PEMSJ - POLAC ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE JOURNALS

Oni Bright Igbinosa, Ph.D. and Oshodin Ernest, Ph.D.
Volume 5 Issue 1

The Study examined Pension Fund Administration and Economic Growth in Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study being to determine to what extent does Pension Asset, pension fund Contribution, pension fund investment (which are the pensions fund indicators); affect economic growth in Nigeri read more...

Nwosa Philip I. and Adegenro Muiz Adeniji
Volume 5 Issue 1

The study examined the relationship between trade policy and income inequality in Nigeria for the period 1980 to 2023. The study employed the Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) regression estimate to achieve the objective of the study. The result of the ARDL estimate showed an insignificant read more...

Anas Idris Abdulwahab ,Hussaini Bala , Murtala Abdullahi and Haruna Daddau
Volume 5 Issue 1

The purpose of this work is to examine the interaction of whistle blowing policy on the relationship between chief executive officers’ characteristics and financial distress of listed financial services firms Nigeria. Empirical studies were reviewed to scrutinize the upshot of chief executive read more...

Dia Nelson Iwanose, Eugene T. Aliegba, PhD and Yahaya Abdullahi Adadu, PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examines the brain drain of healthcare professionals from the Federal Medical Centre Jabi, and University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada Abuja, Nigeria, and its impact on healthcare delivery. The healthcare sector in Nigeria faces significant challenges, including the read more...

Omaku Bala Egwa, Danladi Hadiza Ovenada and Danyawo Musa Adamu
Volume 5 Issue 1

Human trafficking is global phenomenon. This study was carried out with the main objective of assessing the challenges facing NAPTIP in the control of human trafficking in Nasarawa State. The study sampled three (3) Local Government Areas, one (1) from each of the three (3) Senatorial Districts read more...

Aishatu Umar Dahiru, Mohammed Ali Mechanic Ph.D and Mohammed Bala Adamu
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examined the causes and effects of hunger and food insecurity in Damboa Local Government Area, Nigeria. The study utilized survey research design using qualitative. Data were collected through surveys with 120 residents of Damboa LGA. Respondents provided insights into the multifaceted n read more...

Mayat, Audu Akim, PhD and Bauda, Gideon Sambo
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of farmers-herders’ conflicts on the socioeconomic wellbeing of women and children in Plateau State. The paper relied on descriptive survey design to carry out the study. An infinite population of women and children was computed out of which a sample size of 371 read more...

Unyimeobong Ubong Ekpo, Imaobong Alphonsus Etim and Roseline Friday Inyang
Volume 5 Issue 1

The study examined employee participation in decision making and performance of microfinance banks in Uyo. The objective was to investigate the influence of communication and organizational culture on performance of microfinance in Uyo. Survey design was used for the study and the population of read more...

Salisu Mohammed Isyaka, PhD, Babangida Muhammad Musa, PhD and Ummukulthum Yalwa Muhammad
Volume 11 Issue 3

The study examined the effect of Non-Financial Motivation on Performance of Academic Staff among Universities in Gombe State. A cross-sectional research design was employed, with data collected from the data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) versi read more...

Ahmadu Rabiu Umar, Isyaka Mohammed Salisu, PhD ,Abubakar Bala, PhD and Ali Mohammed
Volume 5 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of promotion strategies and customer satisfaction in cement companies, Nigeria. The research focused on four key promotion strategies: advertising public relations, sales promotion, and direct marketing. A survey research design was employed, utilizing structured read more...

Ishaku Maigida, Danjuma Marcus and Magaji Joshua Ibrahim
Volume 4 Issue 3

This study focuses on the impact of road infrastructure development on the environment and livelihoods of communities along Suleja-Minna Highway, Niger State, Nigeria. The aim is to assess both the socioeconomic benefits and the environmental challenges posed by the highway's construction and e read more...

Lawal Muhammad, PhD, Abdullahi Ibrahim Isah, PhD and Usman Ibrahim Kamuku
Volume 12 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of customer retention strategies on profitability of small and medium enterprises in Katsina State. This study used a quantitative research design. Five hundred questionnaires were administered to the owners/managers of Small and Medium Enterprises in Katsina State read more...

Fatima Bukar Bababe, PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examines the factors motivating youths to engage in drug abuse in Rural Communities of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. This study also identified the consequences of drug on human health it also gives some strategies and recommendation as the best path to tackle the cha read more...

Sukana, Danjuma Tusha, PhD and Eneche, Friday Sunday, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigated the effect of regulatory instruments on financial performance of insurance firms in Nigeria. While claims reserves and operational risk management were used as the proxies for regulatory instruments, financial performance was measured by return on assets. The study adopt read more...

Fatima Bukar Bababe, PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

This examines Negative Impact of Corruption in Nigerian Police in Curtaining Criminality in Rural Communities in Borno State, Nigeria. The objectives are to examine the role of Nigerian Police in Curtaining Criminalities, assess the Causes of Corruption in Nigerian Police in Rural Communities in read more...

Ashemi Baba Ali and Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal
Volume 5 Issue 1

The existence of poverty has a long history, but its prevalence across sub-Saharan countries, particularly in Nigeria and specifically in Borno State, has been a source of concern for both governmental and non-governmental agencies. This phenomenon was further exacerbated by the emergence of insurg read more...

Maryam Isyaku and Umar F. Sulaiman
Volume 4 Issue 3

This study explores the role of mentorship in shaping entrepreneurial performance, with a focus on comparative analysis between the European Union (EU) and Nigeria, framed within the context of OECD guidelines. Mentorship is widely recognized as a critical factor in the success and sustainability o read more...

Abdulkarim Shaibu Alhassan, PhD, Doshiro Musa Umar, PhD and Imong, Nelly Raphael
Volume 12 Issue 2

The study examined the effect of economic, social and environmental disclosure on market value of manufacturing firms in Nigeria from 2014 to 2023. Market value was measured by Tobins Q. The study adopts ex-post facto research design while panel multiple regression was used for the analysis. From t read more...

Idris Mu’azu, PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examined the implications of cyber-crime on socio-economic development of Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno state. The objectives of the study were to examine the causes of cyber-crime in Maiduguri, Borno state; ascertain the types of cyber-crime perpetrated in Maiduguri, Borno State; and exam read more...

Koginam Owudumopu Alex
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examines the impact of human development, real output and energy depletion on CO2 emissions in Nigeria from the year 1990 to 2022. The paper applied the Autoregressive Distributed Lag technique in the analysis of the specified regression model. The result of the bound test revealed evide read more...

Mohammed Abubakar Hamza, Ibrahim Abubakar Abubakar and Zakariyau Gurama
Volume 11 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of public governance quality on tax compliance among SMEs in the Gombe metropolis, Nigeria. Public governance quality is proxied using voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, adherence to the rule of law, anti-corruption measures, and read more...

Dibal Susan Johnson , Eugene T. Aliegba and Andrew E. Zamani
Volume 11 Issue 2

The article examinews the peace building role played by the military women in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Considerable violent conflicts on a scale have unimaginably stared humanity in the face with their attendant adverse effects on the socio-economic development of the society. Fundamentally, ethnic a read more...

Jibril Babayo Sulaiman, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 2

This article explores teachers' perceptions of how traditional practices influence educational achievement among children and women in the North-East Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. The region, characterized by a rich tapestry of cultural traditions, faces unique challenges and opportunities in the read more...

Ofili Sandra Buchi ,Itodo Sylvanus Mohammed, PhD and Adeyi Ngbede
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study assesses the nature and extent of intergovernmental relations in the North-Central region of Nigeria and its impact in service delivery. By this, the study observed the following; to assess the nature and extent of intergovernmental relations in the North Central region of Nigeria and to read more...

Ofili Sandra Buchi ,Itodo Sylvanus Mohammed, PhD and Adeyi Ngbede
Volume 11 Issue 2

Intergovernmental relations (IGR) play a crucial part in shaping service delivery effectiveness globally. Intergovernmental collaborations empower governments to consolidate resources, distribute expert knowledge. It is upon this that this paper sought to assess the impact of intergovernmental rela read more...

Goje, Hadiza , Muhammad, Akaro Mainoma, Hassan, Ibrahim and Aliyu, Usman Baba
Volume 11 Issue 2

University is vital for national development, driving skilled workforce production, research, and innovation. However, corruption, and inefficiencies in financial management have consistently plagued government institutions, including universities. This study examines the effect of Information Tech read more...

Isah, Baba Bida , Aliyu, Usman Baba , Sanni, Mubarak and Hassan, Ibrahim
Volume 11 Issue 2

This study examines the effects of firm innovativeness on social disclosure. The study's data was sourced from the annual reports and accounts of Nigeria's listed non-financial enterprises, covering the period from 2011 to 2022. Using robust panel data analysis, the study applies a fixed effects an read more...

Mohammed Waziri
Volume 11 Issue 1

Poverty is one of the most prevailing challenges facing the developing world which affects every section of the national development of most of the affected countries particularly African countries including Nigeria. The crucial area where poverty has a significant effect is education which compels read more...

Usman Bashir
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examines the impact of state government political interference on the financial autonomy of local governments in Nigeria. Local governments are expected to be autonomous entities responsible for providing basic services to grassroots communities. However state government political interfe read more...

Jangaba Dauda Daniel, Adamu Mahmud Ibrahim, PhD and Ibrahim Isah Salisu, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 2

The study succinctly examined the Effect of National Assembly Constituency Projects and Rural Development in Southern Senatorial District of Taraba State. Data for the study were collected using questionnaire and field interview. Four hundred (400) questionnaire were administered across Southern Se read more...

Anthony, Chika , Samuel, Iyere and Abubakar, Halimatu
Volume 11 Issue 2

The study examined the effect of human and structural capital on firm value of listed industrial goods in Nigeria from 2014-2023. The study adopts ex-post facto research design and intellectual capital is measured by human capital and structural capital efficiency while firm value is measured by fi read more...

Jallo, Lios Apollos
Volume 11 Issue 1

The investigated the impact of internal displacement on human security and economic growth in Plateau State. Descriptive survey design was used as a guide. A target population of 3,317,200 participants from 10 LGAs was considered, out of a sample of 357 respondents was selected using simple random read more...

Danliti Halliru Haruna
Volume 11 Issue 2

Cattle rustling has emerged as a significant security threat in northern Nigeria in recent years. This phenomenon has severely impacted peace and security in the region by fostering distrust among communities, displacing populations, and exacerbating socio-economic instability. This study examines read more...

Halima Abubakar, Josephine Ene, PhD and Inuwa M. Bala,PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study analyses the effect of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) on Dividend Payout Ratio (DPO), Dividend Yield (DY) and Dividend Per Share (DPS) of quoted deposit money banks in Nigeria spanning the period 2019-2023. Using panel data, the study investigates whether DID affect these dividend metrics an read more...

Amaebi N. Aloku , Saheed A. Lateef,PhD and Josephine Ene,PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

As a method of signifying organizational commitment to ethical business practices, the disclosure of CSR activities has received considerable attention. Considering the foregoing, this study examined the impact of corporate social responsibility disclosure and investment efficiency of listed health read more...

Nwachukwu C. Kenneth, Ibrahim Aminu Yakassai and Saheed A. Lateef
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study is based on an appraisal of the effect of audit quality on their financial performance in Nigeria. Audited financial statements of five of the agricultural firms who are listed on the stock exchange, were obtained from three periods of panel data to undertake the ex post facto research d read more...

Yunus, Abdulrasheed Bolaji , Abdulrafiu, Dauda ,Opefolu Francis Olatunji , Muhammed, Lawal Subair and Alkadriyar Sherifdeen
Volume 5 Issue 1

One of these ideas that arose out of nowhere and became a significant concern in the field of information technology, particularly with regard to the operations of SMEs, is IT governance. To accomplish the integration of business and IT, some firms began by implementing IT governance. Small and med read more...

Saidu Ibrahim Halidu , Micah Ezekiel Elton Mike and Bello Sambo Sanusi
Volume 5 Issue 1

The cashless policy in Nigeria, driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), aims to reduce the reliance on physical cash and promote digital transactions. This shift has brought about new challenges in terms of financial fraud and the need for effective fraud detection mechanisms. Leveraging A read more...

Micah Ezekiel Elton Mike, Saidu Ibrahim Halidu and Bello Sambo Sanusi
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of digital payment systems on financial inclusion and economic growth in SubSaharan Africa, emphasizing the transformative role of mobile money services. Sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed significant progress in financial inclusion due to the widespread adoption read more...

Umar Dahiru Tata, Naziru Mohammed Musalli and Yusuf Abdu Yusuf
Volume 11 Issue 1

The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) is a federal government initiative aimed at diversifying Nigeria’s economy by fostering a sustainable agricultural sector. The program provides smallholder farmers with agricultural inputs and financial support, linking them with processors (Anchors) throu read more...

Abdurrahman Muhammad Nayabo
Volume 11 Issue 1

Trauma healing may have an impact in people’s lives in a number of ways which will be valuable to an individual. Considering Nigeria and plateau state in particular is faced with lots of conflicts, and people are left with trauma which if it is left like that we don’t know what will happen, cau read more...

Sufiyanu Usman
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examines the effect of audit type, leverage and firm size on audit report lag of listed insurance firms in Nigeria. The study formulated three hypotheses and used multiple regression analysis as an estimation technique to analyze the secondary data extracted from the annual reports an read more...

Auwal Alhaji Saidu, Naziru Mohammed Musalli and Yusuf Abdu Yusuf
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study describes the role of stakeholders in land dispute management. The study adopts qualitative research approach and case study design was employed. Both primary and secondary sources of data were utilized. Primary source has been used to obtained data through interviews, while secon read more...

Ibrahim Suleiman
Volume 11 Issue 1

Street begging is a systematic efforts and activities which involve soliciting for food, money, clothing and other materials objects to promote the sustenance and welfare of the beggars. It is “a method of earning one's living from the income obtained by others using age, health and economic read more...

Bassey Akpan Bassey, Peter Obukor and Emmanuel S.A. Daomon, Ph.D
Volume 5 Issue 1

The study investigates the influence of training and development and employee citizenship behavior in Champion Breweries in Uyo, Nigeria. The objective was to assess the influence of mentorship on employee citizenship behavior in Champion Breweries in Uyo. Survey design was used for the study. read more...

Ededem Asuakak Edem, Nse Sunday Ubeh and Edet Elijah Essiet
Volume 5 Issue 1

The study examined emergency management and disaster response and the performance of Akwa Ibom State Fire Service, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of response time and resource availability on Performance of Akwa Ibom Fire Service, Nigeria. A survey research read more...

Shamsudden Yusuf Bugaje (PhD, ACA, CNA), Munzali Habibu Sulaiman and Usman Also Abubakar
Volume 5 Issue 1

The Study examined the impact of corporate taxation on firm value of listed industrial goods in Nigeria. Findings indicated that; the regression result of the study shows that the there is significant positive relationship between industrial goods, firms value and corporate taxation. Similarly, read more...

Shamsudden Yusuf Bugaje, PhD, ACA, CAN, Sabo Haruna and Abba Ahmad Tijjani
Volume 5 Issue 1

The study investigates the effect of corporate governance on financial performance of listed companies in Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to respectively analyze and determine, individually and jointly, the influence of board size, board composition and audit committee size on corpor read more...

Iyaji Eleojo Inekwe, C. I. Okeke, PhD and Ibrahim yusuf Ohida, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study set out to determine the effect of packaging on consumers’ choice for bread brands in Abuja metropolis. Specifically, the study examined the effect of product packaging design and graphics on consumers’ choice of bread brands in Abuja metropolis. The study adopted survey research read more...

Usman A. Ibrahim, Michael Duru, Saheed. S. Zakaree ,Egwaikhide C. Imoudu and Yakubu Alfa
Volume 5 Issue 1

Public expenditure is a policy that permits the government to use its budgetary plans to achieve both desired and undesirable outcomes, such as the provision of infrastructure facilities, the reduction of poverty, the creation of jobs, and poor health care, education, and unemployment. Thus, th read more...

Ruqayya Aminu Gar
Volume 11 Issue 1

The Kaura Economic Empowerment Program (KEEP) is a governmental initiative established in 2020 by Governor Bala Mohammed Abdulqadir with a specific focus on poverty and unemployment reduction among women and youth across the twenty local government areas of Bauchi state. The objectives behind K read more...

Abdullahi Bashir Isah, Salihu Habibu Muhammad-Gani, Ph.D and Ajidani S. Moses, Ph.D
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of public debt on economic growth in Nigeria spanning 1982-2023. Using an ex-post facto design, secondary data extracted from the central bank of Nigeria annual statistics bulletin, and world development indicator (WDI) database 2023. Unit root test was conduc read more...

Tukur Dandare Sifawa, Eggon Ahmed Henry, Ph.D and Osekweyi Joel Odonye, Ph.D
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examined the effect of road traffic crashes on labour force participation rate in Nigeria during 1988 to 2023 was set out with the main objectives of establishing and determining how the Rate of Road Traffic Crashes and Road Traffic Crash fatality affected labour force in Nigeria as read more...

Aminu Imam and Lawal Sani Usman
Volume 11 Issue 1

The Study assesses the Utilization of Water Management Practices for Irrigation in Kafinchiri - Garun Ali areas. Inconsistencies in Utilization of Water Management for irrigation constitute a lot of hindrance to the farmers in the study area which needs to be investigated. The research aimed at read more...

J. G. Aduku, A. T. Ogah, J. I. Magaji and S. K. Peter
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study, Evaluating Morphological and Hydrological Factors Influencing Flooding Dynamics in Ibaji LGA, Kogi State, Nigeria, investigates how physical characteristics such as elevation, slope, and terrain wetness influence flooding in the region. The primary objective is to identify and analy read more...

J. G. Aduku , A. T. Ogah, and N. D. Marcus
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study Assessing the Effects of Changing Land Use and Land Cover on Flood Events in Ibaji Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria seeks to investigate the relationship between land-use changes and the increasing frequency and severity of floods in the region. The primary objective is to a read more...

Peter Obukor, Ededem Asuakak Edem,Nsikan Michael Nkutt and Emmanuel S.A. Daomon, PhD
Volume 5 Issue 1

The study examined collective bargaining and organizational success of Oil and Gas Companies in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The objective was to investigate the influence of wages and work condition on organization success of Oil and Gas Companies in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Survey researc read more...

Abdulrahman Kadir
Volume 11 Issue 1

The global shift towards digitalization in public sector management has increasingly prompted governments to adopt technology-driven solutions to improve transparency, efficiency, and accountability. In Nigeria, digital accounting practices have become central to ongoing public financial manage read more...

Shamsuddeen Yusuf Bugaje, PhD, Abdulrahaman Shariff Aminu and Nanah Hauwa Abdulsalam
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examines the influence of Accounting Information Systems (AIS) on decision making in Nigerian manufacturing companies. The research aims to investigate the relationship between AIS and decision-making quality, timeliness, and effectiveness. A survey of 120 manufacturing companies in read more...

Balogun Olarenwaju Musa, Mohammed Bello B., PhD and Shuaibu Umar Abdul, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

Flood disasters have increasingly become a major concern for agricultural productivity in Kogi State, Nigeria. The recurrent nature of these disasters between 2012 and 2022 has severely impacted farming communities, threatening food security and livelihoods. This study investigates the impact o read more...

Bilkisu, Mohammed Ovosi and Jimoh, Ihiovi Ojo
Volume 5 Issue 1

This study examined how board characteristics affect the selection of auditors by listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. The population of the study covers all twenty (20) consumer goods companies listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Secondary data utilized for the study are col read more...

Usman Shuaibu, Abdullahi Nuhu Liman, PhD and Jacho David Sunday , PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

Ethnic conflicts have emerged as a critical issue affecting food production and distribution in Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone, Nigeria. The recurrent clashes among ethnic groups have led to instability, disrupting agricultural activities, food supply chains, and access to markets. The problem o read more...

Dalhatu Musa Yusha’u and Musa Yakubu
Volume 11 Issue 1

Democracy as a system of government prioritized good governance that will enhance rural transformation and improved condition of living of the rural populace. The emergence of democracy in Nigeria in 1999 was on a crippled socio-economic base bequeathed by the protracted military regimes in the read more...

Mande Muhammad , Mustapha Muktar and Jude Ikubor
Volume 11 Issue 1

Electricity is a critical driver of industrial productivity, particularly in emerging economies like Nigeria, where the industrial sector plays a pivotal role in economic diversification and development. Despite being Africa's largest economy, Nigeria faces significant energy challenges, with inade read more...

Zakka Kuzangka ,C.I Egwaikhide, PhD and Mustapha Mukhtar, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examined the impact of early age (3-14 years) human capital development on economic growth: evidence from Nigeria. The augmented ARDL model and bounds test for cointegration was employed to achieve the objectives of the study. The study utilized secondary data on GDP, government expendit read more...

Aliyu Umar, Habiba Sani and Abduljabbar Sani Abba
Volume 11 Issue 1

Despite abundance studies on the nexus between exchange rate and industrial sector performance, little has been done to examine the relationship between ease of doing business index (EDB), exchange rate (EXCH) and industrial sector performance (IND) in Nigeria. This study examines the impact of EDB read more...

Omenka, Maria, Abdulkarim Alhassan S. and Abubakar, Halimatu Sa’adiya
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examined the effect of related party transactions on firm value of listed consumer service companies in Nigeria. The study used ex-post facto research design. The population of the study comprises all the twenty-four (24) listed consumer service companies on the floor of Nigerian Exc read more...

Ahmad, Alhaji Zubairu, Yusuf Ismaila and Idris Adamu Adamu
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examines the effect of firm attributes on corporate environmental accounting disclosure (CEAD) of listed Consumer goods firms in Nigeria: a moderating effect of foreign ownership. To achieve this, panel data were extracted and used from the annual reports and accounts of twenty one ( read more...

Isihak, Abdulrasaq, Wahab, Tajudeen Abayomi, Ogundipe, Sunday Olakunle and Asefon, Sunday Olawoye
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigates the influence of management innovation on organizational performance: evidence from selected manufacturing company in kwara state. Nigeria. This study was conducted making use of manufacturing companies in kwara state. The instruments used for data collection were questi read more...

Nnanna P. Azu, Johnpaul S. Okafor,Hassan P. Abdullahi and Victor T. Okorie
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of inflation on youth unemployment in Nigeria from 1990 to 2023, focusing on gender-specific effects for male and female youths. Anchored on the Phillips Curve, the study explores both short-run and long-run dynamics of Autoregressive Distributed Lag. Results read more...

Aliyu Ahmad Yusuf and Abdul-Jalili Surajo
Volume 11 Issue 1

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of energy consumption on economic growth in Nigeria, adopting the time series data panning from 1980 to 2023 and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) modeling approach, the study employed real GDP growth as the dependent variable with electrici read more...

Aminu, ABDULHADI
Volume 11 Issue 1

Distributive justice posits that employee satisfaction is influenced by the fairness of outcomes, including equitable access to resources, rewards, and, where necessary, punishments. However, distributive injustices remain prevalent in Nigerian universities. This study examines the relationship read more...

Hassana Mohammed, Murtala Abdullahi PhD and Hussaini Bala PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study is on the firm characteristics on integrated reporting of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. The main aim of this research is to examine the firm characteristics on integrated reporting of listed consumer goods firms in Nigeria. A correlational and ex-post factor research design read more...

M.M Naburgi, PhD, M.A .Mohammed, PhD and Adebiyi, Shola Tajudeen
Volume 11 Issue 1

Audit quality is a fundamental pillar of financial reporting and corporate governance, essential for maintaining investor confidence and ensuring efficient capital markets. This study investigates the effect of audit firm attributes (audit tenure, audit fees and auditor industry specialization) read more...

Margaret Bai-Tachia, PhD and Yiga Sadi Helen, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examined contraceptive use and its effects on family size determination in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State. The specific objectives were to assess the contraceptive methods, the rate of usage of contraceptive methods, the factors influencing the use of contraceptives, the e read more...

Micah Ezekiel Elton Mike, Usman Salamatu Aliyu, Omole Paul Martins and Anthony Kolade Adesugba
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study evaluates the impact of forensic accounting on corporate governance and ethical financial reporting in emerging markets. By analyzing data from Nigeria, Brazil, Russia, China, and India, the research employs latent growth curve analysis (LGCA) and growth mixture modeling (GMM) to und read more...

