item: #1 of 62 id: escjerps-2118 author: Groupson-Paul, Okechukwu; Chinyere, Okechukwu Prisca title: THE FALLACY OF DIPLOMACY OF INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICAN CONFLICTS date: 2022 words: 16017 flesch: 54 summary: There had been interventions in Africa conflicts in the real sense of intervention, but the moderality and phases of actions is what portrayed the intentions of actors as a hocus-pocus fallacy. This regime includes the set of actors, national, international, UN agencies, government and humanitarian groups; which are widely recognized and shared key characteristics across Africa conflict zones in the name of humanitarian intervention agencies (ibid). keywords: africa; aid; arms; arms trade; conflict; crisis; food; food aid; genocide; government; groups; interest; international; intervention; people; power; rebels; region; role; rwanda; sierra; soldiers; state; sudan; trade; victims; war; weapons cache: escjerps-2118.pdf plain text: escjerps-2118.txt item: #2 of 62 id: escjerps-2119 author: CHIBUIKE, VICTORIA C.; CHIBUIKE, PRECIOUS C.; UKWUEZE, FRANCISCA N. title: POST COVID-19 EDUCATION CRISIS AND THE NEED TO SUSTAIN BLENDED LEARNING FOR BETTER PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ENUGU STATE date: 2022 words: 4181 flesch: 47 summary: The findings of no significance difference indicated that Business Educators and Law lecturers in Enugu State had no significant difference in their opinion on blended learning skills. Findings of the study indicate that Blended Learning skills strategies were found needed by Business Educators and Law Lecturers to sustain better pedagogical practices in public universities in Enugu State. keywords: business educators; enugu; enugu state; law lecturers; learning; practices; universities cache: escjerps-2119.pdf plain text: escjerps-2119.txt item: #3 of 62 id: escjerps-2120 author: CHINONSO, OWO EMMANUEL title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: A PROSPECT TO SOLVING UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS date: 2022 words: 3993 flesch: 41 summary: This study therefore examines the role of entrepreneurship education in solving the problem of unemployment among Nigerian youth. The study sought to examine the problem and causes of unemployment in Nigeria, the concept of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship education and its importance to Nigerian youths, as well as the prospects of entrepreneurship development in reducing unemployment in Nigeria. keywords: business; development; education; entrepreneurship; job; nigeria; skills; unemployment; youth cache: escjerps-2120.pdf plain text: escjerps-2120.txt item: #4 of 62 id: escjerps-2121 author: OSONDU, EZE HYACINTH title: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COURES date: 2022 words: 2056 flesch: 55 summary: This is probably why educationists search for better Teaching and learning of Science and Mathematics seen unending and sometimes circular. To increase better teaching and learning of science and mathematics courses, educators and training educators and the society should view psychological aspects of teaching and learning as a disturbing issue, and seek for ways of assisting, instead of criticizing and condemning the process outright. keywords: learning; science; students; teachers; teaching cache: escjerps-2121.pdf plain text: escjerps-2121.txt item: #5 of 62 id: escjerps-2122 author: EMORDI, AMAKA THERESA ORIAKU title: NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE GENDER GAP IN NIGERIA, LESSONS FROM THE MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE date: 2022 words: 6604 flesch: 43 summary: 64 | P a g e Scientists such as David Apter (1986), on the political system and history of democracy; Seymour Lipset (1959), maintained that economic development leads to social changes which tend to lead to democracy. The theory looks at which aspects of countries are beneficial and which constitute obstacles to economic development. keywords: countries; country; development; development plan; economy; government; growth; malaysia; national; nigeria; plan; smes; theory; women cache: escjerps-2122.pdf plain text: escjerps-2122.txt item: #6 of 62 id: escjerps-2123 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; ARUA, CHRISTOPHER CHUKWU; ADEDEJI, AYODEJI O. title: RESOURCES CONFLICTS AND GOVERNANCE: THE NIGERIAN DAUNTING CHALLENGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY date: 2022 words: 9962 flesch: 49 summary: Natural Resources, Conflict, Governance, Human capital Development, Mono-economy INTRODUCTION Globally, natural resources conflict is as old as mankind. The above theories are combined in the course of this inquiries even though they are examined separately, while the link establishing them plays a complementary role in the research investigation towards bringing the events and activities in the Niger Delta to the fore on the issue of natural resources conflicts. keywords: conflict; control; country; delta; economy; federalism; governance; government; niger delta; nigeria; oil; people; region; resources; resources conflict; state; system; war cache: escjerps-2123.pdf plain text: escjerps-2123.txt item: #7 of 62 id: escjerps-2124 author: OSONDU, EZE HYACINTH; ONAH, FESTUS C title: SELF-CONCEPT, A DETERMINANT TO SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AMONG RURAL IN NKANU EAST LGA, ENUGU STATE NIGERIAN date: 2022 words: 2865 flesch: 57 summary: Some others view 100 | P a g e it as domain-specific evaluations of self. However, in the context of this study, self-concept is defined as the way an individual thinks, feels, acts values and evaluates self in relation to achievement in Mathematics, It is upon this backdrop that this research studies the self-concept as a determinant to student's achievement in mathematics in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State Nigeria. keywords: achievement; concept; determine; mathematics; self; success cache: escjerps-2124.pdf plain text: escjerps-2124.txt item: #8 of 62 id: escjerps-2125 author: ONYAM, Ijeoma Dora; CHUKWU, Ebele Georgina title: OPTIMIZING DIGITAL LITERACY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES date: 2022 words: 4069 flesch: 35 summary: Inadequate access to computer and internet connectivity could undermine digital literacy and sustainable development in Nigeria. Based on this, the paper made some recommendations including: the Federal and State Governments in Nigeria should show seriousness in addressing the infrastructural problems impeding digital literacy and sustainable development in Nigeria; Federal and State Governments in Nigeria should partner with the private sector in ensuring that the necessary infrastructures that will facilitate digital literacy and sustainable development are provided; the private sector should assist public libraries with ICT facilities that will enable them acquire ICT literacy skills and enhance digital