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FAMILY VIOLENCE IN CLASSICAL AND IGBO LITERATURES

NWANORO, EDITH CHINYERE (2012-12)

Classical and African literatures have portrayed the family as a nucleus of the societies. Existing studies from the old Graeco-Roman times and Igbo cultures acknowledged this significance by paying adequate attention to ...

A ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR ANALYSIS OF THE IGBO VERB

AGBO, MADUABUCHI SENNEN (2013-05)

Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is central to the analysis of Niger-Congo languages because of its function and meaning properties, which are consistent with the clause structure of these languages. Many existing studies ...

CRISIS IN WARRI DIOCESE OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, 1975-1980

ARHAWHO, Robinson Orhuerakpo (2013-07)

The 1975-1980 crisis in the Warri Diocese over the consecration of a bishop was a challenging Episcopal experience in the Anglican Communion. Existing studies on this crisis have centred on financial management, ethical ...

A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION OF OYO-ILE AND BADAGRY HERITAGE SITES, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

OLUFUNKE, OLUKOLE TITILAYO (2013-07)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has triggered a revolution in archaeological methods for collecting and keeping inventories of heritages sites and monuments. Specifically, GIS studies have in recent times produced ...

LEGAL REGULATION OF CHIEFTAINCY DISPUTES IN YORUBALAND 1939—1960

ALO, LAWRENCE KOLAWOLE (2014-02)

One of the major challenges faced by the colonial administration in Nigeria was chieftaincy issues, which created social disorder. While the changing status of chieftaincy institution during this period had attracted much ...

ONTOLOGICAL PERSONALISM AND THE ETHICS OF STEM CELL RESEARCH

EDEMA, Philip Akporduado (2015-06)

Embryonic stem cell research (ESCR), which involves the use of human embryo for research purposes, has generated serious debate over the status of the human embryo in recent times. Earlier studies by the pro-choice and ...

ISLAM AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

OYEDEJI, AZEEZ (2016-04)

Freedom of faith, which encompasses the protection and preservation of religion as reflected in International Law and the Nigerian Constitution, is one of the Maqasid ash-Shari’ah (Objectives of the Islamic Law). Previous ...

NATURAL SPEECH AND INTONATION RULE PATTERNS OF SELECTED EDUCATED NIGERIAN SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH

ANTHONY, OLABIYI ADEJUWON (2016-04)

Natural speech patterns are the context-based intonation patterns employed by people in conversational speech. Intonation rules are the prescribed rules employed, irrespective of interactional context. However, both are ...

STRUCTURAL-STRESSES AND ACTION-STEPS IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

AKANDE, OLUMUYIWA ABIMBOLA (2016-11)

The tourism sector in Southwestern Nigeria has sufficient potentials to boost the Nigerian economy; however, its impact on the economy is relatively insignificant. Previous studies on the Nigerian tourism sector focused ...

INFLUENCE OF CULTURE AND ECONOMY ON TRANSLATED GLOBACOM ADVERTISEMENTS IN NIGERIAN PIDGIN INTO FRENCH IN BÉNIN REPUBLIC

ABIFARIN, Salu Komlan (2017-07)

The relevance of culture and economy in the translation of advertisements for foreign markets continues to attract attention in translation studies. Existing studies on the influence of culture and market economy on the ...

DISCOURSE STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES OF SELECTED ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGNS IN THE SOUTHWEST NIGERIA (2011-2015)

ADEBAYO, FAGBAYI THOMAS (2018-03)

Electioneering campaigns feature a specialised political language pivotal to the decision making of the electorates. Existing studies on political campaigns have largely given attention to the styles, ideologies, metaphors, ...

GROUNDS FOR DISPARITIES IN LEVELS OF PRESS FREEDOM IN DEMOCRATIC GHANA AND NIGERIA

APPIAH-ADJEI, GIFTY (2018-04)

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 ...

TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN IKON AND MBOPO DANCES OF AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA.

UFFORD, IKIKE INIEKE (2018-07)

Traditional dances in Nigeria are caught in the gap between change and tradition. Dance as a cultural element constantly changes in form, body movement and patterns. This raises the question of culture erosion and relevance ...

REINCARNATION AND NATIONALIST STRUGGLES IN SELECTED POSTCOLONIAL FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN NOVELS

FASINU, GABRIEL OLUSEGUN (2018-08)

Reincarnation is the belief that the spirit of man after death transmigrates into another form or body to express itself. Existing studies on reincarnation in Francophone African literature emphasise the nature of reincarnated ...

DERACINATION AND TRAUMA IN SELECTED FRANCOPHONE CARIBBEAN NOVELS

SALAU, ANTHONY KAYODE (2018-08)

Deracination, forced migration from one locality to the other, and trauma: the attendant psychological consequences of such movement have been recurrent issues in Francophone Caribbean literature. Previous studies on ...

SOCIO-LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF POINTS OF VIEW ON HOMOSEXUALITY IN SELECTED NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS

ADEGBOLA, Olubunmi Funmi (2018-08)

The global debate on homosexuality has been dominated by arguments on social justice and human rights. Scholarly attention on the phenomenon has dwelled on these legalistic perspectives, with little attention paid to ...

PATRIARCHY AND OPPRESSION OF FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SELECTED BENINESE WOMEN NOVELS

OYEWOLE, CHARITY OMOLEEGHO (2018-09)

Patriarchy is the manifestation and institutionalisation of male dominance over women and children in the family and the larger society. Extensive studies on patriarchy and oppression of the female gender in francophone ...

INFLUENCE OF GENDER AWARENESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ON GENDER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE AMONG STAFF AND STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA

FADIPE, ISRAEL AYINLA (2018-09)

Gender awareness campaigns play significant roles in gender knowledge, attitude and practice. Globally, studies on gender awareness campaigns in higher education institutions have focused on gender equity and equality as ...

INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION AND BRAND POSITIONING OF SELECTED NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS IN IBADAN

ADESANOYE, Oluwafemi (2018-09)

Nigerian commercial banks have employed Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) strategies to remain competitive in the industry. Studies on the use of IMC in the Nigerian banking industry have concentrated on the banking ...

SATIRIC AESTHETICS IN SELECTED NOVELS OF T. M. ALUKO AND MIKHAIL BULGAKOV

ADEOTI, Yakubu Adegboyega (2018-10)

Satire is a recurrent strategy reflecting multiplicity of usage including the portrayal of political and socioeconomic realities in novels. Earlier studies on the novels of T. M. Aluko and Mikhail Bulgakov have looked ...

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