Usman Salamatu Aliyu, Micah Ezekiel Elton Mike, Omole Paul Martins and Anthony Kolade Adesugba
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study analyzes the sectoral contributions to Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria from Q1 2022 to Q2 2023, focusing on identifying trends, growth consistency, and sectoral performance. Using sectoral VAT data, the study explores the impact of different sectors on overall VAT revenue and highli read more...

Eric Nyikwagh
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examines the adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices as mechanisms for strengthening food systems in rural communities of Borno State, Nigeria with a specific focus on Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA). Three objectives were used to guide the study. The Diffusion of Innovat read more...

Nwosa, I. Philip , Mbah, A. Stella and Agu, C. Osmond
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examined the relationship between the inflation rate and non-oil export in Nigeria using annual data over the period 1970 to 2022. The study employed the auto-regressive distributed lag estimation technique, and the results of the estimate showed that inflation had a negative and ins read more...

Grace P. Papka, Adamu Mahmoud, PhD and Oklobia Omadachi, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study assessed the role of UNICEF in poverty alleviation in Borno State, focusing on indices including poverty levels, education and skills development, housing, and shelter conditions. A critical assessment of the state governments’ poverty alleviation efforts has not yielded the much-d read more...

Jude Okpe, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study explores the influence of digital libraries on the Management practices of public universities in North Central Nigeria, specifically focusing on Benue and Nasarawa States. Guided by two research questions and corresponding hypotheses, a descriptive survey design was employed. The ta read more...

Sulaiman Hamza, Mohammed Nura Umar, PhD, Umar Farouk Musa, PhD and Musa Adamu Wunti, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

The issue of internally displaced persons has become a critical global concern across the world. In Africa, Nigeria, particularly its North East region, has experienced substantial internal displacement due to Boko Haram insurgency. The insurgency has displaced millions of individuals, leading read more...

Musa, Ahmed Mohammed Ph.D, Usman, Buhari Agyo and Ibrahim Ahmadu
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examined the effect of audit committee characteristics on audit quality of quoted deposit money banks (DMBs) in Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined effects of audit committee size and audit committee financial expertise on audit quality. The study adopted ex-post facto research read more...

Naziru Mohammed Musallli and Mubarak Magaji
Volume 11 Issue 1

Border management has become a central issue in the contemporary global arena. Globalization has led to increasing flows of people, goods and services across regional borders. The porosity of borders in West African Regions, which is loosely patrolled, resulted in massive influx of illegal immi read more...

Jude Okpe, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the management of Public universities located in Benue and Nasarawa States, North Central Nigeria. The research is guided by two pivotal questions: 1) How is AI currently utilized in the administrative processes of public univer read more...

Hassan Paul Abdullahi , Mike Duru, PhD, Ayodeji Salihu, Ph.D and Ilemobola Solomon Oyefabi, Ph.D
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of trade openness on economic growth in Anglophone ECOWAS countries using the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimator, which captures both short-run dynamics and long-run equilibrium relationships. The findings indicate that, in the long run, trade openness significan read more...

Umar, Ibrahim Ohinoyi
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examines the effect of board characteristics and firm size on related party disclosures (RPDs) among non-financial firms listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) for the period of 2013 to 2023. Using a longitudinal research design and panel dynamic regression analysis, the study i read more...

Okoye, Salome Omoye Ada , Okoye, Chukwuemeka Asouzu and Oniku, Ayodele C.
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study focuses on the influence of socio-cultural factors, specifically in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of Nigeria's South-South region. The study examines the impact of religious beliefs, financial disparity, and cultural norms on affective, normative, and continuance employee commi read more...

Hassan Paul Abdullahi, Mike Duru, PhD, Ayodeji Salihu, Ph.D and Ilemobola Solomon Oyefabi, Ph.D
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of trade openness on economic growth in Anglophone ECOWAS countries using the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimator, which captures both short-run dynamics and long-run equilibrium relationships. The findings indicate that, in the long run, trade openness signific read more...

Gwom, Ayuba Usman, Ilemona Adofu, Ph.D and Alhassan Abdulkareem, Ph. D
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study investigated the effect of interest rate on the stability of money demand in Nigeria using annual time series data spanning 1986 to 2022. The study used real broad money demand (M2) as the dependent variable, while Lending Interest Rate (LIR), Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), Public Debt ( read more...

Gwom, Ayuba Usman, Ilemona Adofu, Ph.D and Alhassan Abdulkareem, Ph. D
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study investigated the effect of interest rate on the stability of money demand in Nigeria using annual time series data spanning 1986 to 2022. The study used real broad money demand (M2) as the dependent variable, while Lending Interest Rate (LIR), Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), Public Debt ( read more...

Grace Mutfwang, Ph. D
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study investigates the impact of border management institutional framework on national security in Nigeria. Mixed research approach was used following descriptive design strategy. Coordinated border management theory was used as framework. A population of 90,214 was used for this study while read more...

,Adebiyi, Shola Tajudeen, M.M Naburgi, PhD, M.A .Mohammed, PhD and Umar, Ibrahim Ohinoyi
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigates the moderating effect of audit committee independence on the relationship between audit firm attributes (specifically audit tenure and audit fees) and audit quality of listed insurance companies in Nigeria. Using a longitudinal research design and secondary data extracte read more...

Fada Mallam, Birat Sylvester Garba and Sheyin Emmanuel Ali
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examines the multifaceted effects of climate change in Nigeria agriculture and its subsequent economic implications. Climate change poses an existential threat to global food security and economic stability. Rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and increased frequency read more...

Ali Abubakar, PhD, Sunday Emmanuel Ologunla, PhD and Jonathan Oniore, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

Monetary policy is a critical tool for managing economic growth, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Despite varying perspectives on its effectiveness, it's evident that monetary policy significantly impacts key economic indicators, such as inflation, interest rates, and exchange r read more...

Yusuf Abiodun Sarafadeen , Rabiu Sherifdeen Adebola (ACA),Nafisa Abubakar,Ariyo-Edu Aminat Arike and Fesesin Oladipupo Oluwafolakemi (FCA)
Volume 11 Issue 1

Corporate tax planning tactics appear to be the outcome of persistently rising tax rates, inadequate tax incentives, and limited capital allowances in emerging nations, particularly in Nigerian manufacturing enterprises. As a result of this void, this study investigates management compensation read more...

Charity Philip Sidi, Favour Kajyung Maisamari and Anama Idoko Rapheal
Volume 11 Issue 1

Monetary policy plays a vital role in macroeconomic stabilization in an economy, but evident from numerous indices, illustrate sub-optimal performance of the private sector in the economy. It is on this bases that this study examines the effect of monetary policy on private sector investment in read more...

Agbeche, Aaron Oghenevwayere, PhD, Ndudi Ejimofor Francis, PhD and Uzoma Ononye, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examines the effect of video marketing strategies on sales performance of Nestle Nigeria PLC. It investigates explainer videos and customer testimonials as strategies for improved sales performance. Nestle Nigeria PLC, a leading food and beverage company in Nigeria, has adopted digita read more...

Anas Yakubu, Naziru Mohammed Musalli and Yusuf Abdu Yusuf
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examines the indicators of unemployment and their effects on social and economic development in Bauchi Central District. The problem of unemployment in Nigeria is a very serious issue of concern. Each year, numerous graduates emerge from higher institutions in Nigeria, facing a dearth read more...

Bishir Balarabe, Adamu Idris Adamu and Ismaila Yusuf
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examines the effect of governance mechanisms on compliance with fair value disclosure of listed financial services firms in Nigeria. The study used a correlational research design and panel data from the annual reports and financial statements of 42 financial services firms over a thr read more...

Liman Alhaji Mohammed, Muhammad Akaro Mainoma, Ismaila Olotu Abdullahi and Usman Musa Musa
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examine the effect of board diversity specifically board member with information technology knowledge, board gender and nationality of director on the firm value of listed commercial banks in Nigeria from 2012 - 2023. The study conceptualized IT knowledge on board, board gender and na read more...

Salim Shehu Barwa, Bernard V. Verr and Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study examined the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the accounting profession in the Nigerian banking sector. The study investigated the impact of AI technologies in the field of accounting by redefining the roles and responsibilities of accountants in the banking industry. Throug read more...

Jamila Yusuf, Murtala Abdullahi, PhD and Idris Mohammed
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of audit committee characteristics on financial performance of listed oil and gas firms in Nigeria. A correlational and ex-post factor research designs were adopted for the study. The population of this study is 9 listed oil and gas firms and the sample size of the read more...

Yusuf Alabi Olumoh
Volume 11 Issue 1

Over the years, many states in Nigeria have faced persistent challenges of low tax compliance, despite the presence of established tax policies and enforcement mechanisms. Inefficiencies in taxpayer services and ineffective policy implementation have contributed to widespread non-compliance, ra read more...

Obainoke FelixEromosele, Ph.D, Odefemi Akinyemi Tunde and Okojie Ruth Eniriana
Volume 11 Issue 1

The study investigated the relationship between savings, investment and economic development in Kenya for a period of 33 years (1990 to 2022). The specific objectives of the study were to find out whether total consumption from GDP, Net Investment in Government non-financial assets, government read more...

Agbadua Bamidele Oyakhiromhe Ph.D and Obainoke Felix Eromosele, Ph.D
Volume 11 Issue 1

This study investigated the impact of human relations in the banking industry with emphasis on determining the extent to which employee-employee relationship; employee-customer relationship, employee-management relationship, and customer-banker relationship have affected the profit level of sel read more...

Omaku Bala Egwa
Volume 11 Issue 1

The prevention and control of crime in Nasarawa State has remained elusive in spite of the effort of security agencies. Crime of all sorts exists in the State. Losses of lives and property that cannot be easily quantified have occurred in several communities. In all these, the formal security a read more...

Janet J.M , P. S. Kundi, A. T. Ogah and M. Alkali
Volume 10 Issue 1

This study investigates the causes and consequences of farmers-herders conflict in Southern Nasarawa State, Nigeria, where escalating competition over land and water resources has intensified tensions, often resulting in violent confrontations. A mixed-methods approach was utilized, collecting read more...

Janet J.M , P. S. Kundi, A. T. Ogah and M. Alkali
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study investigates the socio-economic effects and spatial distribution of farmers and herders conflict in Southern Nasarawa State, Nigeria, using a mixed-method approach. This approach combines quantitative data gathered from questionnaires with affected farmers and herders to understand th read more...

Grace Jonathan Dogo , Gray Goziem Ejikeme,PhD and Janet Plang,PhD
Volume 11 Issue 1

The devastation caused by violent conflicts lead to significant psychosocial and socioeconomic challenges including loss of lives, property, livelihood, displacements, horrifying encounters and shattered communities. These adversities hinder families’ abilities to develop effective coping strateg read more...

Hyellaki, Javan, Abbas, Abdulrahman Ngadi and Abubakar Mohammed
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigates the impact of corporate board size on sustainability reporting quality of quoted manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Due to nature of the study, data were extracted from the annual reports, sustainability reports, and accounts of chosen firms quoted on Nigerian Growth Exchang read more...

Bob-ManueL, John Mandilas
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigates the effect of credit risk management practices on the financial stability of deposit money banks in Nigeria. The specific objectives are to examine the effect of non-performing loans on loans and advances, total loans and advances on total deposits, and loans and advance read more...

Nuhu Gideon Sammani
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of insecurity, particularly kidnapping and banditry, on the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Lere Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State, Nigeria. A survey research design was employed, with a sample size of 317 SMEs derived from a popu read more...

Umar Faruk Abubakar
Volume 4 Issue 2

Researchers believe that discipline is an important element of human behaviour without it an organization is difficult to function very well on the way to the achievement of its goals. On the context of an academic system, a disciplined student is that student whose behaviours, actions and in read more...

Abdullahi Adamu and Musa Ibrahim
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of leadership styles on performance of heritage bank plc in north central, Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research design of which questionnaires were administered to a sample of (60) entire management staffs of heritage bank branches in North Central, Nige read more...

Nduji, Romanus , Anthony, Igbokwe ,Okeke, C. I. and Abdullahi, Adamu
Volume 4 Issue 2

In the Nigerian business setting, one of the most challenging problems in strategic management process is the failure rate of strategy implementation, formulation, evaluation as well as environmental scanning. These failures revolve round the fit between structures, strategies, organizational r read more...

Osemwenkhae, O. and Uwubanmwen, A. E.
Volume 4 Issue 2

The effect of monetary policy trade on carbon emission investigation in Nigeria is empirically examined in this study for the period 1981 to 2021 using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique. The various analyses were used to investiga read more...

Aigbovo, Omoruy and Faith Evbayoboru Idehen
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study inquiries into the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on carbon emission in Nigeria in order to validate or invalidate the pollution haven hypothesis and the pollution halo hypothesis in Nigeria. Time series data on Carbon emission, FDI, Economic growth, financial development, read more...

Lawal, Nurudeen Abiodun,Adekoya, Adesola Kehinde,Sinusi, Kunle Bankole and Agbatogun, Kehinde Kabir
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study examined air pollution, health outcomes and economic growth in Nigeria spanning from 1990 to 2020. Three hypotheses guided the study. OLS and Co-integration analysis technique were employed in obtaining the numerical estimates and the long-run relationship between the variables. The f read more...

Usman Yakubu Abdullahi, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 2

Political apathy, characterized by low voter turnout, lack of civic engagement, and disinterest in political processes, has become a significant issue in Keffi. The problem is exacerbated by the perception that political participation yields minimal benefits, leading to a decline in community i read more...

Muhammad A. Mainoma, PhD, Halima A. Doma-Kutigi and Philomena Ene Abakpa
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the influence of gender balance on Election Management Organizations (EMOs) in the North Central Region of Nigeria. Two research questions guided the inquiry, seeking to identify challenges encountered by EMOs and evaluate the effect of gender balance. The study's objecti read more...

Muhammad A. Mainoma, PhD, Halima A. Doma-Kutigi and Philomena Ene Abakpa
Volume 10 Issue 2

This study entitled, the effect of gender balance on election management organisation in the north central region of Nigeria was conducted to determine, the impact of gender balance in decision-making positions in electoral management organization in North Central States, Nigeria; and the perce read more...

Sajoh Abdulazeez and Auwal Hamidu
Volume 4 Issue 1

Poverty and food insecurity are closely linked and it forms a vicious circle and need a wide range of discourse and expositions. The concepts which have significant influence on the low-income groups in the society especially in terms of conflicts, national phenomena such as floods, storms, dra read more...

Sambo Abubakar
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigates the effect of currency redesign on socio-economic development in Bauchi State, Nigeria, with cashless policy serving as a mediating factor. The study employs a quantitative approach, utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze data collected from a sample of 34 read more...

Hindatu Maigari Yerima
Volume 4 Issue 2

The Nigeria-Cameroon conflict over the Bakassi Peninsula is territorial in nature with economic undertones. Although the border dispute has been lingering since after independence, the discovery of oil in the 1970s brought to the fore intense interests of both countries in the Peninsula. Cameroon read more...

Babagana Abba, PhD, Yahaya Yusuf, PhD, Hadiza Ahmed Suleiman, PhD and Umar Salim Ibrahim
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study focuses on evaluating the financial performance of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) following its demutualization. The study utilizes secondary data obtained from the published financial statements of the Nigeria Exchange Limited -NGX in the first and second years after demutualizati read more...

Mbese Terence Igbadoo, Yahaya Abdullahi Adadu, PhD and Erunke Canice Esidene, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

Flooding is a recurrent natural disaster in Benue State, Nigeria, significantly impacting agricultural activities. This study investigates the effects of flooding on the availability and accessibility of essential agricultural inputs in the region. The primary aim is to understand the extent to read more...

Suleiman G. Purokayo, PhD and Babayo Alkali Yohanna
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study examined the impact of Boko-Haram activities on agricultural production in some selected areas of Adamawa state, the study focused on; access to agricultural credit to farmers, access within the Boko-Haram affected areas of Adamawa state. Structured questionnaire was designed to coll read more...

Usman Abubakar Arabo, Umar Faruk Abubakar and Joshua Wilfred Mainu
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study assessed the role of audit in ensuring proper accountability of listed cement companies’ funds in Nigeria. The study applied conceptual research and content analysis, where related literatures on the study were reviewed and analysed. The literatures were thoroughly reviewed in order read more...

Gabriel Onuche Ubolo, Kaltume Mohammed Kamselem, PhD, Amina Muhammad Liman, PhD and Aliyu Bello Mohammed
Volume 4 Issue 2

Employees’ productivity is one of the key factors that influence the indicators of overall organizational performance that counts much in achieving organizational objectives. This study empirically examines roles/effect of Computerized Biometric Clocking System (CBCS) on employee productivity read more...

Gozuk, Augustine Emmanuel, Likita, J Ogba, PhD and Mathais A. Eneji, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study investigates the relationship between government agricultural expenditure and poverty reduction in Nigeria spanning 1986 to 2023.Expost facto design approach was used as a guide, while annual time series data were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria, National Bureau of Statistics read more...

Nyikwagh, Richard Torkuma
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the impact cassava product marketing and poverty reduction in Benue State: A case study of Vandeikya LGA. The research questions addressed the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents in the study area; the extent has cassava product marketing created employment and read more...

Maigari Jerry Kantiok, Abdullahi Salau Modibbo, PhD and Ruth Caleb Luka, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

The conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, has presented significant challenges to regional stability and humanitarian conditions, calling into question the effectiveness of the African Union (AU) in managing such crises. Despite numerous interventions, the AU's capacity to mediate and mitigate the conf read more...

Zhizhi, Rizama Meshach , Aliegba, Tarkende Eugene, PhD and Abdullahi, Nuhu Liman, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigates the impact of foreign aid on the development and maintenance of educational infrastructure in Kogi State, Nigeria. The problem of inadequate educational facilities has hindered the quality of education in the region, prompting an examination of how foreign aid has contribute read more...

Kabiru Abubakar
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study examined the effect of management by objectives (MBO) on the employee performance of Adama Beverages Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study seeks to explore how the implementation of MBO influences the employee performance and productivity of the organisation. The research used both qual read more...

Hauwau M. Mainoma, Ph.D.Comfort A. Adokwe, Ph.D and Amina Wesley Omeri
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study examines the effect of conditional cash transfer programs on the economic empowerment of urban females in Dutse Alhaji, Bwari Area Council, FCT. Conditional cash transfer programs have gained significant attention as a strategy to alleviate poverty and promote socio-economic developme read more...

Hauwau M. Mainoma, Ph.D, Comfort A. Adokwe, Ph.D and Amina Wesley Omeri
Volume 4 Issue 1

Globally, women's empowerment has become a focal point for societal progress, acknowledging its multidimensional impact on social, economic, and political spheres. The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of the N-Power social welfare program on the economic empowerment of urban poor fema read more...

Egbewole Abdulazeez Bunmi ,Halimat Oladimeji Ismail-Senge and Abdullahi Halimat Olubukola
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study investigates the impact of oil wealth on health outcomes in Nigeria, focusing on life expectancy as the dependent variable and examining GDP per capita, oil rent, and health expenditure as independent variables from 1990 to 2023. The result revealed that while GDP per capita and oil r read more...

Aminu Dahiru and Adewusi Olusegun Adegoke
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study examined the impact of Islamic Banks’ credits on small and medium enterprises in Yola metropolis, Adamawa State Nigeria. The study employed the use of primary data collected using five Linkert scale questioner from 119 operators of small and medium enterprises across different sectors read more...

Umar Salim Ibrahim ,Babagana Abba ,Abubakar Musa ,Fatihu shehu Isa ,Fatima Mustapha Gana ,Muhammad S. Abdulwahab and Najib Sani
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study evaluate the effect of income tax on economic growth of Nigerian economy for the period of 1994 to 2020, using annual time series data from the Federal board of internal revenue and central bank statistical bulletins and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The study investigates the imp read more...

Beauty Igbinovia, PhD and Fred Osahon Okunmahie, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study examined the impact of interest rate spread on the performance of Nigeria's manufacturing sector from 1985 to 2022. The data for this study came from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (WDI) and the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) Statistical Bulletin 2022. The Augmented Dicke read more...

Adetoun Nafeesat Adeola , Suleiman Purokayo Gambiyo ,Sajo Sani Alhaji and Nurudeen Babagari Baraya
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigates the factors that influences growth in women-owned enterprises in Yola North, Adamawa State, highlighting various challenges faced by women entrepreneurs, including social norms, lack of social support and attitudes toward women enterprises in yola North. The study utilized read more...

Tanko, Yahaya , M. Ibrahim, PhD and Salihu Liman Mairafi, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study investigates the effect of financial inclusion on financial deepening in Nigeria. The study adopted an Ex post facto research design and used quarterly time series secondary data covering the period 2014 to 2023. The regression model was employed as the regression model to analyze the dat read more...

Abdullahi Abubakar Owuna, Eggon Ahmed Henry, Ph.D and Osekweyi Joel Odonye, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study examined the Impact of insurance sector on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1990-2023. The study utilizes secondary sources of data extracted from the central bank of Nigeria annual statistics bulletin, and world development indicator (WDI) database 2023. The study underta read more...

Okparaibea Ndu Cyprian, Eggon Ahmed Henry, Ph.D and Sabo Moses Ajidani, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of corruption on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1996-2023. The study utilizes secondary sources of data extracted from the Central Bank of Nigeria annual statistics bulletin. The study undertakes unit root test employing augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) read more...

Dauda Zira, Mohammed Ishaka Gani and Timothy Ojewuyi Blessing
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of public health expenditure on life expectancy in sub-saharan African. We utilized a balance panel data of 42 African countries from Sub-Saharan region for the period of 2000 to 2022 from World Bank Development Index (WDI, 2023). Life expectancy at birth was speci read more...

Hamisu Aisha Haruna, Umar Salim Ibrahim, Haruna Hafsat Ruggah and Fatihu shehu Isa
Volume 4 Issue 2

The study examines the effect of sustainability performance on tax avoidance of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The study adopted sample size of six (6) listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria from Nigeria Exchange Group and the relevant data was extracted from the annual financial rep read more...

Haruna Hafsat Ruggah
Volume 4 Issue 2

This study investigates the impact audit fee and audit firm age on Financial Performance of quoted Cement Companies in Nigeria. The study specific objectives are to examine the impact of audit fees and audit firm age on financial performance (ROA). The population of the study is made up of 3 qu read more...

Salami, Khadijat , Udenwa, T. A. and Abdul, Z. H
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study investigates the effect of oil revenue and non-oil revenue on agricultural output in Nigeria. The study employs regression analysis using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) to examine agricultural output and oil revenue (LGOILR) as well as non-oil revenue (LGNOILR). The regression analysis read more...

Nurudeen Babagari Baraya , Suleiman Purokayo Gambiyo ,Adetoun Nafeesat Adeola and Sajo Sani Alhaji
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the factors influencing awareness of tax policy among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Yola North Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling method was employed, selecting 6 out of 11 wards based on commercial and economic tax-paying activities read more...

Muhammed Taofeek Olowookere , Isiaka Sulu Babaita and Adebayo, Adeyemi Abdulwasiu, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

Amid rapid technological advancements, demographic changes, and complex regulatory landscapes, healthcare organizations face significant challenges. Therefore, this study examined the effect of cognitive diversity on organizational performance within the dynamic healthcare sector, focusing on Unive read more...

Usman Lawal Abubakar, Sanusi Sule and Rabi’u Isah Moh’d
Volume 4 Issue 1

In Nigeria, food insecurity remains a pressing issue. One of the main obstacles to access to food is volatile food prices. However, little research has assessed the impact of unanticipated price shifts on household food security outcomes. This study aims to address this knowledge gap using three wa read more...

Suraka Chiroma, Isa Danladi and Redili James
Volume 4 Issue 1

This work titled “Implication of Local Government Autonomy on Rural Development in Adamawa State A case study of Ganye Local Government Area” was aimed at ascertaining the extent to which state interference in the management of Local Government revenue constituted the bane of rural developm read more...

John Reuben,Hussaini Tukur Hassan PhD and Njoku, Chukweemeka Nnamdi
Volume 4 Issue 1

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) was established to promote and facilitate the development programmes, instruments and support services to accelerate development of Small and Medium Enterprises, linking SMEs to internal and external sources of finance, and prov read more...

Rahamat Mililicent Yakubu and Odonye Dauda Yusuf
Volume 4 Issue 1

Primary healthcare as a decentralized medical service at the community area in Nigeria is bedeviled with challenges. In other words, this study takes took a critical look at the challenges militating against primary health care delivery at the local levels in Nigeria with reference to Keffi Loc read more...

