1. CHALLENGES OF NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Newspapers, which constitute the vocal and vibrant press, have consistently championed the fight again... Read More
2. KWAME NKRUMAHS CONSCIENCISM: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to African statesmen, the whites even after granting independence to the colonies they were governing left as a parting gift to the Africans the concept of neo-colonialism. Neo-colonialism is a situation whereby the black man feels inferior to t... Read More
3. THE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: According to Uwadia (2010), Education in a broad sense is a process by which an individual acquires the many physical and social capabilities demanded by the society in which he/she is born into to function. It is to a nation what the min... Read More
4. ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT ARE MILITATING AGAINST EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: Teaching is a set of events, outside the learners which are designed to support internal process of learning or the process through which information often education training is passed. While learning is about a change; the change brought about by developing a new... Read More
5. BRITAIN AND NIGERIA’S INDEPENDENCE IN 1960
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The territory known as Nigeria was a British creation. Its coastal areas have for some three to four hundred years been involved in trade, particularly slave trade with Britain. With the abolition of slave trade and the setting up of indu... Read More
6. AN EVALUATION OF THE CHALLENGES FACING MEDIA IN DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The art of communication as we know it now has evolved over many generations. Humans have been working very hard for a very long time to improve on one of the most fundamental aspects of their existence, and this effort has resulted in the sophistication... Read More
7. CHALLENGES FACING MEDIA ORGANISATION IN DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA TELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Communication as known everywhere has developed over a number of centuries. The sophisticated and complexity which characterized human communication in the modern world are the result of a very long and sustained effort by human beings to improve on one o... Read More
8. IMPACT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ON SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The phrase ‘better city, better future’ is the motto of the ongoing World Expo in China. The World City Expo started in 2002 as a way of mobilizing world community towards using the urban centers to mobile resources to elimina... Read More
9. THE POLITICIZATION OF RELIGION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE NIGERIA FEDERALISM
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Before Nigeria became independent on October 1, I960, the nation went through a long period of colonial administration. This, what is today known as Nigeria wa... Read More
10. THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: English is one of the major languages out of about 5000 estimated languages spoken in the world. About 200 years ago, English was simply the language of less than 15... Read More
11. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM IBENEME OJIAKO 1916-2006 ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview
The place of individuals in historical reconstruction cannot be neglected. This is because a historical study of a given country, state and community cannot be complete without the study of certain... Read More
12. THE MASS MEDIA AND COVERAGE OF SPORTS PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: The responsibilities of the mass media as a social institution cannot be over emphasized, it is not therefore an over statement to point out here that the co-existence of th... Read More
13. THE IMPACT OF PRIVATIZATION ON THE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In the era of post colonialism, Nigeria has at one time or another, embarked upon certain policies that have political economic implications. For instance, from 1960 to date, N... Read More
14. THE INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA (1993- 2023)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
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15. THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION IN NIGERIA: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION ON THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION IN NIGERIA.
The p... Read More
16. THE IMPACT OF ETHNICITY ON NIGERIA PUBLIC SERVICE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The term ‘ethnicity’ has its roots in the Greek term ethnos/ethnikos, which was commonly used to describe pagans,... Read More
17. THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY OF OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: This work provides the overview of the major underlying causes of secondary school dropout and its effects in some selected secondary school in Ovia North East local government... Read More
18. THE DISTORTED IMAGES OF AFRICAN CONTINENT: A HEIDEGGERIAN INTERPRETATION
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: What do you expect would come to the minds of many, assuming you stand on Mountain Everest and shout the word “Africa” to the hearing of all mankind? Arguably, many (especially Westerners) would immediately... Read More
19. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NEPAD TO AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: CASE STUDY OF THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: It has come to light that good governance and democracy in all societies, including third world countries, Africa in particular, are not merely desirable but v... Read More
20. THE EFFECT OF CULTISM ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EKIADOLOR, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to oxford dictionary of current English the word ‘cult” means a system of religious worship especially one that is exposed in rituals. From this definition... Read More
21. THE REPRESENTATIONS OF IGBO MONARCHY IN NOLLYWOOD FILMS OVER THE TWO DECADES OF 1996 TO 2015
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
In our consumption-oriented and mediated society, much of what comes to pass as important is based often on the stories produced and disseminated by media institutions. Much of what au... Read More
22. Fatherhood and Fatherland in Chimamanda Adichie's "Purple Hibiscus"
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Purple Hibiscus, by third-generation Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie, is (at its most basic level) a coming-of-age tale. Fifteen-year-old Kambili and Jaja, her older brother, must face political unrest, uncaring... Read More
23. THE LOGIC OF CAPITAL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RESISTANCE IN CHRIS ABANI’S GRACELAND
Chapter 1: The Logic of Capital and the Possibility of Resistance in Chris Abani’s GraceLand
Among its many concerns, Chris Abani’s GraceLand is particularly interested in the possibilities of resisting the forces of global capitalism in the postcolonial era... Read More
24. ASSESSMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) ASSISTANCE ON PROMOTION OF DEMOCRATIC NORM IN NIGERIA, 2003 -2015
ABSTRACT
This study evaluates United Nations Development Programme assistance for the promotion of democratic norm in Nigeria (2003 to 2015) in order to determine its impact on voter registration and confidence in the Election Management Body (EMB), as well as in law making, legislative... Read More
25. CORRUPTION AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT: (A CASE STUDY OF HALLIBURTON)
Background of the Study
A man can be born again; the springs of life can be cleansed instantly…if this is true of one, it can be true of any number. Thus, a nation can be born in a day if the ideals of the people can be changed [William Jennings Bryan].
Nigeria is one o... Read More
26. DIAPORIC TENSIONS IN SELECTED POSTCOLONIAL NOVELS
BACKGROUND OF OTHE STUDY
Literature has continued to fulfill its unique functions in national development. This clearly shows that no society exists significantly without its literature neither can literature function and blossom in isolation of the soc... Read More
27. DEWEY PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IMPELICATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION
1.1Background to the Study
Since the return of sovereignty, education that is to do with socio-political, ideological orientation and democratic tenets and that helps to liberate the mind and mould the individual for self-reliance has been the main national objective of Nigerian educati... Read More
28. ECOCRITICAL STUDY OF SELECTED POEMS OF NIYI OSUNDARE, TANURE OJAIDE AND NNIMMO BASSEY
Abstract
This thesis examines the human impact on the environment, especially on the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, and its treatment in the selected poetry of Niyi Osundare, Tanure Ojaide and Nnimmo Bassey, using the ecocentric and the anthropocentric theories from the domain of ecocri... Read More
29. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF JOHN LOCKE’S SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY ON GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA (1999 – 2000)
ABSTRACT
Nigeria is a multi-ethnic society with a conglomerate of nations each with distinct and unique identities and values but fused together as a state by European imperialism in Africa as perfected by British colonialism. Since the advent of British rule following amalgamation of t... Read More