals participated in the study. The data were retrieved and analysed using descriptive statistics of tables, frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that the level of librarians’ ICT skills regarding webinar participation is high (3.40 grand mean), and the majority of LIS professionals studied in Nigeria used smart phone and laptop devices for webinar participation, followed by tablets. Most of the respondents use Zoom, followed by Youtube as platforms for participation in webinars and two other findings. It was concluded that webinars play a very significant role, therefore full adoption and use of webinars in all learning institutions in Nigeria should be encouraged.
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Gbenga, Olorunmade, Samuel Olusegun James, and Adewole Joseph Adeyinka. "Determinant of Private Sector Credit and Its Implication on Economic Growth in Nigeria: 2000-2017." American Economic & Social Review 5, no. 1 (March 26, 2019): 10–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.46281/aesr.v5i1.242.
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The study examined the determinant of private sector credit and its implication on economic growth in Nigeria. The fluctuation in the supply of money and credit is the basic causal factor at work in cyclical process; when money supply falls, prices decrease, profit decrease, production activities become sluggish and production falls and when money supply expands, price rise, profit increase and the total output increases and finally growth takes place. The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between Private Sector Credit and Gross Domestic Product. Data were obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin. Simple regression analysis was used to achieve the stated objective. It was revealed in the determinant of credit supply equation 1 that there was significant relationship between Total credits to private sector and money supply in Nigeria. It was also discovered in the Private Sector Credit and Economic Growth Equation 2 that there was significant relationship between private sector credit and economic growth in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that there should be persistence increase of money supply to Nigerian economy in order to increase the flow of credit to the real sector of the Nigerian economy, financial institutions should distribute more credit to the real sector for productive purposes in order to increase Gross domestic product.
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Ibrahim, Kabiru Hannafi. "AN EXAMINATION OF RECENT TRENDS, COMPOSITION AND TRADE INTENSITY OF NIGERIA-BRAZIL BILATERAL RELATIONS." International Journal of Advanced Economics 1, no. 1 (June 22, 2020): 31–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.51594/ijae.v1i1.28.
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This paper examines the trends, composition and trade intensity of Nigeria-Brazil bilateral trade relations for the period 2000-2017. Tables, graphs, and trade intensity index were employed. The results indicate that Nigeria's trade with Brazil has significantly recorded impressive growth. However, the share of major products exported to Brazil over the period remained insignificant with the exception of mineral fuels. The results further show that the share of major products imported from Brazil is significant, indicating that Brazilian exports to Nigeria are more diversified than that of Nigeria's export to Brazil. The trade intensity index indicates high trade intensities between the countries and the high possibility of increasing bilateral trade flow. Based on these findings, the study recommends the need for Nigeria’s export to be restructured in order to reduce the prevailing role of mineral fuels to Nigeria's exports through diversification and identification of new export opportunities in Brazilian markets.
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Irabor, Benson Peter, and Andrew Onwudinjo. "The Educational Origins of Nigeria’s Development Challenges." Filosofiya osvity. Philosophy of Education 28, no. 1 (August 25, 2022): 197–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.31874/2309-1606-2022-28-1-12.
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It cannot be over-emphasized, the consensual outlook among scholars that education is the bedrock of development of any society. However a careful examination of the present status quo of Nigeria’s education is replete with countless issues and challenges that have the capacity to compromise the role education plays in national development. Such challenges as insufficient quality of curriculum, policy making and implementation, imperfect certification and lack of competence are typical to the Nigeria`s educational system. In general, there is a gap in the Nigerian education system between the formulation of educational policy and its implementation, which has resulted in the low performance of Nigerian education in recent times. These challenges are some of the fundamental pointers to the plummet in the country’s educational system, hence their solution need to be properly prepared to be able to contribute to the overall human development. As a result, this research explores the potential of the method of philosophical analysis to establish, contrary to popular opinion that Nigeria remains underdeveloped not because of the experience of colonization, imperialism and exploitation of her resources, but through the miscarriage of her educational system. The moral decadence in Nigeria institutions comes many forms, but this article discusses only five of them: examination malpractice, drug abuse, cultism, sexual harassment and grade sorting. Another problem bedeviling Nigeria educational system at all level is strike. This study thereby takes another approach to disinter how the educational system in contemporary Nigeria has waned consequent to the circumvention of proper learning and proper assessment of knowledge.
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Nwaodu, Linda. "The Burden of Motherhood: An Assessment of Government Policy Towards Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Working Mothers in Nigeria." Religación. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades 6, no. 28 (June 20, 2021): 183–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.46652/rgn.v6i28.790.