Abdurrahman Umar, Bashir Mahmood Baffa, Nura Suleman Ibrahim, Sani Damamisau Mohammed, and Bara’atu Bala Adamu
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study explores the mediating role of brand image in the relationship between brand rejuvenation strategies— such as product innovation, rebranding, and marketing campaigns—and consumer purchase intentions. The study aims to theorize and clarify the pathways through which brand rejuvenat read more...

Rahamat Mililicent Yakubu and Odonye Dauda Yusuf
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study reviewed the implementation of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger State adopted by Nigeria for improved access to healthcare services, especially to the low income earners. The objective of the study is to review developments in the implemen read more...

Uthman Fatimah Zahra, Yusuf Abiodun Sarafadeen and Abdulrasheed Jamiu Alabere (ACA)
Volume 4 Issue 1

Generally, financial performance has becoming crucial in measuring sustainability of companies’ performance most importantly agricultural firms’ across developed and developing countries. As a result of declined in firms’ financial performance which have resulted from in ability of compan read more...

Abdurrahman Umar , Sani Damamisau Mohammed , Mustapha Olaoluwa Yusuf, Balikis Sallau Olamide , Kawthar Moshuud Olamide and Nura Alhaji Suleiman
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study evaluates the performances and potentials of revenues from taxation as an alternative to dwindling revenues from oil and gas. To achieve the aim of the study secondary data on revenues from oil and gas, revenues from taxation and total revenues are collected from the data base of the Org read more...

Jonah O. Arumona, PhD, Lambe Isaac, PhD and Forongn A. Dore
Volume 4 Issue 1

Foreign direct investment is crucial for the economic development of developing nation due to its contributions as source of external inflows into a host country, which are often determined by the debt level of a country. However, excessive debt can lead to debt servicing burdens, potentially crowd read more...

Ahmad Zulkiyatu and Hassan Bakari Ibrahim
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of Point of service business on job creation in Yola south of Adamawa state utilized data obtained mainly from primary sources; the data were collected through a structured questionnaire. To get the sample Size out of the population, Taro Yamane's (Yamane, 1967) formul read more...

Abdulrasheed Alabere Jamiu , Saheed Lawal (ACA) ,Ogunwole Adeniyi Emmanuel and Olabode Kehinde Joseph (ACA)
Volume 4 Issue 1

Apparently, the persistence increase in tax rate, inadequacy of tax incentives and poor capital allowance across developing countries, particular Nigeria manufacturing companies which has consequently resulted into corporate tax planning strategies. As a result of this void, this study investigates read more...

Ali Sheriff Taibu ,Garba Yakubu ,Sani Damamisau Mohammed ,Usman Sabo and Abubakar Musa
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the moderating effect of leverage on the relationship between liquidity and profitability in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks. The study collected secondary data from the annual reports and accounts of the sampled DMBs for 10 years 2010-2019. The study employed current ratio, qui read more...

Badamasi Sani Mohammed, Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Sagir Dutsin-ma
Volume 4 Issue 1

Trade liberalization otherwise known as trade openness is one of the policies adopted by the federal government dated back to the introduction of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) in the country to allow free movement of good and service among the countries. Trade-growth nexus is identified by read more...

Amaka Glory Akaolisa and Nuraddeen Usman Miko
Volume 10 Issue 1

The present research investigates the effect of board composition and firm characteristics on the financial reporting quality among consumer goods firms that are publicly listed in Nigeria. The research employs collected data from annual reports and accounts that have been archived. The study sampl read more...

Yusuf Alabi Olumoh
Volume 4 Issue 1

Over the years, government agencies in Nigeria have struggled with implementing Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Internal Control Mechanisms (INTCON) due to technological limitations, inadequate staff training, resistance to change, and insufficient funding. These challenges hinder accurate read more...

Abdulgaffar Muhammad ,Ebiniyi Olufunmilayo Olajiire ,Olaniyi Emmanuel Adegoke ,John Nma Aliu ,M. K Lawal and Anthony Kolade Adesugba
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examines the historical trends and statistics of terrorist activities from 2010 to 2022, highlighting the economic and social impacts of terrorism. It delves into the financial strategies employed by major terrorist organizations, including revenue generation, the financial motivations be read more...

Nyikwagh, Richard Torkuma
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the effect of leadership style on the performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. Taro Yamane formula was used to determine a sample size of 238 respondents out of a study population of 592 employees from Access Bank Plc, First B read more...

William Ifezue Onyekwelu ,E.D Anzaku, PhD and H. A. Eggon, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examined the impact of non-oil tax revenue on economic growth in Nigeria, using four variables of Personal Income Tax Revenue (PITR), Company Income Tax Revenue (CITR), Value Added Tax Revenue (VATR) and Custom and Excise Duties tax Revenue (CEDR) as proxied by Real Gross Domestic Produc read more...

Wosu, Kingsley Chiwendu and Solomon Olubunmi, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

Banking sector is pivotal in monetary ecosystem of Nigeria economy. The role to stabilize monetary economics of the nation is hinged on the health and varsity of banking sector. In this study, we set off to do an assessment of banking sector performance in Nigeria using mercantilist perspective. We read more...

Yusuf Alabi Olumoh
Volume 4 Issue 1

Over the years, government agencies in Nigeria have struggled with implementing Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Internal Control Mechanisms (INTCON) due to technological limitations, inadequate staff training, resistance to change, and insufficient funding. These challenges hinder accurate read more...

Sani Damamisau Mohammed ,Ibrahim Ahmad Kassim,Nura Alhaji Suleiman ,Balikis Sallau Olamide ,Kawthar Moshuud Olamide and Mustapha Olaoluwa Yusuf
Volume 4 Issue 1

The evaluate the contribution of VAT to total Nigerian government revenue 1994-2022. To achieve this aim and objective, quantitative secondary data on Valued Added Tax allocations to federal, states and local governments and total government revenue is collected from the annual publication of the C read more...

Buhari Abubakar ,Ibrahim Ahmad Kassim ,Sa’adatu Balarabe Adam and Mahmud Nura Ringim
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on climate change risk management (CCRM) of listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Employing an ex-post facto research design, the study focused on a sample comprising thirty-four (34) manufacturing firms listed on the Niger read more...

Oyekanmi, Dele Jerry , Hamadu, Dallah, PhD and Ashim, Babatunde Sogunro, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study investigates the impact of longevity risk modeling on pension benefits in Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria, emphasizing the need for tailored retirement solutions given the region's unique demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Utilizing a descriptive survey design, data from 400 read more...

Abigail Elisha Goyilla, Abubakar Okuwa Abdullahi and Omaku A. Abubakar
Volume 4 Issue 1

The agricultural sector is considered an important sector in the development of any economy. Both the developed and developing nations have undeniably acknowledged the cardinal role the sector plays in their development. Despite Nigeria’s huge natural resource endowment (favourable climate, a read more...

Maria Eleyi Igoche
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study analysed the impact of climate change and how it affects women’s livelihood in Nigeria. This study employs a comprehensive analysis which wades into the disproportionate impact of climate shifts on women as it relates to factors such as agriculture, water resources and socio-economi read more...

Adebayo, Adeyemi Abdulwasiu, PhD and Olowookere, Muhammed Taofeek
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examined the effect of Capacity Building on Employees’ Performance’ with Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute, Ilorin as case study with a study population of 150 and the sample size of 109 determined through Taro Yamane sample size model. Quantitative method was a read more...

Yepwi Beatrice M and Mamman Matthew Samuel
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study assesses women educational attainment in Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory, AbujaNigeria. The study utilized the System theory to explain women educational attainment in Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The cross-sectional survey design was adopted read more...

Binta Oziohu ISSA, Ahmad Audu Maiyaki, PhD and Haliru Mukthar, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examine the determinants effect of celebrity endorsement that are considered essential for the success of marketing communication of activities with specific reference to Carbonated Soft Drinks Among University Students in North Western Nigeria.. The study utilized cross sectional res read more...

Aje Tolu Elizabeth PhD, Awe Ene Norah and Azabagun Haruna Able
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examines the impact of fuel subsidy removal on the standard of living in Nigeria, utilizing secondary data analysis and insights from various scholarly articles. Against the backdrop of Nigeria's socio-economic context, characterized by persistent poverty, income inequality, and depe read more...

Kyauta B. Tanyigna
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the emerging of Lassa fever infectious disease in Nigeria which started in 1969. The study discusses the current state of Lassa fever in Nigeria and its emergence as a public health concern. It also delves into the epidemiology, transmission, and clinical presentation of Lass read more...

Ekani Moses
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examines the effect of selected macroeconomic variables on stock market liquidity in Nigeria for the periods of 1985 to 2021 using Autoregressive Distributed Lag technique to analyse the data. The study employs ex post facto research design with the use of time series secondary data. read more...

Titus Wuyah Yunana, PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

This study aims to assess the state of maize production in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with a specific focus on Gwantu Ward. The study was conducted through a combination of field surveys and literature review to gather relevant data and information. Results showed that mai read more...

Musa Saleh
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study analysis the role of Interfaith Mediation Centre in managing electoral violence following the post-2007 and 2015 election violence in Bauchi State. The Peace building theory was employed while a descriptive research design was adopted. Purposive sampling technique was used. Samples of read more...

Anchovur, Timothy Tyowase, Ahoo, Jude Terhile, Onojah, Peter and Onah, Elijah Iranyohe
Volume 4 Issue 1

Corruption is a fundamental constraint to Nigeria’s development. It is responsible for the alarming rates of poverty, unemployment, and other socioeconomic challenges that confront the country. The study therefore examined corruption vis-à-vis the social, political, economic and all-round de read more...

Adeyanju Adeola Ibrahim and Ibrahim O. Salawu, PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

The Boko-Haram Islamic Fundamentalist been declared as an international terrorist organization and described having links with another terrorist group, the Al-Queda by the United States of America was born following the 2011 general elections in Nigeria. This group has unleashed mayhem that has h read more...

AJAYI, Idowu Shola
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study examined the effects of different components of climate change on economic growth in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, the growth accounting equation framework provided the basis for the models adopted. These models comprised 7 economic growth equations, where each of the five clima read more...

Yau Idris Gadau
Volume 10 Issue 1

Election is one of the vital processes that allow citizens to select their representatives who will take charge of their decision-making process for a specific period stipulated under the Constitution. The conduct of elections throughout the world has not been conducted without some degree of m read more...

Samuel Ukerchia Iyuwa Ph.D, Pyelshak Aaron Mwelsen and Gwaison Panan Danladi
Volume 10 Issue 1

The commercial banking sector globally has experienced significant transformations over the years, driven by regulatory reforms, technological advancements, and changing consumer preferences. This study examined the effect of board characteristics on financial performance of listed commercial b read more...

Kyauta Bulus Tanyigna, Dariyem Naandi Kruslat and Joyce Kyauta Tanyigna
Volume 10 Issue 1

A perception study on the Fragile State Index (FSI) or fragile nature of the Nigeria State to assess the status of Nigeria’s National Resilience was carried out among the Management Staff and Senior Executive Course (SEC) 44 participants of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Stud read more...

Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen and Nurain Abayomi Mumuni
Volume 10 Issue 1

This study concentrates specifically on mixed-methods research (MMR) and covers its features, applications, and main categories. The study noted that mixed-method study design aids in expanding the scope and depth of an investigation. Equally, there are restrictions and difficulties associated w read more...

Nurain Abayomi Mumuni and Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study examined End-Sars Protest and the Corrupt Political Elites in Nigeria: A Litmus Test. It unraveled the causes of the problem by evaluating how it has affected the economy with the aim of attenuating its negative consequences. While adopting secondary data and content analytical method read more...

Ucherwuhe Samuel Igbabee, Tyona Timothy and Ikya Emmanuel Agbe
Volume 10 Issue 1

This study examined the conditional correlation between oil and stock prices in Nigeria using a high frequency disaggregated data on the variables. The Engle-Shepherd Chi-square test favoured the constant conditional correlation CCC-GARCH model that was used. Results reveal low conditional corr read more...

Kyauta B. Tanyigna
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the emerging of Lassa fever infectious disease in Nigeria which started in 1969. The study discusses the current state of Lassa fever in Nigeria and its emergence as a public health concern. It also delves into the epidemiology, transmission, and clinical presentation of Lassa read more...

Blessing O. Idakwoji , Bernard O.A and Saheed Zakaree
Volume 9 Issue 2

This study seeks to examine the implications of Household Solid Fuel Consumption on Environmental Quality in Nigeria. The study ascertains the asymmetric roles of solid fuel consumption on Carbon emission (CO2) using annual time series data covering the period 1971 to 2021. To conduct the empir read more...

Ayodeji, Salihu and Musa, Mustapha Kuta
Volume 10 Issue 1

This study examined the existence of long run relationship between trade liberalization and exchange rate in Nigeria over a period of 1986 to 2023, using annual time series data drawn from publication of World Bank annual data on nominal effective exchange rate (NEER), trade openness (TOP), ter read more...

Ibrahim Bala Muhammad , Magajiya Tanko, PhD and Kolawole Wilson Ayo
Volume 10 Issue 1

Due to the advancement of technology, marketers finds it difficult to predict the behaviors of their customers, this force them to transform their marketing activities into digital system. Moreover, in the context of literature there are many contradictory findings between digital marketing and read more...

Jennifer Uvbi Omodamwen and Felix Eromosele Obainoke
Volume 10 Issue 1

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth (EGTR) and carbon emission (CE) in Nigeria for a period ranging from 1982-2022 in the often-cited environmental pollution emission-growth relationship encapsulated in the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). An index of carbon emiss read more...

Obi Sixtus Chibuzor, John Obioma Ukawuilulu, PhD and Ambrose W. Ogidi PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

Anambra is rated fifth in Nigeria's HIV prevalence and first in the South East Zone with a 2.4 prevalence rate, which is above the 1.4 National prevalence. Anambra state is the fifth highest in Nigeria in terms of HIV transmission among people between 15 to 49 years. The pattern of transmission read more...

Mohammed Abdulmalik, Stephen Yero Wetsi and Sabo Sunday
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study looked at the impact of workforce diversity on employee engagement in food and beverage firms in Kaduna metropolis. The study adopted a survey research design, primary data was used for the research and a structured questionnaire was employed for data collection. The population of the read more...

Jonathan Grace Wona , Abdullahi Kassim Adams and Ordue Rhoda Seember
Volume 10 Issue 1

Poor breastfeeding practices results in early nutritional deficits that can have profound consequences on the growth and survival of infants. Several health organizations, such as WHO and UNICEF, recommends exclusive breastfeeding based on scientific evidence, of the benefits for infant’s sur read more...

Mukhtar Ahmed Keffi, Dauda Andrew Pallam and Mamman Mathew Christian
Volume 10 Issue 1

While the AU argues that AfCFTA will boost intra African economic integration through increased trade and investment, the extent to which African states would reap the benefits of the free trade area remains unclear. This paper examined Africa in global trade: African Continental Free Trade Are read more...

Faridah Ladi Apake, John Obioma Ukawuilulu and Udoh C. Osisiogu
Volume 10 Issue 1

The process of urbanization that has resulted in the growth of cities calls for effective and efficient waste management and general town planning. In Nigerian towns and cities in the last few decades have generated huge waste that has been a source of concern. This study examines the implicati read more...

Kamarudeen Shehu, Maryam Umar Mohammed and Ja’afar Abdulkadir
Volume 10 Issue 1

Background: Diabetes is a major public health challenge, and understanding factors influencing health-seeking behavior is crucial for improving care. This study examined the socio-economic and demographic determinants of health-seeking behavior among diabetic patients attending Barau Dikko Teac read more...

Aminu Umar, SaminuMaiwada and Anthony, Unyime Abasido
Volume 10 Issue 1

The objective of this study is to evaluate the factors that predict and the impact of financial literacy in influencing the performance of smallholder farmers in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Based on the theoretical framework of the Resource-Based View (RBV), this study aims to assess the importance read more...

Yusuf Alabi Olumoh, Abdullahi Taiwo Abdulrasheed, Mubaraq Sanni, Salaudeen Ibrahim, Shuaib Abdul-Hakeem Oluwole and Ramat Titilayo Salman
Volume 10 Issue 1

The taxation of the digital economy is a dynamic and ongoing process, as governments and international organizations navigate the complexities of taxing digital transactions and inabilities in ensuring a level playing field for all businesses, and the issue of digital tax avoidance has emerged read more...

Iyamah Joy Obiageli and Mukoro Akpomurive
Volume 10 Issue 1

The 2023 removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria marked a pivotal moment in the nation’s economic and social trajectory. This decisive policy shift has brought multitude of economic and social impacts that warrants rigorous investigation to comprehend its far-reaching consequences on Nigerians read more...

Khadijat Ibrahim, Hauwa’u Evelyn Yusuf, PhD and Godswill James, PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

Corporate begging, commonly known as fine-bara, is a socio-economic phenomenon prevalent in the Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, characterized by individuals seeking financial assistance through deceptive tactics. This study employs a mixed-method approach, utilizing quantitative data gathered v read more...

Ibrahim Bala Muhammad, Ibrahim Ahmed, PhD and Kolawole, Wilson Ayo
Volume 3 Issue 4

Rewards system is one of the determining factors of job satisfaction as well as employees performance. It plays significant role in motivating employees to feel ok with their work and perform better. This study, therefore, seek to investigate the role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards on Job Sa read more...

Abdulgaffar Muhammad , John Nma Aliu, Elton Ezekiel Mick Micah, Ibitomi Taiwo, Anthony Unyime Abasido and Anthony Kolade Adesugba
Volume 10 Issue 1

Fractional Brownian motion and multifractional processes revolutionize stochastic modeling in finance by capturing intricacies like long-range dependence and varying irregularities. The study explores the mathematical foundations, multifractional modeling, and applications of these advanced tec read more...

Yusuf Mohammed Aliyu and Yusuf Ruth Nguavese
Volume 10 Issue 1

The Study investigates the effect of corporate governance on the earnings management of listed industrial goods firms in Nigeria spanning the period 2013 – 2022. The thirteen (13) listed industrial goods firms in Nigeria constituted the population of the study and a sample of ten (10) was sel read more...

Abdulgaffar Muhammad , Anthony Unyime Abasido, Ibitomi TaiwoJohn Nma Aliu, Adedokun Lateef Adetunji, Maryam Isyaku and Anthony Kolade Adesugba
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study provides a rigorous theoretical exploration of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation and its foundations in financial optimization. The HJB equation serves as a cornerstone in optimizing sequential decisionmaking under uncertainty. The study discusses the adaptation of the classic read more...

Salaudeen Ibrahim, PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

Efficacy of cash management reform (CMR) has become a subject of debate in recent times going by the level of infractions on revenue renditions by government entities’ in Nigerian public sector. The main objective of this study therefore, was to investigated the impact of cash management refo read more...

Danladi Augustine , Francis A. Akawu, PhD, Moses S. Ajidani, PhD and Osekweyi J. Odonye, PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study assessed the impact of non-oil revenue as a driver of economic growth in Nigeria. The study used the ex-post facto research design and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model to analyze the relationship between non-oil revenue and economic growth in Nigeria. Time series data u read more...

Hassan Seyid Ishola, Salawu Ibrahim O., PhD and Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole
Volume 10 Issue 1

The development of a state is contingent upon the security of life and property. Unfortunately, Nigeria's progress has been hindered by a surge in insecurity both within and beyond its borders. Nigeria has been facing significant security challenges in recent years, including terrorism, kidnapp read more...

Ibrahim Braji, PhD
Volume 10 Issue 1

The influence of the Khawarij sect on jihadist movements around the world and within Nigeria has yet to attract scholarly discourse. Khawarijism is one of the oldest extremist Islamic sects, whose origins date back to the early Islamic period. It has been serving as a catalyst for the formation read more...

Abayomi A. Ajibade, Philip N. Ndubueze Ph.D and Mustapha D. Hussein Ph.D
Volume 10 Issue 1

The study explores the patterns of Online Advance Fee Fraud in the Ilorin metropolis of Kwara State, Nigeria. The study investigates the causes, parties involved, targets, modus operandi, source of skills, and tools utilized in online advance fee fraud. 10 participants were purposively selected read more...

Mohammed Abdullahi, Babangida M. Musa, PhD and Abubakar Bala, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 3

The study examines the effect of procedural Justice and Interactive justice on Job Satisfaction at Gombe State Higher Educational Institutions (HEI). Two dimensions of organizational justice were taken which include procedural justice and interactional justice. The research was conducted among read more...

Shakur Faruk, PhD and Salim Ibrahim Ahmad
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study presents a model which shows the mediating influence of trust on the relationship between psychological contract and psychological employment contract breach. Previous literature review on related subject matter leads to the proposed conceptual model. Going by the model, it is argued read more...

Idakwoji, Ojochogwu Blessing , Bernard O.A. , Saheed Zakaree and Dampome Moses
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examines the implication of household solid fuel consumption on health in Nigeria covering the period of 1971-2022. Data for the analysis were sourced from the World Bank’s database while Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and Granger causality test approaches were employed for t read more...

Marwa, Zainab and Mainoma, Hauwa’u Muhammad, Ph.D
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study investigated the incidence of poverty among unemployed and unmarried women in North Central Nigeria. Employing a descriptive research design, quantitative primary data was obtained, through a questionnaire survey, from a multistage sample of 384 individuals in the region. A Chi-square read more...

Abubakar Bala, PhD, Abubakar S. Usman, PhD and Jamilu M. Abdullahi
Volume 9 Issue 2

The continuous decline of entrepreneurial activities and development in Nigeria and Gombe state specifically is alarming. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the effect of training effectiveness on entrepreneurship development in Gombe state. The independent variable is training effe read more...

Abubakar Bala, PhD, Abubakar A. Aliyu, PhD and Jamilu M. Abdullahi
Volume 3 Issue 3

The study examined the relationship between gender and training on entrepreneurship development in Gombe state, Nigeria. The study utilized conceptual research approach and content analysis, where related literatures on the study were reviewed and analysed. It reviewed and dissected the literat read more...

Alfa Henson , Prof. Mukhtar Shehu Aliyu and Prof. Talatu M. Barwa
Volume 3 Issue 3

Low performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria today dominates discussions on entrepreneurs and entire private and public sectors in Nigeria. This study aimed to examine the moderating effect of trust on the relationship between loan repayment practice and the performance of small a read more...

Ibrahim Daniel Musa, E. D Anzaku, PhD and H. A. Eggon, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the impact of healthcare expenditure on Nigeria's economic growth from 1990 to 2022. The specific forms of healthcare expenditure explored include healthcare Capital expenditure, healthcare recurrent expenditure, healthcare insurance expenditure, Healthcare out-of-pocket read more...

Zaggi, Hilary Yacham, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 1

Contextualising schools as complex spaces where gender and sexualities are performed entails understanding the interplay of gender and sexuality in school. This means recognising the influences of material and nonmaterial practices and their bearing on young people's understanding and constructi read more...

Abba Kale RN, PhD, Ruth B. Iganuss and Chinampi Thliza Anamja
Volume 4 Issue 1

People are exposed to the dangers of traditional medicine with its attendant consequences daily. Clients often complain of itching, diarrhea, stomach ache, and rashes etc. Yet they continue to patronize traditional medical practitioners and practices. This health-seeking behaviour need to be in read more...

Aminu Mohammed Lawan, Ph.D, Salisu Adamu Dalah and Razlini Mohd Ramli, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the effect of monetisation policy on working conditions in the public service of Yobe State, Nigeria. It has been noted that the Government spends a great deal of money on routine spending, such as paying salaries, pensions, and other fringe benefits to civil servants. Th read more...

B.O. Osuka, Ihejirika, Peters O. and Obainoke Eromosele Felix
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigated the relationship between savings, investment and economic development in Nigeria for a period of 33 years (1990 to 2022). The specific objectives of the study were to find out whether total consumption from GDP, Net Investment in Government non financial assets, governmen read more...

Ibrahim Echu (Ph D)
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study work interrogates the effects of human resource development politics on employees of a leading human resource development organization, in the context of motivation, engagement and productivity. The study assumes that a preponderance of political consideration in human resource develo read more...

Adamu Yahaya and Kamal Bukar
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examined the analysis of efficiency of Primary HealthCare Services in Mubi-North Local Government Area, Adamawa State. The study addresses the issue of poor staffing, inadequate utilization of resources, specifically lack of residential doctors in most of the Primary Health Care cent read more...

