» ABSTRACT Over the ages, some persons or group of persons are known to misuse power to bully their subjects or subordinates. This unwholesome act gives rise to many literary works condemning the act. This work considers the misuse of power as portrayed by the novels Anthills of the Savannah and pu…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The modernist era as one of the epochs in literature has been attributed to the West by many people. Also, it is perceived that features of long gone eras cannot be found in works of the 21st century. It is in this light that this research has attempted to situate African writers within …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research investigated and analysed works of two outstanding modernist writers in Africa and Europe. The work was carried out with specific objectives which are; to highlight the basic features of modernism, to discuss the reasons for writers in this vogue deviating from earlier tre…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Literary creativity usually conforms to the tradition of the era in which it is created. That is why creative styles have changed from the classical, to the Medieval, through to the Elizabethan Age, the Restoration Age, the Augustan Age, and the Victorian Age when Realist literature thri…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research examined the concept of code switching and code mixing in Doctor Patient communication in Federal Medical Centre, Katsina. The data used for the analysis were obtained from tape recording, questionnaire and personal observation. The analysis employed the descriptive statistica…Continue Reading »
» ABSTARCT The study examined the role of Nigerian Pidgin English in higher institutions with particular reference to students of Federal University Dutsinma. The research employed the monogenetic/reflexification theory and the data was gathered through the use of questionnaires and observation tec…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work is on Sociolinguistic Investigation of Some Hausa Proverbs. The Hausa term for proverb is Karin Magana and they are one of the oldest and most important types of myth, which form part and parcel of the Hausa culture. These wise sayings form a very crucial phase of th…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research investigates and analyzes the political poetry of Ex Stuffy ( Fater, Kaha aka Awambe a Tiv) whose poetic talent seems to have eluded the attention of other literary scholars. The work is carried out with specific objectives which are to draw attention to the songs of Ex Stuf…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Style is the manifestation of one’s personality. Every writer has a natural, linguistic and idiosyncratic way of expressing ideas that leads to the identification of style with man and his thought. The manipulation of words by a writer creates a distinct style through which he/she reac…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This work is concerned with salaries and wages administration in Nigeria public sector, a case study of Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. It is on this premise that the study is set to evaluate and highlight the significances of salaries and wages as factors towards ac…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study is aimed at determining the impact of motivation on employee‟s job performance in an organization. (A case study of Access Bank Plc). The purpose here is to investigate and identify factors responsible for the current state of affairs and seek to find practical solutio…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Strike action also called labour strike or industrial action is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employee(s) to work. A strike usually takes place in respond to employee grievances. Strike became important during the Industri…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Three types of sachet water samples and three types of borehole water samples all from Owerri Municipal, Imo State were collected and analyzed for physicochemical parameters. A total of twenty (21) parameters including Odour, Colour, pH, Conductivity, Acidity, Alkalinity, Total Solids, Diss…Continue Reading »
» . TABLE OF CONTENT Certification i Dedication ii Acknowledgements iii iv Table of content v vii Abstract viii CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Occurrence 1 1.3 Plant Source 3 1.4 Alkaloid Classification 3 1.5 Physiochemical Properties 6 1.6 Presence of Nitrogen in their molecule 7 1.7 Presence of …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation are central factors in the metabolic dysfunctions and pathologies associated with diabetes. The results from studies on the benefits of Selenium a trace element with antioxidant, anti lipidemic and anti inflammatory properties, in diabetes melli…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Obesity, a state of hyperleptinemia and leptin resistance, may play a role in the aeitiopathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Leptin hormone which was originally recognized for its role as a satiety factor has now been implicated in a wide variety of multisystem biological functio…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Learning is the act of acquiring new or modifying and re inforcing existing knowledge, while Memory is relatively the permanent storage of the learned information. Exposure to lead affect brain regions such as hippocampus that are involved in learning and memory. Succimer drug or meso 2,3 &…Continue Reading »
» Abstract Diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycemia. Caffeine has been suggested to be capable of disrupting glucose metabolism. The effects of caffeine on blood glucose level and on lipid profile of alloxan induced diabetic Wistar rats were studied. The effect of caffeine by determining…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Phytoestrogens are natural estrogenic agents present in plants. Phytoestrogens are any plant compounds structurally and/or functionally similar to ovarian and placental estrogens and their active metabolites.Sesamumindicum is one of the phytoestrogen containing seeds used by man for …Continue Reading »
» Abstract Phoenix dactylifera fruits possess essential properties such as analgesic, antioxidant, and nephroprotective activity but there is paucity of information on researches centered on the benefits of Phoenix dactylifera in learning and memory. This study was designed to evaluate the effe…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem affecting with more people in developing than developed countries. Insulin and oral hypoglycemic drugs have remained the corner stone for the management of diabetes mellitus. Unfortunately, apart from having a number of side effects, none of t…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Anemia is a serious health problem especially in developing countries. In the tropics, rural dwellers had resort to herbal treatment in some cases of anemia. The main aim of this work was to ascertain the role of n butanol leaf fraction of Telfairia Occidentalis on some haematological param…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study attempts to reconstruct the history of Igbo migrants in Dutsin ma Local Government from 1976 2015. The essence is to interrogate and explain the form and dynamics of inter group relations between the Igbo migrant group and the host community. The study employed a historical me…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Given the fact that women education serve as a catalyst in achieving development, therefore this study titled ‘the development of women education in Zaria city 1976 2006 examined the history and the development of women in Zaria city. The society of Zaria city during pre colonial perio…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work is an attempt at reconstructing the history of Gusau in the colonial period, 1903 1960. Colonialism has been a major phenomenon in the History of many African societies. This is due to the impact that it made on the economy and society of the various territories throug…Continue Reading »
