Ignatius Ajuru
University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email:
aust_royal@yahoo.co.uk
ABSTRACT: Climate
change is real; its effects are being felt all over the country. A lot needs to
be done to increase awareness through primary and secondary school education.
Although it’s a relatively new concept, the present National policy of
education at the primary and secondary school level has a wide range of
subjects that could be used to create more awareness, create innovative idea
and help improve the environment. At the primary and secondary school level,
Nigeria’s vulnerability to climate change effects and mitigation strategies
would form the fulcrum of reaching out to the wider populace on key approaches
to adopt in mitigating the effects of climate change in Nigeria and reduce
emission of greenhouse gases.
ABSTRACT: The Study investigated
gender differences in the types of school Phobia exhibited by Primary School
Children in Yola Metropolis. Public Primary school Pupils in Yola Metropolis
constituted the population of the study. Eight Schools were sampled out of the
total of 65 Primary Schools in Yola Metropolis. A total of 372 children were
sampled from the Eight Schools. Sample random sampling technique was used to
select a class from each of the sampled schools. A 21 item questionnaire was
self – designed for the study. Data obtained was analyzed using t – test of
independent samples. The study found no significant gender difference on the
types of School Phobia exhibited by the Primary School pupils in Yola
Metropolis, Adamawa State. The study recommends that efforts should be made to
arrest the various types of school phobia in our schools.
Low
capital base, insolvency, and business distress among other factors have
contributed to recent failure of banks in Nigeria. Banks all over the world now
adopt mergers and acquisitions as a strategy to improve their performance. This
study examined the impact of mergers and acquisition on the performance deposit
money bank in Nigeria. The research used capital structure, asset profile,
total deposit and profit after tax of the selected bank to measure the
performance and effect of merger and acquisition of the bank in both pre and post-merger
and acquisition period. Data were collected from the published financial
statements of the bank namely former Intercontinental Bank Plc and Access Bank
(now Access Bank Plc) from 2005 to 2017 and the model was formulated using
ordinary least square method. It was revealed that for both the pre-merger and
post-merger periods, it was revealed that the access bank performed better. In the
post – merger and acquisition period as asset profile and total deposit has no
significant effect on the profit after tax of access bank in Nigeria, while
capital structure has a significant effect on profit after tax of access bank
plc. While in the pre-merger and
acquisition capital structure, asset profile and total deposit have no
significant impact on profit after tax of access bank plc. The study concludes
that mergers and acquisitions have a significant impact on the performance of
deposit money bank in Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommended that banks can
merge or acquire each other , as this has proved to become a strategy for
rescuing ailing or weak ones and could provides a platform that would enhance
financial performance
The study was conducted
on the analysis of the effect of detergent characteristics variations on brand
users’ loyalty among undergraduate students of the Universities in Makurdi
metropolis of Benue State. The aim was to analyze detergent characteristics
variations combination that will achieve the best users’ brand loyalty in the
study area. The 3x3x3 factorial experimental design was used for the study.
This involves three independent variables each varied in three dimensions. The
population of the study comprised all users of detergents among undergraduate
students of the Universities in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. These
Universities are the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi and Benue State
University Makurdi. The sample of 270 was selected from the target population:
135 students from Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi and 135 students
from Benue State University Makurdi. An 18-item self-developed instrument:
“Detergent Users Loyalty Inventory” (DULI) was used for data collection.
Three-way Analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA) was used to test the Hypotheses by
comparing the effect of the differences in product characteristics variation on
brand loyalty. Pre-manipulation scale scores were used for pre-test or as covariate.
In particular, the independent measures (between-groups) ANCOVA was used since
the study dealt with different subjects under different conditions. The main
and interactional effects in ANCOVA result were all significant; the study
therefore went further to make use of Fisher’s Least Significant Difference
(LSD) to locate the mean differences and sizes. The study found that the overall
best brand loyalty level can be achieved only when there is a simultaneous
increase in price, size and quality (Mean =178.01). Similarly, other
economically optimal brand loyalty levels can be achieved at maintained size,
price decrease and quality increase (Mean=177.80) and maintained size,
maintained quality and price decrease (Mean =177.30). It was however observed
that consumers of detergents in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State responses
were in line with the tradition of maximum utility at lowest cost which though
good for the rational users, is detrimental to the sustainability of the
business. Detergent Users want both
quality and size increase as prerequisite for price increase. This though quite
plausible to detergent users, can only be achieved at a loss to the producers. To
solve market disequilibrium problems, the study recommended mutual benefits to both
the producers and users of detergent. Thus, in view of precarious economic
conditions, producers should increase the quality of detergents and the
decrease size as prerequisite for price increase(Mean=90.81).This, though with
low loyalty level vis-à-vis the best loyalty levels, will be mutually
beneficial as it will attract a significant level of loyalty from the detergent
users and at the same time, provide a window for producers to achieve high
level of profitability.