Rabi’u Isah Moh’d , Ilemona Adofu and Aishatu Ibrahim Ogiri
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the relationship between public debt burden and economic growth in Nigeria, spanning 1981- 2022, a 42-year period. It investigates the interactions among Gross Domestic Product (GDP), domestic debt, external debt, debt service and exchange rate to shed light on their influence read more...

Lekshum Sunday Amos, Udoh C. Osisiogu and Usman Alhaji Yusuf
Volume 4 Issue 1

Banditry is a global problem that affects countries all over the world. The study examined the factors responsible for banditry in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study utilized the frustration-aggression theory to explore the factors responsible for banditry in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multistage s read more...

Dung, Deborah Gwom, James Godswill, PhD and Jaafar Abdulkadir, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The utilization of herbal medicine during pregnancy remains widespread among rural women, influenced by a variety of socio-cultural factors. The objective of this research was to evaluate the determinants that influence the use of herbal medicine during pregnancy among rural women in Plateau St read more...

Mamman Matthew Samuel, Godswill James and Amos Akpokos James
Volume 4 Issue 1

Globally, maternal health has been an issue of concern to public health practitioners, sociologists, demographers and health service providers. This is because of the enormous contribution towards the overall health and well-being of women within the reproductive health. The study examined the read more...

Yusuf, Kasim Mohammed and Salihu, Ahmadu Yahaya
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study is intended to establish a relationship between Nigeria’s foreign reserve position and imports as independent variables and the exchange rate as a dependent variable spanning the period 1991-2022. An autoregressive distributive lag model was employed after preliminary investigations read more...

Jummai Musa Magaji, J. O Ukawuilulu, PhD and Ambrose W. Ogidi, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

Obstetric fistula is a debilitating complication of childbirth that affects many young women in developing societies. Disparities in access to and utilization of quality healthcare services contribute to the barriers women face in seeking treatment for obstetric fistula. This paper aims to exam read more...

brahim Daniel Musa, E. D Anzaku, PhD and H. A. Eggon, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the impact of healthcare expenditure on Nigeria's economic growth from 1990 to 2022. The specific forms of healthcare expenditure explored include healthcare Capital expenditure, healthcare recurrent expenditure, healthcare insurance expenditure, Healthcare out-of-pocket read more...

Yahaya Aisha Musa and Suleiman Purokayo Gambiyo
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the impact of cashless policy on the development of banking sector in Nigeria, Adamawa state as case study, designed questionnaire is the main instrument that is used in collecting primary data from staff and customers of some selected financial institutions in Adamawa st read more...

Augustine Enenche
Volume 4 Issue 1

Since Nigeria’s return to democracy on May 29, 1999, the country has experienced turbulent security challenges. Agitations from different sections of the country-bred several ethnic and religious militias among them are the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), B read more...

Sabo Sunday and Jonathan Ishaya
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the influence conformity values on performance in the telecommunication industry in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria. It is also one of the very few studies in Nigeria, which test the relationship between conformity values and company’s operational performance. The study uses read more...

Abubakar Sadiq Usman, PhD, Sambo Musa and Abubakar Bala, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study assessed the effects of training and development on employee productivity in deposit money banks in Gombe state. The objectives of the study are to determine the relationship between training method and employees’ productivity in Gombe State, to determine the relationship between tr read more...

Ibrahim Mohammed Babbuli (PhD), Abdullazeez Ahmed Elwan and Idris Mohammed Gurin
Volume 9 Issue 3

The study examined the effect of E-banking platforms on small business operation in Yola South metropolis, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study is a survey in the form of cross sectional study in which data were collected through questionnaire administered to 400 small business owners in Adamawa S read more...

Joel Ayenajeyi Elisha, Ilemona Adofu and Ibrahim Aishatu Ogiri
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the effect of institutional quality on economic growth in Nigeria. The study used annual time series data covering the period of 1996 to 2022; the data for the variables were checked against the problems of unit root using Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Phillips Perron (PP read more...

Ateke, Brown Walter and Ebenuwa, Augustina
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examined the link between shopping convenience and repeat purchase behaviour. The study took a multidimensional view of shopping convenience, and decomposed it into decision, access, search, transaction, possession and post-transaction convenience. The study adopted an explanatory re read more...

Moses Ogbu, Ilemona Adofu and Ibrahim Aishatu Ogiri
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examines the impacts of trade openness, foreign direct investment, gross domestic product, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on carbon emission in Nigeria. Johansen cointegration test as well as Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) was deployed for the study. The study es read more...

Imran Usman Sani, Osekweyi Odonye Joel, Ph.D and Uwaegbute Francis-Steer Ezeadi
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the Impact of Industrialization on Economic Growth in Nigeria for the period of 1981-2021. The study adopts ex-post factor design in order to answer the research questions. The study utilizes secondary sources of data extracted from the central bank of Nigeria statistic bulle read more...

Adebayo Mohammed OJUOLAPE, Sodiq Abiodun OLADIPUPO, Hammed Agboola YUSUF and Aminat Mama, USMAN
Volume 4 Issue 1

The World Bank has identified third world countries as suffering enormously from under-development due to corruption and bad leadership. The impact of the solution suggested by a various international organization on the African economy (Nigeria inclusive) has been mild, where it has any impact read more...

James Essien Akpan, PhD and Brown, Uduakobong Akpanabba, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examines the impact of monetary policy on household consumption expenditure within the Nigerian context using data spanning the period 1981-2019Household consumption expenditure was regressed against interest rate (INT), exchange rate (EXCHR), broad money supply (BMS2), and monetary read more...

Enemona Negedu Ameji, Ilemona Adofu and Aisha Ogiri
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study investigates the impact of fuel subsidies on government budget deficits in Nigeria over the period 2000:Q1–2022:Q4 using annual time series quarterly data. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach is employed to estimate the relationship. The results indicat read more...

Abba Ibrahim Baba, Bello Sabo, PhD and Sahman Ladan, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The main objective of this paper is to examine the effect of e-payment system on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises in Kano Metropolis. Survey research design was employed. Data for the study was collected through questionnaires. A sample size of 303 small and medium enterpri read more...

Waroh, Joy Nguavese, Akpenpuun, Joyce Rumun, PhD,Starris-Onyema, Promise Nkwachi and Iornyagh, Benedict Terkaa
Volume 4 Issue 1

Sub-Saharan African communities continue to face high rates of maternal and child morbidity and mortality, highlighting the ongoing need for progress in the area of maternal and child healthcare services (MCHS). Within the Sub-Saharan African region, Nigeria consistently ranks among the nations read more...

Abali Boniface, Eggon Ahmed Henry, Ph.D and Sabo Moses Ajidani, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study examined the Impact of federal government budget deficit financing on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1987-2022. The study utilized secondary sources of data extracted from the Central Bank of Nigeria annual statistics bulletin 2022, The study undertook unit root test emp read more...

Member Ahemen, Ph.D, Sunday Esidiri Akiri. Ph.D and Asongo Simon Ternenge
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study is carried out on bank credit to private sector and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa on data obtained from World Development Indicator using the period of 1995 to 2021. Anchored on financial intermediation theory, the study adopted system generalised method of moments within dyna read more...

Solomon, Olubunmi, PhD
Volume 4 Issue 1

The study analyzed the impact of National Savings on economic growth in Nigeria (1990-2020). Secondary data was adopted and sourced from CBN Statistical Bulletin (2020). Ordinary Least Square with the aid of E-view version 9 was used to determine the effects of National Savings on Gross Domesti read more...

Apeh, Ajene Sunday, Ph.D
Volume 4 Issue 1

This study examined the impact of Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) as a catalyst to the growth of Nigeria’s domestic economy for the sample period 1993 to 2018. The econometric technique adopted for the study was based on Error Correction Model. The estimated result revealed that the read more...

Habiba, Adamu and Adamu, Mahmud Ibrahim Ph.D
Volume 3 Issue 3

The study examines the adequacy of the provision of Human Trafficking laws in Nigeria. The delay in investigating and prosecuting trafficking in person cases has become worrisome and undermines the fight towards eradicating the menace. The main objective of this paper is to examine the adequacy read more...

BadamasI, Aliyu Usman and Odonye, Yusuf Dauda, Ph.D
Volume 3 Issue 3

The study examined the Defined Benefit Pension policy administration on the Standard of Living of Nasarawa State Civil Service Retirees. The beneficiaries of the scheme are wallowing in abject poverty and their standards of livings become more deteriorated. In spite of various reforms introduce read more...

Muhammed, Abdullahi, Aliegba, Becky and Ibrahim, Musa Abdulrahaman
Volume 3 Issue 3

The objective of National Health Insurance Scheme is to provide affordability, qualitative and referral service to the enrollees. Due to some challenges such as inadequate facilitates and limited resources facing some of the primary and secondary health care providers, they hardly entertain cert read more...

Leonard Achile Ogwuche, Kabiru Umar and John Onoja
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study assessed the effect of economic conditions on the relationship between competition and financial stability of banks in Nigeria, the panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL). The results of PMG model estimation indicate that long run relationship between dependent and explanatory va read more...

John Abuh Oyidih, S.A.S Aruwa, PhD and Mohammed Akaro Mainoma, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The monitoring role of the board of directors is a critical corporate governance control mechanism, especially in countries like Nigeria where external control mechanisms are less well developed. The gender attribute of the board affects the quality of this monitoring role and hence the financi read more...

Aiso Gabriel Osiwomequin
Volume 3 Issue 3

Herders and farmers conflicts in Nigeria have enjoyed a lot of construal and different connotations. The confrontations mostly started as farmers and herder’s conflict, then the attacks of suspected herders, then rustlers and bandits and a lot of others. The mode of attacks and nature of the read more...

John Abuh Oyidih , S.A.S Aruwa, PhD and Mohammed Akaro Mainoma, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 3

The monitoring role of the board of directors is a critical corporate governance control mechanism, especially in countries like Nigeria where external control mechanisms are less well developed. The skills set of the board affects the quality of this monitoring role and hence the financial per read more...

Enagbare, Judith Onyeka, Umar Elems Mahmud, PhD and Solomon Oche Ogbu, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The performance of firms, whether they belong to the public or private sector, is greatly influenced by the satisfaction of their employees. Consequently, it is imperative that their satisfaction is regarded with the utmost seriousness if the immediate and strategic objectives of the firms are read more...

Thomas Indi and Hassan Bakari Ibrahim
Volume 9 Issue 3

This study was conducted to examine the socio-economic implication of Shilla Boys activities in Jimeta metropolis of Adamawa state. Data for the study were sourced through the administration of 320 structured questionnaires designed in five Likert scale format out of which 285 were return for an read more...

Salihu Hayatudeen Zummo and Wamanyi Wadasheri
Volume 9 Issue 3

The study analysed the effect of inflation on economic growth in Nigeria between 1980-2022. The study employed five (5) macroeconomic variables; economic growth, inflation, core inflation, interest rate and exchange rates. The annual time series data for the variables were obtained from Central read more...

Manu Donga and Eunice Jiddere
Volume 9 Issue 3

The study investigates the impact of N-power programmes on poverty reduction in Adamawa state, Nigeria with the objectives of: determine the extent to which N-Power programme generates employment to the youths in Adamawa State, ascertain the activities of N-Power Programme in Adamawa State and read more...

Aliyu Mohammed, Salisu Abubakar, Luka Mailafiya and Aliyu Ahmed Abdullahi
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examine the moderating role of free cash flow and the relationship between institutional ownership and earnings management of listed manufacturing companies in the Nigerian Stock Exchange with specific objectives as to examine the impact free cash flow, institutional ownership and fre read more...

Aliyu Ahmad Yusuf
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study explore the dynamic relationships between healthcare expenditure, consumer price index as a proxy to health care prices and mortality rate amongst children below 5 years of age in Nigeria. Using the ARDL approach, the study found evidence to suggest a long run relationship existing be read more...

Saheed Adekunle Muraina, Nuraddeen Shehu Aliyu, PhD, Salisu Abubakar, PhD and Nasiru Abdullahi, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

Pension Fund Characteristics have a propensity of influencing financial performance of pension funds. The study examined the effect of Pension Fund Characteristics on Financial Performance of Pension Funds in Nigeria using pension funds data drawn from the annual reports of eleven (11) Nigerian read more...

Maarufah Abdulmalik Mohammed, Salisu Abubakar and Mustapha Maruf
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigates the impact of firm attributes on Audit Reporting Lag (ARL) in selected listed companies in Nigeria. ARL is the time between the financial year-end and the auditor's signature date on the financial statements. At the same time, firm attributes include Firm Size, Book Value read more...

Amaka Gladys Eje-Ojeka, Ambrose Attah Diemsan, Ilemona Adofu and Obadiah Jonathan Gimba
Volume 9 Issue 3

he study investigates the effect of Capital inflows together with trade openness on Industrial output in Sub-Sahara African countries. This was done to test the Interactive technique called the modernization hypothesis in SubSahara African countries. The study used secondary data spanning from 2 read more...

Andah, Ruth Ph.D, Ibrahim, Atiku Mohammad and Kwagga, John Fave Kwagi Ph.D
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigated the effect of organizational structure, represented by formalization, decentralization, and span of control, on employee performance of tannery firms in Kano, Nigeria. The research utilized primary data collected from 58 respondents employed at Arewa Tannery Limited, sele read more...

Timothy Terwase Nev, Charity Philip Sidi, Ilemona Adofu and Obadiah Jonathan Gimba
Volume 9 Issue 3

The study examines the impact of trade balance, institutions on economic growth in sub-Saharan African. The study employed a panel data of 23 Sub-Saharan Africa out of the 48 countries that made up SSA, the period which span from 2002 to 2022, the data were sourced from world development indica read more...

Moses Ogbu, Angbas Alfred Ovye, IlemonaAdofu and Obadiah Jonathan Gimba
Volume 9 Issue 3

The study examines the effect of financial inclusion on domestic trade in Nigeria using, generalized method of moment (GMM). The results reveal that the impact of the usage and accessibility dimension of financial inclusion is statistically not significant in Nigeria as such not having the desi read more...

Rosemary, A. Anga, PhD, Michael Markus Womar and Diemsan Attah Ambrose
Volume 9 Issue 3

Small and medium scale enterprises have been globally recognized as a major contributor to employment generation. The study investigated the role of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in employment generation in Nigeria using Jos North LGA of Plateau State as the case study. Data was ana read more...

Enemona Negedu Ameji, Joel Ayenajeyi Elisha , Ilemona Adofu and Obadiah Jonathan Gimba
Volume 9 Issue 3

The study analyzed monetary policy and its effect on food security in Nigeria from 1986 to 2022. ARDL modelling was utilized to assess this linkage between food production, money supply, lending rate, credit to private sector, and inflation over the period. The result revealed the presence of l read more...

Aminu Mohammed Lawan, Ph.D and Salisu Adamu Dalah
Volume 3 Issue 2

The structural adjustment globalisation advocates for transformation of public service of developing countries in conformity with the neoliberal policy of downsizing. This study examines the impact of globalisation policy of downsizing on the job security of public servants in Yobe state, Niger read more...

Vincent Qkwudili Iweama, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

Reverse logistics plays a major role in waste and cost reduction in today’s manufacturing economy. To maintain competitive edge and sustainability in the present market environment, the organisation has to show competency in the area of reverse logistic management. The study examined the asse read more...

Titus Wuyah Yunana, PhD, Yusuf Junior Gwamna and Abdulrasheed Bashir Dauda
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study focuses on the effect of cost control and reduction on the profitability of manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The population of the study is the 78 manufacturing firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange where a sample of one firm was use for this study for a period of ten years (2012 read more...

Mariam Isiaka , Ubangida Shuaibu and Hadiza Abdullahi
Volume 3 Issue 3

The drive for financial freedom has driven many women in Africa and Nigeria in particular to become entrepreneurs. Women Entrepreneurs keep increasing in Nigeria as they are also found to contribute significantly to the economy of the country. Information and communication technologies are very read more...

Rabi’u Ya’u Muhammad, Shehu Abubakar and Jamilu Jibril
Volume 3 Issue 2

Issues regarding corporate sustainability have gained global relevance in recent times owing to the increasing awareness that activities of most organizations may have adverse implicational effects on the ecosystems, societies, and environments of the future. Thus, companies are now being requi read more...

Mabur Zumbung Danladi, Ph.D and Gwaison Panan Danladi
Volume 3 Issue 2

Budgetary control, a strategic approach to financial management, encompasses the planning, execution, and monitoring of budgets to optimize resource allocation, foster accountability, and facilitate informed decision-making. This study examined the Impact of Budgetary Control on the Financial Pe read more...

Abdullahi D.U. Eze, Saleh Abdullahi and Mohammed Afolabi Idayat
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study was carried out to investigate the Influence of Commercialization on education, Infrastructural Facilities and Management of Public and Private Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. The study had one specific objective: assess whether any difference exists between the management of publi read more...

Gimba A. Keni, Ahamad Bello Ph.D and Abdulkadir Madawaki Ph.D
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigated the effect of fair value hierarchical measurements on the quality of earnings reported in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), given the magnitude of managerial discretion allowed in Fair value accounting standards that can be opportunistically used to manipulate earnings read more...

Mustapha, Muhammed Basiru. Ph.D. (FCNA), Nurudeen, Olanrewaju Abdulfatai, PhD. and Jimoh, Musakiru Isola
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigated the effect of internal control system as a measure of fraud prevention in deposit money banks in Nigeria with emphasis on Oke-ogun area Oyo State. In achieving the objectives of this study, fraud triangle theory was employed. A self-structured questionnaire was developed read more...

Ateke, Brown Walter and Harcourt, Horsfall
Volume 3 Issue 2

This study examined the nexus between market-sensing capability and innovativeness of hospitality firms. The study treated market-sensing capability unidimensionally, while innovativeness was decomposed into product innovation, process innovation, market innovation, behaviour innovation and stra read more...

Sulaiman Musa , Abubakar Ibrahim Ayuba and Nura Idris
Volume 3 Issue 2

The purpose of this study is to critically evaluate theoretical and empirical research into capital structure practices in Islamic Banks (IBs) from four perspectives, namely the theoretical aspect and its nature, the determinants of capital structure in IBs, the links between capital structure and read more...

Yarkwan, Doolumun Charity and Gerasha Zahemen
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study explained the major concept of student’s distress in Nigerian university institutions. It also ex-rayed the prevalent causes and its effect on the Nigeria educational system as strikes, examination malpractice, marginalization, polarization of students unionism, administrative laxity read more...

Tolu Elizabeth Ifedayo, Azabagun, Haruna Able and Akinyemi Olabambo Evelyn
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study offers a thorough contextual analysis of the Tinubu Presidency and its probable implications for the Yoruba nation's struggle. The rise to power of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a prominent political figure from Nigeria's south-west region, is a historic event with far-reaching implications for read more...

Muhamud Abdallah, Bassey Okokon Ubong and Dominic Oche Odoh
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined E-governance as a vital tool in addressing the issues of Administrative Fraud in Nigeria Public Service. The failure of traditional governance model to provide solution to contemporary challenges in the public service has elicited the advent of sophisticated technological res read more...

Sani AbdulRahman Bala, Musa, Usman Mamuda and Jamilu Jibril
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigates the influence of audit tenure and investment in property, plant, and equipment (PPE) on tax avoidance in Nigerian financial companies. The study examined a sample of 40 financial firms listed on the Exchange Group between 2015 and 2021. By utilizing a robust regression mo read more...

Muhamud Abdallah, Eja Terrence Richard Ph.D and Awu, Jonathan Nkpe
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined Public Financial Intervention on the Development of Infrastructure in Nigerian University: A Study of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (tetfund). The university which is the citadel of learning for harnessing and training manpower to be engaged for societal growth in faced with read more...

Maarufah Abdulmalik Mohammed and Luka Mailafia, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examines the effect of Audit characteristics on the financial reporting lag of Some Selected Listed Medium Companies in Nigeria. Financial reporting lag is represented by the difference between the financial end to the date on which the auditor signs the financial statements, while Au read more...

Abba Kale RN (PhD)
Volume 3 Issue 2

Nursing in critical care settings presents unique challenges, often leading to high levels of burnout among healthcare professionals. This study investigates burnout prevalence, contributing factors, and individual coping behaviours among nurses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Depende read more...

Salaudeen Ibrahim, PhD, Abdul-Hakeem Oluwole Shuaib, PhD, Muhammed Basiru Mustapha, PhD and Abdullahi Taiwo Abdulrasheed
Volume 3 Issue 2

Effectiveness of Internal audit operations has become a subject of debate in recent times going by the level of infractions on financial transactions in Nigerian public sector. Regardless of the formidable institutional and regulatory framework put in place to enhance internal audit performance read more...

Yusuf Alabi Olumoh and Mubaraq Sanni
Volume 3 Issue 2

Digitalization of tax system has promoted efficient electronic filing of tax return as well as enhancing tax compliance behavior across the world. However, over the years, tax compliance behaviour as a result of adoption of electronic filing of tax return has been subjected to several complaint read more...

Sani Sani Ibrahim
Volume 3 Issue 2

It is an irony that in the 21st Century, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) still remains undemocratic and dominated by five permanent members. The UNSC composition reflects the dictatorship of few against many. Today’s realities dictate the need for the expansion and democratization of read more...

Yakubu Sunusi, Ahmad, Sadiq Abubakar, Sadiq and Ruqayya, Abubakar, Isma’il
Volume 10 Issue 1

Groundnut (Arachishypogaea L.) is an important source of edible oil with oil content ranged between 48-50% depending on the varieties, protein ranged between 26-28% while carbohydrate, minerals and vitamin is between 11-27% making the crop as an important diet component. This study focused on t read more...

Oladele Oladipo Ojo , Prof. S. A. S. Aruwa, Chukwuma Obumneme Eugene and Ritgak Gotar Yibis
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigated the effect of productive expenditure on the economic growth in Nigeria as moderated by public debt for the period of thirty one years, from 1991-2021. Ex-post facto research design was adopted. The data used in this study were secondary data derived from the Central Bank read more...

Sani Sani Ibrahim
Volume 3 Issue 2

All research whether qualitative or quantitative are based on some underlying assumptions about what constitute valid research and which methods are appropriate. The most pertinent philosophical assumptions are those which relates to epistemology, which is the assumption about knowledge and how it read more...

Olutoye Israel and Rotimi Olajide Opeyeoluwa
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study seeks to examine the antecedents of Joint Military Operations of the Air Force, Army, Navy, Police, Nigerian Securities and Civil Defense Commission, and the Department of State Security Service in the fight against militancy in Nigeria’s oil-rich zone of the Niger Delta. It explores th read more...

Olaoluwa Babatunde A. Oyinloye, PhD and Olubusola O. Solomon
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study explores the role of nonviolent movements in demanding social change and government accountability. It sets out with a brief statement on nonviolent movements, concepts and history till date, as well as the views of some notable and influential advocates of nonviolent movement, namely read more...

Alagboso Ezekiel Onyebuchi
Volume 3 Issue 2

Developed economies with optimally performing capital market sometimes encounter over capacity utilization of their manufacturing sectors. In developing countries like Nigeria however, there is the prevailing problem of under –utilization of the manufacturing sector. The capital market is ger read more...

Tafida, M. PhD , Adah Solomon Peter , Jibril Gambo and Yusuf Salami
Volume 3 Issue 1

The increase in declining investment in the Nigerian income generating and productive sectors such as agricultural sector, electricity and so on that are seen as very crucial and requisite channel for industrial development is worrisome, whether for automated, machines services and other manufactu read more...

Muhammad Yusuf and Auwal Abubakar Muhammad
Volume 3 Issue 2

This paper examined the nexus between trade liberalization, institutional quality and economic growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries (SSA) Spanning the period 1999-2019. Panel Co-integration and Panel vector error correction mechanism where used as estimation technique to address the heteroge read more...

Victor Abraham and Miftahu Idris
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined the Effect of Economic Empowerments on the Livelihood of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Taraba State. Internal displacement is a global issue but the challenges facing internally displaced persons globally vary, Nigeria and Taraba State especially is a case in point. read more...

Ibrahim Atsanumra Musa and Miftahu Idris
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined impact of malnutrition on under-5 children mortality rate in Nigeria. The objectives of the study include evaluating the impact of Stunting, wasting and underweight on under-five child mortality Rate. Under the methodology the study adopted ADF test of Stationary properties o read more...

