3001. CUSTOMERS BEHAVIOR AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE GROWTH OF A BUSINESS

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The key to thrive in any business is to offer customers with better solutions to their problems, give them the due respect, connect with them on emotional level, offer them with fair prices, and making it easy for customers to find what they need, pay for it and move on without much delay (Berry, 2001).

Customer behavior study is based on consumer buying behavior, with the customer playing the three distinct roles of user, payer and buy...

3002. EXAMINATION OF CUSTOMER ORIENTATION IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Community bank was imitated within the 1990 budget speech of the Head of State, commander in chief of the Armed forces of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Since then institutionalizing the system has gone through a long way. One of the most critical element in the process is the privation of an operational manual appropriate for the activities of the community banks. Unlike the conventional commercial bank, a communit...

3003. CURBING MALPRACTICE IN EXAMINATION; THE ANTIDOTE FOR A SANE SOCIETY

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: All over the world in the education sector, the examination process makes the difference in the actualization of the goals of education, Nwadiani (2005:2) asserted that “the goals of national educational systems and indeed national development become like mirage if examination ethics is not encouraged and instituted”. Examination is one of the major means of assessing and evaluating students’ skills, knowledge and at...

3004. CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN WORKPLACE AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

ABSTRACT: In work environments, people of different cultures and backgrounds have to work together, so they are able to interact and communicate on a daily basis. This can be exciting and interesting, yet it also brings about frustrations and uncertainties at times. It therefore becomes essential for any progressive organization to continuously seek ways to embrace and address these changes. Therefore, the study examines the effects of work place diversity on...

3005. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND IT’S IMPACT ON NURSING PRACTICE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT: This study examined the cultural differences and it’s impact on nursing practice in Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined whether nurses are aware of cultural differences, determined whether cultural differences impacts on nursing practice in Nigeria, examined some of the cultural issues nurses encounter with patients, and examined ways cultural differences can be handled in nursing practice in Nigeria. The study empl...

3006. CULTURAL BELIEFS AND GENDER DYNAMICS OF PMTCT SERVICES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

Background Of The Study: In many communities in sub-Saharan Africa, pregnancy is viewed as a ‘woman’s affair’, with a man’s role primarily to provide financial support. Even where men view accompanying their partner to antenatal clinics or PMTCT services as good practice, many still feels their main role is to provide financing for registration and delivery fees (Nkuoh, 2010).

In many settings, traditional gender roles and cu...

3007. AN APPRAISAL OF CULT VIOLENCE IN BAYELSA AND RIVERS STATE FROM 2010-2023

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Criminal activities occasioned by cultism are not limited to Bayelsa and Bayelsa and Rivers State, Nigeria. Cultism has become a universal phenomenon. It exists both in underdeveloped and developed countries. In some countries, they are known as peer groups, organized crimes, and street gangs groups, among others. For instance, Howell and Moore (2010, p.2) disclosed that:

The first gang-like groups began to emerge...

3008. CRITICAL EXAMINATION ON LAND USE AND ALLOCATION PROCEDURE

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In recent times there has been a rapant growth of towns and cities in this country. This growth has been accompanied with an ever increasing physical social and the technological changes as well as complex Urban Pattern of development.

This fast development with its attendant sprawling effects on the original settlement and town out skirted always cause some land use congestion. Personal and political pressures etc. within a...

3009. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MASS MEDIA IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS DISEASE

Background to the study: The Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria is part of the global scourge of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS Covid-19). Coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, China in December, 2019. Initially, coronavirus was tagged an epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) but because of its global spread and deadly nature, WHO upgraded the virus to a pandemic in 2020. More than 200,000 COVID...

3010. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SMEs IN LAGOS STATE

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Social media are interactive technologies that enable people to create and share content, thoughts, job interests, and other modes of expression across virtual communities and networks.Users either use web-based applications on their desktops and notebooks to access social media sites, or they download services that provide social media capabilities on their mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets). When users communicate with t...

3011. CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF NTA NATIONAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMME

Background to the study: The role of the media, particularly, television in advancing national integration  is pivotal. Television has become a very important and an effective medium of mass communication since its invention. Its synchronous transmission of audio and visual signals enables it to excert enormous influence on the society, thus, commanding credibility and attention than other media as Radio, Newspaper, Magazine etc.

Television has...

3012. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY NEEDS ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

Background of Study: Nigeria is a large nation with a population or about 120 million people made up of three main ethnic groups: Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo, plus many other minor tribes. Nigeria gained her independence in 1960 and become a republic in 1963. Since then, the country has been involved in development policies as a deliberate and calculated method for mobilizing her resources with the hope of improving the material well-being of her citizenry. It is w...

3013. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF MASS FAILURE OF MATHEMATICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (CASE STUDY OF UYO LGA OF AKWA IBOM STATE)

ABSTRACT: There has been a problem for some years now, student’s poor academic performance in senior secondary School certificate examination. It is always on the increase, in the light of this significant problem that this study is based to find out the causes and effect of mass failure in senior secondary school certificate examination (SSCE) in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa ibom State, however, the centre of interest is on senior mathematics examination. In the p...