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Nigeria has witnessed a rapid increase in female labour participation such that it risks a decline in exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate – despite the World Health Organization’s and government’s endorsement of EBF. EBF is a beneficial process of feeding an infant with breast milk only during the first six months. This study aims to assess the extent to which the Nigerian policy addresses the barriers and contributes to improved EBF rates among working mothers in Nigeria. It takes a qualitative approach – policy analysis. The policy analysis critically evaluated the content of the National Policy on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Nigeria (2010) and the Labour Act (2004). The policy documents addressed these barriers to an extent. However, they showed minimal coherence. There are still policy gaps and disparity between the policies and their implementation – attributable to inadequate clarity and insufficient mechanism to spur policy compliance. Therefore, nutritionists should be engaged in such nutrition-specific policy formulation. Further research to measure the impact of this recommendation is encouraged.
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Teslim Anifowose and Moses Ekperiware. "The effect of automated teller machines, point of sale terminals and online banking transactions on economic growth in Nigeria." Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology 4, no. 2 (March 30, 2022): 016–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.53022/oarjst.2022.4.2.0024.
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Despite the policies put in place by the Central Bank of Nigeria through innovative products intended at reducing to the barest minimum all problems relating to e-transactions through the use of payment channels, people still prefer to conduct their businesses with the use of cash. This research makes use of primary Data collected using descriptive statistics such as tables. The objectives of this study are to assess the effect of Automated Teller Machines, Point of Sale terminals and lastly Online Banking transactions value on economic growth. Furthermore, this study therefore concluded that cashless policy is very important to the Nigerian economy and therefore the ATM and POS platforms must be further promoted by stakeholders. The study recommends that The Central Bank of Nigeria should put in place additional regulations and strengthen guidelines to govern the activities of point-of-sale terminal operators in Nigeria to boost financial inclusion and economic growth.
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Akinbobola, Yemisi. "Defining African Feminism(s) While #BeingFemaleinNigeria." African Diaspora 12, no. 1-2 (June 28, 2020): 64–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18725465-bja10009.
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Abstract In 2015, a reading group in Abuja, Nigeria, started the hashtag #BeingFemaleinNigeria, which received widespread attention. Within the confines of 140 characters, Nigerian women and men shared stories of gender inequality, sexism and misogyny in the country. Using feminist critical discourse analysis, this article unpacks the tweets under the #BeingFemaleinNigeria hashtag, and teases out what they tell us about gender inequality in Nigeria, and the ambitions for emancipation. This article takes the stance that African feminism(s) exist, that empirical study of lived experiences of African women should define it, and not perspectives that reject and argue that feminism comes from the other. Therefore, this empirical research contributes to scholarship that seeks to define the characteristics of African feminism(s), particularly as the field is criticised for being over-theorised.
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Eze Asogwa, Brendan. "Libraries in the information age." Electronic Library 32, no. 5 (September 30, 2014): 603–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-07-2012-0097.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the competencies of libraries in Nigerian universities, identify constraints to their performance and recommend infrastructures and competencies required. Institutional accreditation has compelled academic libraries in Nigerian to improve their quality, competencies and performances for accountability. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. The population of the study was all the university librarians in the 89 universities in Nigeria that the author selected from federal, state and private universities. Of the 81 sets of questionnaires emailed, 49 were returned, which represents a 60.5 per cent response rate and provides the working population of the study. Data were analysed using frequency tables, simple percentages and bar charts. Findings – The results indicate that academic libraries and librarians in Nigeria are competent in three key areas – educational roles, professional development and research. However, they are not very effective in the provision and use of library resources in cyberspace, adequate funding, collection development and information technology skills. The main constraints are: poor Internet penetration, low bandwidth, unreliable power supply and weak Internet proficiency. This paper suggests that adequate funding, benchmark performance and multi-skilling can serve as strategies against these constraints in developing regions. Practical implications – This study contributes to library staff assessment because it links strategic objectives to performance measures and associated long-term targets. It broadens issues which affect sustainable performance in academic libraries in Nigeria, as well as in Africa and other developing countries. Originality/value – While performance measurement is well established in developed countries, it is less or not so well established in Nigeria and other developing countries. The current research seeks to develop a performance measurement framework for academic libraries that is testable and expandable to Nigeria and the whole African context.
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Farouk, Bibi-Farouk, Ogbu Collins, and Ofiwe Michael. "POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FUEL CRISES IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (F.C.T.) 2007-2017." International Journal of Innovative Research in Social Sciences and Strategic Management Techniques 7, no. 1 (September 3, 2020): 46–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.48028/iiprds/ijirsssmt.v7.i1.04.