Nyikwagh, Eric Terver
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examines The Impact of Advertising on Sales Performance: A Case Study of Nasco Marketing Company, Jos.the objectives aimed at evaluating the impact of brand advertising on the sales performance of Nasco Marketing Company, Jos and determine the effect of direct sales advertisements on read more...

Mustapha Muhammad Abdullahi (PhD) and Hussaini Aliyu Jibril
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study employs Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) estimation technique to examine the external debt’s determinants in Nigeria. Particularly, it investigates the impact of debt servicing, economic growth, gross domestic savings, and military expenditure on external debt using time s read more...

Muhammad Mustapha Abdullahi and Ahmed Malumfashi Halliru
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of urbanization on unemployment in Nigeria by employing annual time series data spanning over the period 1980 to 2022 using Johansen cointegration technique to analyze the long run and short run dynamics. The empirical results showed that urbanization significantly read more...

Ikwuyatum Benard Akpa, Jatau Andrew Yohanna and Audu Omeiza Leonard
Volume 3 Issue 2

The global topic of poverty has received a lot of attention lately. Unemployment due to lack of entrepreneurship education perpetrate poverty among graduates both al lower and higher levels. The aim of the research is to determine the level of poverty as precipitated by inadequate entrepreneurs read more...

Ikwuyatum Benard Akpa, Jatau Andrew Yohanna and Audu Omeiza Leonard
Volume 3 Issue 2

The global topic of poverty has received a lot of attention lately. Unemployment due to lack of entrepreneurship education perpetrate poverty among graduates both al lower and higher levels. The aim of the research is to determine the level of poverty as precipitated by inadequate entrepreneurs read more...

Safina Haliru Sarki, Daud Mustafa, PhD and Martin Iyoboyi, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigates the impact of financial inclusion on poverty in 15 developing countries in West Africa from 2011 - 2020 based on a composite financial inclusion index constructed using panel data analysis. The study employed the estimation approach which is the differenced Generalized Me read more...

Eduoku Joe Joseph (PhD) and Martha Musa
Volume 3 Issue 2

Nigeria has witnessed a lot of security and developmental concerns in the last three decades which have engendered widespread perceptions that there may be some relationship between military expenditure and economic growth and development. This has led to a flurry of several investigations into read more...

Salihu, Ahmadu Yahaya and Abubakar, Idris
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study provides a substantiation of a positive relationship between carbon emission and economic growth in West Africa. Seven counties including Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Senegal and Togo makes up the sample with carbon emission per capita, economic growth, and electricity read more...

Bakari Wadinga
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study undertakes a crucial investigation into the impact of inflation on economic growth in Nigeria from 1970 to 2021. Through a robust analytical framework encompassing descriptive analysis, correlation assessment, and the application of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, the read more...

Hussain Kehinde Ogunbadejo (Phd) and Lawal Ojo Jim-Saiki
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study uses cointegration and error-correction models to examine the causal link between Nigerian fishery exports and economic growth. The study established evidence of a long-term association as well as a bi-directional causality between fishery exports and economic growth in Nigeria's fish read more...

Bakari Wadinga
Volume 9 Issue 2

The empirical study delves into the intricate relationship between trade openness and economic growth, with a focus on Nigeria's context. Drawing on neoclassical trade theories and endogenous growth models, the investigation seeks to discern the short-run and long-run impacts of trade openness read more...

Habibu Zayyana and Usman Junaidu (PhD)
Volume 3 Issue 2

The services provide by microfinance institutions, such as account opening, loans offering, deposits acceptance, and bill payments facilitation, have the potential to enhance youth empowerment by fostering employment opportunities, raising income levels, improving living standards, and enhancin read more...

Nwosa Philip I., Ajoje Olufunke I. and Raji Oluwapelumi T.
Volume 3 Issue 2

Several financial sector reforms have been implemented by the Nigeria government to spur the growth of commercial banks, which in turn is expected to contribute to the reduction in the alarming unemployment rate in Nigeria. Despite the increase in commercial bank credit over the years, unemploy read more...

Abdullahi Shafi’i Sayuti, Jonathan Danladi and Akomolafe Kehinde John
Volume 3 Issue 2

The COVID-19 pandemic made many households in Nigeria to experience economic shock to livelihoods. This paper reviews the impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods, particularly on households’ economic activities, assets, and capabilities. It also identifies and examines the coping strategies use read more...

Sayuti Abdullahi Shafii and Danladi Jonathan
Volume 3 Issue 2

The paper analyzed relations between Budget Deficit, Consumption Price and Macroeconomic Performance in West Africa Monetary Zone; using Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) Bounds testing approach for long run relationship and Error-Correction Model (ECM) for short run dynamics. The bound te read more...

Tyona Timothy, Ilemona Adofu and Joseph Okwori
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined the stock and volatility spillover between oil prices and sector-specific stock prices in Nigeria with the objective of uncovering shock and volatility spillover effects. The study adopted the CCC-VARMA GARCH methodology of McAleer et al (2003, 2009), where findings indicate read more...

Abba Isah Muhammad
Volume 3 Issue 2

Since the arrival of democratic rule in 1999, Nigerian women’s have irritated to gain contact to political decisionmaking positions by contesting for elective positions at various levels. Nigeria women constitute 55 percent of the population and 51 percent of voters in elections; conseque read more...

Kyauta Bulus Tanyigna and Joyce Kyauta Tanyigna
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study analysed the strengthening of national resilience capacities in Nigeria. Emphases have been made at different occasions to resilience in different sectors of the economy but hardly on National Resilience as a whole. This situation makes it imperative that Nigeria is yet to focus with read more...

Olusola Olasupo, PhD, Olayide I. Oladeji, PhD and Rachael Ifeoluwa Olasupo
Volume 3 Issue 2

It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the global economy and is still wreaking havoc on business operations. The hardest hurt is micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. This study explicitly evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of MSMEs in t read more...

Yahaya A. Adadu, PhD, Mohammed Bello Baban’umma, PhD and Peter Yohanna Mari
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study analysis the impact of intervention of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on physical infrastructural development in tertiary institutions in Nasarawa State. The main objective of this paper is to examine the challenges of TETFund interventions in ensuring infrastructural developm read more...

Yahaya A. Adadu, PhD, Mohammed Bello Baban’umma, PhD and Peter Yohanna Mari
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study analysis the impact of intervention of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on physical infrastructural development in tertiary institutions in Nasarawa State. The main objective of this paper is to examine the challenges of TETFund interventions in ensuring infrastructural developm read more...

YunanaYakubu Aku, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study examined the implications of Farmers-Herders Conflict on Food Security in Benue State, North Central Nigeria spanning the period 2010-2022. Benue State was regarded as a core in terms of agricultural production; the government always provides sufficient modern equipment, fertilizer, a read more...

Audu Likita Emmanuel, Adadu A., PhD, Mohammed B. Bello, PhD and Shuaibu Umar Abdul, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study focuses on ethnic conflict and the socio-economic development in Nasarawa South Senatorial Zone of Nasarawa State 2001-2022. The study examine the extent of ethnic conflict on the socio-economic development of Nasarawa South and further looked at the impact and effect of the conflict read more...

Bintu Kachalla Galadima Ph.D and Ali Abdullahi Umar
Volume 3 Issue 2

This study assesses the influence of poverty on Cyber Crime in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC). The study proceeded with the following objectives i.e. to find out the causes and level of poverty; to ascertain the relationship between poverty and cyber-crime ad to identify the types of cybe read more...

Wakklee Richard Nen-Nang, Umar Lawal Yusuf and Ayuba Dantaro
Volume 3 Issue 2

The healthcare system is an essential and delicate institution which requires being obtainable at any level of government in the country. Unfortunately, many human societies in Nigeria have been deprived of or suffered greatly from accessing healthcare services. The study, therefore, explores t read more...

Abba Kale (RN) Ph.D and Grace O. Okafor (PhD)
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study was focused on knowledge and perception of nurses on nursing research using State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri Borno State as a model. Research has become an important aspect of the nursing profession in its effort to upgrade and maintain the quality of practice among practitioners. read more...

Odonye Dauda Yusuf and Adokwe Comfort Ayine
Volume 3 Issue 2

This study examined the meaning and highlighting the differences between local government and rural development; it also reviewed the functions that have been traditionally considered as local government functions and those that need to be performed to ensure rural development in Nigeria within read more...

Odonye Dauda Yusuf , Kadarko Esther Dizaho and Adokwe Comfort Ayine
Volume 3 Issue 2

This study examined the approaches to maintaining a motivated and satisfied workforce in the Nigeria public service. Using data generated through secondary sources and subjected to descriptive analysis, the study finds out that most employees need motivation to feel good about their jobs and pe read more...

Sani, Suleiman, Abdullahi Mohammed, PhD, Abdul Hamidu Abdullahi, PhD and Ahmed, Uthman Omale
Volume 2 Issue 2

The objective of the study is to examine the effect of local government administration and primary healthcare service delivery in Keffi local government area, Nasarawa state. The study adopted a survey and documentary research design in its investigation. The survey design was adopted and infer read more...

Abdul Tukur Tanko, Agu, Nnenna Monica and Ahmed, Uthman Omale
Volume 2 Issue 2

The main objective of the study was the determination of the effect of entrepreneurship education on postretirement business intention among potential retirees in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. A snowball sample of 396 respondents who were prospective retirees of five government read more...

Abdullahi Mohammed, PhD , Ahmed A. Audi, PhD , Isah Ibrahim Salisu, PhD and Zubairu Mustapha
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study entitled assessment of e-governance implementation in Nasarawa State University keffi. The study attempted to establish the relationship that exists between service delivery e-governance which includes: electronic registration and admission process; result dissemination; application and o read more...

Hauwa’u Muhammad Mainoma, Ph.D and Ibrahim Tanko, PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

The importance of girl-child education cannot be over emphasized. Hence, this study therefore examined the problems and challenges of girl-child education as well as the benefits of educating the girl child with particular reference to Nigeria as the study area. The study revealed that, the pro read more...

Ibrahim Tanko, PhD and Hauwa’u Muhammad Mainoma, Ph.D
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examines the extent of compliances of nursing mothers to exclusive breastfeeding. The study is spurred by the fact that lack of breast feed could lead to serious illness on the babies. The study population comprises all nursing mothers in Nasarawa State and the sample of the study is read more...

Ibrahim Tanko, PhD and Janet Danjuma Faruk
Volume 3 Issue 2

This study investigates the effect of education and training skills on the performance of youth businesses in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Adopting a survey research design, data were collected through wellstructured questionnaires employing a five-point Likert scale. The popula read more...

Emmanuel Ali Attah, PhD and Ibrahim Tanko, PhD
Volume 3 Issue 2

The research work is set out to assess the relevant of nomadic education programme and its implications on educational system. The authours adopt logical reasoning in conducting this research (qualitative). The article observed that Nigeria as a whole face many fundamental challenges despite fe read more...

Doshiro, Musa Umar, Ph.D., Vincent Paul, Ph.D. and Taimako, Sunday Anyuabaga
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study investigates the effect of financial literacy on the performance of women-owned enterprises in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A survey research design was employed, and the target population consisted of all youthowned enterprises across the six area councils of Abuja. Cochran's read more...

Doshiro, Musa Umar, Ph.D, Vincent Paul, Ph.D and Sintiki Magaji Akpojiyovwi
Volume 3 Issue 2

The main objective of this study is to examine the role of bookkeeping on performance of women owned SMEs in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. This study adopted survey research design and simple random sampling methods. The instrument used for this study was obtained from prima read more...

Suleiman A. S. Aruwa, Jibrin Attayi Abdul, Hauwa’u Muhammad Mainoma and Aliyu Muhammad Nasir
Volume 3 Issue 2

The study analyzes the effect of accrual quality on the cost of capital of listed non-financial firms in Nigeria for the period of 2012 to 2019. Data for the study were extracted from the Firms’ annual reports and accounts. After running the OLS regression, a robustness test was conducte read more...

Muhammad Sani Gawuna, Ph.D
Volume 3 Issue 2

The proliferation of information and communication technologies that led to the emergence of digital marketing has transformed the way businesses are conducted. This brings huge opportunities and benefits to both consumers and organizations. Thus, for organizations to remain competitive, they are e read more...

Muhammad Sani Gawuna, Ph.D
Volume 9 Issue 2

Businesses are being operating in a digital age equally dubbed as ‘New normal era’ that prompted the proliferation of digital marketing where products and services are promoted using digital technologies not only on the Internet, but also through mobile phones, display advertising read more...

Apeh, Ajene Sunday, Ph.D , Leonard Achile Ogwuche and Ibrahim Agboola Sulaiman
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined the leadership style and employee performance in Nigeria police force using Nigeria police Academy, Wudil Kano as a case study. The broad objective of this paper was to analyse the influence of various leadership styles (transactional, transformational, authoritative and Lais read more...

Ibrahim Mohamme Gaddafi (Ph.D) ,Kabir Shamsudeen and Aminu Ibrahim Tangaza
Volume 9 Issue 2

The article explores the critical role of organizational culture in shaping the relationship between knowledge management and employee performance in Nigeria. It examines how the interplay between these factors influences organizational effectiveness and offers insights into how organizations c read more...

Kabiru Musa and Ovosi Bilkisu Mohammed
Volume 9 Issue 2

This study has been conducted on influence of packaging and branding of goods and services as a marketing strategy. The study formulated two hypotheses on packaging and branding are independent variables and consumers buying decision is dependent variable. The method used to carry out this study read more...

Dauda, Chetubo Kuta, Dauda, Abdulwaheed, Bello, Ibrahim Enesi and Abdulsalam, D.O.
Volume 9 Issue 2

One of the major impediments of rural development is the lack of entrepreneurial value chain in production as most agricultural produce meant for the market are always in their primary form. Secondly, an estimated 30% of agricultural produce in rural areas is wasted because of constraints in we read more...

Ahmed, Fatima Maude
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study assessed the attitude of SMEs owners towards keeping accounting record and also the benefit and need for professionals to their businesses so as to keep good and appropriate accounting record which wills improve the performance of their businesses, the study adopts survey research meth read more...

Ibrahim Mohamme Gaddafi (Ph.D) ,Kabir Shamsudeen and Aminu Ibrahim Tangaza
Volume 9 Issue 2

The article explores the critical role of organizational culture in shaping the relationship between knowledge management and employee performance in Nigeria. It examines how the interplay between these factors influences organizational effectiveness and offers insights into how organizations c read more...

Salimatu Rufai Mohammed (PhD)
Volume 9 Issue 2

Given the importance of food prices on the overall inflation dynamics in Nigeria and the need for monetary policy decisions to be guided by the knowledge of asymmetric effects of positive and negative change of monetary policy, this paper applied Nonlinear ARDL modeling technique to investigate read more...

Suleiman Muhammad Bello
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examines socio-demographic variables comprising of gender, qualification, experience and professional certification as predictors of internal audit quality in public universities in Nigeria. The study used 313 samples of senior staff in the audit department from 40 federal universitie read more...

Henson Alfa and Michael Onuh Emmanuel
Volume 9 Issue 2

The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of Self-Efficacy on Academic Achievement of students’ Business Education in Colleges of Education in North West Zone, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to determine the influence of Self-Efficacy on academic achievement of business read more...

Augustine A. Aveuya and Sesugh Uker
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study reveals women participation in agriculture for enhanced food security. The result thus revealed that majority of the women did not have their own farms and were undertaking their farming operations on farms belonging to their husbands or families. They were also utilizing household la read more...

Gwom, Ayuba Usman and Gozuk Austine Emmanuel
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined the effect of Government revenue allocation on real economic growth in Nigeria spanning from 2001 to 2020. The study was guided by expost-facto design approach, and the time series data was sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Bulletin and World Development Indicato read more...

Gwom, Ayuba Usman, Steve Azi Dabo, PhD and Nyamdu, Stephen. Chiya
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined the determinants and stability of money demand function in Nigeria using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) modeling. The study was guided by the Expost-facto design. The study used time series data spanning 1986 to 2020 sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria Bulleti read more...

Nuhu Mohammed , Aishatu Mohammed Lawan Yusuf Salami and Rayyan Yusuf
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined bonus scheme as a catalyst for motivating employee performance at Federal Teaching Hospital (FTHG) Gombe, Gombe State-Nigeria. It aimed at assessing the influence of bonus scheme on the hospital in motivating employee performance. 399 respondents sampled in the study and Anal read more...

Mohammed Ali Mechanic Ph.D and Mohammed Bala Adamu
Volume 9 Issue 2

Examined the police community relations with the community to the political development. The method adopted was documented, through which the research is relevant books were pulled together in order for this research to have arrived at advisory position on how to improve the partnership between pol read more...

Sheriff Alade Bamidele, Dahiru Idris and Mubarak Tahir Abubakar
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study analyze the impact of public Internal debt on private investment in Nigeria using a secondary time series data on components of public Internal debt and private investment, the research was analyzed using ARDL bound testing approach within the framework of Barro-ricardo equivalence th read more...

Adebayo Hakeem Adegboyega, Ibrahim Agboola Sulaiman and Shamsuddeen Alhassan Musa
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study assessed the impact of government agricultural funding on economic growth in Nigeria over the period of 1981-2022. The analysis of the data was done using ARDL model with the aid of E-views version 10. The analysis showed that all the series are not stationary as most macroeconomic va read more...

Salimatu Rufai Mohammed (PhD)
Volume 9 Issue 2

Given the importance of food prices on the overall inflation dynamics in Nigeria and the need for monetary policy decisions to be guided by the knowledge of asymmetric effects of positive and negative change of monetary policy, this paper applied Nonlinear ARDL modeling technique to investigate read more...

Muhammad Sani Gawuna, Ph.D
Volume 9 Issue 2

Businesses are being operating in a digital age equally dubbed as ‘New normal era’ that prompted the proliferation of digital marketing where products and services are promoted using digital technologies not only on the Internet, but also through mobile phones, display advertising read more...

Musah Ishaq, PhD, Ovini Oshiole Pogoson and Agbaiza, Imhoesi Philip
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined how service quality or lack of it affects customer satisfaction in the area of Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication network providers. Cross sectional research survey design was adopted in the study. The population of the study consisted all GSM network users in Edo State read more...

Hauwa Garba Ahmed
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study aimed to assess the effect of modern technology on teeming young entrepreneurs: Evidence from POS Bank Agents banking in Kano metropolis. The study used descriptive survey research design. It used primary data from the administered questionnaire. The population size used for this study wa read more...

Ibrahim Aliyu, Ahmed Audu Maiyaki and Muhktar Shehu Aliyu
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study has examined the effect of past performance and vicarious experience on employee performance among staff members of Nigerian pension fund administrators in central business area Abuja. The objectives of the study was to find out how past performance and vicarious experience can have e read more...

Kuzhe, Mevye Deborah, Obumneke Eze, PhD and Jonathan, Oniore. PhD
Volume 9 Issue 1

The study examined the effect of Government agricultural spending on agricultural productivity in Nigeria using time series data covering 1986 to 2021. The study used expost-facto design with time series data collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) publications and World Development In read more...

Ibrahim Aliyu, Abdu Ja’afaru Bambale and Murtala Aminu Ibrahim
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examines the effect of employee training on organizational performance among staff members of Nigerian social insurance trust fund, (NSITF) Kano branch. The objectives of the study was to find out how training method, training design and training delivery style can have effect on orga read more...

Abayomi Awujola, PhD , Obumneke Ezie, PhD and Effiong Emmanuel Sunday
Volume 9 Issue 2

Despite several reforms in energy sector, some manufacturers still depend on alternative sources of energy such as generators and other machines powered by either gas or petroleum for their productive activities. The study examined the effect of non-renewable energy on selected manufacturing se read more...

Moses, Avong Zamani, Medugu, Maryam Humphery , Samuel, Ekpemi and Labbo, Amina
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examines the effects of employee-employer relationship on organizational performance at Cet Power Project Limited. The objectives of the are to determine how employee welfare affects corporate performance in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja; to evaluate the effects of career adv read more...

Ovini Oshiole Pogoson, PhD , S. J. Garba, PhD and Musah Ishaq, PhD
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined employees’ job satisfaction and organisational commitment among academic staff in tertiary institutions in Edo State, Nigeria. The employees’ job satisfaction constructs would examine working condition and work-life balance while organisational commitment will be me read more...

Andow, Helen Afang, Ph.D, Gugong, Benjamin Kumai, Ph.D and Kwagga, John Fave Kwaji Ph.D
Volume 9 Issue 2

Nigeria has huge potential for socio-economic development by investing in its human capital. Human capital stands amongst the most valuable and critical assets of any country, and it is globally recognized as a key driver for innovation and sustainable development. This is based on the premise that read more...

Mounde Waziri Lamorde, Sunday Augustine and Amade Peter
Volume 9 Issue 2

Financial repression is a common policy that governments use for several reasons especially in the developing countries of Africa. The study investigated the impact of financial repression on economic growth of African countries between 1995 and 2021. The study was conducted using panel datasets ob read more...

Odeh Ruth Ohieje , Aisha Aliyu , Momoh Sanusi ,Ibrahim Ali and Halima Sani Sambo
Volume 9 Issue 2

The need for marketability of financial services in Nigerian banking industry cannot be over emphasized because it is a vital arm of any sector. Competition within and outside the shores of the country which brought about globalization and an improvement in customer awareness have made banks to use read more...

Bello Ibrahim (PhD) , Abubakar Bala (PhD) , Yusuf Mohammed and Mohammed Alhassan Ibrahim
Volume 9 Issue 2

The paper examines the issue of currency depreciation in relation to international trade in Turkey spining the period 1990-2020 Autoregressive Destributive lag Model (ARDL) approach. The results reveals that inflation,Trade openness shows the positive long-run relationship with currency devaluation read more...

Mukhtar Shehu Aliyu , Garba Bala Bello and Ibrahim Ahmed (PhD Candidate)
Volume 9 Issue 2

In Nigeria today academic staff are faced with problems regarding inability to be well trained and to achieve quality education, coupled with poor training environment in addition to poor job performance which results in many drawbacks to many Nigerian higher institutions. In this context, not read more...

Moses Gosele Danpome
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examines the effects of oil price volatility on Nigeria’s economic growth spanning the period 1988 to2021. The study used quarterly data obtained from CBN bulletins and adopted Vector Auto Regressive (VAR )model in its methodology using seven explanatory variables, namely oil p read more...

Babangida Muhammad Musa, Suwaiba Shehu Ibrahim, Rayyan Yusuf and Ibrahim Ahmed
Volume 9 Issue 2

The drive concerning overcoming low production and improving on organizational performance has been in the forefront of managerial objectives as managers make great effort to meet the demands of stakeholders. Employees’ welfare management are the measures of stimulating job efficiency of read more...

Prince-Godfrey Omola Godfrey II , James Agebes Ojobo (PhD) and Charlie E. Nwekeaku (PhD)
Volume 9 Issue 2

The concept of law making existed before the parliamentary system the way it’s known today; it all began in 11th century England. Both the United States Congress and the Nigerian National Assembly were established to be a problem-solving parliament that will make laws for peace, order and go read more...

Tawa Suleiman Tijjani , Saleh Mohammed, Abdulrazaq Suleiman Ibrahim and Haruna Tijjani Haruna
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study investigates the effects of mobile banking on customer satisfaction; the study adopted a descriptive research design on a sample size of 389 respondents who were selected through purposive sampling from a target population of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) customers in Maiduguri, Borno state read more...

Ibrahim Baba Iya and Iliya James
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of remittances on economic growth of sub-Sahara Africa. A system-GMM approach of empirical analysis was employed given the inflows of remittances in recent times in sub-Sahara Africa. The study employed Sys-GMM estimation technique for the forty-eight (48) sub-Sahara A read more...

Adamu Idi, Adams Yusuf Jibrin, Haruna Usman Photos , Sanusi Abubakar , Dahiru Muhammed and Yusuf Kurya Benjamin
Volume 9 Issue 2

The outbreak of covid-19 pandemic in the late 2019, has threaten the global food security which serve as serious threat to the achievement of the sustainable development goal. the study examines the determinants of household food security during covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria using covid-19 national read more...

Kabir Ibrahim
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examines the relationship between board structure and dividend policy of listed Deposit Money Banks post IFRS Adoption in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, a descriptive and explanatory research design was employed and the data were generated from financial statement of 12 sampled firms read more...

