The substantial increase in the incidence rates of non-communicable diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is closely linked to the social and economic changes that accompany development. Most research on DM focused on ...
The associated sulphide mineralisation provinces comprising lead-zinc ore in Nigeria have
always been associated with the sedimentary Benue trough. However, there had been reports of
associated sulphide mineralisation ...
Pegmatites hosta variety of economic rare metals and this has led to increased search and study of pegmatite belts globally. The Nigerian pegmatites belts continue to attract considerable attention due to their economic ...
Talc is formed from diverse geological processes including hydrothermal alteration and contact or regional metamorphism of mafic, ultramafic rocks and dolomitic carbonates. Previous studies on the genesis of talc deposits ...
The Iruekpen-Ifon road is of economic importance, linking several towns in Edo and Ondo States. However, the recurring failures of sections of the road had made it deplorable. There is dearth of information on the subsurface ...
The world has become more linked owing to the increased intensity of globalisation across regions. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has become relatively more integrated into the world economy as shown by increasing degree ...
Globalisation constitutes a time-space transformation of human societies. This
phenomenon, which affects cultural formations, has been depicted in African literature,
and especially the novel. Existing studies on ...
The GlycaemicIndex (GI) of foods is a widely recognised tool for the dietary management of chronic diseases, especially Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a metabolic disease associated with life threatening complications and ...
The Good Samaritan’s Parable (TGSP), in Luke’s Gospel, was Jesus’ wordcraft to a
Jewish lawyer who deliberately tested Him on the conditions required to inherit eternal
kingdom and to be a true neighbour. Existing studies ...
The governance of reform is the process of designing and implementing measures to effect positive change in the quality of an institution’s outputs. Previous studies on police reforms have focused on political control, ...
Teacher Task Performance (TTP) entails quality teaching, classroom management, subject mastery, lesson preparation and job commitment, which should be exhibited by school teachers for effective service delivery. However, ...
The concept of stability in differential equations is of immense importance particularly for determination of properties of solutions of nonlinear equations which
cannot be readily solved to obtain closed analytic solutions. ...
Ghana and Nigeria, apart from sharing similar political and press histories, are both signatories to different international pacts that guarantee press freedom. Though studies have indicated disparities in press freedom ...
Limiting Amino Acid (AA) fortification such as methionine and threonine of vegetable based low Crude Protein (CP) diets for broiler chicks is often adopted for decreasing production cost and nitrogen emission but could ...
Tea plant is a good source of antioxidants, but its production is largely limited to
montane agro-ecology in Nigeria. To meet the increasing demand, there is need to expand
its cultivation to the lowland. However, tea ...
Kenaf is a multi-purpose crop with numerous industrial uses. Its production is constrained by poor cultural and agronomic practices which reduce yield. Farmers rely on different types of Inorganic Fertilisers (IF), which ...
Tomato is a source of dietary lycopene but its Fruit Yield (FY) is low due to declining Soil Fertility (SF), and Light Intensity (LI) affects its growth. Farmers rely on mineral fertilisers to improve SF, which could be ...
Dietary Oils (DO) are used in poultry feeding without considering their effects on nutrient digestion, absorption and utilisation. Oils rich in Saturated Fatty Acids (SFA) may interfere with uptake of minerals especially ...
African Giant Land Snails (AGLS) (Archachatina marginata) are a good source of protein
with low-fat content but with slow growth rate which may be due to genetic or nutritional
factors. Conventional high fibre feed ...
Feed constitutes more than 60% of operational cost in fish farming. Increasing cost of conventional feedstuff due to competition between livestock and human necessitates research into cheaper and readily available ...