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The economy of Nigeria today runs and survives on oil revenues. Certainly, any crisis in the oil sector, particularly the most commonly experienced i.e. fuel crisis is consequently a crisis of the Nigerian economy. Therefore, a study on the political economy of fuel crisis is integral and significant to the political economy development of Nigeria. The central objective of this study was to examine how manipulation of a few and their quest to control and organise the factors of production and the economy has resulted in the pervasive fuel crises situation and the bearing this has on the economy of Nigeria and on Nigerians. The Elite Theory was employed as a framework of analysis. The primary and secondary methods of data collection were used. Using tables and the Chi square formula, data were presented and hypotheses tested. The research found out that the activities of the elites and oil cabal contribute to the fuel crisis situation and this has resulted in economic hardship in the FCT. It was recommended that federal government must revisit and regulate the processes of issuing licenses to actors in the oil sector and legalise, encourage, standardise modular refineries in Nigeria.
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Moran, Ben. "Written Conversations in a Global Nigeria: Nigeria and the Newsgroup." African Research & Documentation 83 (2000): 11–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00016204.
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This paper takes for its starting point research into a single Internet discussion group, soc.culture.nigeria. It aims to provide a broad overview of the group's characteristics for those readers unfamiliar with such groups, and to highlight some important issues surrounding this form of communication which could provide a basis for consideration of other online discussion groups in the context of African studies. In particular, as this essay originated with a conference on ‘African Readerships’, it addresses the changing nature of the reader/writer distinction, and the blurring of boundaries between such categories as ‘Nigerian’, ‘African’ and ‘international’. For instance, what is the relationship between these discussions, largely written in the US but read around the world, and Nigeria? How should we understand the term ‘Nigeria’, given the culturally and linguistically divided nature of the state, if not in terms of its geopolitical boundaries?
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Ogoanah, Felix Nwabeze, and Fredrick Osaro Ojo. "A multimodal generic perspective on Nigerian stand-up comedy." European Journal of Humour Research 6, no. 4 (December 30, 2018): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/ejhr2018.6.4.ogoanah.
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Studies in stand-up comedy in Nigeria have recently begun to gain serious attention. Several articles that describe the psychological and socio-cultural contexts of joke texts of stand-up comedy in Nigeria have appeared within the last few years (Orhiunu 2007; Imo 2010; Adetunji 2013; Filani 2015, 2016, etc.). However, one aspect of the phenomenon that is yet to be explored is the function of a multimodal generic framework and its contributions to the humorous content of the genre. While it is important to maintain the spoken text as many writers have done, the “multiple embodied modes” (Norris 2008: 13) that amplify the spoken text must be given due consideration. This study, therefore, examines the Nigerian stand-up comedy from the perspective of a multimodal-ESP theory to genre analysis. This theory takes cognizance not only of joke-texts, but also the visual features that enhance the performance. The material for analysis is videoed data of a popular stand-up comedy show in Nigeria, “A Nite of a Thousand Laugh.” The study demonstrates that stage management, nonverbal cues (e.g. gesture, movements, and gaze), speeches, body postures, and music/sounds contribute to the communicative value and the production of the genre. Also, it shows how plausible multimodal-ESP approach to genre is in the description of stand-up comedy in the Nigerian context and how the knowledge can be integrated into the teaching and learning of technology-mediated communications (TMC), such as using English for entertainment purposes.
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Abayomi, Sogunle Benjamin. "Judicial Interpretation of the Presidential Power of Pardon in Nigeria." Africa Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law 2021, no. 1 (2021): 23–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.47348/ajcl/2021/a2.
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The exercise of the presidential power of pardon has generated periodic controversies and elicited various reform proposals in Nigeria in recent times because this power is often exercised in ways that are clearly at odds with Nigerian society’s interests, including granting pardons to further narrow partisan interests and other personal ends. Of utmost concern is the question of the proper time to exercise this power—whether before or after conviction or at any time in-between. Although the Supreme Court of Nigeria takes the view that the power should not be exercised until after conviction, this paper examines, by way of a comparative analysis, the full amplitude of this power within the narrow confines of this riposteprovoking issue, juxtaposing the reasoning of the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the text of the Constitution, and concludes that, since pardon, an act of grace, operates outside of strict legal rules, subjecting its exercise by the president to the high due process threshold canvassed by the court would defeat the essence of this power.
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Abiodun-Oyebanji, Olayemi, and F. Olaleye. "Women In University Management: The Nigerian Experience." Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER) 4, no. 9 (August 31, 2011): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/cier.v4i9.5696.
