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Factors explaining farm households access to climate change information in Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria
(Business Perspectives Publishing Company, 2015)
Climate change is a problem which many farmers had observed over the past few years. In this study, the authors analyzed perception on climate change and the factors influencing access to climate change information. The ...
Burnout among paramilitary personnel in Nigeria: a perspective from conservation of resources theory
(SAGE, 2014)
The job demands–resources model attributed burnout to incompatibility between job demands and job resources, and underplayed the role of personal resources in employees’ adaptation. Based on the Conservation of Resources ...
Exploring the suitability of Rosenberg Self–esteem Scale for adult use in South–Western Nigeria
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2014)
Despite the popularity, simplicity and wide usage of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES), its reliability and validity among different samples across culture is in doubt. This study was thus conducted to investigate the ...
Between fancy and fantasy: Nigeria's journey to industrialized state status in the post–COP 19 era of climate change
(Medwell Publishing, 2014)
By 2020, Nigeria hopes to be one of the most industrialised countries in the international system as if Rome was built in a day. Corruption, the politics of delay by domestic and international contractors, kick backs by ...
Sex and age differences in social withdrawal of pre–service teachers in a Nigerian university
(Research Gate, 2014)
This study examined sex and age differences in social withdrawal among 240 (135 males and 105 females) pre-service teachers in a Nigerian university. A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data on social withdrawal ...
Exploring Africa’s democratic transitions and economic development policy: South African and Nigerian experiences
(SAAPAM, 2014)
This paper contends that the new “Africa Rising Narrative” will net lead to the majority of African citizens attaining prosperity under the current democratic transition. this paper argues that Africa lacks appropriate ...
Climate change induced occupational stress and reported morbidity among cocoa farmers in South-Western Nigeria
(Institute of Agricultural Medicine, 2015)
Introduction and objective: Climate change is one of the major development hurdles in many developing countries. The health outcome of farm households are related to climate change, which is related to several external and ...
Child's gender preference: What is the regional situation among women in Nigeria?
(SABINET, 2014)
Child Gender Preference (CGP) is a socio-cultural phenomenon in Africa. It has implication on family building process by increasing fertility through short birth intervals, thus putting maternal and child health at risk. ...
Morphological and molecular studies on Aphelenchoides arachidis Bos, 1977 (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) from groundnuts in South Africa
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2015)
Aphelenchoides arachidis is reported for the first time from South Africa and for the fourth time outside Nigeria. The A. arachidis-infested pods from South Africa showed the following symptoms: small seeds with the testa ...
Nigeria and conflict resolution in the sub-regional West Africa: the quest for a regional hegemon?
(Sage, 2017)
The role of Nigeria in conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts in Africa and other parts of the world cannot be overemphasised. The country has contributed more than 200,000 soldiers to peacekeeping missions around ...