In many Nigerian communities, the Nigeria Police Barracks inclusive, some children are given out to marriages rather too early, the consequences not withstanding. The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between early-marriage and family planning practices of married women in Zone 5 barracks of the Nigeria Police, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States Commands. The population for the study was 5,579 married women aged 15-49years in Zone 5 barracks of the Nigeria Police. The correlation research design was adopted for the study.
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This paper investigated the prevalence of eating disorders of female student and the consequence on their personality profile. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis formulated. One thousand seven hundred and sixteen (1716) students whose ages ranged from 13 – 17 years were drawn from secondary school female students in Benin metropolis, using the multistage sampling technique. Female adolescent students eating disorder questionnaire (FASEDQ) was used to generate data. It is made of two parts. Part one comprised of ten main questions, grouped into five sub-areas.
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When crude oil spills on land, the toxic components are washed into the rivers where they become trapped in the sediments. There are several conventional methods of soil reclamation in use. Two of these are widely applied and include soil venting and incineration.
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The aquatic insect communities in lentic environments of southern Nigeria in relation to their physical and chemical characteristics were studied between February and December 2001.
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Paper focuses on the need for accountability and good corporate governance in economic management in order to engender confidence in the investment environment and attract foreign investors.
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The economics of books shortage in Nigerian Universities in the nineties was examined. The 29 Federal and state Universities including the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and those established in the nineties were studied. Data were collected with a questionnaire titled (EBSQ) from the Universities; and National Universities Commission Accreditation Committee’s document. The investigation revealed that over 1.3 billion naira ceteris paribus would be required to remedy books and journals shortage in Nigerian Universities in the nineties.
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The pattern and level of utilization of teaching manpower in Nigerian secondary schools were investigated. Using an instrument titled “Teaching Manpower Utilization Questionnaire” (TMUQ), data were collected from 645 randomly selected secondary school teachers in eight southern states in Nigeria. It was revealed from the analysis of data that teachers in Nigeria secondary schools are both mal-utilized and over utilized. The level of utilization is significantly affected by the area of specialization of teachers in disfavor of humanities’ specialists.
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The similarities between the Ẹdoid languages are stressed in this study.
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One of the objectives of the National Policy on Education is to use education as an instrument for transforming Nigeria into a self-reliant and technologically developed nation, where equal educational opportunities for all citizens at primary, secondary and tertiary levels will be ensured. It also recognises the importance of the integration of individuals, particularly those with special educational difficulties, since these handicapped children are eventually expected to live in the society.
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This paper examines the role of education in national development. Education is crucial in the development process of any country. It is a component of well-being and a means to enable the individual gain access to knowledge, reduces mortality rates, empowers women, improves the quality of life of the working population and promotes genuine democracy. The paper concludes that education is a pertinent characteristics of development and cannot be left in the hands of private individuals’s whose main aim is accumulation of wealth and profiteering.
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This study was carried out to investigate education material allocation and utilization towards sociao-economic management in Nigeria. Two research questions were drawn to guide the investigation. Data were gathered from 480 sample subjects through the instrument of questionnaire. The analysis of the data was carried out with percentage. The findings showed that allocation and utilization of material resources had no influence on the socio-economic management in Nigeria.
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A county is ordered, steered and directed towards desired ends by policies. Consequently, policy is central to Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Communities, among others. In Nigeria, policies are formulated in all sectors of the economy and education sector inclusive. This perhaps, may be ascribed to the realization of the role that policy plays as a guide in any sector of the economy. The new National Policy on Education (NPE) was initially published in 1977, a year after the UPE scheme had started. The new NPE has been revised in 1981, 1998 and 2004.
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The rhetorical question of “educational reform for what?” touches the very foundation of the entire educational process. Implicit in the question is the undeniable assumption that all is not well with the present state of affairs in the sector. And in order to provide perspective for a scientific examination of the question, reference would have to be made very closely to the very purpose of education in the Nigerian society as enunciated in the blueprint of the National Policy on Education (1998).
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Aqueous leaf extracts were obtained from the older leaves of three medicinal plants; namely, bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina Del), scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum L.) and lemon grass (Cymbopogon citrates DC.) Stapf These were evaluated for their antifungal activity over Sclerotium rolfsii, a pathogenic rot fungus of many economic crops. The leaf extracts (water extract) from scent lead recorded a fungistatic (0.00 ± 0.2cm) effect throughout the duration of study at 1.5g/100ml and 2.0g/100ml respectively.
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The algal bioassay technique was used to investigate the effect of Guinness brewery effluent discharged in to the Ikpoba River in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Selenastrum capricornutum Printz and Chlorella vulgaris Bejik were grown in test waters collected from the following point; ‘before the discharge’ of the effluent, the ‘point of discharge’ and the point ‘after discharge’. Mineral nutrients were least at the site `before' discharge than the other two sites.
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For experiments on smooth muscles into the effects of adrenaline, noradrenaline and various adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists, a range of extracullular calcium [Ca2+] needed to be established; thus necessitating the use of suitable calcium buffers in the bathing media. The extent to which NTA/EGTA calcium buffers affect the responsiveness of the rat tail artery has not yet been established, hence this study.