literacy for sustainable development in Nigeria. keywords: access; development; digital; information; internet; libraries; literacy; nigeria cache: escjerps-2125.pdf plain text: escjerps-2125.txt item: #9 of 62 id: escjerps-2126 author: ONU, THERESA CHINYERE title: TREND AND PATTERN OF FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION AMONG STUDENTS OF ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), ENUGU date: 2022 words: 3059 flesch: 62 summary: This work designed to examine the various reasons why students indulge in the consumption of fast food and determine the perception of students on the health implications of consuming fast foods regularly. The paper recommended that - Students need to cut down on the increasing consumption on fast food and imbibe the habit of preparing food on their own. - Students should be enlighten on the side effect and health problems associated with the frequent and regular consumption of fast foods as indicated by Ojo (2003), in order to live healthily 125 | P a g e References Adeniyi. keywords: consumption; food; health; home; junk; people; students cache: escjerps-2126.pdf plain text: escjerps-2126.txt item: #10 of 62 id: escjerps-2127 author: ONWUKWE, SETH NWACHUKWU; SETH, RACHEL NWACHUKWU title: THE GENERAL EXPLICATIONS OF THE NATURE OF POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTORAL RULES AND PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA date: 2022 words: 2863 flesch: 37 summary: We shall proceed by dividing this paper into four sections: section one is the introduction, the second is on political parties, party system and the democratic project, section three addresses the issue of electoral rules and the electoral process while section four conclude the paper. Political parties are essential features of the democratic arrangement. keywords: country; democracy; democratic; electoral; nigeria; party; political; system cache: escjerps-2127.pdf plain text: escjerps-2127.txt item: #11 of 62 id: escjerps-2128 author: EZEH, P.S.E.; EZE, H.O title: COUNSELING AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ENCOURAGING THE HANDICAPPED TO BENEFIT FROM EDUCATION IN REGULAR SCHOOLS date: 2022 words: 2092 flesch: 40 summary: Handicapped students with their peculiar problems were catered for by special teachers an special schools. In a study Denga (1982a) found that the labels of stigma which fellow students, teachers, school administrators and the general public place on handicapped students serve as the basic source frustration, anger, negative self concept, low motivation, dependency, hostility to others and a source of futility among handicapped students. keywords: counseling; counselors; handicapped; schools; students cache: escjerps-2128.pdf plain text: escjerps-2128.txt item: #12 of 62 id: escjerps-2129 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; ARUA, CHRISTOPHER CHUKWU title: ETHNICITY AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION date: 2022 words: 3927 flesch: 50 summary: Cohen (1994) defined ethnic group as an informal interest group whose members are distinct from the members of other ethnic groups within the larger society because they share kinship, religious and linguistic ties. Nnoli (1980) define ethic groups in the African context and assert that ethnic groups are social formations distinguished by the communal characters of the boundaries. keywords: country; development; ethnicity; groups; national; nigeria; politics; question; state cache: escjerps-2129.pdf plain text: escjerps-2129.txt item: #13 of 62 id: escjerps-2130 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; OKECHUKWU, PRISCA CHINYERE title: DEMOCRACY AND THE FEARED FACTORS THREATENING NIGERIAN NATION date: 2022 words: 11694 flesch: 46 summary: It is imperatively, reasonable to argue that it is this distrusted and cyclical neglect and over-theorizing without food on the table of an average man that do much at times instigate people or even tribe or ethnic group or militants not only against each other but daring the national army to a battle as the MEND had consistently displayed their intention against the status quo. The Egbesu in their own saw their exploitation by both government and other ethnic groups as a dehumanization and share thieffry to the gifts of God to them. keywords: country; democracy; democratic; government; groups; military; militias; national; nigeria; people; polity; power; present; rights; society; state; system; threat; violence cache: escjerps-2130.pdf plain text: escjerps-2130.txt item: #14 of 62 id: escjerps-2131 author: Ojeh, Augustine title: EFFECT OF INVESTING ACTIVITIES ON THE RETURN ON ASSETS OF OIL AND GAS FIRMS IN NIGERIA date: 2022 words: 8094 flesch: 32 summary: = Return on equity served as a measure of firms performance (the dependent variable). Salawu (2009) employed secondary data from 50 non-financial quoted companies and Nigeria stock exchange fact books ranging from 1990 to 2004 to examine the impact of the capital structure on the entities profitability using ordinary least squares model, fixed effect model and random effect model statistical analysis approach and found out that profitability which is a measure of performance has a positive relationship with current debt and equity which served as an element of capital structure however inverse relationship exist with non-current therefore opined that Nigeria entities rely so much on external financing, therefore recommended that entities should implement an efficient and effective credit policy that will improve the performance and growth of this entities and managers of the entities should also be keen about the capital structure of the entity because it influences the performance. keywords: activities; capital; capital structure; equity; firms; investing; nigeria; oil; performance; plc; structure; study cache: escjerps-2131.pdf plain text: escjerps-2131.txt item: #15 of 62 id: escjerps-2132 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; CHUKWU, ARUA CHRISTOPHER title: ETHNICITY AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION date: 2022 words: 3927 flesch: 50 summary: Cohen (1994) defined ethnic group as an informal interest group whose members are distinct from the members of other ethnic groups within the larger society because they share kinship, religious and linguistic ties. Nnoli (1980) define ethic groups in the African context and assert that ethnic groups are social formations distinguished by the communal characters of the boundaries. keywords: country; development; ethnicity; groups; national; nigeria; politics; question; state cache: escjerps-2132.pdf plain text: escjerps-2132.txt item: #16 of 62 id: escjerps-2133 author: NWAJIAKU, NDIDIAMAKA DORATHY title: THE VALUE OF INFORMATION AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE FACTOR date: 2022 words: 2682 flesch: 57 summary: (Imeremba 2015: Information is when data is organized in a meaningful farm, it becomes information, it could be an increase in knowledge obtained by the recipient, it is also facts learned about something/someone.