The study did a comparative analysis of discharge measurement techniques upstream of River Kubanni. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance were used to analyze the stream discharge data collected for the study period using the three techniques. From the stream discharges obtained for 2017...
Flooding has been a major threat to human life and properties in Kano metropolis in recent years, but information on the drainage pattern, response of the changing drainage basin to rainfall events, level of vulnerability and risk on a sub-drainage basin level which are fundamental to tackling...
Despite the interest rate liberalization policy that gave rise to commercial banks’ pricing of loans models which is expected to enhance quality of banks assets and improve financial intermediation, poor assets quality of banks, bank failures and poor intermediation role of banks are still...
This study investigated the Efficacy of Social Media in enhancing Socialization among Social Studies Students in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. Three objectives, three research questions and three Null-hypotheses were raised for the study. The research design for this study was survey...
The aim of this study was to find out how prior knowledge of Drug addicts influences their perceptions on psychoactive substance abuse information communicated to them by NDLEA.In order to achieve the target of this study,six research questions were raised among which are; what are the prior...
There have always been two traditions (structuralism and post-structuralism) in philosophy. One asserts that there are truths that are universal and eternal. They stand outside history and the physical world. Contemporary studies in African Literature have been forced to recognize the challenge of...
Over the years cost related to fringe benefits as reflected in the overhead parts of recurrent expenditure continued to rise. This was said to have manifested due to excessive misuse of fringe benefits such as accommodation and its maintenance, motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance, public...
This project is an experimental research which seeks to create a body of paintings by exploring the surface quality of lives and forms apparent on eight snake patterns. The designs and patterns on the snake are a source of inspiration for creating diverse art works. This research discovers unique...
The study examined the effect of firm characteristics on compliance with International Financial Reporting Standard 7 by listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The main problem addressed by the study is variable inclusion gap, where Liquidity is introduced as an explanatory variable in explaining...
Poliomyelitis has over the years been proven to be one of the most contagious and dreaded childhood diseases. The effect of this disease ranges from general health discomfort due to physical deformation of legs, paralysis and early infant mortality. The adverse effects of Polio on children...
Studies in child language indicate that social and environmental conditions affect the rate of language development in children. Most of these researches have been carried out in western countries with different sociolinguistic settings. The few available ones in Nigeria are longitudinal studies...
This work explores Migration and Displacement in Afolabi‘s A Life Elsewhere and Adichie‘s Americanah.It investigates migration and the attendant displacement of the third world countries which is often premised on the illusion of the search for a good life. Migration is here explored in...
This dissertation presents an analytical study on thermo-solutal natural convection flow in an
inclined channel filled with porous material. Two problems are considered in this work. In both
problems, the flow is assumed to be hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed and the
mathematical...
This study investigated Relationship between Psycho-Social Variables and Marital Adjustment among Married women in Federal College of Education Zaria, Nigeria. The study had four objectives, four research questions and four null hypotheses. The population was twenty thousand and forty five (2,045)...
This study examines the Impact of Border Community Conflict on Inter-State Relations in the West African Sub-region. Specifically, it focused on the 2009 conflict between Lolo and Madecali border communities of Nigeria and Benin Republic. The border conflict between the two communities over...
Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm, is the causative agent of onchocerciasis (river blindness) which is transmitted by blackflies of the genus Simulium to humans. It is a neglected tropical disease affecting more than 37 million people worldwide. Nigeria accounts for about 40 percent of the...
The study determined perception of suitors on premarital genotype screening information in Zaria local government area. Qualitative research approach using case study design was used to gain better understanding of the phenomena. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants....
Retrospective and prospective studies of Yankasa lambs and Red Sokoto goat kids were evaluated for the prevalence of diarrhoea retrospectively over a ten year period and prospectively for two years in a Small Ruminant Unit of a Research Institute in Zaria. Data were collected and analysed using...
The various available literature on modeling electricity consumption use time series models such as Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA), Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Vector Auto-regression (VAR) and so on. In this research, Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA)and Exponential...
The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of personal hygiene among primary school pupils in Plateau state, Nigeria. The study was also guided by three (3) purposes, three research questions and three (3) hypotheses. The study employed ex-post-facto research...