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Growth studies of Zea mays, Sorghum bicolor, and Pennisetum americanum were carried out using cassava effluent. Effect of effluent at different concentrations on seed germination, growth of seedlings, stem height, number of leaves and biomass of the seedlings of the three different cereals was investigated. The effluent was inhibitory to seed germination and seedling growth of the cereals, which was also reflected in their biomass and number of leaves.
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The effect of cassava processing effluent on the germination of Zea mays, Sorghum bicolor and Pennisetum americanum were carried out using different effluent concentrations (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%). Percentage germination, radicle length and plumule length of the seedlings of the three varieties were noted.
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Forty (40) pieces of Hetero clarias a hybrid between Heterobranchus longifilis and Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus, cured and salted were used for this study, while unsalted fish served as control. The statistical design was t-statistics and a determine the preference for either Hetero-clarias or Oreochromis niloticus using charcoal (Pentaclethra macrophylla) and rubber wood (Hevea brassilensis), and the degree of the sensory qualities (taste, aroma, texture and appearance), acceptability, time duration for smoking, cost and unsalted respectively.
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To improve germination and determine the effect of chemical pre treatments on germination and vigor of resultant seedling growth, Dichrostachys cinerea seeds were scarified with sulphuric acid, Nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. Soaking seeds in sulphuric acid for 10mins gave the highest percentage germination and germination energy (93%: 80%). Seeds treated with Nitric acid for 5 mins recorded low germination percentage and energy. However, the resultant seedlings were more in the high vigor category.
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The haemagglutinating (Lectin) activity of raw, processed and germinated lima beans (Phaseolus hmatus), African yam beans (Sphenostylis sternocarpa) and Jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis) were measured by estimating the ability of different concentrations of the legume extract to agglutinate red blood cells using native rat and rabbit erythrocytes and trypsin treated rat erythrocytes. African yam bean was found to have significantly higher (P < 0.05) haemagglutinating activity of 55.56HUg/kg compared to other bean samples.
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A soluble oil was formulated from readily available materials such as low-grade automotive oil, emulsifying wax, ordinary washing soap, sulphur and other additives. Separate cutting fluid emulsions of 15% concentration were made from it and a commercial soluble oil.
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Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal. seeds were subjected to different pre-treatments viz.: various temperature ranges in the oven, immersion in boiling water and chemical treatments. Chemical treatment with H2SO4 for 10 min., alcohol treatment with methanol for 10 min and immersing the seeds in boiling water (1000 C) for 30 min resulted in high germination percentage of 72%, 68% and 67% respectively, with highest number of seeds in the high vigour categories.
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This study was carried out to determine the basic chemical components of the ripe bamboo palm (Raphia vinifera P. Beauv)fruit pulp, the effect of its application on the amount of dissolved oxygen in water and its use as a fish poison.
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Garcinia kola has been found to contain a lot of medicinal substances and it is consumed by the young and old for different benefits. The purpose of this work was to find found the effect of Garcinia kola on Intra-ocular pressure (lOP) of normotensive young Nigerian adults. A total of thirty-eight subjects (volunteers) within 19.35 years were used in the study. The lOP of each subject was measured using Keeler non-contact (Pulsair 2000) tonometer before and 30, 60 and 90 mm after consuming a seed of the kola.
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Seed of four under-utilised legumes grown in Nigeria: Lima bean (Phascolus lunatus), pigeon pea (Cajamus cajan). African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) and jack bean (canabalia ensiformis) were germinated for 0, 12, 24, 58, 72 and 95 h, at 250C with 8 h light/day. Phytase activity, total inositol phosphate content and individual inositol phosphates were analysed in raw and germinated seeds. None of the legumes contained IP3. The predominant inositol phosphate was phytic acid (IP6).
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Seed of four under-utilised legumes grown in Nigeria: Lima bean (Phascolus lunatus), pigeon pea (Cajamus cajan). African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) and jack bean (canabalia ensiformis) were germinated for 0, 12, 24, 58, 72 and 95 h, at 250C with 8 h light/day. Phytase activity, total inositol phosphate content and individual inositol phosphates were analysed in raw and germinated seeds. None of the legumes contained IP3. The predominant inositol phosphate was phytic acid (IP6).
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The aim of this study is to report, on a more comprehensive follow up, the effect of intra-operative mitomycin C on the recurrent rate of pterygium after excision in Benin City, Nigeria. The eyes were treated with intra-operative application of mitomycin C (O.4mg/ml) for three minutes after excision using the bare scleral method and copiously irrigated with normal saline. The total number of pterygia excised was 66 in 51 patients. The age range of the patients was 21 - 60 years with a mean age of 43.7 + 12.7 years.
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The effects of cooking in water or alkaline solution, soaking and germination on the individual inositol phosphates (IP3 to IP6), and total inositol phosphates (IP) content of lima bean, pigeon pea, African yam bean, and jackbean were investigated. Inositol triphosphate was not detected in any of the legumes studied. The predominant inositol phosphate in all the legumes was inositol hexaphophate (IP6). Raw white lima bean contained the highest quantity of IP6, 0.350 mg/100 mg. Pigeon pea contained 0.289 mg/100 mg IP6 in the brown and cream varieties.
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