» Abstract The research examines the role of social media in curbing the spread of ebola virus using Facebook users who are students of University of Lagos. It is observed that in this era of Information and Communication Technology, social media especially facebook, and twitter have revolutionalised …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the impact of social media on modern journalism practices in Nigerian with a focus on journalists within Lagos metropolis. As the inception of information communication technology such as the internet has made it possible to find out about events witho…Continue Reading »
» Abstract The study examined the influence of social media as emerging tool for political participation in Nigeria with a study of 2015 Presidential Election. The emergency and proliferation of social media otherwise known as citizen media has reshaped political education and mobilization in Nigeri…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work set out to investigate industrial sector growth and economic performance in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models and Granger causality model using secondary data from 1981 to 2015. Results show that the coefficient of crude petroleum and natural gas, sol…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Industrial Development has been a major cornerstone of economic development of any nation. The success of such a programme can be attributed to the methods and modes of financing the policy. The study is therefore focused on industrial Development financing in Nigeria. Since NIODB is at the…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The research evaluated the impact of trade openness on the economic growth of Nigeria 1988 2014. The study employed secondary time series data, sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin 2014. A four variable model was developed comprising GDP as dependent variable and Trade …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study has attempted to investigate the impact of monetary policy on nominal economic growth in Nigeria using the dummy variable technique to enquire if there is any difference between the conduct of monetary policy during military and civilian government in Nigeria covering a period …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Insurance is one of the cornerstones of modern day financial services sector. In addition to its traditional role of managing risk, insurance market activity, both as intermediary and as provider of risk transfer and indemnification, may promote growth by allowing different risks to be mana…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study investigates the impact of exchange rate changes on non oil export in Nigeria between 1970 and 2014, using Nigeria time series data; The study examines the significant role of exchange rate and inflation on non oil export of the economy which other studies might have ignore; In ac…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study examines Human capital development and economic growth in Nigeria. A model was specified and data were collected from the period of 1986 2016. The method used in this research work is the error correction model (ECM) and variables are: real gross domestic product (RGDP) as the dep…Continue Reading »
» INTRODUCTION Nigeria’s persistent energy crisis has weaken the industrialization process and significantly undermined the efforts to achieve sustained economic growth, increased competitiveness of domestic industries in domestic, regional and global market and employment generation. According to s…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work attempted to evaluate the economic logic behind Nigeria’s government policy of deregulation of the oil downstream sector. Thus, this work assessed the effect of deregulation of downstream oil sector on the economic performance of Nigeria using annual time series data fr…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study has attempted to investigate the effect of capital market on investment in Nigeria using the OLS technique to estimate this relationship covering a period of 34 years (1981 2014). It was discovered that for the period under study that market capitalization and inflation had no …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This paper investigates if there is a significant long – run relationship between cocoa exports and economic growth in Nigeria. The study covers the periods between 1981 to 2014. The underlying models are the export led growth, hypothesis, neo – classical growth model, presbich trade mo…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) provides with much needed capital investments with a view to achieving economic growth in Nigeria. Foreign direct investment is a leading role in developing countries of Africa giving rise to a widespread belief among policy makers that foreign direct investm…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work was motivated with the desire to alleviate the prevailing stagnating rate of unemployment in Nigeria by studying the deficits and surpluses of the Capital market. This study analyses the impact of capital market on employment generation in Nigeria from 1980 2015 with the …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study examines Human capital development and economic growth in Nigeria. A model was specified and data were collected from the period of 1986 2016. The method used in this research work is the error correction model (ECM) and variables are: real gross domestic product (RGDP) as the dep…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The standard neoclassical theory of growth predicts that capital should move from developed countries to developing countries (Lucas, 1990). In recent years, there has been increase in the flow of international capital, due to a constellation of factors like economic integration, financial …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The advent of the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) in the Southeast Asia in 1997 is an appealing case for research work in assessing corporate financial distress. From international perspective, AFC is a product of contagion effect that spread from Thailand and consequently to the other Asian c…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This work discusses the effect of human capital on labour productivity of manufacturing sector in Nigeria. The study applied the ordinary least squares regression analysis in the estimation. The evaluation result shows that human capital has a positive effect on the sectoral labour producti…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work examined the effect of monetary policy on the Nigerian stock market by specifically examining the impact of monetary policy on money supply, treasury bill rate, exchange rate,interest rate and inflation rate on all share index. To achieve these objectives, the study…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Unemployment is a macro economic problem that affects individuals most differently and severely. This study investigated the effect of unemployment on gross domestic product (GDP) in Nigeria. The quarterly data was used for the estimation capturing the periods of 1981 through 2014. The rese…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This work aimed at examining the effect of trade liberalization on Economic Growth in Nigeria from 1970 2014. The data collected are secondary data from the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and CBN Statistical Bulletin. The unit root test and Co integration test were carried out, …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study examines the effect of Tax Administration on Revenue Generation in Enugu State (A case study of the State Board of Inland Revenue Service Enugu State). The level of revenue generated in the state has been in a declining form due to poor tax administration and collections of taxes …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of investors’ sentiment on stock market return in Nigeria with consideration to bull and bear market cycles which most past studies neglected. The dependent variable was proxy by Stock Market Returns (SPR) while the explanatory variables were investors sentim…Continue Reading »