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This study examined women in university management in Nigeria. It was a descriptive research of the survey type. The population of the study comprised all the public universities in southwest Nigeria, out of which three were selected through the stratified random sampling technique. Three hundred respondents who were in management positions were purposively sampled for this study. A questionnaire tagged Women in University Management Questionnaire (WUMQ) was used to elicit information from the respondents. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, t-test analysis and Pearson products for research questions and hypotheses raised for the study. Results showed that the level of women participating in university management in Nigerian University was dismally low; most of the high management positions were occupied by men. Results of the study further revealed that many women in the university system were being deprived of high management positions because they do not have the same opportunities for advancement as their male counterparts and also, the undue strictness of many women jeopardizes their chances of attaining high management positions in Nigerian universities. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the parochial belief of some people that women do not have what it takes to manage a university simply because they are women should be discarded. Women should also put a check on their undue strictness in the workplace and also, conducive working environments that will promote womens advancement should be promoted in Nigerian Universities.
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Salisu, Isyaka Mohammed, Adama Bappa-Yaya, Fatima Dahiru, and Kesmen Samson Markus. "Influence of economic environment on the performance of cement manufacturing companies in Nigeria." Journal of Global Economics and Business 3, no. 10 (July 1, 2022): 69–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.31039/jgeb.v3i10.50.
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Many experts are concerned about the necessity to look into what causes the performance of cement manufacturing businesses in Nigeria to be questionable. Therefore, the study looked into how economic factors impact Nigerian cement manufacturing enterprises' performance. Interest rate, inflation rate, exchange rate, unemployment rate, and economic growth were the economic environmental factors taken into account in this study. The study's descriptive and explanatory design and survey methodology were appropriate for achieving its goal. For the 398 sample size considered, primary data were gathered using a standardized questionnaire. In this study, descriptive and inferential analyses were both completed. Frequency tables and charts were used to analyze the data collected in a descriptive manner. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), which produced the correlation and regression results, was used to conduct the inferential analysis. The results showed that all economic and environmental factors significantly affect how well cement manufacturing enterprises function in Nigeria. The original finding of this study is that the performance of Nigerian cement manufacturing enterprises is most significantly influenced by economic factors, specifically currency rates. With these findings, the study came to the conclusion that economic considerations had a favorable impact on the performance of Nigerian cement manufacturing enterprises. Therefore, it is recommended that cement manufacturing businesses, among other things, should be more aware of the economic indicators that could affect their performance through ongoing feasibility studies on alternative economic indicators in the industry.
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Olabomi, Rasaq Adekunle, Jide Ogundola, Ajari Momohjimoh Yakubu, Abimbola G. Bola, Victor A Adetoro, and Obinna W Nwubani. "SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL ECONOMY IN NIGERIA." SOCIO ECONOMY AND POLICY STUDIES 1, no. 2 (April 28, 2021): 72–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/seps.02.2021.72.78.
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More than 50 percent of Nigerian total population resides in the rural areas with farming as their major occupation and means economic sustenance. Hence rural areas in Nigeria have the potentials to contribute significantly to the national socio-economic development through sustainable agriculture. However, unlike in the past when Nigerian agricultural sector used to be a strong sustainer of the economy through provision of food for the population and raw materials for the industries, general infrastructural deficit and neglect of the rural communities have diminished the attractiveness of agriculture, leaving it for the poor in the society. This is due, partly to the advent of crude oil in Nigeria and has led to poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and diseases in the rural communities. Nigerian government had however taken a number of measures towards agricultural development; these include River Basin Development Authority, HANCOR Borrowers, and a number of other initiatives. However, a larger percentage of the beneficiaries of these developmental efforts have always been in the urban and peri-urban centres, with minimum or no effect of the initiatives in the rural communities. This paper therefore review Nigerian agricultural development challenges and issues, and proposes rural economic development through sustainable agricultural infrastructure with focus on integrated approach involving the use of renewable energy, post-harvest processing, and agro-training program. This approach takes beneficiaries integration into consideration from design to execution of the programme, thereby ensuring their total commitment. This would improve agricultural productivity for immediate consumption and for industrial use, as well as prevent post-harvest waste, with improvement in the marketing systems of farm produces and rural farmers’ economy and living standards.
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Adeyemi-Suenu, Adebowale. "Armed Rebellion and the Future of Self-Determination in the Niger Delta." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 43 (November 2014): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.43.18.