(imeremba,2015:125-126). Information is not actually free since a user must pay for computer and internet access, information is worth paying for. keywords: decision; human; information; resource; time; value cache: escjerps-2133.pdf plain text: escjerps-2133.txt item: #17 of 62 id: escjerps-2134 author: UGWOKE, MAGNUS CHINWE title: GOOD GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: INTERROGATING THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES COMMISSION (ICPC) AND STATE CORRUPTION date: 2022 words: 8930 flesch: 41 summary: In the light of the above, the paper examines the politics of the ICPC to highlight upon the oddities of public corruption with legislation under the Fourth Republic. lts section 3(1) established a commission to be known as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (lCPC) otherwise known as Anti-corruption Law. keywords: accountability; act; administration; anti; commission; corruption; corruption law; good; governance; government; icpc; law; nigeria; person; practices; public; section; state cache: escjerps-2134.pdf plain text: escjerps-2134.txt item: #18 of 62 id: escjerps-2135 author: Otu, Otu Akanu title: URBANIZATION AND INSECURITY IN AFRICA: ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS date: 2022 words: 8741 flesch: 41 summary: Specifically, the study sought to: 1) ascertain the major functional elements of urbanization; 2) evaluate issues pertaining to insecurity in Africa; 3) ascertain the problems of urban insecurity in Africa; 4) estimate prospects to achieving urban security in relation to attainment of socio- economic development in Africa. These involve overpopulation, rapid structural change, unemployment, rural-urban migration, high social pressures and social injustices, politicizing security issues with respect to administration of urban areas, et cetera. keywords: africa; areas; cameroon; continent; development; economic; government; human; international; issues; national; nations; new; nigeria; people; security; state; study; urban; urbanization; world cache: escjerps-2135.pdf plain text: escjerps-2135.txt item: #19 of 62 id: escjerps-2136 author: CHUKWU, EBELE GEORGINA title: USAGE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA AND ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) date: 2022 words: 3055 flesch: 44 summary: Abstract This study of use of electronic information resources among undergraduates of library and information science in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU) and Enugu State College of Education (Technical), Enugu (ESCET),. The major objectives of the study is to investigate the types of electronic information resources available in NAU and ESCET digital libraries, respectively; the means through which undergraduates become aware and make use of these electronic resources in digital libraries; the extent of undergraduates awareness of these electronic resources. keywords: enugu; information; library; resources; study; university; use cache: escjerps-2136.pdf plain text: escjerps-2136.txt item: #20 of 62 id: escjerps-2137 author: MKPOZI, M.O.; EZE, H.O title: VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC STABILITY IN NIGERIA date: 2022 words: 2455 flesch: 41 summary: The aims of technical education include training and imparting of necessary skills leading to the production of craftsmen, technicians, and other skilled personnel who will be enterprise and self-reliant. Okoro (1990) classified the aim of technical education into these three major objectives. keywords: education; employment; nigeria; self; skills; technical cache: escjerps-2137.pdf plain text: escjerps-2137.txt item: #21 of 62 id: escjerps-2138 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL title: COUNTING THE LOSSES: THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACT OF SALW PROLIFERATION, WHO GAINS WITH DISARMAMENT date: 2022 words: 1815 flesch: 46 summary: Attempt is made to answer the following questions:  What are the impacts of SALW proliferation on National development?  What are the societal loses that have accrued from SALW proliferation? keywords: arms; development; nigeria; people; proliferation; salw cache: escjerps-2138.pdf plain text: escjerps-2138.txt item: #22 of 62 id: escjerps-2139 author: OKAFOR, PETER OKECHUKWU; OKEY-OKAFOR, CYNTHIA NKIRU; ANYAOGU, JOY IFEYINWA title: VIRTUAL LIBRARY AS A VEHICLE FOR SURVIVAL OF EDUCATION IN A COVID-19 PRONE SOCIETY date: 2022 words: 2510 flesch: 42 summary: The study examined the concept of virtual library and some benefits that could be enjoyed by libraries if implemented during this period of covid-19. The paper also discussed ways in which virtual libraries can provide more effective services to meet the information needs of the users in the covid-19 prone society Keywords: Virtual Library, Education, Covid-19 Introduction Library is a repository of stored knowledge. keywords: covid-19; information; libraries; library; services; users cache: escjerps-2139.pdf plain text: escjerps-2139.txt item: #23 of 62 id: escjerps-2140 author: EMORDI, AMAKA THERESA ORIAKU title: THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA date: 2022 words: 7215 flesch: 49 summary: Women were discovered to be distracted by a lot of factors which in reality affect both imputes and outputs of women in science and technology. Women are required women to accept androcentric political priorities and standards to become like men (Lisa 2003). keywords: fourth; gender; industrial; new; peace; production; revolution; science; society; technology; use; women; world cache: escjerps-2140.pdf plain text: escjerps-2140.txt item: #24 of 62 id: escjerps-2141 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; OKECHUKWU, IBIAM EGWU; ADEDEJI, AYODEJI O.; DOMINIC, ONYEJEGBU EMEKA; Madubuegwu, Chibuike Emmanuel; OKECHUKWU, PRISCA CHINYERE title: THE PSYCO – SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF HIV/AIDS TRANSMISSION IN NIGERIAN PRISON date: 2022 words: 3460 flesch: 51 summary: There are psycho-social implications of HIV/AIDs Transmission in prison prisons in Nigeria. There is no association between gender and psycho-social implications of HIV/AIDs Transmission in prison prisons in Nigeria. keywords: aids; aids transmission; hiv; inmates; nigeria; prison; psycho; study; transmission cache: escjerps-2141.pdf plain text: escjerps-2141.txt item: #25 of 62 id: escjerps-2142 author: Ibiam, Okechukwu Egwu title: THE MEDIA AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FROM THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL QUESTION date: 2022 words: 4554 flesch: 44 summary: Media practitioners were initially of the print media called the press before the emergence of other sectors and channels in the pursuit of the same noble task, hence we see both press and media as the same