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HATE SPEECH AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF OTHERS IN DIGITAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG YOUTHS IN PLATEAU STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND PEACE IN NIGERIA

Makmis Mark Dakyen
Volume 13 Issue 2

Civic engagement is one of the bedrocks of modern day democratic practice and has in recent times been an area of concern among academics and the government in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. In recent times, the increasing use of the digital media by the youths in Nigeria and the world ove read more...

BACTERIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF WASTEWATER, VEGETABLES, AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH RISKS IN MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA

Ali Galadima , Ikusemoran Mayomi and Zainab Chellube
Volume 13 Issue 2

This study evaluated the bacteriological quality of River Ngadda wastewater and its effects on the safety and chemical composition of vegetables irrigated with the water in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Wastewater samples were collected aseptically from three sections of the river (upper, middle, and lower c read more...

APPLICATION OF PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (PLS-SEM) IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH: MEASUREMENT AND STRUCTURAL MODEL ASSESSMENT USING SMARTPLS

Mohammed Shamsudeen T. Akeem A. Kenku, PhD and Shafa A. Yunus, PhD
Volume 13 Issue 2

Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) has emerged as a powerful and flexible multivariate analytical technique increasingly adopted in psychological research to examine complex theoretical models involving latent constructs. Unlike covariance-based SEM (CB-SEM), PLS-SEM opera read more...

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION AND NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION IN WASTEWATER-IRRIGATED VEGETABLES ALONG THE NGADDA RIVER, MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA

Ali Galadima , Ikusemoran Mayomi and Zainab Chellube
Volume 13 Issue 2

This study examined the chemical composition and potential contamination of vegetables irrigated with wastewater along the Ngadda River in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. A controlled field experiment was conducted using spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) grown under two read more...


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