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Armed rebellion has remained a constant decimal in the relation between the states and rebel groups in contemporary strategic discourse. The resolve by the Niger people of Nigeria to resort to arms and their agitations appear to have found deeper understanding within the context of history. This paper takes a historical look at the foundations of the agitations of the people of the Niger Delta and the ultimate decision to address their displeasure through the use terror or armed rebellion. It addresses the philosophy underpinning self-determination programmes of the Niger Delta militants and the responses of Nigerian state to the agitations of the Niger Delta militants. The paper therefore concludes that the use of arms as the ultimate ratio may remain the future of relationship in the Niger Delta because of the fundamental defects in the policies of the Nigerian state.
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Olugbemi-Gabriel, Olumide, and Mbasughun Ukpi. "The signifying culture: An intercultural and qualitative analysis of Tiv and Yoruba folktales for moral instruction and character determination in children." F1000Research 11 (April 25, 2022): 455. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.75732.1.
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Background: In the study of African communities, folktales have remained a constant element. With their origin in the culture of oral storytelling, folktales have often been used by older age groups to guide and mould behavioural patterns in children. In ancient and traditional African societies, children were gathered at the end of the day by older members of the community for tales by moonlight sessions aimed at guiding their moral decisions. With globalisation and its consequent effects such as migration, dislocation and disindigenisation, the culture of communal folktale sessions is experiencing a quick death. This paper engages with the relevance of folktales as moral guides for children in African societies and as a renewed path to increased societal stability facilitated by morally set individuals. Methods: The folktales were randomly selected from a pool of Tiv and Yoruba folktales in Nigeria. Two animal-based folktales which are part of shared folk culture were picked from the Tiv society and one from the Yoruba society. The study follows a narrative and content analysis approach where the selected folktales are corroborated by four key informants, two males and two females within the ages of 50-65. Results: With particular focus on the benefits of promoting and re-introducing the folktale culture to encourage positive behavioural traits amongst individuals in the society, the study primarily highlights folktales as reflective of human life. In identifying this similarity, the character of children is largely influenced by the moral values inherent in these folktales. Conclusions: There needs to be an increased use of media and audio-visual tools to expand the knowledge and accessibility of indigenous African folktales in order to preserve ethnic, national and social identity as well as to provide a moral compass for children.
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Olugbemi-Gabriel, Olumide, and Mbasughun Ukpi. "The signifying culture: An intercultural and qualitative analysis of Tiv and Yoruba folktales for moral instruction and character determination in children." F1000Research 11 (April 25, 2022): 455. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.75732.1.
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Background: In the study of African communities, folktales have remained a constant element. With their origin in the culture of oral storytelling, folktales have often been used by older age groups to guide and mould behavioural patterns in children. In ancient and traditional African societies, children were gathered at the end of the day by older members of the community for tales by moonlight sessions aimed at guiding their moral decisions. With globalisation and its consequent effects such as migration, dislocation and disindigenisation, the culture of communal folktale sessions is experiencing a quick death. This paper engages with the relevance of folktales as moral guides for children in African societies and as a renewed path to increased societal stability facilitated by morally set individuals. Methods: The folktales were randomly selected from a pool of Tiv and Yoruba folktales in Nigeria. Two animal-based folktales which are part of shared folk culture were picked from the Tiv society and one from the Yoruba society. The study follows a narrative and content analysis approach where the selected folktales are corroborated by four key informants, two males and two females within the ages of 50-65. Results: With particular focus on the benefits of promoting and re-introducing the folktale culture to encourage positive behavioural traits amongst individuals in the society, the study primarily highlights folktales as reflective of human life. In identifying this similarity, the character of children is largely influenced by the moral values inherent in these folktales. Conclusions: There needs to be an increased use of media and audio-visual tools to expand the knowledge and accessibility of indigenous African folktales in order to preserve ethnic, national and social identity as well as to provide a moral compass for children.
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Ate, Andrew Asan, and Joseph Omoh Ikerodah. "Historical Appraisal of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Contributions to Nigeria’s Journalism." International Journal of International Relations, Media and Mass Communication Studies 8, no. 1 (January 15, 2022): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/ijirmmcs.15/vol8n1pp119.
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Founding fathers of the Nigerian press have made tremendous contributions to journalism practice in the country. This paper takes a look at the contributions of two towering founding fathers of the Nigerian press- Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, from historical research perspective, digging into archival materials from media historians and evidences from the duo major publications: Nigerian Tribune and The West African Pilot respectively. The work which is anchored on the gatekeeping concept of the media has put in proper perspective the contributions of two media icons of the mid-twentieth century Nigeria’s journalism for academic and professional scrutiny. Lessons from the professional ups and downs of the probed veteran journalists and their relationship with their audience will, in no small measure, justify the social relevance of the discourse. The study recommends among other things that journalism institutions in the country should identify and teach contributions of the founding fathers of the Nigerian press to enable young journalists have a solid foundation in their profession. The study also recommends among other things that modern day journalists in Nigeria should sustain the fire brand journalism practice of the duo which appears to have gone into extinction.