in this paper. On the international level, conflicts over press (media) freedom continued that in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly in adopting the universal declaration of human rights; enumerated the principle which held that; very one has the right to freedom of opinion and expression and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media, 105 | P a g e regardless of frontiers” (United Nations 1948 declarations. keywords: development; efforts; life; media; national; nigeria; people; press; role; society cache: escjerps-2142.pdf plain text: escjerps-2142.txt item: #26 of 62 id: escjerps-2143 author: CHINONSO, OWO EMMANUEL title: INNOVATION STRATEGIES FOR CURBING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS IN NIGERIA date: 2022 words: 3174 flesch: 33 summary: Describing the trend which examination malpractice has taken since the last decade, Arijesuyo 2010 observed that Examination malpractice had become a well-organized business in which supervisors/invigilators of examination subject teachers and even school authorities and their host communities have played prominent roles. This paper therefore examines the concept of examination malpractice, trends in examination malpractices in Nigeria, forms of examination malpractice and innovation strategies to curb examination malpractice in pubic examinations. keywords: candidates; education; examination; invigilators; malpractice; nigeria; school; students cache: escjerps-2143.pdf plain text: escjerps-2143.txt item: #27 of 62 id: escjerps-2144 author: Ejim, Joy Nkiruka title: UTILIZATION OF COMPUTER DEVICE IN TEACHING BASIC DESIGN; A REFLECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICE APPROACH date: 2022 words: 5435 flesch: 47 summary: To what extent do art teachers, effectively explored the use of computer device as an instructional material in teaching basic design through a reflective teaching practice approach? To what extent do art teachers, effectively explored the use of computer device as an instructional material in teaching basic design through a reflective teaching practice approach? keywords: computer; design; device; education; enugu; learning; practice; schools; students; teachers; teaching cache: escjerps-2144.pdf plain text: escjerps-2144.txt item: #28 of 62 id: escjerps-2145 author: ONWUKWE, SETH NWACHUKWU; SETH, RACHEL NWACHUKWU title: THE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION date: 2022 words: 5630 flesch: 36 summary: Conclusion In this paper, an attempt has been made to look into the facets of theoretical framework of 1999 constitution and the implications to the management of university education in Nigeria. 136 | P a g e THE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION By ONWUKWE SETH NWACHUKWU onwukwe70@gmail.com Personnel Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka And RACHEL NWACHUKWU SETH rachelonwukwe@gmail.com Hope Foundation School, Magbuoba Rivers State ABSTRACT This paper examine Nigerian’s 1999 Constitution provisions in relation to the management of University education and its implication for the country’s educational Management, the 1999 Constitution vis-à-vis education. keywords: constitution; development; education; federal; government; management; nigeria; research; state; university; university education cache: escjerps-2145.pdf plain text: escjerps-2145.txt item: #29 of 62 id: escjerps-2146 author: Nnamdi, Ibe Peter; Okonkwo, Perpetua C.; Alor, Rose Amaka; Ifeoma, Onyekwelu title: AVAILABILITY AND USE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NNEWI EDUCATION ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE date: 2022 words: 4057 flesch: 54 summary: Ibe (2014) stated that school library resources encompass both the materials and human resources such as books, newspaper, magazine stands, as well as personnel like librarians, library officers, assistants and other support staff. There is therefore need to maximize use of school library resources for attainment of the objectives for establishing them, otherwise it will be a colossal failure. keywords: libraries; library; resources; school; students; study; use cache: escjerps-2146.pdf plain text: escjerps-2146.txt item: #30 of 62 id: escjerps-2788 author: Nwosumba, Victor Chijioke title: AFRICA AND RESOURCE CURSE DILEMMAS: LESSONS FOR NIGERIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY date: 2024 words: 10391 flesch: 47 summary: First, they confirm that any type of natural resource (not only when they are many) is a source of foreign currency and welfare of state and citizen if well harnessed through the instrumentality of well- intended resource diplomacy. As frequently as the question about Africa's resource curse dilemmas and the way out is being asked, no answer has been sufficient because the challenge is still looming large especially when there are new discoveries of natural resources in some places in Africa where such were non-existing before. keywords: africa; countries; country; development; dilemmas; diplomacy; economic; gold; hydropower; iron; nigeria; oil; ore; people; petroleum; policy; resource; resource curse; resource diplomacy cache: escjerps-2788.pdf plain text: escjerps-2788.txt item: #31 of 62 id: escjerps-2789 author: Eze, Hycinth Osondu; Chukwu, Ebele Georgina title: A STUDY OF SOME FACTORS IN THE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIBRARY USAGE AND THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL date: 2024 words: 2032 flesch: 57 summary: Discussion: From the sample of attitude and the views of the students presented in this paper, it would appear that to a considerable extent, Nigerian students are influenced by parents, peers, and background in their attitude towards the use of libraries. It would not be any surprise that Nigerian students see use of libraries as a transition or an end to a process (studies in school). keywords: library; students; study; use cache: escjerps-2789.pdf plain text: escjerps-2789.txt item: #32 of 62 id: escjerps-2790 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; Adedeji, Ayodeji O. title: ARMS PROLIFERATION AND THE RISE OF INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA: A TREND OR A BAIT? date: 2024 words: 13733 flesch: 49 summary: Abstract Nigeria, with the worst porous border in the Sub-Saharan Africa, for long, is a victim of nefarious crimes of small arms and light weapons trans-border trades leading to arms proliferation. The number of small arms and light weapons on the individual and group hands, outnumbered the arms in the armed forces and police armouries combined, armoured tanks excluded. keywords: arms; arms proliferation; bait; border; hypotheses; insurgency; light; nigeria; south; study; test; trend; weapons; zone; ×𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿 𝑅𝑂𝑊; 𝑂𝑉𝐸𝑅𝐴𝐿𝐿 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿; 𝑅𝑂𝑊 𝑂𝑉𝐸𝑅𝐴𝐿𝐿; 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿 𝐶𝑂𝐿𝑈𝑀𝑁 