Category: 2021

 

EFFECT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DISCLOSURE ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED DOWNSTREAM OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The study examines the effect of corporate social responsibility disclosure on the financial performance of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The ex-post factor research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised of all the twelve (12) companies in the downstream oil and gas sector ofRead More

VOLATILITY OF CAPITAL FLOWS IN EMERGING AFRICAN ECONOMIES

ABSTRACT This study examines the empirical nature of capital flows in some selected African countries –i.e. South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Botswana. In addition it also investigate empirically such issues of sudden stops and reversals. The study has employed the widely used Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model and considersRead More

THE JUDICIARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION Elections are considered as cardinal and indispensable in the practice of modern democracy. According to Nnoli (1990) “It is closely tied to the growth and development of democratic political order that is generally held to be the single most important indicator of the presence or absence of democratic government”.Read More

APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN HEALTH CARE

ABSTRACT Computers and information technology has played a pivotal role in the advancement of healthcare. The advancement in computer technology particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI) has encouraged the researchers to develop products for making life easy for the public. AI exploits the potential of human intelligence such as reasoning, making decision,Read More

MODERATING EFFECT OF CORRUPTION AND EASE OF DOING BUSINESS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFENCE EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study examines the moderating effect of corruption and the ease of doing business on the relationship between defence expenditure and economic growth in Nigeria. The study adopted the ex-post facto research design with times series data collected from theStockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Nigerian CodeRead More

IMPACT OF GENDER DIVERSITY IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS (DMB’S) FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA.

ABSTRACT  This paper investigates the impact of gender diversity in corporate governance on firm financial performance with the case study of ten selected DMB’s quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange randomly. Secondary source of data collection has been adopted for this study by using banks annual financial reports for theRead More

PSYCHOSOCIAL AND HEREDITY PREDICATORS ON MENTAL HEALTH OF ORPHANS

ABSTRACT The research sought to find out the psychosocial and heredity predicators on mental health of orphans, through the use of standardized questionnaires. Two hundred research participants were used in course of this study and three instruments were used which include mental health scale, Mental Health Continuum – Short FormRead More

ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDES OF NURSES TOWARDS DEATH AND DYING OF PATIENTS IN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Nurses toward death and dying of patients in Taraba State, Nigeria. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, survey research design was employed. The population of the study consisted of all the Nurses working in GeneralRead More

CLIMATE CHANGE AND INNOVATIVE RESPONSE STRATEGIES FOR RURAL COMMUNITY SUSTENANCE

ABSTRACT The fight against climate change has just become far more urgent, and could become the greatest challenge of survival for mankind ever. The evidence is clear: climate change is now occurring faster. The acceleration of global warming is nearly unstoppable – unless we act now, and unless we actRead More

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN KOGI STATE: (A CASE STUDY OF LOKOJA-ABUJA ROAD FROM YEAR 2000-2010)

ABSTRACT The major objective of this research is to examine the variation pattern of traffic accident in Kogi State, a case study of Lokoja-Abuja Road. The study used mostly secondary data; accident record and vehicular situation were obtained from the Federal Road Safety Commission. The data were obtained for aRead More