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Chris Ajibade, Adetuyi,. "Thematic Preoccupation of Nigerian Literature: A Critical Approach." English Linguistics Research 6, no. 3 (September 4, 2017): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/elr.v6n3p22.
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Nigerian literature takes "matter" from the realities of Nigerian living conditions and value systems in the past and present. In the Nigerian society the writer, be it a novelist, dramatist or poet is a sensitive "questioner" and reformer; as all literature in a way is criticism of the human condition obtainable in the society it mirrors. The writer often cannot help exposing the bad and the ugly in man and society. Thus much of Nigerian literature is a deploration of the harsh and inhuman condition in which the majority of Nigerians live in i.e. poverty, misery, political oppression, economic exploitation, excesses of the affluent, liquidation of humane Nigerian traditional values, and all forms of injustices which seem to be the lot of a large majority in most Nigerian societies.In drama, novel, poetry or short - story, the writer's dialogue with his physical and human environment comes out as a mirror in which his people and society can see what they look like. Every image painted by a skillful artist is expressed or put into writing / print, becomes public property and leaves itself open for evaluation by those who read and understand the language and expression. There is therefore a need to identify the thematic preoccupation of Nigeria literature which is the focus of this paper with a view to identifying their peculiarities with textual references.
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Modebelu, Melody Ndidi, and F. K. Igwebuike. "Nigerian Child Learning Styles: A Teaching Strategy for Achieving Effective Education in Nigeria." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 15 (October 2013): 40–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.15.40.
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This study investigated the Nigerian child learning styles as a teaching strategy for achieving effective education in Nigeria. It was a survey design carried out in 258 public secondary schools in Anambra State. Respondents were made up of 1000 classroom teachers drawn through simple random sampling. Four research questions guided the study. A four-point scale questionnaire containing 28 items, validated by experts in Educational administration/supervision and Educational psychology was used for data collection. Data analysis was done using frequency distribution tables and mean scores. The findings revealed that secondary school teachers in Nigeria possess characteristics of good teaching to a high extent, eight learning styles for effective teaching were identified. The identified learning styles were applied to a low extent and five constraints responsible for the low application were also identified. Recommendations were made included that regular seminars and workshops should be organized to up-date these teachers, especially on the areas of learning styles and their effective application to encourage learners centred education.
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Egbunike-Umegbolu, Chinwe Stella, and Uriah Bajela. "The Functionality of the Election Tribunal in Nigeria concerning Election Petition." Athens Journal of Law 8, no. 4 (September 30, 2022): 475–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajl.8-4-7.
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This paper scrutinises whether it is possible to have Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution, hereinafter ADR, to cover election petitions in Nigeria. An election petition is a peculiar breed of adversarial matters litigated over in courts, which is exclusively created for the sole purpose of reaching a speedy resolution within the allocated time frame provided by the law. There are no provisions, under the extant legal framework for elections and election disputes in Nigeria, for the use of court-connected ADR to resolve or settle election disputes. The zero-sum nature of Nigerian politics, characterised as the winner takes all; the loser takes none, coupled with the fact that elections are prone to violence and corruption because the seats for grabs are very lucrative- government positions make election disputes unarguably unsuitable for ADR mechanisms. However, the ADR strategy of looking at the interests of the parties rather than at their positions may hold some hope for applying ADR options to election disputes. An interest-based perspective to resolving disputes holds more promise than the traditional position-based perspective. Hence, the paper will analyse what the election tribunal does and whether it has ever used ADR as an option in its history. If not, what hopes are held out that Court-Connected ADR or induced ADR could ever be introduced to disputes concerning an area hotly contested as an election petition? The paper employs qualitative, primary and secondary resources to tackle the above-stated questions. Keywords: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Election Tribunal; Election Petition; Political Parties and Nigeria.
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Bashir, Mohammed Bawuro, Ali Goni Adam, Jamila Abdulkadir Abubakar, Aliyu Umar Faruk, Halimat Suraj Garuba, and Nyayekonung Bege Francis. "The Role of National Farmers Helps Line in Agricultural Information Dissemination Among Crop Farmers in Nigeria: A Case Study of Farmers Help Line Centre, NAERLS ABU Zaria." Journal of Agricultural Extension 25, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v25i1.8s.