Tina O. Ashafoke and Godstime O. Ikhu-Omoregbe
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined the relationship that exists between managerial characteristics and real earnings management using quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The study examined the impact of managerial tenure, managerial financial expertise, managerial overconfidence and managerial board members read more...

Donatus Paul
Volume 9 Issue 2

The paper investigates the efficiency of job retention strategies which were employed by Kaduna State Government to ensure that the employment contracts of its employees were not terminated during Covid-19 and beyond. The study employed a systematic search strategy to select relevant contents of ex read more...

Mohammed Bala Adamu
Volume 9 Issue 2

An evaluation of Bilateral Economic Foreign Policies Relations between Nigeria and Republic South Africa, with specific objectives: to assess Nigeria and South Africa Foreign Policies relation, examine South Africa and Nigeria bilateral economic relation, and also to assess Nigeria and South Africa read more...

Muhammad Aliyu Tanko , Idris Bilyaminu Kadandani and Abdussalam S. Ademola
Volume 9 Issue 2

This study examines the impact of oil export on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1985 to 2020 using time series data generated from secondary sources. A model from endogenous growth theories known as AK growth model is put to empirical testing. The methodology adopted for this study was th read more...

Sani Damamisau Mohammed ,Baraatu Bala Adamu , Yusuf Ibrahim Karaye , Mohammed Abdullahi , Nasiru Aminu Ibrahim , Ahmad Abdullahi Hashim and Aliyu Abubakar
Volume 9 Issue 2

State governments in Nigeria are continuously facing serious budgetary financing challenges due to insufficient funds coming from the centre and apparent lack of commitment to raise taxes. However, to address the financial difficulty facing them, State governments in Nigeria have started digitalizi read more...

Amade Peter, Augustine Sunday , Adamu Idi , Iliya James and Dauda Zira
Volume 9 Issue 2

Demographic changes are evident in the advanced countries in Europe through aging population and replacement fertility rates, while demographic transition seems to have stalled in the sub-Sahara African region because of unprecedented fertility rate. This study examined the socio-economic determina read more...

Aigbovo Omoruyi, Ph.D and Isibor Britny Osaigbovo
Volume 9 Issue 2

This study examined the effects of financial market frictions on trading in the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) using time series data spanning the period 1981 to 2019. Market frictions were considered both in terms of direct market costs of trading and tax-based factors. Tax-based frictions were d read more...

Sani Damamisau Mohammed, Yusuf Ibrahim Karaye, Muhammad Muhammad Sallau, Ruqayya Tijjani Ibrahim, Bashir Ali Sulaiman and Baraatu Bala Adamu
Volume 9 Issue 2

Nigeria has failed to be among the twenty strongest economies in the world as envisaged in its vision 20:2020. Considering the strong linkage between energy consumption and economic growth, the country’s per capita electricity consumption which is one of the lowest in the world apparentl read more...

Hussaini Abdullahi , Yahanazu Ahmad and Hamisu Muhammad
Volume 9 Issue 2

The paper investigates the effects of automotive oil gas on manufacturing performance in Nigeria via annual time series dataset spanning as of 1980 - 2020. The study employed Autoregressive Distributive Lag Model (ARDL) for the estimation of the parameters. The long run result shows that there is p read more...

Lawal, Azeez Tunbosun (Ph.D.) , Olorunlambe, Gasali Alabi (Ph.D.) and Adebayo, Shola Kabir
Volume 9 Issue 2

Microfinance Banks (MFBs) were purposefully created in Nigeria to render financial assistance to small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the country, even still the lack of continuity of many small-medium scale enterprises in Nigeria can be attributed to the shortage of finances. Therefore, th read more...

Prince-Godfrey Omola Godfrey II , James Agebes Ojobo (PhD) and Charlie E. Nwekeaku (PhD)
Volume 9 Issue 2

The concept of impeachment is a process that originated from Great Britain and found its way into the colonies of Britain and several states constitution. The subject of impeachment has become a controversial issue since the return of democratic rule to Nigeria in 1999. The subjective interpretatio read more...

Badamasi Usman Babangida
Volume 9 Issue 2

This study investigates the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981 to 2021, using time series data on Gross Domestic Product, Total Government Capital Expenditure, Government Recurrent Expenditure on Education, Government Recurrent Expenditure read more...

Oyinbo, David Oluwaropo , Olodo, Hameedat Bukola and Lawal, Azeez Tunbosun
Volume 9 Issue 2

In Nigeria, the healthcare system is underfunded and neglected, which has led to significant problems for the industry. However, the majority of federal employees, including those in the Nigerian Correctional Services, are covered by their employers' health plans. Despite their involvement in hea read more...

Adamu Aliyu Tijjani, Adamu Babale, Wasilu Suleiman and Akindele, Jamiu Adeniyi
Volume 9 Issue 2

This paper reviewed some basic past examinations that was done on the fundamentals of employee productivity and usage of workers' information, abilities, and states of mind for better work execution in the working environment. There is an expanding worry in organizations that the venture made i read more...

Adamu Jibir, Chadrach Caesar, Bashir Bappayaya and Nayuni Charles Sabe
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study investigates the drivers of government recurrent expenditure in Nigeria using time series data spanning between 1980 and 2022. The study employs Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The study incorporate variables such as; Inflation, population of age 15 to 65, sum of populati read more...

Umoru Hutton Egbona and Iluno Ezinne Chinyere
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study examined the effect of Leadership Styles on Organizational Performance in selected companies in Kaduna, Nigeria. The emphasis was on the assessment of effectiveness or otherwise of the leadership measures to organizational performance in Nigeria. Census sampling technique was adopted in read more...

Akor Helen Omele, Z.S. Saheed and A. A. Alexander
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study investigates the impact of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) on fisheries production in Nigeria from 1987 – 2021. Secondary data were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model approach to read more...

Kabiru Sule, Usman Shuaibu , Muhammad Sule, Nwamuo Uche Chris, Jekop Dan-Alih and Kalli Shettima Ali
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study investigated the Naira-Swap policy’s Effect on Socio-Economic Activity in Nigeria with focus to Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State was investigated. Fundamentally, to pinpoint the difficulties that Nigeria's current Naira-swap policy has caused for households and sma read more...

OMOYELE, Olufemi Samuel (P.hD.), BABARINDE, Solomon Adejare (P.hD.) and OBADARE, Grace Oluwatoyin (P.hD.)
Volume 9 Issue 2

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy refers to the capabilities possessed by an individual which tends to modify their belief in the probability operates a new business. It is the extent to which an entrepreneur believes in his ability to successfully start a new business venture. Segal, et al (2005) read more...

Salihu, Anazuo Saadat, Ekpa, Friday Okpanachi, Owuda, Rashida Lamidi and Mustapha, Kaosarat Olajumoke
Volume 9 Issue 2

How financially transparent are Nigerian political parties and how compliant are they with existing mandatory requirements that relate to financial statement disclosures? Furthermore, what are the barriers to achieving better transparency and compliance and what are the implications of these on read more...

Kabiru Sule , Muhammad Sule, Jekop Dan-Alih , Nwamuo Uche Chris and David Osigbemeh Katto
Volume 9 Issue 2

The study evaluated the implementation of the Federal Housing Policy in Kogi state. A survey research method was used for the study. The primary data were generated through the instrument of questionnaire while secondary materials were sourced from past studies. Four research questions and objectiv read more...

Anas Idris Abdulwahab, Hussaini Bala, Abubakar Adamu , Onipe Adabenege Yahaya, and Ghousia Khatoon
Volume 9 Issue 2

The purpose of this work is to examine the interaction of board independence on the association between corporate attributes with financial performance in the listed Nigerian financial Institutions. Empirical studies were reviewed to scrutinize the outcome of corporate attributes in connection read more...

Adebiempe Aor Juliet , Mohammed, Abdullahi M. PhD and Ibrahim, Yusuf Ohida, PhD
Volume 9 Issue 3

The need to consolidate achievements made by the various sectors of the economy has made the quest for higher productivity more urgent than ever before. Needless to say, increased productivity helps to alleviate a country’s economic problems, such as inflation, adverse balance of trade, poor read more...

Suleiman Abubakar Babagana PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

Performance management for academics is critical and demanding especially to those vested with the responsibility of evaluating academics’ job performances within a particular period. Institutional development pursuing a robust quality assurance system in every process of execution shoul read more...

Suleiman Abubakar Babagana PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

Performance management for academics is critical and demanding especially to those vested with the responsibility of evaluating academics’ job performances within a particular period. Institutional development pursuing a robust quality assurance system in every process of execution shoul read more...

Asongo Simon Ternenge
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the impact of exchange rate on industrial output in Nigeria from 1986 to 2021. Empirical test of stationarity was carried out using Philips-Perron test. The results from the unit root test shows that consumer price index is stationary at levels while exchange rate, interest r read more...

Eduoku Joe Joseph, Prof AA Alexander and Prof ZS Saheed
Volume 2 Issue 2

In recent times, the contributions of poultry industry to food security and raw materials for allied industries cannot be overemphasised. Given the geometric increase in world population and renewed awareness on nutritional advantages of poultry meat over others, these contributions have caused read more...

Audu, Sulaiman Muhammad , Prof. Yahaya A. Adadu, Dr. David Sunday Jacho and Dr. Canice Erunke
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study evaluates the introduction, ratification and implementation strategy of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, and its implications for Nigeria Trade Policy which was signed by 54 out of the 55 Member-States of the African Union on the 21st March 2018, and came into effec read more...

Halilu Bello Rogo
Volume 2 Issue 2

The effect of internet adoption and entrepreneurial orientation on performance of SMEs has been widely studied. However, moderating effect of internet adoption on the relationship between dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and performance has not been empirically investigated. Thus, this read more...

Shakur Faruk
Volume 2 Issue 2

Against the incessant problem of psychological employment contract in organizations, as such, it is crucial to look at likely factors that would influence the perception of employees regarding their employment contract. Thus, the objective and purpose of this paper is to conduct a pilot test on read more...

Muhammad Sani Gawuna Ph.D. and Ali Ibrahim Dasuki Ph.D.
Volume 2 Issue 2

Considering the intensity of competition coupled with the complexity and dynamism of today’s marketing environment, several calls were made by scholars and industry experts to introduce some emerging constructs that will determine loyalty. Drawing from social exchange theory the paper inves read more...

Muhammad Sani Gawuna Ph.D.
Volume 2 Issue 2

The paper examined the moderating role of customer experience on the relationship between perceived service quality, perceived value, customer engagement, image, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in the context of hotels in Kano state Nigeria. This pilot study is directed towards finding t read more...

Maduka, Ifeoma Kate Nonyelum , Agbi, Samuel Eniola (PhD) and Zaharadeen Khamis
Volume 2 Issue 2

Whistle blowing has generated a lot of attention in recent times in Nigeria as a result of creative accounting practices and corruption within organization both private and public sector. Nevertheless, Accountants, Auditors, Employers and employees are always in confusion of ethical dilemma on whet read more...

Muhammad Dahiru Ahmad
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examines the effect of exchange rate volatility on selected macroeconomic variables in Nigeria from 1986 to 2018. The model formulated depicts economic growth (EG) as the dependent variable while Exchange Rate (EXR), Balance of Payment (BOP) Oil Revenue (OREV) and inflation (INF) are ind read more...

I.S. Ibrahim, M. A. Ijaiya (PhD.) , M.M. Adeyeye (PhD.), O. B. Sakariyau (PhD.) and U. M. Zubairu (PhD.)
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper examines the impact of product packaging size on market share of small and medium enterprises in FCT Abuja, Nigeria. Data was collected through structured questionnaire and were analysed using percentages, frequency and structural Equation Model of Partial Least Square (PLS). The sample read more...

Idakwoji Ojochogwu Blessing, Bernard Tony and Saheed Zakaree
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examines the implication of household energy on environmental quality in Nigeria Spanning the period 1971-2021. Data for the analysis were sourced from World Bank’s database while Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach was employed for the analysis. The study is hinged on read more...

Ibrahim Sani IBRAHIM
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the impact of wage and salary on staff productivity in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria. In order to achieve the stated objective, this is to examine the impact of minimum wage and salary on staff productivity in the study area. Questionnaire was administered t read more...

Sani Damamisau Mohammed , Ruqayya Tijjani Ibrahim , Muhammad Muhammad Sallau , Yusuf Abdu Gimba and Aishatu Danjuma Adam
Volume 2 Issue 2

Taxation of individuals and corporate organization remains the most viable and sustainable source of income to governments. However, state governments in Nigeria that constitute the second tier of government in the federal structure are heavily dependent on federal allocations from the centre; thus read more...

Adeneye O. Adeleke (Ph.D)
Volume 2 Issue 2

Due to inconclusive and divergent opinion of scholars on the impact monetary policy has on price stability in Nigeria, there is need for further study on the nexus between the two variables. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the impact of monetary policy on price stability in Nig read more...

Ogirima, Abdulmumuni , Obaje, Folashade Olufunke and Muhammed Abdulsalam
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examines board diversity and financial performance of quoted insurance firms in Nigeria. The research design adopted by the study is correlational and the population comprises the 22 insurance firms quoted on the Nigeria Exchange Group as of 31st December 2021 out of which ten (10) were s read more...

Yusuf Tanko and Inuwa Baba Darma
Volume 2 Issue 2

The Nigerian government banned rice importation to upsurge its production in the country for food security. Financial institutions are expected to provide the needed finances to the rice farmers to increase rice production in the country. Though. Many people have accepted rice farming, most of them read more...

Zakari Sale , Galadima Ahmadu Audu and Datti Muhammad Ibrahim
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study investigated the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Nigeria, implication for poverty reduction, using data over the periods of 1988 – 2019. It is based on secondary data which was collected from the central Bank of Nigeria, National Bureau of Statistics, the read more...

Ali Salisu and Zakari Sale
Volume 2 Issue 2

The period, 2005-2016, when Nigeria was free from the debt overhang, due to $18 billion debt written off, there is now another panic than another debt crisis that may loom in Nigeria, considering the rising debt profile of the country. In view of this, the study seeks to investigate the impact of e read more...

Halima Ali Buratai Ph. D, Raji Rafiu Boye Ph. D and Yakaka Abubakar Ph. D
Volume 2 Issue 2

The present research deal with the socioeconomic effect of Covid-19 and the responses. The) pandemic and related government measures is having great impact on North East Nigeria, a region already experiencing high levels of insecurity and violence, which usually leave the women and girls at the rec read more...

James Uchenna Okpe and Dr. Luper Lorpev
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study has examined the Covid 19 Pandemic Tax Incentives and its Impact in Nigeria. The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has come with a number daunting challenges in Nigeria. It shocked Nigeria and even overwhelmed the health systems of both the low and high -income earners read more...

Sampson Douglas
Volume 2 Issue 2

The role of effective communication in the context of an organization cannot be overemphasized. This is so because communication is a very crucial tool necessary for creating collaboration within the work environment which has effects on organizational performance and decision making. This stud read more...

Olufemi, Agboola Butler, Oyinlola, Bukola Sunday and Oni Olufemi Olumayowa (Phd)
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study was motivated by the urgent need to solve the environmental problems caused by the activities of profit driven entrepreneurs in a developing economy as well as exploring the benefits of saving cost to organizations. The study was aimed at determining the extent to which green entrepr read more...

Aminu Mohammed Lawan, Ph.D and Abubakar Mohammed Jibrin
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper examines the influence of public servants in ensuring quality service delivery and governance in Nigeria. It reviewed studies on the transformation and role of government bureaucrats’ in reforming civil service in line with the global best practice of performance-based and qua read more...

Abdul, Hassana and Prof. Charles, Nwekeaku
Volume 2 Issue 2

Governments of Africa and other international development organizations has reaffirmed their commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment as essential to development, peace and security. Women empowerment is one of the crucial elements in social and economic development as it en read more...

Abdulrahman, Ali Shuaibu, Aliyu, Muhammad Faruk, Usman, Mohammed Hamidu, and Suleman, Nura Ibrahim
Volume 2 Issue 2

Societal problems such as unemployment, poverty, inequality, and injustice are common problems to underdeveloped countries of the world. However, NGOs make concerted effort in curbing these societal problems, especially in developing countries where government capacity and revenues are often ve read more...

Shettima, Fatima Abdullahi (Ph.D) and Daba, Sani Aminu
Volume 2 Issue 2

The paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on employment growth in Nigeria with data drawn from the period 1990 and 2020. The Autoregressive distribution lags (ARDL) approach developed by Pesaran et al (2001) is adopted for the analysis in this paper. The paper found that trade liber read more...

Ahmad Akun Ibrahim, ESQ
Volume 2 Issue 2

Loan transactions have become part of human being. Law and equity has developed concepts to secure monies advanced to the debtor due to rampart default of payment or fulfillment of obligation by the debtor to guarantee creditors of realizing their advanced Loans. This paper focused on the valid read more...

Bukar Amos (PhD), Mohammed Aliyu , Babangida Amnu Abdullahi and Munkaila Musa Baba
Volume 2 Issue 2

As a result of the nature of the economy gap may exist between book value per share and earnings per share when there is a decrease in market value of the companies. This paper examines the effect of intangible assists and value relevance of accounting information of the listed non -financial c read more...

Sampson Douglas
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of employee motivation on organizational productivity. This study adopted a descriptive and causal research design as well as the survey method in investigating the effects of motivation on organizational productivity levels. The entire population of the study was read more...

Abdul, Hassana and Prof. Charles, Nwekeaku
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs in Kogi State. The study adopted Structural – functionalism as propounded by Herbert Spencer (1963) for theoretical analysis. The study adopted survey and documentary rese read more...

Aminu Muhammad Fagge, AbdulNasir Turawa Yola, Aminu Hassan Jakada , Abdullahi Daiyabu Marmara and Murtala Abdu
Volume 2 Issue 2

The manifestation of Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the destabilization of so many macroeconomic variables across the globe and Nigeria has been one of the most affected countries globally. This study therefore analysed the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on macroeconomic stability in Nigeria. Th read more...

Abdullahi Fatima Mahadi PhD and Bukar Amos PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of COV-19 Lockdown on market value and workers in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kongo Campus. The study adopted descriptive survey design with questionnaire on COVID-19 as instruments for data collection. Convenient sampling technique was used in distributing the read more...

Abdullahi Zaharadeen Musa , Yusuf Ibrahim Karaye , Sani Damamisau Mohammed , Jamilu Madaki , Aliyu Idris Sa’id , Umar Salim Ibrahim and Zahradeen Ibrahim Rabiu
Volume 2 Issue 3

Nigeria returned to democratic system of governance which is characterized by voice, accountability, economic growth, and development and improvement of living standards of citizens in 1999. Annual budgets by the federal government of are a significant tool in achieving economic growth and developm read more...

Ibrahim Adamu , Aliyu Idris Said , Mahmud Nura Ringim and Hasan Galadanci
Volume 3 Issue 2

Provision of useful information that can permit informed economic decision by investors is a primary function of accounting. A fundamental characteristic of accounting information lies in the predictive ability of information provided to users. Such information can enhance the ability of invest read more...

Shehu Usman Mukhtar, Abdullahi Lawal Lala, Muhammad Aliyu Tanko and Muhammad Dahiru Nakazalle
Volume 2 Issue 2

Hitherto, studies on the impact of health epidemics on informal sector have not gained important acknowledgement from researchers and policy makers alike. This study empirically examined the impact of covid-19 on informal sector in Katsina State with a particular reference to Katsina Local Gove read more...

Muhammad Dahiru Nakazalle, Muhammad Aliyu Tanko and Abdullahi Lawal Lala
Volume 2 Issue 2

Many studies have been conducted on carbon emission and economic growth, however little has been done to examine the relationship using ARDL in Nigeria. This study examines the impact of carbon emission and economic growth on Nigeria using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testin read more...

Abdullahi Fatima Mahadi PhD and Bukar Amos PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of COV-19 Lockdown on market value and workers in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kongo Campus. The study adopted descriptive survey design with questionnaire on COVID-19 as instruments for data collection. Convenient sampling technique was used in distributing the read more...

Ahmad Akun Ibrahim, ESQ.
Volume 2 Issue 2

Loan transactions have become part of human being. Law and equity has developed concepts to secure monies advanced to the debtor due to rampart default of payment or fulfillment of obligation by the debtor to guarantee creditors of realizing their advanced Loans. This paper focused on the validity read more...

Johnson Oladimeji ADENUGA, Oluyomi Olatundun ANIMASAUN and Azeez Babatunde LASISI
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study investigates the strategic management and operational performance of Southwest Polaris Bank in Nigeria. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from principal officers of Polaris Bank Plc from 26 branches in Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti using a descriptive research design. Four re read more...

Bukar Amos (PhD), Mohammed Aliyu, Babangida Amnu Abdullahi and Munkaila Musa Baba
Volume 2 Issue 2

As a result of the nature of the economy gap may exist between book value per share and earnings per share when there is a decrease in market value of the companies. This paper examines the effect of intangible assists and value relevance of accounting information of the listed non -financial c read more...

Vincent Paul (Ph.D) , Hajarah Hassan Ahmed II , Idika Kalu and Felix Sheneni Maiyaki
Volume 2 Issue 2

In this study, the focus was on the investigation of inheritance planning and the role of Will's writing on leadership succession crisis resolution in family businesses. The study specifically aimed at finding out the types of a succession crises and how they influence family business sustainabilit read more...

Idika Kalu, Hajarah Hassan Ahmed II , Doshiro Musa Umar (Ph.D) and Vincent Paul (Ph.D)
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study’s key purpose was to examine the influence of Agribusiness training programme on youth empowerment and economic development in Nigeria. The study population consists of 965,157 beneficiaries of FADAMA III project. Yamane formula was use to draw a sample size of 520 participants tha read more...

OKPIMAH, Special Aaron Emoefe, PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examines empirically how emotional intelligence influenced staff performance of Government Hospitals in Delta State, Nigeria. The study focused on three dimensions of emotional intelligence which are selfawareness, empathy and relationship-management which was the predictor variable an read more...

Anas Idris Abdulwahab , Hussaini Bala , Mansur Lubabah Kwambo and Yusuf Junior Gwamna
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study investigates the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on earnings quality of conglomerates firms in Nigeria with the moderating effect of firm age. Literatures in relation with corporate governance mechanisms, earnings quality and firm age were reviewed to ascertain the level of the read more...

Chima K. O, Mike Duru and Saheed, Z. S
Volume 2 Issue 2

The inquiry of what drives palm oil entrepreneurship and its dynamics, particularly entry and enterprise growth, is of long-standing interest to the researchers as well as policymakers in both the progressive and emerging Anambra state economy. The study therefore, assessed the entrepreneurial read more...

Taofeek Adejare OWOSENI
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examined some Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) indicators with a view to develop a matrix for the most frequently used indicators within the broad spectrum of Business Development Services (BDS). The study further explores some debates around evaluation of BDS intervention programmes w read more...

Sadiq Abubakar Sadiq , Hadiza Nasir Iro , Ruqayya Abubakar Ismail and Ibrahim Uba
Volume 2 Issue 2

Zakkah as one of the five pillars of Islam is a religious duty and hence, it is obligatory on every Muslim who has the financial means (nisab). In the Islamic system zakkah plays various important roles which cover religious, social and economic. This study examines the relationship of zakkah mobil read more...

David Ilemona Sule and Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study argued on the theoretical impact of audit quality on the performance of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria during the period of COVID-19 pandemic. This study employs the desktop methodology to explore the possible impact of COVID-19 crisis on six key variables for audit quality during read more...

Badamasi Usman Babangida, Ph.D,
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examines the relationship between human capital development and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981-2020. It uses time series data on government expenditure on education (GEE), government expenditure on health (GEH), life expectancy rate (LER), primary school enrollment (P read more...

Tioluwani, O. Owolabi, Jesujoba, M. Owolabi, Oluwamumibori V. Agboola and Ameh, Brenda Nanlep
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper would examine the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. it recognizes the specified needs and conditions of developing countries as some of these countries in particular would be more endangered by the gross effects of climate change to the environment. The Agreement centered on ch read more...

Aliyu A. Yusuf, PhD.
Volume 2 Issue 2

It is imperative that allocation to health sector in developing economies required to be improved with regards to the level of growth in the economy. Considering the dwindling in exchange rate, the purchasing power drop significantly affecting various services. This article aimed at estimating read more...