Transportation as a major activity in
human existence forms the basis of all socioeconomic interactions as inadequate
transport facilities often hinders economic development. Bad roads, inadequate
fleets of vehicles, inadequate trains, overcrowded airplanes and congested
ports are common features of developing world transportation service like in
port Harcourt, and Nigeria at large, the aim of this study is to examine the
role government can play to stimulate and solve Port Harcourt city
transportation problems using computer based software, Descriptive research
design was adopted in this study, questionnaires was used to obtain data from
commuters and transporters from some transport routes in the city such as, Zoo
to Mile1 park, Oil Mile to Mile1 Park to Borokiri, Rumuokoro ( Okoronudo) –
Mile1 to Borokiri and Mile1 to Leventis to NPA. Data collected were analyzed
and presented graphically, the result of the study shows that there is serious
transportation problems in port Harcourt, and can best be solved using a computer
software matrix system. Therefore, in this research work computer software was
developed to tackle the problem. Some
constraints were established and the developed software was tested with life
data to ascertain the usefulness of the computer programme. It also was
recommended there is an urgent on the part of government to actively develop
strategies and system that will facilitate the process of road transportation
system in Nigeria.
1Department of Architectural
Technology, Oke – Ogun Polytechnic, Saki Oyo State.
2Department of Architecture, Lead
City University, Ibadan, Oyo State
3Department of Architecture,
University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Abstract
Despite some attempts at achieving
decent housing for Nigerians, Nigeria as a whole failed to address the dire
housing conditions of her population. The situation has been partially
ameliorated through the activities of the private sector housing developers who
have mainly concentrated on the upper-middle and upper earners of the housing
market and government housing schemes targeting the lower-middle earners with
no known focus on the low and no-income earners, which recent studies reveal to
cover over 60% of the working class population creating an acute need for
intervention. Yet, there are some factors affecting low or no-earners’ in the
area of housing affordability. This is the gap in knowledge sought to be filled
by this study. The survey research design was adopted for this study. Data were
collected from both primary and secondary sources. Simple systematic random
sampling techniques was adopted in administering a set of questionnaire to
respondents. The findings revealed the relative contribution of each of the
independent variables to the prediction of the dependent variable Housing the
low income earners in Ibadan North L.G.A of Oyo state in logical order Housing Affordability ( Beta = .119; t =
5.156; p < 0.05). The study also revealed that factors like housing
accessibility, income per family, high house rent and financial wherewithal low
earner’s relatives greatly affect no/low income earners in terms of housing
affordability. It is thus concluded that access to building finance at
favorable terms to developers of low-income accommodation and credit facilities
for housing construction should be expanded.
Faculty of Science, Gombe State
University,Gombe ,Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The need to understand black hole
formation, property and absorption of other celestial bodies is an interesting issue
in Astrophysics and Astronomy. In this paper we avoided complex mathematical
difficulty to obtain Schwarzschild’s radius of some planetary bodies, and this
radius was computed using Newtonian expression for escape
velocity.
Results obtained shows that among the planets Jupiter requires a very large
amount of gravitational pull to reduce to black hole and was found to be
exactly the same with that using Schwarzschild’s metric.
Keywords
and phrases:
Black hole, Schwarzschild’s radius,
Newtonian expression, escape velocity
Emmamoge Orewere1, Ayodele Owonubi1
& Sada Zainab2
1Department of Horticulture and Landscape
Technology,
Federal College of Forestry, Jos
2Department
of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Abstract
The Sustainable Development
Goals adopted by the United Nation particularly (goal fifteen) subtitled: LIFE
ON LAND: protect, restore and promote
sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystem, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and
halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss targeted for year 2030 and Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020 (NV 20:2020) Economic Transformation Blueprint cannot
be overemphasized. Illegal mining is
one of the biggest problems with regard to environmental destruction and
ecological disruptions. It presents a plethora of environmental, social
and economic problems. Thus using abandoned quarries as sites for new
construction is a useful form of reclamation, one that has occurred throughout
history. The main thrust of this paper, is to reclaim an abandoned mining site
through landscape development for outdoor recreation to tourist who needs to
recreate either actively or passively on the Jos Plateau. The study objective is to
develop the conceptual framework to serve as a basis for creating a suitable
design of an abandoned mining area. It focuses on Guut-Rayfield area in
Jos-South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The methodology employed for
this study is physical site survey, case studies and literature search. The
paper submits by way of conclusion that land reclamation strategies through
landscape development should be implemented alongside mining plan for effective
restoration after mining operation ceases. Working closely with community
dwellers, allied professionals, and the government would ensure sustainable
development is achieved.
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