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The study examined the role of national farmers helpline in agricultural information dissemination among crop farmers in Nigeria, with the specific objectives to identify the various sources of information on agricultural practices available to the farmers and identify the various information disseminated to the farmers from the National Farmers Helpline. One Thousand farmers were randomly selected from the farmers who frequently call the Helpline Centre from the database of NAERLS across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria; to source the required information. Some of the crop farmers were contacted through phone calls, SMS, and social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp while some were through administration of questionnaires and face to face discussion. Data sourced were subjected to descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and percentage for analysis and were presented in tables and charts. The findings reveal that the Farmers Help Line Centre, NEARLS supply farmers around the country with all the necessary information on cultural practices, access to improved seed varieties, fertilizer and application, pest and disease management practices, weed management practices, marketing strategies, post-harvest activities, management of farm tools and machineries and also information on Government policies on agriculture. It is recommended that stakeholders of National Farmers Help Line ensure the sustainability of its services by including other Nigerian languages to have a larger coverage and not limiting spoken languages to only the major Nigerian languages (English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo and Nigerian pidgin); and also extend their services to West African countries and other parts of the globe at large.
Key words: Agriculture, information, dissemination and crop farmers
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Sharma, Prabhakar. "Nigeria-Cameroon Border Demarcation at a Glance and Lessons Learned for Nepal." Journal on Geoinformatics, Nepal 14 (March 13, 2017): 33–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njg.v14i0.16973.
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The border demarcation between two countries usually takes place after wars or serious conflicts. Nigeria, which has the largest army in Africa, showed that it had a big heart when it reached an agreement with Cameroon as per the 2002 ICJ judgment without waging a war with its much smaller neighbor Cameroon. Although many Nigerians feel that Cameroon has gained a lot more than Nigeria, especially when Nigeria decided to hand over sovereignty of the 1000 sq-km oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, the Nigerian government is eager to make a closure of the boundary demarcation as per the 152-page ICJ judgment.Ever since the demarcation activity started with a pilot project in 2005, many field missions have taken place with the mediation/facilitation of the United Nations, which has provided logistical and partial financial support and has brought in experts from all over the world.The field demarcation along the land, river and ocean boundaries between Nigeria and Cameroon has mostly been completed, except for the final mapping and emplacement of boundary pillars along some sections of the border which are inaccessible or are marked ‘disagreement areas’. There are some serious security threats posed by Boko Haram in the disagreement areas in the north.The best practices used in the Nigeria-Cameroon border demarcation are outlined below. Nepal could take some valuable lessons from the demarcation methods used by these two countries and maintain the political will to carry on the border demarcation works which can be technically and physically challenging and politically complex.Nepalese Journal on Geoinformatics, Vol. 14, 2015, Page: 33-36
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Idhalama, Ogagaoghene Uzezi, Angela Ishioma Dime, and Kingsley Efe Osawaru. "X-Raying the Million-Point Agenda of the Nigerian Government by Library and Information Professionals in the Country." IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship 10, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 104–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.2.06.
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This study investigated X-raying the million-point agenda of Nigerian government by library and information professionals in the country. Six objectives were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted using the online Google Form to collect data/responses from the library and information science (LIS) professionals in Nigeria. The population of the study comprised LIS professionals in all the states in Nigeria. The sampling technique used for the study was the total enumeration sampling technique (120) as the whole responses were used for the analysis using tables, frequencies percentages, mean and standard deviation for easy appreciation and comprehension. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 was also deployed and it was found out that there appears to be some high level of corrupt practices in the country, Nigeria, insecurity as of today remains on the high side which is not only worrisome but disturbingly a threat to too many households. Respondents have rated the economy to be at its lowest ebb as the majority of the citizens now wallow in poverty and agony, education standard is quite low in the country, there are deliberate steps to take in order to save Nigerian country from war and disintegration. To this very end, the well-informed class including library and information professionals should deliberately rise up to their duty by not just studying the current situation but also proffer recommendations and solutions to disturbing problems; hence recommendations are all Nigerians, irrespective of position or social, status must resolve to live a corrupt-free life; Government and all security agencies must be on the alert and, if possible, request international assistance; economic policies must be reviewed as a matter of urgency in Nigeria; education must be made easily accessible and funds made adequately available for educational institutions at all levels as prescribed by UNESCO; library and information professionals should continue to put government officials on their toes by regularly exposing their inadequacies to the citizens amongst others.
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Okunola, Rashidi Akanji, and Matthias Olufemi Dada Ojo. "Re-Assessing the Relevance and Efficacy of Yoruba Gods as Agents of Punishment: A Study of Sango and Ogun." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 7, no. 4 (March 4, 2016): 1057–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.21301/eap.v7i4.9.