Badamasi Usman Babangida, Ph.D
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examines the relationship between human capital development and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981-2020. It uses time series data on government expenditure on education (GEE), government expenditure on health (GEH), life expectancy rate (LER), primary school enrollment (P read more...

Sani Damamisau Mohammed , Bashir Ali Sulaiman, Rukayya Tijjani Ibrahim, and Yusuf Abdu Gimba Muhammad Muhammad Sallau
Volume 2 Issue 2

Rapidly increasing digitization of businesses around the world is forcing tax authorities around the globe to reform tax administration by digitizing it to ensure simplification of tax filing and compliance for efficient collection of due taxes. The Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service is re read more...

AbdulJeleel, Badmus Olayiwola and AbdulGafar, Badmus Olayiwola
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of credit management policies on the performance of customers in the poultry feed production companies in Nigeria. The aim was to establish empirically the credit management policy that may lead to better customers’ performance in the industry. The choice o read more...

Halilu Bello Rogo
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study analyses the Moderating role of Audit Committee on the relationship between Audit Firm Attributes and Financial Reporting Quality of Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria spanning the period 2010-2021. The study adopted correlation and ex-post facto research design and a census sample of read more...

Halilu Bello Rogo
Volume 2 Issue 2

Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have been ravaged by varying forms of conflicts, which has not only resulted in loss of lives and properties but has had a far reaching effect in disruption of economic activities. To determine the influence of armed conflicts on FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa, forty read more...

Auwal Said MAHMOUD , Sulaiman Umar and Murtala Muhmmad Ahmed, PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study focused on the influence of teachers’ motivation on students’ achievement in commercial courses in secondary schools in Kano State. Three research objectives were resaid, three research questions were answered and two null hypotheses were tested for the study. This stud read more...

Mohammad Nura Ibrahim Naala , Halilu Bello Rogo and Abdullahi Hassan Gorondutse
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of entrepreneurial motivation on performance of small and medium scale enterprises in Zamfara State. The objective of the study is to find out how entrepreneurial motivation (Self-efficacy and achievement) enhances performance of SMEs. Their relationship receives a c read more...

Yunana, Titus Wuyah, PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study analysed the sectors economy performance in Nigeria spanning the period 2019-2021. Secondary data were used for the analysis and sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin (2021). The study uses conceptual method for analysis an read more...

Tioluwani, O. Owolabi , Jesujoba, M. Owolabi , Oluwamumibori V. Agboola and Ameh, Brenda Nanlep
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper would examine the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. it recognizes the specified needs and conditions of developing countries as some of these countries in particular would be more endangered by the gross effects of climate change to the environment. The Agreement centered on charti read more...

Sani Damamisau Mohammed , Aishatu Danjuma Adam , Yusra Musa Muhammad , Yusuf Abdu Gimba and Bashir Ali Sulaiman
Volume 2 Issue 2

Nigeria is having over 77 million people as employed citizens residing in 36 states and Abuja the Federal capital as federating units of the country. Despite this, the federating units are heavily dependent on federal monthly grants to such an extent that only 4 states could meet up their recurrent read more...

Mudi Bashir, Usman Danladi Umaru and Falmata Abdulkarim Galtimari
Volume 2 Issue 2

The paper examines the implication of outsourcing policy on competency of catering services in Public Hospital in Maiduguri with specific attention to Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital. As a quantitative study, the paper rely heavily on primary sources of data gotten from the responses of staff read more...

Aliyu Umar , Jibrin Zakari and Ibrahim Haruna Abdulkarim
Volume 2 Issue 2

Despite abundance studies on corruption-domestic investment nexus, little has been done to examine the connection between ease of doing business, corruption and domestic investment in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examines ease of doing business, corruption and domestic investment relationship in read more...

Aduma Oko Aduma, Stephen Sofah and Muftau Olarinde
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examines the impact of institutions on external debt and foreign direct Investment in ECOWAS countries for a period of 10 years (2008-2018) covering 16 West African countries. The study adopts the System Generalized Method of Moments as a technique of data analysis. The study measured in read more...

Shettima, Fatima Abdullahi Ph.D , Farouq, Fatima Umar and Mallam, Abdullahi
Volume 2 Issue 2

The paper examines the impact of trade diversification on economic growth in Nigeria spanning the period 1990 - 2020. The relationship between trade diversification and economic growth has been intensively researched, with conflicting and inconclusive results. This study uses the Autoregressive Dis read more...

Shettima, Fatima Abdullahi Ph.D, Farouq, Fatima Umar and Daba, Sani Aminu
Volume 2 Issue 2

The paper examines the relationship between banking sector credit and economic growth in Nigeria spanning the period 1990 - 2020. The long run and short run relationship of variables of interest were established used Autoregressive distributed lag ARDL bound approach for cointegration analysis. T read more...

Habibu Zayyana and Salimatu Rufai Mohammed (PhD)
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper employed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique for cointegration to empirically examine the impact of microfinance institutions on economic development in Nigeria, using time series data covering the period of 1991-2020. The paper found a cointegration relationship between micr read more...

Tanko A. Benjamin , Prof. Bahago A. Beatrice , Prof. Anakwe I. Augustina and Musa S. Waziri
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the effects of Penn Resiliency Programme on Aggressive behaviours of Junior Secondary School students in Kaura Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and three null hypotheses formulated and tested. The experimental design (randomized read more...

Ruth John Chenbap , Mike Duru, Mustapha Mukhtar , A.A.Alexander , Alfa Yakubu and Ayodeji Salihu
Volume 9 Issue 1

This study examined the relationship between health expenditure and under five mortality contingent on control of corruption in Nigeria spanning the period 2000 - 2020. The study used time series data generated from world bank indicators. The ARDL model was adopted here. The Augmented Dickey Fulle read more...

S. Zakaree, A.A Alexander, Akor Helen Omele and Ayodeji Salihu
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examines the impact of Agricultural credit Guarantee scheme fund (ACGSF) on output of crop and livestock subsectors in Nigeria. Secondary data for the period of study(1987-2020) were sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria Publications and Statistical Bulletin of various years.Autoregressiv read more...

Dr. David Terkura Bakkihs
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study used Taylor’s rule and examined the relationship between the MPR, Inflation and economic growth in Nigeria spanning from 2007Q1 – 2017Q4 and employed the Structural VAR model technique. These structural parameters have shown that there is a positive statistically significant read more...

DANBATURE G. Hannatu
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study investigated impact of strategic management on organizational growth and development of selected manufacturing firms in Kaduna State. 75 respondents selected from 5 manufacturing firms across the three senatorial zones of Kaduna State were sampled. The Chi-Square was used to test the thre read more...

NDULUE, Jennifer Chioma , ONOR, Kester, PhD, FOLORUNSHO, Wisdom Oladimej and OLANREWAJU, F. Osasumwen i
Volume 2 Issue 2

Trade Wars are subsumed under the idea of protectionism, which entails levying tariffs on imports. Tariffs in theory make locally produced goods less expensive than imported goods, encouraging people to buy them. Without a doubt, the United States of America and China have the world's two greates read more...

Amehojo Daniel, Umeorah Martina Amara and Ukwueze Emmanuel Okeke
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examined Community policing on crime control in selected communities of Niger State. The study adopted the Broken Window Theory as propounded by Wilson & Kelling for theoretical analysis. The study utilized the survey and documentary research methods and the study targets are local vigi read more...

Dr. Zulaihatu A. Zubair
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper evaluates the impact of good governance in attainment of infrastructural development in Nigeria. The problem investigated is stimulated by the expectation of the people for good governance in democratic era. The specific objective of the study include determining the extent to which the read more...

Muhammad Yusuf and Auwal Abubakar Muhammad
Volume 2 Issue 2

This paper examined the influential relationship between Nigeria opening –up, institutional quality and economic growth from 1999-2019.The significance of this study is the inclusion of institutional quality of bureaucracy, civic liberty, rule of law, government accountability and control of read more...

Onwuatuelo E. Sandra, Okoye K. Chidozie and Dr.Ringim J. Kabiru
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the reward system and its impacton employee performance in the Federal Inland Revenue service Lagos. The study focused on Primary source of data collection. Structured questionnaires were administered to 57 respondents through a web link whomade up the population of the study. T read more...

Onwuatuelo E. Sandra, Okoye K. Chidozie and Dr.Ringim J. Kabiru
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the reward system and its impacton employee performance in the Federal Inland Revenue service Lagos. The study focused on Primary source of data collection. Structured questionnaires were administered to 57 respondents through a web link whomade up the population of the study. T read more...

Kabiru Sule, Akpanenang Ndudi Precious and Hussaini Ahmadu
Volume 2 Issue 2

Job security started gaining popularity in the recent times as a result of economic pressures on organizations. Presently, the most important desire of every employee is to keep their jobs for as long as they wish. In this view, it implies that job security has become the most determinant and key e read more...

Aliyu Idris Said , Ibrahim Adamu and Mahmud Nura Ringim
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the influence of a major reform in financial reporting regulation (the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on dividend payout of companies that adopted IFRS. A survey method was adopted where the entire population of non-financial firms listed on t read more...

Amehojo Daniel, Akpanenang Ndudi Precious and Katto David
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study assessed the influence of child abuse on the academic performance of senior secondary schools in Karu local government area. n order to achieve the objective of the study, two questions were raised and discussed. The survey research design was used, and simple percentage analysis was used read more...

ALIEGBA BECKY ADE PhD, AMEHOJO DANIEL and KATTO DAVID
Volume 2 Issue 2

The study examines human capital development and organizational performance in selected secondary school in Keffi metropolis, Nasarawa state. Data for the study was collected through structured questionnaires of 130 sampled respondents from the selected secondary schools. Friedman's neoclassical th read more...

Askira T. Akinsanya, Dr. Nurudeen Jimoh and Okoye K. Chidozie
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examined the effect of customer relationship management on customer satisfaction in Access bank plc Lagos. The study was conducted using a Primary source of data collection. Structured questionnaires were administered to 66 respondents through a web link who made up the population of the read more...

Saheed, Zakaree S. (PhD) and Chima K. Obianuju, (M.Sc)
Volume 2 Issue 2

Road is the only way for the masses, particularly the rural dwellers, to move from one point to another, and also link up with the urban centres. However, the conditions of the roads in most rural areas pose a serious challenge to the economy and security of the areas.This paper examines the effect read more...

AROYEWUN, Hannah Kashi and GWAMNA, Yusuf Junior
Volume 2 Issue 2

This study examines the effect of Audit Quality on the Financial Reporting Quality of Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria for the period of ten years from 2011-2020. The study adopted correlation research design, and a census sample of 14 out of a population of 14 deposit money banks listed on th read more...

Musa Samuel Jerry, PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2

Every company's long-term viability is primarily based on its ability to manage its working capital in an effective manner. Listed Nigerian conglomerates' profitability was compared to their working capital management practices in this study. Secondary data from twenty-one conglomerates' financial read more...

Rihanat Onize Amin, Ibrahim Yakasai Aminu and Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 2 Issue 2

Consequent upon globalisation of trading and business transactions, financial fraud within the global economy has been on the increase. Forensic accounting which is the new technique for detecting fraud has become an emerging topic of great importance for research by industry giants and the acade read more...

Aliyu Aliyu Nahuche, Murtala Aliyu Ibrahim and Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 2 Issue 2

paper empirically investigated the effect of capital structure and financial performance on consumer goods firms listed on the floor of the Nigerian stock exchange from the period of 2016 - 2020. The study is quantitative in nature, and the tool of analysis employed is the multiple linear regress read more...

Kabiru Umar
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study examined the stock market returns reaction to portfolio investment in Nigeria, using monthly data drawn from to January 2015 to December 2021. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was applied for statistical analysis. The study found that stock market returns reacted positively read more...

Ogbolu, Isioma Anthonia, Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim and Halima Shuibu
Volume 8 Issue 2

This study examined the Impact of Financial Leverage on Performance of Manufacturing Firms with particular reference to Brewery industries in Nigeria. Finance or money suppliers exert different controls over those firms they are providing funds for Guided by three research objectives, questions a read more...

Yusuf Junior Gwamna, Dr. Nurudeen Usman Miko and Dr. Murtala Abdullahi
Volume 8 Issue 1

Risk is becoming a critical factor for every bank around the world. Banks play a predominant role in credit expansion and granting credit facilities. Banks are generally facing various kinds of risks. Among these, credit risk and capital adequacy risk makes a severe threat to financial performanc read more...

NJOKU, Chukwuemeka Nnamdi (MBA, M.Sc), PAUL, Vincent (Ph.D) and AGU, Nnenna Monica
Volume 8 Issue 2

Over the years, risk management has become a priority for all sectors of the economy. Through risk management, organizations can ensure that they will achieve the desired results, reduce the impact of threats to acceptable levels, and increase opportunities to seize opportunities. Based on this, read more...

Osima Elo, Nurudeen Jimoh and Halima Shuibu
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study examined the impact of celebrity endorsement on customer behavior and sales volume using in Huggies Diapers, Abuja. The study focused on Primary source of data collection. Structured questionnaires were administered to 65 respondents who are the population of the study. Census sampling read more...

Muritala, Abdulwariz and Sanni, Jemeel Adedotun
Volume 8 Issue 1

This research focused on the impact of Nigeria's domestic debt on the country's economic growth. The study aimed to determine if a long-run relationship exists between domestic debt and economic growth and policy options for breaking the growth resistance problem. The study used the ARDL short run read more...

Aishatu Adamu Zubair and Ibrahim Abdulhamid Danlami
Volume 8 Issue 1

The striking disparity in terms of growth between the real sector and the money sector has attracted the attention of various researchers on why such disparityexists. In Nigeria, the banking sector is by far the fastest-growing compared to that of production. Ideally, all the capital generated by b read more...

Godwin Danjuma Kwalbe, Mikah Nuhu Adamu and Sulaiman I. Richifa
Volume 8 Issue 1

The African worldview, which is the sum total of the philosophy and the lens through which Africans view and interpret the world is a neglected theme in African studies. This is not unconnected with the impact of colonial imposition, disregardfor African history by the early European writers and read more...

Cajetan Ifeanyi Nnaocha, PhD and Ibrahim Danmaraya, PhD
Volume 8 Issue 1

This paper examines the emergence of a new breed of people in The Gambia; occasioned by theadmixture of Western and Arabic values via Christianity and Islamic. As a result, a new type of people whose orientation, perceptions, outlook and view of the world profoundly transcends her indigenous cult read more...

Audu, Sulaiman Muhammad , Prof. Abdullahi Yahya Adadu , Dr. David Sunday Jacho and Dr. Canice Erunke
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study evaluates the introduction and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement and its implications on Nigeria Trade Policy, signed by 54 out of the 55 Member-States on the 21st March 2018, and came into effect on the 1st January, 2021.The pact as an Afrocentric visio read more...

Angela Obiageri Igbinedion and Joel Obayagbona, Ph.D
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study examines the relationship between institutional quality and foreign capital flows in Nigeria for a period of twenty five (25) years (1996-2020). The cointegration econometric technique and Error Correction Model (ECM) were employed in the analysis of the data. Preliminary tests such as th read more...

Bello, Ibrahim Enesi, Dogara Micah, Joshua Yabanat Benjamin, Yashim Darius Akan and Araga Simeon Eneji
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study examined Economic environment and the Performance of Small Scale Enterprise in Nigeria. The study employed quantitative research design of which secondary data were collected from journals and Central Bank of Nigeria’s Statistical Bulletin for the period of 1986-2020. Data collecte read more...

Iluno Ezinne Chinyere , Sekira Bello and Sambo Sani Halimah
Volume 8 Issue 1

Terrorism and banditry have affected the economic development of Nigeria. This study examined the effect of terrorism and banditry on entrepreneurial development, business activities and human resources in four selected states (Kaduna State, Katsina State, Zamfara State and Yobe State) in northern read more...

Abbas Abdullahi Marafa Ph. D
Volume 8 Issue 1

This paper assessed the impact of financial deepening on economic growth in Nigeria with annual time series data covering the period from 1986 - 2020 and employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lagged (ARDL) bounds test approach to co-integration, and granger causality techniques. The result of the read more...

Odonye Dauda Emmanuel, Dr. Odonye Dauda Yusuf and Kadarko Esther Dizaho
Volume 8 Issue 1

The most critical challenge that manufactures or service providers face in today competitive and turbulent business environment is how to keep loyal customers who will contribute long-term profit to organizations that will ensure their survival and growth. This study therefore assesses the effect read more...

Wayas Yarima Fede Uwogwene and Odonye, Dauda Yusuf
Volume 8 Issue 1

In recent years, Public-Private Partnership approaches are embraced and employed in housing schemes across the country. The Mass Housing Scheme in Abuja was organized to enable the Organized Private Sector produce housing for sale at affordable prices to low and medium-income groups in the city. read more...

Umar Elems Mahmud, Yusuf Abdullahi Ogwuzebe and Yakubu Shehu Ibrahim, PhD
Volume 8 Issue 1

The well-being of an employee can be substantially improved when earnings are diversified. For this reason, states in Nigeria, including Rivers and Benue, institutionalized various programmes aimed at encouraging civil servants to engage in personal entrepreneurial ventures such as farming, on wo read more...

AGU, Monica Nnenna (Ph.D), MALLAMI, Keffi Muhammad (Ph.D) and ABDULLAHI, Adamu (M.Sc)
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study investigates the effect of emotional labour on consumer patronage of food vendors within Abuja Metropolis. It specifically sough to find out how the components of emotional labour such as surface acting, deep acting, emotional dissonance as well as self-efficacy effect on consumer patro read more...

Blessing Ijeoma Igwe and Ese Uhrie
Volume 8 Issue 1

Given Nigeria's persistently poor health throughout the years, this research looked into the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-3), aimed at ensuring a healthy lifestyle and promoting the well-being of all people of all ages. Nigeria was the world's poorest performer in 2019, with a rate of read more...

Yahaya Alhaji Hassan, PhD
Volume 8 Issue 1

The paper examines the effect of operational autonomy and computerization of tax collection on revenue performance of FIRS Nigeria through the mediating role of quality of staff and cost of tax administration. A cross-section survey research design was employed to collect data from the respondent read more...

Timothy Terwase Nev, Funsho Idowu Obakemi and Sesugh Uker
Volume 7 Issue 1

The contributory pension scheme in Nigeria which its assets has risen from N5.302 trillion in 2015 to N6.164 trillion in 2016 reflecting a significant growth of 16.25% (NBS, 2016) has avail a good opportunity of investible funds for non-oil investment of the economy. This study examined the imp read more...

Abdullahi D. Ibrahim, PhD, Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Ramalan Murtala Muhammed, Zainab Abdulsalami and Aliyu Ahmed Tanko
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study aimed at investigating the influence of managerial ownership on financial performance of listed manufacturing firms in relation to debt financing. It was anchored by agency cost theory, pecking order theory and trade-off theory. Panel data regression model was used to analyze data fo read more...

Bridget Auta Mathew, Ruth Usman Yusuf and Dr Titus Wuyah Yunana
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study examined China’s Economic Diplomacy and its Implication for the Nigerian Economy: An Assessment of the Mining Sector (2010-2020). Despite the continuous opening of the Nigerian economy to developed nations like China whose economy is heavily diversified with the capacity buildi read more...

Donatus Paul
Volume 8 Issue 1

This paper examines the effects of retrenchment on social wellbeing of Primary School Teachers who were retrenched by the Kaduna State Government in 2017.The paper explored the effects of the retrenchment on community participation and health of the affected teachers. It also examined the effec read more...

Ibrahim Para, Mannir Dabo and Bako Gideon David
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study examines how factors such as earnings per share, asset turnover, firm growth, return on equity, firm leverage and firm size impact the value of firm which is proxy by price-to-book per share. Panel data regression was used to analyze the audited financial statement of seven out of eig read more...

Isinka, Nkeiruka Agnes and Ekeh, Camillus Ugochukwu
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study surveyed the Impact of auditing in Organizational Bureaucracy for Principals’ effective financial management of finance and school plants/facilities in secondary schools in Imo- State, Nigeria. The study aimed at ascertaining the impact of auditing in a bureaucratic setting li read more...

Aduma Oko Aduma, Mutairu Shaka Eromise and Stephen Sofah
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study examines the impact of institutions on external debt in ECOWAS countries for a period of 10 years (2008- 2018) covering 16 West African countries. The study adopts the System Generalized Method of Moments as a technique of data analysis. The study measured institutions by six proxies read more...

Sylvanus Muhammad Itodo, Dance, Ayuba Maikasuwa and Sani Suleiman
Volume 8 Issue 1

Nigeria has developed wonderful policies over the years, but the difficulty is that only a small part of these various policies have been implemented. There has been no meaningful progress to show for it. This indicates that the creation of policies should not be the primary concern in Nigeria, read more...

Joel Obayagbona (Ph.D) and Omakomeju Hilda Omokhudu
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study tests the signaling theory in quoted firms in Nigeria and to determine the extent to which the theory holds in the country. A sample of 25 non-financial firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Market for a period of 15 years (2006- 2020). The Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) was employ read more...

Fatima Abdullahi Mahadi, Halimah Sani Sambo, Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim and Nur Suaidah Bt. Haji Awang Besar
Volume 8 Issue 1

The broad objective of this study is to determine the impact of leadership style (both Transformational and Servant Leadership) on human capital development in Islamic financial institution in Brunei Darussalam. Human capital development was operationalised in terms of competency and moral deve read more...

Dr. AVEUYA Agbatse Augustine and NEV Terwase Timothy
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study assessed the capacity building needs of rice value chain actors in Benue State. The population of the study comprised of all rice value chain actors in the state. Specific objectives were to examine value chain activities in selected areas in Benue state and assess the capacity buildi read more...

Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study investigates the predictive power of a board’s gender diversity on financial performance of Nigerian listed banks from 2014 to 2019 utilising secondary panel data analysis using STATA software version 10.0. This study carefully selects existing literature on the subject largel read more...

Dr Abdullahi Ahmed and Dr Musa Samuel Jerry
Volume 8 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of corporate governance on the financial performance of publicly traded insurance businesses in Nigeria. The paper used Data from the published annual accounts and reports of 27 insurance companies covering the period 2012-2018.A multivariate regression analysis wa read more...

Oniore O. Jonathan and Adamu John
Volume 8 Issue 1

Nigeria's fiscal federalism has evolved and reshaped over time as a result of several changes aimed at improving the economy's macroeconomic performance. However, despite the introduction of various fiscal measures, Nigeria's economic growth/performance has slowed, and poverty remains widesprea read more...

Prof. James EdacheIdoko Abbah and Chike Charles Bosah
Volume 8 Issue 1

This study examined the effect of firm characteristics proxied by firm size and firm age on the profitability, proxied by Return on Assets (ROA) of twenty-nine (29) medium-sized companies in South East Nigeria. The South East Nigeria which should be the hub of industrial output majorly because read more...

Abu, Michael Maju (PhD) and Silas Idoko Abu
Volume 8 Issue 1

The ability to control price increase as well as stimulating the economy for growth is a major concern for policy makers while inflation targeting has remained a principal objective of monetary authorities. The empirical relationship between inflation, money supply and economic growth remains a read more...

Buba Musa Pulka
Volume 8 Issue 1

ICT resources are been employed in SMEs to enhance production, communication, innovation and performance. Despite the importance of ICT in the SMEs, the review of the extant literature revealed that there is a dearth of research that has investigated the relationship between general, communicat read more...

Abang, Stanley E.
Volume 8 Issue 1

Small scale businesses have been adjudge as the major contributor to the gross domestic product (GDP) of any economy be it developed or developing economy, but the survival and performance of these small scale business have been threaten by the COVID-19 pandemic as a task environmental factor, read more...

Anafi Abdul-Wahab Oluwatoyin, Oladejo Lukman Gbolagade and Zulaihat A. Zubair
Volume 8 Issue 1

study examines the effect of social entrepreneurship on youth violent crimes in North-West, Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted with a sample size of 605. The study instrument was a structured questionnaire. Multiple regression and correlation analysis were carried out on the data colle read more...

Mary Dembele, Oladejo Lukman Gbolagade and Ruqaiyat Mohammed Ka`oje
Volume 1 Issue 2

This paper assessed how effective implementation of Management Practices reduces SMEs failure and ensures sustainability. A total of four Management Practices were regressed against sustainability of SMEs in Katsina State, using data from a structured questionnaire. The sample size for the study read more...