cache: escjerps-2790.pdf plain text: escjerps-2790.txt item: #33 of 62 id: escjerps-2791 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; Ukeje, Ikechukwu Ogeze; Okechukwu, Prisca Chinyere title: ISSUES AND TRENDS IN AFRICAN CONFLICTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN RWANDAN AND SIERRA LEONEAN CRISES date: 2024 words: 8223 flesch: 54 summary: Methods We conducted historical survey of African conflicts with special interest in Rwanda and Sierra Leone through a combination of content analysis, descriptive and comparative approaches. Toward this end, African conflicts and the catalysis of war; the negative trends in African conflicts; HIV/AIDS as weapons of war of exterminations of the victims; the problems and effects in Rwanda and Sierra Leone; the scourge of the spread in Africa conflicts and the new idea (rape as a weapon) of war and the general implications among others were examined. keywords: african; aids; conflicts; girls; hiv; leone; new; okechukwu; rape; rwanda; sierra; sierra leone; spread; victims; violence; war; women cache: escjerps-2791.pdf plain text: escjerps-2791.txt item: #34 of 62 id: escjerps-2792 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL title: INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND THE POLITICS OF MANAGING RWANDAN CRISIS: LESSON FOR DEVELOPING STATES date: 2024 words: 9780 flesch: 56 summary: In the same vein, Richard (1999:10) asserts that small states diplomacy is particularly affected by developments which are determined beyond their border against the fact that diplomacy is the main vehicle by which small states are able to ensure that their goals are addressed in the global arena. Accepting this assertion, Dallaire (2003) still went ahead to query the great powers; saying, should we agree that the previous cooperative nature of small states diplomacy has been eroded by the heated competition in an increasingly globalised world, thereby making vulnerable states like Rwanda to be abandoned and betrayed in the days of the war/genocide in her domain or should we accept the exacerbated differences amongst small states as a reason for not attending to the Rwandan crisis? keywords: conflict; crisis; diplomacy; interest; international; new; policy; politics; power; research; rwanda; states; states diplomacy; system; world cache: escjerps-2792.pdf plain text: escjerps-2792.txt item: #35 of 62 id: escjerps-2793 author: CHUKWU, EBELE GEORGINA; Nonye, Ijere Carlyster title: EFFECT OF ETHNO BASED INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER SCIENCE date: 2024 words: 4162 flesch: 50 summary: It is against this background that this study intends to determine the effect of ethnocomputing teaching materials on student achievement in computer science. For the ethnocomputing method (experimental group), a total of 160 (80) males and 80 females SSI computer science students were used, while the lecture method comprised of 157 (77 males and 80 females) computer science students. keywords: achievement; computer; effect; mean; method; science; scores; students; teaching cache: escjerps-2793.pdf plain text: escjerps-2793.txt item: #36 of 62 id: escjerps-2795 author: Adedeji, Ayodeji O.; Otu, Otu Akanu title: FROM CONVENTIONAL TO UNCONVENTIONAL MECHANISM: THE PUBLIC DILEMMA OF KIDNAPPING BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH-EAST AND SOUTH-SOUTH REGIONS OF NIGERIA date: 2024 words: 11026 flesch: 35 summary: It is also believed that the placement of curse on perpetrators of kidnapping activities and their collaborators would be seriously dealt with by the gods, and also affects those who aid and abate kidnapping business in their lands Sponsors of kidnapping activities are financially privileged to lure the unemployed youths into kidnapping business because they are socially disadvantaged (Nnam, McPherson, 2014:72). keywords: business; communities; government; journal; kidnappers; kidnapping; kidnapping activities; kidnapping business; mechanism; nigeria; otu; police; public; security; south; south nigeria; state; study; unconventional cache: escjerps-2795.pdf plain text: escjerps-2795.txt item: #37 of 62 id: escjerps-2796 author: Ejim, Joy Nkiruka; Georgina, Chukwu Ebele; Onuora, Anthonia title: UTILIZATION OF COMPUTER DEVICE IN TEACHING BASIC DESIGN: A REFLECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICE APPROACH date: 2024 words: 5782 flesch: 46 summary: Analysis, revealed that 35% of Art teachers can effectively utilize computer device as an instructional material for teaching basic design in Junior Secondary Schools. To what extent do art teachers, effectively explored the use of computer device as an instructional material in teaching basic design through a reflective teaching practice approach? keywords: approach; computer; design; device; education; enugu; practice; schools; students; teachers; teaching cache: escjerps-2796.pdf plain text: escjerps-2796.txt item: #38 of 62 id: escjerps-2797 author: Okolie, Aloysuis-Michaels; Prince, Ohiaegbu Chiemezue; Okechukwu, Groupson-Paul UC title: GLOBAL SECURITY CHALLENGES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: AN ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE-CHANGE-AS-A- NEW SECURITY-THREAT PARADIGM date: 2024 words: 11986 flesch: 42 summary: The following observations emerged from the analysis :(1) following the aftermath of the Cold War and changing menus and priorities of world politics ,the subject matter and foci on security discourse ,security undergone both a “broadening” and a “deepening” as well as a revisioning which significantly led to socially and environmentally reconstitution of human security; (2) the main challenge to security narrative for managing current climate variability still remains how to link economic security with environmental sustainability in a non-dematerializing global economy,(3) the underlying assumptions of mainstream “eco- efficiency” approach to development under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is neo-liberalism , at best the merger of environment and economics in decision making masquerading as multilateral mitigation and adaptive measures (MMAMs),and therefore, cannot serve the cause of sustainable human security; finally (4) the search for new paradigms for security must take cognizance of the cascading consequences of existential threat from climate change that do not lend themselves to military response and are capable of producing “deadly pandemics and other natural disasters” with WMD-like effects . Keywords: Africa, Sustainable development, nuclearisation, climate change, new threat paradigm; human insecurity, ecological footprint, Human security. keywords: africa; analysis; climate change; countries; developing; development; environment; food; global; international; level; nations; nigeria; ohiaegbu; paradigm; people; policy; research; rise; security; security challenges; state; studies; threat; water; world cache: escjerps-2797.pdf