3014. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TEAMWORK AS A TOOL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY OFFICE MANAGER

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the analysis of teamwork as a tool for organisational development using Nasarawa Investment and Property Development Company’s Ltd, Lafia, Nasarawa State as case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of staff of Nasarawa Investment and Property Development Company’s Ltd, Lafia, Nasarawa State....

3015. EXAMINING PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN NIGERIA

ABSTTRACT: The primary objective of this study entails a comprehensive examination of criminology and criminal justice within the Nigerian context, with a particular emphasis on utilising Abuja as a representative case study. The study utilised a survey research design, employing the convenience sampling method to select a sample of 36 lawyers from five Law chambers in Abuja. A meticulously designed questionnaire was distributed to the participants who had be...

3016. THE ROLE OF CRIMINAL PROFILLING AND IT’S RELEVANCE IN THE NIGERIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

ABSTRACT: The Nigerian criminal justice system is not entirely ignorant or unaware of the use and the merits of the application of criminal profiling as a tool in crime investigation. However, criminal profiling in Nigeria has not nearly reached the level of recognition, functionality or institutionalization that it has attained in other jurisdictions. This study aims to increase the awareness, explore the import, feasibility and the practicality of offe...

3017. The Impact of Crime Case Reporting on Victims: An Academic Analysis

Background to the study: Crime is a social problem that every society seeks to address. Once a crime occurs, it instantly throws up different layers of victims. In the dynamics of victimisation and social reactions to it, crime reporting plays a critical role. Therefore, public concern over human exposure to violence and its disproportionate reporting by victims and witnesses in society is not new. Given the obvious forms of violence in present-day society, p...

3018. CRIME AND VIOLENCE AS A BARRIER TO GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT: Women participation in Nigerian politics is crucial to the development of Nigeria and since women constitute a sizeable proportion of the population, neglecting them may mean losing their valuable contribution. Traditional socio-economic and political and cultural structures aid discrimination against women leading to loss of contributions of women to societal development. Raising the status of women through gender empowerment has is considered in c...

3019. AN EVALUATION OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT, CREDIT POLICY AND THE PERFORMING OF BANK IN AKURE, ONDO STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out with the purpose of analyzing Credit management, credit policy and the performing of  Bank in Akure, ondo state Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to establish whether there is a relationship between credit policy and performance, capital adequacy and performance and credit risk control and performance. In achieving the objectives assigned by the study, a causal research design was undertaken and that was facilit...

3020. THE ROLE OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION: Bank credit has been the responsibility of Central Bank of Nigeria, in order to manage our monetary system; it is also one of the instruments of monetary policy that can be used for economic system. Various sectors of the economy require finance for different purposes; one main purpose is to promote economic activities, the issue of credit becomes necessary as these economic agents do not have the ability to raise the required capital for the execution of their...

3021. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREDIT MANAGEMENT AND LIQUIDITY OF MANUFACTURING COMPANY

ABSTRACT: The study examined credit management and liquidity of manufacturing company. The objectives of the study includes to examine the relationship between average collection period a firms liquidity, to examine if there is a significant relationship between average payment period and the liquidity of a firm, to find out how debt affects the liquidity of a firm and to establish if there is a significant relationship between credit policy and liquidity of a firm. A sample of fifty com...

3022. COVID-19 AND VIRTUAL LEARNING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

ABSTRACT: This study examined the covid-19 and Virtual Learning on the academic performance of students using GreenSpring Scools Lekki, Lagos as a case study. The study focused on the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on Education. It examined the impact of virtual learning on academic performance and investigated the extent to which Covid-19 and Virtual Learning  impacted students’ academic performance. Simple random sampling wa...

3023. AN EVALUATION OF COUNSELLING TRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT IN ABUJA

Background of the study: Irrespective of one's racial background, complexion, nationality, vocation, or educational attainment, individuals across the globe invariably encounter various manifestations of psychological strain. According to Maxwell's (2018) perspective, stress is known to manifest itself in various forms and exert its influence on individuals across diverse age groups and backgrounds. An individual's educational background and exper...

3024. AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF COUNSELLING TRAINING IN MANAGING COUNSELLING STRESS: A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE

Background of the study: Individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their race, colour, nationality, or professional and academic history, universally encounter various manifestations of stress. According to Maxwell (2018), stress manifests in various forms and has an impact on individuals across different age groups and socio-economic backgrounds. An individual's understanding and personal encounters with stress should also encompass an awarenes...

3025. COUNSELING TRAINING FOR COPING WITH STRESS IN COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

Background of the study: People all over the world experience one form of stress or the other irrespective of their race, color and ethnicity, professional or academic background. Maxwell (2018) shared the view that stress came in several forms and affected people of all ages and walks of life.One’s knowledge and experiences of stress should also expose one to the causes of stress, such as time constraints, workload, health-related problems and fin...