EGWAIKHIDE IMOUDU CHRISTIAN, SULEIMAN SA’AD, SAHEED ZAKAREE AND YUNANA TITUS WUYAH
Volume 5 Issue 1

The Study examined the impact of monetary policy shocks on aggregate demand in Nigeria spanning the period of 1986-2017.Data were extracted from the Central Bank Statistical Bulletin and National Bureau of Statistics. The study employed macro econometric model using the two stage least square reg read more...

Dr Titus Wuyah Yunana and Dr Abu Maji
Volume 1 Issue 1

The study examined the effect of monetary policy to oil price shocks in Nigeria spanning the period 1986-2020. Secondary data were used for the estimation and were sourced from Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN) Annual Statistical Bulletin of various years. The study employed ARDL model for estimatio read more...

Sadiq Muhammed Turi
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study examined the effect of exchange rate channel of monetary policy transmission mechanism on Nigerian economy spanning the period 1986-2020. Data were generated from the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN) Annual Statistical Bulletin. The study used ARDL model and analysed the effect of moneta read more...

Abah I. Emmanuel, Mohammed S. Jibril and Salamatu I. Isah
Volume 1 Issue 2

The construct that presents the conflict in the Niger Delta as a security challenge is replete with contradiction. This study utilized game-theoretic approach to analyse the exploitative and distributional nature of oil resources and its impact on Niger Delta conflict and the Nigerian economy in read more...

Monday Arima, Yahaya A. Adadu, Philip Ajeh and Mohammed Bello Babanumma
Volume 1 Issue 1

The paper examined the problems faced by textile industry in Kaduna State since the democratic dispensation of government spamming the period 1999-2021. Challenges that affected the local textile production were identified and discussed. These problems include globalization of textile goods, smug read more...

Halilu Bello Rogo
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study aimed at moderating the effect of access to finance (AF) ion the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and small and medium enterprises i(SMEs) performance in Kano State of Nigeria empirically. However, relatively few studies have been conducted on the relationship betwee read more...

Omoruyi Aigbovo and Emeka Henry Iroh
Volume 1 Issue 1

Quest to find out whether insurance penetration rate promotes economic growth in Nigeria is the rationale behind this research. This study examines the short-run and long-run effect of insurance penetration rate on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2020. Descriptive statistics, cor read more...

Yunana Yakubu Aku, Prof. Eugene T. Aliegba , Dr. Canice E. Erunke and Dr. Jacho David Sunday
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study examines the effects of Farmers- Herdsmen conflict on agricultural production in Nasarawa State, Nigeria using the eco-violence theory. The study used both primary and secondary data collected from 287 respondents who include farmers, herders, traditional rulers and security agencies read more...

Sulaiman, Abdulwahab Sulaiman, Muhammad Ibrahim Atiku and Aakoo, Baritore Gbiodum
Volume 1 Issue 1

Management of working capital is a challenging issue for financial managers because the success or otherwise of the management of financial ratios affect firms' value. In this regard, this study examined the Moderating Effect of Firm Size on the Relationship Between Cash Conversion Cycle and Fir read more...

Kabiru Umar
Volume 1 Issue 1

To examine the impact of debt management strategies on the Nigeria public debt sustainability, the study controlled for institutional quality. The study used secondary time series that for the period 1990-2020. The study applied the autoregressive distributed lagged model econometric methodolog read more...

Sylvanus Muhammad Itodo, Dance, Ayuba Maikasuwa and Sani Suleiman
Volume 1 Issue 1

The survival of man is education and is generally viewed as the most imperative instrument for change, progress and development by all communities the world over. The believe of scholars and have argued that educating human beings would go a long way to bring about the change desired in the dev read more...

Akpaetor, Ubong Augustine and G.A Emerole
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study examined strategy execution and the operations of large scale business organizations in Abia State. The main objective of the study was to examine the effect of leadership style on the operations of large business organization in Aba metropolis of Abia State and to ascertain the effe read more...

IGBINOBA Newman Osakioya and CHIAMA Paschal Onyeka
Volume 1 Issue 1

The study adopted firm two stage specific data envelopment analysis technique to empirically study the performance efficiency of deposit money banks listed in the Nigeria bourse from 2016 to 2018, the data were yearly data from the period covering twelve deposit money banks in Nigeria quoted on read more...

Dr Titus Wuyah Yunana
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This study uses the ARDL model and examined the effect of monetary policy transmission mechanism on economic growth in Nigeria spanning the period 1986-2019. The study sourced it data from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN) Annual Statistical Bulletin. The st read more...

Osagie Osifo, Ph.D and Felix Eromosele Obainoke
Volume 1 Issue 1

Aim/purpose– In order to increase financial performance and reduce financial risk exposure, most deposit money banks in Nigeria embraced corporate diversification within the ambit of macroeconomic factors. This paper, therefore, examines effect of corporate diversification and selected m read more...

Abdu Jafaru Bambale, Murtala Aminu Ibrahim and Rabiu Hassan
Volume 1 Issue 1

Academic institutions play significant roles in the development of many countries in terms of human resource development, quality researches, industrial consultancy services, etcetera which are major functions performed by the lecturers in tertiary institutions. However, in Nigeria the performan read more...

Umar Elems MAHMUD, PhD , Yusuf Abdullahi OGWUZEBE, PhD and Shehu Ibrahim YAKUBU
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A review of the evolution of Nigeria’snational development indicates a coincidence of the political and economic symmetry. Central in the trajectory was the nonchalant attitudes of the colonialists and even the successornationalists, particularly toward rural development. Upon attainment read more...

Odonye Dauda Yusuf and Kadarko Esther Dizaho
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This paper examines the role of youths in nation building with focus on Nigerian perspective within the periods of 2010 to 2020. Specifically, the paper looks at the importance of involving youths in national building and challenges facing youths in Nigeria and proposed some policy frameworks f read more...

Abubakar Salihu
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study aimed to analysed the impact of social media on public administration with reference to e-government to e-governance in public service during the present dispensation of fourth republic from 2015-2021. In so doing the study adopt secondary data as the methodology of the study. Simila read more...

Rotimi Goodness, Kester Onor and Rotimi Mercy
Volume 1 Issue 1

The emergent challenges of trans-border crime have become a contentious issue that has gained credence in modern scholarship. The porous nature of Africa’s national boundaries coupled with the post-colonial states bequeathed to Africans at independence with its cross-cutting cleavages ha read more...

Gyuse, Terdoo Sandra, Sheriff F. Folarin, Ibok, Samuel Bassey , Faith Olarenwaju, Okwoche, Eneyi Victory and Ilemobola Peter Olarenwaju
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In the contemporary society, sovereign States are particularly concerned with initiating and sustaining development. In this light, States are more than ever-evolving strategies to expedite development. Nigeria gained independence on 1st October, 1960, and since then it has been plagued with is read more...

Uhunmwangho Monday and Obayagbona Joel
Volume 1 Issue 1

Bis-ask spread as trading cost influence stock return and therefore constitute a risk to investors in the capital market. For this reason, this paper reviewed market microstructure models and examine the effect of bid/ask spread as trading cost on stock return in Nigerian capital market,using d read more...

Sani Alfred Ilemona and Isaac, M. Ikpor
Volume 1 Issue 1

The paper examined fraud in digital environment, the challenges and prospects of its detection in Nigeria. The aim was to explore ways the fraud is usually perpetuated and the forensic accounting techniques that can be deployed in detecting the fraud. Being an exploratory research relevant lite read more...

Odonye Dauda Yusuf
Volume 1 Issue 1

Leadership has been identified as one of the main factors affecting productivity in every work organisation. This paper examines leadership-productivity nexus using Nigeria as a focal point. The paper reviews critically the concepts of leadership and productivity. It examines the various theori read more...

Fada Mallam, Birat Sylvester Garba and Sheyin Emmanuel Ali
Volume 1 Issue 1

Climate change has brought about irregularity in Patten and intensity of climatic variables such as rainfall that is important in crop production, making planning in agriculture difficult. The importance of cassava in the diet of Nigeria and it industrial use necessitates it need to examine the read more...

Mohammed Lawal Yahaya, Adewumi Joseph Babalola and Mohammed Sani
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study aimed at forecasting the economic value of those eligibility document (ED) toward government revenues for a proceeding year. ED is the mandatory requirements need to be presented by any contractors or supplier to show his eligibility and capability for the project. A quantitative sur read more...

Asagba Ejiroghene Victoria and Philip Alege
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study examines the relationship between financial deepening and stock market development in Nigeria. Annual data for stock market capitalization, money supplyGDP ratio, domestic real credit, trade openness, and foreign direct investment for the period 1981-2020 were analysed using Time ser read more...

Odonye Dauda Emmanuel, Prof. Barnabas Barde and Dr. Odonye Dauda Yusuf
Volume 1 Issue 1

Business environment today is characterized by fierce competition, high global consumer behavior, rapidly changing innovations and customer expectations that have turned customer loyalty into a management battle. Marketers in the telecommunications industry are faced with the challenge of findi read more...

Joshua Kpelai Nomkuha, Philip Terhemen Abachi and Aondoawase Asooso
Volume 1 Issue 1

The fiscal action adopted by the Nigerian government to cut its deficit and increase domestic earnings through VAT reform is a matter of concern. This study analysed the effect of an increase in VAT on household welfare in Nigeria using Computable General Equilibrium Model for the 2018 base yea read more...

Asongo Simon Ternenge and Apeh Ajene Sunday
Volume 1 Issue 1

The study examined the impact of manufacturing sector on economic growth in Nigeria using time series data obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin on real gross domestic product (RGDP), manufacturing capacity utilization (MCU), manufacturing output (MO), interest rate (INR) a read more...

Zendesha, Mtswen Augustine, Yahaya A. Adadu , Abdullahi M. Yamma and Mohammed Bello Baba’ Umma
Volume 1 Issue 1

This paper “United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and efforts to end poverty and achieve food security in Benue State 2016-2020” examines Sustainable Development Goals and efforts to end poverty and achieve food security in Benue State 2016-2020. The study was guided read more...

Omoruyi-Aigbovo, Osariemen and Orobator Benecdita
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This study empirically investigates the effect of insurance sector development on economic growth in ten selected emerging markets. The countries selected include Nigeria, South Africa, Indonesia, Colombia, Turkey, Latvia, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica and China. The study utilizes descriptive read more...

Abdurrahman Bala Yusuf, Shuaibu Muhammed and Nitte Abner
Volume 1 Issue 1

This paper investigates the application of ARDL Technique to determine “The long-run and short-run dynamics of petroleum downstream deregulation Spanning the period 1991-2014: Secondary data were used and econometrics models were analyzed through the application of Augmented Dickey Fuller read more...

Ahmed Abdulkazeem, Emmanuel Olayiwola Oni, Isah Imam Paiko, Umar Mustapha Zubairu and Olalekan B. Sakariyau
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study examined human capital development effects on employee’s performance in public hospitals in Nigeria. Methodology used for the study cover both primary and secondary sources of data collection. Survey research design was adopted. The population of study is 1578 comprises of med read more...

Mustapha Adamu Zubairu, Auwal Abubakar Muhammad and Jamilu Mallam Sani
Volume 1 Issue 1

The study analyzes the impact of capital market on economic growth of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa using time series data spanning the period 1980-2014.The methodology used is panel estimation comprise of pooled ordinary least square (OLS), fixed effect and random effect techniques. D read more...

Salihu Habiba
Volume 1 Issue 2

The study examined the impact of siwes programme on business education students’ level of preparation for the labour market with emphasis on Federal College of Education, Zaria. Four objectives were formulated to examine industrial skill acquired by business education students for prepar read more...

Fada Mallam, Birat Sylvester Garba and Kanai Emmanuel Thomas
Volume 1 Issue 1

The study examined the effects of rural-urban migration on agricultural product in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The study made use of primary source of data in the form of structured questionnaires to elucidate required information from respondents. Purposive random sampling tec read more...

Sani Alfred Ilemona and Nweze Augustine U
Volume 1 Issue 1

The paper examined the fiscal arrangement among the federating units in Nigeria in terms of how the common resources are shared and the impact of the share resources/revenue on the economic development in the Country. The study is a theoretical review of existing literature related to the subje read more...

Mustafa Isedu and Osaruyi Jeffre Erhabor
Volume 1 Issue 1

This research work empirically examines the impact s of Bank Credit on Economic Growth Nigeria, from 1980 to 2019. The research made use of secondary data which were collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. The lag criteria test was carried out to determine the number of read more...

Bello Adamu Dambatta
Volume 1 Issue 1

This research work examined the effect of covid-19 pandemic on business performance with reference to ummza rice Nigeria Limited, Kano as a case study. The study used descriptive, cross sectional and correlational designs to explore the relationship between covid-19 pandemic and business perfor read more...

Ahmed Bala, Naim Aliyu and Haruna Abubakar Modibbo
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study uses a threshold regression analysis to re-examine the relationship between oil revenue and economic growth as a further test for the validity of resource curse hypothesis in Nigeria, spanning the period of 1981-2020. The data are sourced from World development indicators and CBN sta read more...

Naim Aliyu and Habibu Zayyana
Volume 1 Issue 1

This paper employs the newly developed bootstrap autoregressive distributed lag (BARDL) approach for cointegration in the presence of single structural break, to empirically examine the relationship between government expenditure on education and economic growth in Nigeria, using annual time ser read more...

IBOK, Samuel Bassey, OLANREWAJU, F. Osasumwen, FADEKE, Owolabi, OGURUGBA, A. Vivian and SAMBO, Miriam Simachang
Volume 1 Issue 1

Multinational corporations (MNCs) are crucial players in the international scene and have a profit-oriented drive. These MNCs are found in several countries and have a reputation for influencing the politico-economic decisions of their host country’s government. The study examines the in read more...

Maryam Hamisu, Murtala Aliyu Ibrahim and Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 1 Issue 1

This study examines the effect of credit risk management on the financial performance of some listed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria spanning the period 2015 - 2019. The study used Ordinary Least square (OLS) regression estimation technique. Findings of the study discovered that loans and read more...

SOLOMON OLUBUNMI, PhD
Volume 7 Issue 1

This study investigates the effects of FDI on money and prices in Nigeria between 1981 and 2016. Structural macro econometric model consisting of monetary and prices block was developed for the purpose of the study. The model has 4 simultaneous equations and 15 variables to capture the required read more...

Abdullahi Mohammed, PhD and Ede, Hyacinth Sunday
Volume 7 Issue 1

Public officers are expected to maintain high standard of public morality and accountability in the discharge of their duties. In Nigeria, the guide to expected official behaviour is the Code of Conduct for Public Officers as enshrined in the 5th schedule of the 1999 Constitution as amended. Th read more...

Owoseni, Taofeek Adejare, PhD and Dangana, Abdullahi Aliyu
Volume 7 Issue 1

Teams are widely recognized as the basic building blocks of most modern day businesses. Team-based designs enable SMEs to quickly align their human resources with the multitude of changing work demands and competitive pressures. Thus team effectiveness offers a powerful means by which SMEs can read more...

Mohammed A. San, A.A. Alexander, M. Muktar and Y. Alfa
Volume 7 Issue 1

This study examines trade openness, exchange rate and economic growth relationship in selected OPEC countries. Four countries (Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Indonesia) were selected from OPEC for the study. Annual panel data from World Bank Development indicators were collected on exchan read more...

Abang, Stanley E and Tomola O, Emaleku
Volume 7 Issue 1

This paper conceptually reviews the role of internal auditors in preventing fraud in the Nigeria public institutions. The paper relies mostly on secondary source of information, where scholarly papers, journal articles on the subject matter were reviewed in line with the aims and objective of t read more...

Aroyehun, M.O., Sa’ad, S., Saheed, Z.S. and Alfa, Y.
Volume 7 Issue 1

Shock in crude oil prices the world over has had adverse effected on the world economy, especially in the areas of general price (inflation), exchange rate, foreign reserves, currencies crisis, declining government revenue, and ultimately, threat in terms of ability to meet financial obligation read more...

Ahmed Abdulkazeem, Olayiwola Oni, PhD, Isah Imam Paiko, PhD and Umar Mustapha Zubairu, PhD
Volume 7 Issue 1

This study systematically reviews issues on Entrepreneurial Behaviour (EB). Entrepreneurial Behaviour is key to innovation, as the entrepreneurial desire for change goes hand in hand with the innovation process and a change in existing institutions and the status quo. This study reviewed some b read more...

Iweama Vincent Okwudili, PhD and Ifediba Emmanvitalis Emeka, PhD
Volume 7 Issue 1

The study focused on the implications of product packaging on customer patronage of locally processed Oasis Bread in Kano Metropolis. It examined the effects of product packaging design on customer patronage; determine the effects of colour of product packaging on customer patronage among other read more...

Jakada Muhammad B., Muktar Ali Hassan, Ahmed Ibrahim Mohammed, Mahmud Nura Ringim, Ibrahim Adamu and Aliyu Rabi’u
Volume 7 Issue 1

Territoriality within organizations is a double edge sword. While some studies reported its positive impacts on behaviors such as affective commitment, turnover intention and absenteeism, other studies reported its negative effects on task performance and knowledge sharing. However, territorial read more...

Emmanuel Ndakimpa Abu and Adamu Garba Zango
Volume 7 Issue 1

Electronic payments are financial transactions made without the use of paper documents such as physical cash or cheques. Payment instruments under e-payments include ATM card, debit card, credit card, smart card, e-wallet, eCash, electronic cheques etc. E-payment systems have received different read more...

Adeyi Emmanuel Ola and Miapwap Kangrot Doras
Volume 7 Issue 1

Migrant remittances have been acknowledged to be increasingly important to developing countries even though little incentives seem to have been put in place strengthen them in many countries like Nigeria. This paper set out to investigate the impact of remittances on economic growth in Nigeria read more...

Ibiyemi Sheriff Olasunkanmi
Volume 7 Issue 1

The paper reports that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would have recorded more success stories had the eighth goals of the MDGs (the global partnership for development) being backed by equivalent, transparent and accountable actions. There are numerous challenges to actualizing the MDG read more...

Bello Adamu Dambatta, PhD
Volume 7 Issue 1

The research access the nature of the relationship among conflict, sustainable development and poverty and to determine the extent of the relationship among security, functioning system of law and justice, trust between social groups, corruptions and economic growth. The study will be carried o read more...

Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal and Mohammed IsaTela
Volume 7 Issue 1

The paper seeks to examine the effects of Corona virus pandemic on the financial performance of Non-interest banks in Nigeria. Descriptive analysis was used based on secondary data of the unaudited quarterly report of Jaiz Bank Plc from Q1, 2019:Q3, 2020. Convenience sampling was used in identi read more...

Florence N. Belonwu, PhD
Volume 7 Issue 1

In the year 2008, electronic coin was introduced into the world of business. Thereafter Bitcoin was formally launched in 2009 after which various altcoins were mined. Crypto currency (CC) was introduced to provide an alternative medium of exchange used for investment purposes, to simplify onlin read more...

Ehigocho Peace Aimua and Ogba Likita J.
Volume 7 Issue 1

The study assessed the potentials of industrial sector in stimulating economic growth in Nigeria, through identifying the various raw materials, physical capital, and human capital necessary and available in the six (6) geo-political zones in Nigeria for the growth of the industrial sector. The read more...

Abdul Iliyasu, Mukaila Adebisi Ijaiya, Umaru Mustapha Zubairu and Isah Imam Paiko
Volume 7 Issue 1

As the world struggles with the effects of the corona virus pandemic, coupled with the worsening situation of poverty and unemployment, the importance of entrepreneurship Development has been brought to limelight. Entrepreneurship Development as the terms implies, is the funding, infrastructure read more...

Ahmed Audu Maiyaki, PhD and Abubakar Umar Adam
Volume 7 Issue 1

Audit function is very vital in every organization for it ensures effective check and balances. This leads to due-diligence and better management of organizations. When the organization manages its risk efficiently, it has the key to its success. Be as it may, audit function is even more import read more...

Auwalu Sani Ibrahim
Volume 7 Issue 1

The study examines the effects of debt financing on value of listed industrial goods companies in Nigeria, using micro panel analysis through ordinary least square (OLS) technique spanning from 2006-2016. Secondary data were adapting through the companies’ individual annual reports of 12 read more...

Onewo, Theophilus Tobi, Babatunde, Bayode Olusanya, Adenekan, T.A and Akintan, Akinyemi Akindele
Volume 7 Issue 1

The use of celebrity endorsements in advertising has become a trend and a perceived winning formula of corporate image building and product marketing. As existing media get increasingly cluttered, the need to stand out has become paramount and celebrities have proved to be the ideal way to ensu read more...

Olaniyan, Toyin Solomon and Okunade, Isaac Ojo
Volume 7 Issue 1

The workplace of the 21st century is a dynamic, highly stimulating environment which brings a large number of benefits and opportunities to those who work within it. Pleasant circumstances could bring about job stress, such as job promotion and transfer to another location. Job stress has attra read more...

Adze Musa Akudu
Volume 7 Issue 1

This study aims to assess the effect of financial risk management practices on the financial performance of deposit money banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the period 2014-2018. Secondary data was obtained from annual financial reports of a sample of 10deposit money banks. F read more...

Peters Ade Sanni, Oladele Celestine Toluwa and Babatunde Akinola
Volume 7 Issue 1

In emerging countries, taxes play a crucial role. The more taxes they levy, the more long-term revenue they generate. However, due to a variety of administrative issues, these countries only generate a small amount of revenue from taxes. As a result, the impact of government effectiveness and r read more...

Innocent Okwanya , Adofu Ilemona and Okwori Joseph
Volume 7 Issue 1

This paper investigates the effect of intervention on return to economic activities of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in north-central Nigeria. Using a cross-sectional data obtained from a sample of 427 returned IDPs drawn from three states (Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau) in the region; the read more...

Okochi, Kinikanwo and Ateke, Brown Walter
Volume 7 Issue 1

The study investigated the influence of employee empowerment on output quality: evidence from Eni Oil and Gas industries, Nigeria. An explanatory research design was adopted in the study, while primary data were collected via a cross-sectional survey. The study population consist of two thousan read more...

Shehu El-Rasheed, PhD , Umar Muhammed, PhD, Yerima Gimba Alhassan, Mohammed Inuwa Dauda, PhD and Hassan Yusuf Abdulwahab, PhD
Volume 7 Issue 1

This paper investigates the relationship between fiscal balance and key monetary variables viz; inflation, interest rate, money supply and exchange rate over the period 1980-2019. It first tests the series for unit root using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) and Phillip Perron (PP) unit root t read more...

A. Z. Adeyemi and . J K. Olowookere
Volume 7 Issue 1

A country’s macroeconomic performance can be judged by three broad variables: inflation rate, unemployment rate and economic growth rate. This study examined impact of inflation and unemployment on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1980 to 2019. Secondary data obtained from Ce read more...

Abu Maji and Titus Wuyah Yunana
Volume 7 Issue 1

The paper examines the impact of cashless economic policy on economic growth in Nigeria by the used of ordinary least square technique on quarterly data from first quarter 2012 to first quarter 2019. The findings indicates that automatic teller machine (ATM), point on sale (POS), internet banki read more...

Jimoh Awwa and Momoh Idris
Volume 7 Issue 1

The inability of small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria to access funds with ease in nation’s financial institutions has been identified as a major obstacle to SMEs operations in Nigeria. This study, examines how financial access influences the performance of small and medium scal read more...

Hitlar Inedu, Wada Emmanuel Ome and Yusuf Muhammed Sanusi
Volume 7 Issue 1

Monetary policy is an economic stabilization catalyst geared towards achieving sustainable amount of inclusive growth in any economy especially developing nation like Nigeria. Hence,this made it imperative for the study to examine the effects of selected macroeconomic variables on inclusive gro read more...

Yusuf, Isah Maikudi and Ibrahim Kekere Sule
Volume 7 Issue 1

This paper examines how intra-African agricultural trade flows can serve as an adaptation mechanism to the impact of climate change in Africa. Specifically, it estimates the impact of climate and environmental variables on trade flows between Nigeria and 14 selected countries in Africa using the read more...

Muhammad Sagir Dutin-ma, Sani Abdullahi and Ahmed Lawi Lawal
Volume 7 Issue 1

This study was designed to analyze the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Nigeria using annual time series data from 1981 to 2019. The energy sources used to test for this relationship were oil and electricity consumption. The methodology used in the study is ARDL Ap read more...