plain text: escjerps-2797.txt item: #39 of 62 id: escjerps-2798 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; Arua, Christopher Chukwu title: GLOBALIZATION AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA date: 2024 words: 5867 flesch: 42 summary: The negative impact of globalization on Africa development is analyzed using the dependency theory framework. Against the background of the heavy foreign debts and deteriorating economic performance, Africa countries were pressured by multilateral financial organizations, commercial banks and donors’ countries to accept intervention by international financial institutions; World Bank, IMF and the likes (Ghai, 1991). keywords: africa; countries; development; economy; globalization; international; issn; new; policies; policy; trade; underdevelopment; world cache: escjerps-2798.pdf plain text: escjerps-2798.txt item: #40 of 62 id: escjerps-2799 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL title: OIL POLITICS AND WAR IN LIBYA: ARMING OF REBELS AND THE NEW PHASE OF NEO DEMOCRACY EVALUATED date: 2024 words: 16164 flesch: 56 summary: The BBC doesn’t help with its naïve and gullible reports, it seems to think that post – Gadhafi Libya would be like Islington or Hampstead, very wrong. Of course, it always helps if they join to get a couple of billion in oil reserves knocking about, which makes the whole friendship thing a bit more cynical to understand that they could defile the NATO bombing to gather to deliberate on Libya oil and how it must be harnessed to solving their own problems (economic recessions) and not that of the purported crying Libyans as portrayed by the western press that Gadhafi had depraved (Reed, 2011:5-6). keywords: african; arming; arms; conspiracy; crisis; democracy; gadhafi; libya; nato; neo; new; oil; oil politics; okechukwu; people; politics; press; rebels; states; theory; time; united; war; west; world cache: escjerps-2799.pdf plain text: escjerps-2799.txt item: #41 of 62 id: escjerps-2800 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; Agboola, Olugbenga Abiodun title: MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: RE-ASSERTIVE NATIONALISM OR WAR date: 2024 words: 8948 flesch: 52 summary: Why have the Sunni people felt that their nationalism is as important as to determine and dictating for the rest of Middle East States? Against this prevailing contradictions, Pipes (1987), further argued that since there is no Arab nation yet that the people of Middle East may have an intention to be one but that does not mean that it is already in existence; that the Arabs might have the intent of integrating into a much larger entity comprising all the Arab nations but it is 289 | P a g e Middle East Crisis: keywords: arab; conflict; course; interest; isis; islamic; middle east; nationalism; new; people; region; states; sunni; terrorism; war; western; world cache: escjerps-2800.pdf plain text: escjerps-2800.txt item: #42 of 62 id: escjerps-2801 author: Akwara, Azalahu Francis; Akpan, Nse Etim; Ibiam, Egwu Okechukwu; Arua, Christopher title: THE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACE- KEEPING MISSIONS IN AFRICA- A FOCUS ON SUDAN date: 2024 words: 10616 flesch: 45 summary: In recent times, the number of UN peacekeeping operation has witnessed unprecedented sharp rise beyond the expectation of actors in the international system including the UN itself. The misappropriation of the allowances of troops serving under the UN mandate by their commanding officers is another obstacle to UN peacekeeping operations in Africa. keywords: africa; challenges; conflict; international; members; military; missions; nations peace; operations; peacekeeping; peacekeeping operations; security; states; sudan; united nations; war; world cache: escjerps-2801.pdf plain text: escjerps-2801.txt item: #43 of 62 id: escjerps-2802 author: Akwara, Azalahu Francis; Ezirim, Gerald E; Udaw, Joseph E; Akwara, Ngozi F title: THE ROLE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GROUPS IN THE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS: A CASE STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) (1982-2002) date: 2024 words: 7959 flesch: 48 summary: If the West African sub region has multinationals with solid asset bases, the ECOWAS should have been of great asset to them in competing globally with those of other sub regions. Finally, the ECOWAS has not been able to influence investment by nationals of the sub-region in other regions because of the absence of multinationals of West African origin. keywords: african; economic; ecowas; globalization; globalization process; integration; nations; process; region; states; sub; trade; west cache: escjerps-2802.pdf plain text: escjerps-2802.txt item: #44 of 62 id: escjerps-2803 author: Eze, Hycinth Osondu; Chukwu, Ebele Georgina; Onah, Festus C. title: THE USE OF ELECTRONIC AIDS, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT IN ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) ENUGU date: 2024 words: 2262 flesch: 56 summary: This study equally found that the use of electronic teaching aids does not enhance English Language achievement. HO2: Electronic teaching aids have significant influence on English language achievement. keywords: achievement; aids; english; enugu; language cache: escjerps-2803.pdf plain text: escjerps-2803.txt item: #45 of 62 id: escjerps-2804 author: CHUKWU, EBELE GEORGINA title: USE OF AUDIO AIDS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS date: 2024 words: 3294 flesch: 46 summary: Audio-visual aids: audio-visual aids are those materials which involve both the audible land vision senses and provide update information they include television programs, multimedia packages, computer programs etc. Audio-visual materials are those centre materials that do not solely depend on reading to convey information or knowledge. keywords: aids; audio; equipment; information; learning; materials; resources; use cache: escjerps-2804.pdf plain text: escjerps-2804.txt item: #46 of 62 id: escjerps-2805 author: Nwosumba, Victor Chijioke title: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES AT FORTY-FIVE: A FOOL AT FORTY-FIVE A FOOL FOREVER? date: 2024 words: 8086 flesch: 45 summary: Thus, the bureaucrats and technocrats who helped to chart the course of regional integration in West Africa from 363 | P a g e Economic Community of West African States at Forty-Five: A Fool at Forty-Five a Fool Forever? Following this new West African consciousness, the early “West African” African leaders and followers of the Aborigine Rights Protection Society, National Congress for British West Arica and inter-territorialists in the former Africque Occidental Francaise disappeared from political influence and power in West Africa (Hodgkin and Schachter, 1960; Ofoegbu, 1980). keywords: african; community; economic; ecowas; fact; fool; integration; movement; national; nigeria; people; regional; states; theory; west cache: escjerps-2805.pdf plain text: escjerps-2805.txt item: #47 of 62 id: escjerps-2806 author: Eze, Hycinth Osondu title: EFFECTIVE PROMOTION OF LEARNING IN CLASSROOM date: 2024 words: 1250 flesch: 59 summary: Abstract The issue of promoting learning has caused a lot of concern for students, teachers and the society in general in Nigeria. The paper concluded by arguing that teachers can promote learning if students are allowed to fully participate in the teaching and learning endeavour. keywords: learning; objectives; teachers cache: escjerps-2806.pdf plain text: escjerps-2806.txt item: #48 of 62 id: escjerps-2807 author: Akwara, Azalahu Francis; Udaw, Joseph E; Onimawo, Jane title: NATIONAL IDENTITY, INTEGRATION AND QUESTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND STABLE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA date: 2024 words: 8632 flesch: 44 summary: This has conditioned the use of military expeditions in ethnic nationalities where the crises could not be controlled through any other means in the country. It also amalgamated ethnic nationalities into un-integrated nation-states where the search for lost ethnic identity and integration started all over again after independence. keywords: country; governance; government; groups; identity; integration; nationalities; nigeria; people; question; security; sense; state cache: escjerps-2807.pdf plain text: escjerps-2807.txt item: #49 of 62 id: escjerps-2808 author: Ibiam, Okechukwu Egwu; Akwara, Francis A.; Udeuhele, Godwin I.; Okechukwu, Groupson P; Arua, Christopher C.; Agha, Emmanuel O.; Ibiam, Joy U. Egwu. title: CHILD LABOUR FOR FAMILY POVERTY ALLEVIATION: A DEBACLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIAN CHILD: ‘LESSONS FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES OF EBONYI STATE’ date: 2024 words: 10667 flesch: 34 summary: Common efforts at advocacies and mass education of the rural dwellers about the ills of child labours have remained a tall order, beyond the lame policies enacted by government and the international jamborees on child labour attended by Nigerian rulers. There is also a great need for social mobilization, re-socialization, re- orientation and value re-positioning aimed at building the capacities of the children impacted by child labours, their parents and critical take holders about the need for collective efforts aimed at discouraging child labour in our societies. keywords: alleviation; child; child labour; children; communities; development; ebonyi; ebonyi state; families; family; family poverty; ibiam; nigeria; population; poverty; poverty alleviation; practices; research; state cache: escjerps-2808.pdf plain text: escjerps-2808.txt item: #50 of 62 id: escjerps-2809 author: Eze, Hycinth Osondu title: ADJUSTMENT STRATEGIES FOR NEW STUDENTS date: 2024 words: 1340 flesch: 53 summary: Introduction There is the general awareness of problems (adjustment) of new students and the implications for the growth and development of such students. 45 | P a g e Adjustment Strategies for New Students Hyacinth O. Eze ADJUSTMENT STRATEGIES FOR NEW STUDENTS HYACINTH O. EZE Abstract keywords: adjustment; guidance; school; students cache: escjerps-2809.pdf plain text: escjerps-2809.txt item: #51 of 62 id: escjerps-2810 author: CHUKWU, EBELE GEORGINA; Dauda, Bashir Abdlrasheed title: AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES AVAILABILITY AND USE FOR LIBRARY SERVICES IN ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA date: 2024 words: 3765 flesch: 49 summary: Factors hindering the effective use of audio-visual resources in teacher education institutions, No Content SA A SD D 1 There is inadequate funding of Audio-visual resources. The gains in audio-visual resources in the teaching/learning processes must be consolidated. keywords: education; enugu; library; materials; research; resources; state; use cache: escjerps-2810.pdf plain text: escjerps-2810.txt item: #52 of 62 id: escjerps-2811 author: Ibiam, Okechukwu Egwu; Itumo, Anthony title: A RENTIER STATE AND THE PREDATORY ELITE: THE DILEMMA OF NIGERIANS date: 2024 words: 5147 flesch: 46 summary: Thus we see states of societies in Africa existing under definite system of either a dictatorship or selective democracy subject to the specific interests of the dominant elite. As much as there are ranges of states which can be defined in terms of the way they affect development among its citizens, the Nigerian state is a peculiar one. keywords: citizens; class; development; dilemma; elite; interests; nigerian; people; predatory; society; state; wealth cache: escjerps-2811.pdf plain text: escjerps-2811.txt item: #53 of 62 id: escjerps-2812 author: Ibiam, Okechukwu Egwu title: THE DOMINANT CLASS AND THE STATE IN NIGERIA: A CONFEDERACY OF PROFLIGACY date: 2024 words: 4928 flesch: 38 summary: This call goes out to the inteligencia, academics, the media, civil and human rights organization, non- governmental and faith based organization (NGO and FBO) as well as labour unions and individuals towards fostering a strong civil society dedicated to liberating the Nigerian state from the shackles of dominant class bondage. Ake furthers that while no one denies the existence of localized traditional classes of citizens in pre- colonial Nigerian communities, the dimension of the alliance between any of such classes with the traditional state institutions was nothing compared the contemporary order. keywords: class; confederacy; dominant; exploiter; nigeria; nigerians; people; profligacy; society; state; wealth cache: escjerps-2812.pdf plain text: escjerps-2812.txt item: #54 of 62 id: escjerps-2813 author: Nwosumba, Victor Chijioke title: AN EXTRAPOLATION STUDY ON THE POLITICS OF FOOD AID IN AFRICA IN VIEW OF THE DANGER IT PORTENDS FOR THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS' HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY: A SPECIAL FOCUS ON NORTHEAST NIGERIA date: 2024 words: 9200 flesch: 52 summary: 81 | P a g e An Extrapolation Study on the Politics of Food Aid in Africa in View of the Danger it Portends for the Internally Displaced Persons' Household Food Security: A Special Focus on Northeast Nigeria Victor Chijioke Nwosumba AN EXTRAPOLATION STUDY ON THE POLITICS OF FOOD AID IN AFRICA IN VIEW OF THE DANGER IT PORTENDS FOR THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS' HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY: A SPECIAL FOCUS ON NORTHEAST NIGERIA Victor Chijioke Nwosumba PhD. Department of Political Science Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State Email:vcnwosumba@gmail.com; victor.nwosumba.funai.edu.ng To cushion the effects of these challenges, food aid seems to be an expedient option. keywords: access; africa; aid; countries; danger; food; food aid; food security; household; household food; idps; nigeria; northeast; people; persons; politics; security; world cache: escjerps-2813.pdf plain text: escjerps-2813.txt item: #55 of 62 id: escjerps-2814 