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The general objective of this paper was to investigate the relevance and efficiency of Yoruba gods in the administration of punishment and justices on crime commitment. Two Yoruba gods (Sango and Ogun) were principally chosen. Six hundred (600) participants were conveniently sampled from three localities from three geo-political states in the western part of Nigeria. Univariate and bivariate analyses were used in the description of the samples and frequency distribution tables were employed in the presentation of the data. The results show that Yoruba natives still fear and respect these gods. The gods are still relevant and efficient in the administration of punishment on crime commission. The Yoruba natives show preference for the non-conventional punishments of these gods to modern criminal justice systems. Finally, the paper recommends the opinion survey polls on the inclusion of the invocations of these gods in the criminal justice systems of Nigeria and the likely implementations of the invocations in official swearing in ceremony for political and public office holders and the administration of the invocations in Nigerian courts of law.
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Burroway, Rebekah, and Andrew Hargrove. "It Takes a Village." Sociology of Development 4, no. 2 (2018): 145–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sod.2018.4.2.145.
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Women's education is widely recognized as a key factor in improving well-being in developing countries. However, previous research rarely considers both the individual and contextual effects of education. As broad societal transformations take place, education may shape women's capacity to take advantage of better access to power and resources, resulting in a dispersion effect of expanded women's education on well-being. Combining multilevel modeling with spatial data techniques, this study investigates variation in child malnutrition in Nigeria based on a set of individual and community characteristics. Nigeria is an interesting development case study because it outperforms other lower middle-income countries in GDP per capita, yet lags behind in many indicators of well-being. Drawing on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys and the Global Administrative Areas database, the analysis pools data on 24,990 children across 458 communities. Results indicate that women's education has a robust association with malnutrition at the community level, even controlling for a variety of household characteristics. This suggests that education has a protective effect on child health not only because more individual women are going to school, but also because everyone benefits from the education and empowerment of women in the community.
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Gamawa, Yusuf Ibrahim. "Nigeria and West Africa’s Silk Road: The New Crescent Economy." American Economic & Social Review 5, no. 2 (June 21, 2019): 8–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.46281/aesr.v5i2.327.
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The ancient city of Kano that is now located in north western Nigeria was an important player in the Trans-Saharan trade that flourished before the advent of the Europeans. The Trans- Sahara trade also predates the Danfodio Jihad that established the Caliphate system across northern Nigeria. The trade was seen to have involved many of the Sahel states in present times, but most importantly cities that distinguished themselves in the production of various commodities like Timbuktu, Gao, Djenne and Sijilmasa in Morocco. Since the demise of such trade, many cities that have hitherto been part of it, have lost relevance in the economic affairs and have been struggling to create new economies and have not been able to do so in modern times. Kano had been the economic base of northern Nigeria and its economy had supported the entire north of Nigeria as a result of the Trans-Sahara trade. Kano became known for trade across the Sahel and the Sahara for its textile and other services that include dyeing of clothing that were sent to as far as Morocco. The paper takes a look at the ancient Sahel economy and Kano’s involvement and insists that for the economy of Northern Nigeria and that of Kano to be revamped, a new strategy will have to be developed. This strategy will look at reviving the ancient trade links that existed before and make for the construction of infrastructure, industries and necessary tourism potentials available. And that it is only by doing so that Kano as city will take its proper place among cities like Timbuktu and Gao, and impact on the economy of Northern Nigeria and by extension the Nigerian nation.
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Obayori, Joseph Bidemi, and George-Anokwuru Chioma Chidinma B. "Global Financial Crisis and the Nigerian Capital Market." Finance & Economics Review 2, no. 2 (August 6, 2020): 27–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.38157/finance-economics-review.v2i2.133.
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Purpose: This paper examined the impact of the global financial crisis on the capital market in Nigeria from 1980-2018. It specifically aimed to determine the impact of the currency crisis and liquidity crisis on the capital market in Nigeria.
Methods: The study was time series data based. Data were generated from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. The variables were subjected to descriptive statistics and the 'Augmented Dickey-Fuller' (ADF) unit root test prior to the 'Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag' (ARDL) model.
Results: The outcome of descriptive statistics demonstrated that the parameters were not normally distributed. Also, the ADF unit root test demonstrated that one of the parameters was stationary at I(0) while the remaining two were stationary at I(1). Based on the ARDL results, it was observed that in the short run, the financial crisis has an indirect influence on the performance of Nigerian capital markets. Liquidity crisis, a proxy for the depletion of external reserves has a strong influence on the capital market. The long-run result showed that there is a long-run association amongst the variables.
Implications: In view of these findings, the paper recommends that the government should fine-tune its policy mix to ensure that the capital market and the economy do not suffer from the global economic crisis as it takes place.