author: Akwara, Azalahu Francis; Akwara, Ngozi Francis; Udaw, Joseph; Odekina, Felicia title: BUSINESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENTS: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES DURING POLITICAL TRANSITION PERIODS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA date: 2024 words: 6379 flesch: 46 summary: Because of the stringent conditions attached to the formation and registration of political parties, and ethnoreligious diversities of the countries, it becomes imperative that the services of business enterprises would be required for the parties to be successful. There is also the need to know if small scale businesses need to be quoted in any of their nations’ stock exchanges for trading purposes or not. keywords: business; country; enterprises; environments; opportunities; parties; party; politics; scale; scale business; scale enterprises; society; state; transition cache: escjerps-2814.pdf plain text: escjerps-2814.txt item: #56 of 62 id: escjerps-2815 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; Offu, Peter title: CONTENTS AND APPLICATIONS OF CITIZENS DIPLOMACY AND TRANSFORMATION AGENDA: A CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE date: 2024 words: 9105 flesch: 45 summary: PhD peteroffu@gmail.com Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo(FUNAI), Abakaliki – Ebonyi State, NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Citizen diplomacy, which is one among the several types of diplomacy, stands out as people based and oriented. Thus, Fuller (1970), one of the key pioneer of the concept, argued that citizen diplomacy is a grassroots initiative, geared towards promoting peace and development. keywords: agenda; applications; citizen diplomacy; citizens; contemporary; contents; countries; country; foreign; government; nigeria; people; policy; programmes; relations; transformation; transformation agenda; world cache: escjerps-2815.pdf plain text: escjerps-2815.txt item: #57 of 62 id: escjerps-2816 author: Ugwuozor, Samuel; Chibuike, E Madubuegwu; Agudiegwu, Ogbonna Moses; Okechukwu, Groupson-Paul; Onyejegbu, Emeka Dominic title: ELECTIONS AND CRISIS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA GOVERNANCE: A CAUSAL ANALYSIS date: 2024 words: 6922 flesch: 39 summary: From this indication, it is pertinent to establish the theoretical relevance of election process and accountability in the analysis of structures and roles. To this extent, the failure of governance in Nigeria is the failure of structures of Nigeria political system. keywords: accountability; analysis; elections; governance; government; national; nigeria; process; public; state; structures; system; vol cache: escjerps-2816.pdf plain text: escjerps-2816.txt item: #58 of 62 id: escjerps-2817 author: Akwara, Azalahu Francis; Biu, Iliyasu M; Abutu, Grace; Okwelume, Rose title: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITYINDUSTRY IN NIGERIA date: 2024 words: 5070 flesch: 43 summary: Key words: tourism; tourism destination; tourism system; motivation; human resource, management INTRODUCTION The movement and discovery of new places and people known in a simple form as tourism has become a major factor in the world economic development. Despite the security challenges, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) (2008) noted the gigantic progress in world’s tourism as it contributes about 10.3% of world gross domestic product; with an annual turnover of about $87 billion (US); and that the world travel and tourism industry supports about 234 million jobs which is about 8.7% of total world employment. keywords: development; hospitality; industry; management; manpower; needs; nigeria; resource; sector; tourism; tourism industry cache: escjerps-2817.pdf plain text: escjerps-2817.txt item: #59 of 62 id: escjerps-2819 author: Akwara, Azalahu Francis; Udaw, Joseph Effiong; Ezirim, Gerald E title: THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND RAIL TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CRITICAL REVIEW date: 2024 words: 4560 flesch: 40 summary: As aptly recommended by Huzzayyin (2005), sustainable transport development within the context of developing countries must meet the requirements of inexpensiveness, simplicity, durability, self-support, accessibility, cleanness and social acceptability. Rather, the MDG document generically admonishes countries to integrate the principle of sustainable development in their policies and programmes; and reverse the loss of environmental resources. keywords: countries; development; goals; mdgs; millennium; nigeria; policy; rail; sector; transport; transportation cache: escjerps-2819.pdf plain text: escjerps-2819.txt item: #60 of 62 id: escjerps-2820 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL; Otu, Akanu Otu title: NIGERIA 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES date: 2024 words: 6545 flesch: 50 summary: Electoral falsification and rigging had been a British product just to favour one ethnic group as Nigeria political quagmire is also a British product. ICG 2007, Nigeria: failed elections, failing state”. keywords: bigotry; challenges; democratic; election; ethnicity; government; identity; issues; masses; nigeria; otu; people; politics; tribalism cache: escjerps-2820.pdf plain text: escjerps-2820.txt item: #61 of 62 id: escjerps-2821 author: OKECHUKWU, GROUPSON-PAUL title: THE POLITICS OF GAS FLARING IN NIGERIA NIGER-DELTA AND THE NEGATING CONTOURS: THE BASIS OF THE LOOMING CRISIS date: 2024 words: 11438 flesch: 48 summary: A political intrigue that played itself against the cry and protest of the people of the communities on the hazardous effects of flared gas was seen in the proposed legislation on the menace of gas flaring, since the investigation above has identified artificial factors as the cause of flared gas in the region. Premised on this thrown up issues, this study shall examine the theoretical basis of this study, the historical over of Niger-Delta, the logic of the investigation, the effects of gas flaring on the followings: the environment, water, farm crops, infrastructures, aqua- lives and forestry among others. keywords: air; communities; community; degradation; effects; environment; exploration; gas flaring; government; health; human; niger delta; nigeria; nigeria niger; oil; people; pollution; region; resources; state; study; water cache: escjerps-2821.pdf plain text: escjerps-2821.txt item: #62 of 62 id: escjerps-2823 author: Eze, Hycinth Osondu title: SEX DIFFERENCES IN DISCIPLINE AS A CONTROL MEASURE IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION date: 2024 words: 1455 flesch: 59 summary: But .the subjects showed significant difference in their attitude to caution as a discipline control measure -(see table I ) . Very often, many school teachers become victims of discipline and embarrassment. keywords: control; discipline; school cache: escjerps-2823.pdf plain text: escjerps-2823.txt