This study is about the role of the press in the pol itical process in Nigeria; analysing its perception of political power, uses and interpretation of political realities in the country within the field of alternative media studies, using West Afr·ican Pilot newspaper and TheNews magazine as models. The study reviews relevant concP-pts such as political participation democracy, citizen's media, n·.odels of alternative press; its theories and practice, as well as the two publications...
Christianity seems to be losing focus on violence and the Christian response. Therefore, this work sought for responses to violence found in the teachings and examples of Jesus Christ and His apostles, that honor the Godhead, are faithful to the Bible, relevant to, and redemptive in the context of violence; sensitive both to victims and victimizers of violence; are theologically healthy and give voice to the sufferers of violence. It employed the historical-grammatical method of exegesis...
Party politics, as a cardinal element in a democracy, serve as the platform for politicians. However, at a point in the political process, interests often collide, resulting in a dispute. Such dispute comes in two forms - intra-party and inter-party. This study examines the nature of intra-party dispute, the last leadership dispute in the People's Democratic Party (PDP), a major Nigerian political party, and the way the media, through newspapers' editorials, portrayed the dispute. The st...
ABSTRACT A general study of Dangme morphology has been done. However, the phenomenon of compounding has not been studied extensively as the previous studies just mentioned it as a kind of word formation process (eg., Hevi 2011; Owulah 2014). Considering the importance of compounding as a nominalisation process in Dangme, therefore, this study looked at the phenomenon to unravel the nature of compounding in Dangme and to attempt to show what they reveal about compounding in general. Data for...
This research exercise is on the influence of new media in social life of Nigeria youth; in Godfrey Okoye University students. The research study adopted the media systems dependency theory as the theoretical framework for this study. The method used for this study was survey research method, with the population of 1640 students and a sample size of 311 students. The study revealed that over 68% of Nigerian youth log in on social media at least four to six times in a week and that over 80% of...
ABSTRACT The study examined ECOWAS’s consistency in its operationalisation of the 1999 and 2001 protocols in managing post elections crisis. The 2010/2011 Ivorian Crisis and the Gambian 2016/2017 crisis bordering on unconstitutional change of government were the case studies. Given the provisions of the 1999 and 2001 Protocols, it was obvious that ECOWAS was bound to intervene in the two crises to shore up to its legitimacy and redeem its image. In the two cases, ECOWAS deployed its pacific...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of child labour on school attendance in Ghana. It particularly tests the significance of children’s work and their schooling outcome. The 2006 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey dataset on children aged 12-14 years with descriptive analysis, cross tabulation and binary logistic regression models were employed for the analysis. The results show that children labour whether economic or domestic has a substantial effect on children’s school attendance...
ABSTRACT The dialogue between religion and science and technology has ranged for years. Science and technology has been seen as being oppose to religion because it depends on logical proof to all existence while religion on the other hand is based on revelation as the basis of truth and existence. They are therefore viewed in modern times as two opposing departments even though at the same time they complement each other. The role of the contemporary church is not only to help the congregatio...
ABSTRACT The dialogue between religion and science and technology has ranged for years. Science and technology has been seen as being oppose to religion because it depends on logical proof to all existence while religion on the other hand is based on revelation as the basis of truth and existence. They are therefore viewed in modern times as two opposing departments even though at the same time they complement each other. The role of the contemporary church is not only to help the congregatio...
The problem by this study was the failure of vocation to religious life adjustment could lead to great hindrance to the progress of re-purpose of the study, therefore, was to determine the extent trusted to religious life. The design of the study was surveyed. "Tr: sample was drawn from 300 nu n sin the six Area Councils of t Abuja. A sample of 170 nuns was drawn from the population. "lument used was developed by the researcher. It is called ReIig lostrnent Rating Scale (RARS). It ...
The evolution of the state system in the River Kaduna Valley can be defined as the organisation of semi-autonomous ethnic groups into small political units. The political units were governed by a clearly defined structure of state apparatus, starting from the household, compound, village and the township levels, under the headship of the Etsu. 1 These political units were established about the early and middle of 181h century. The states were made up of ten semi-independent political ...
ABSTRACT Two field experiments were conducted at the Multipurpose Crop Nursery of the University of Education, Winneba, Mampong-Ashanti campus during the minor and major rainy seasons from September, 2011 to January, 2012 and April to August, 2012 respectively to verify the yield and storability of sweetpotato roots as influenced by chicken manure and inorganic fertilzer in the forest transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana.. In both cropping seasons sweetpotato root tubers were stored fo...
ABSTRACT In Islam, poverty is considered as a very serious problem, and as such Islam recommends some strategies to address poverty. One of such strategies is Zakat which is seen as a mechanism to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in Muslim communities. The system of Zakat established by Islam is to help the poor find means of sustenance through the proceeds of Zakat, be it in the form of annual payments or through granting them permanent financial security. In view of the above, t...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study is to determine how Ghanaian newspapers, especially the most widely circulated state-owned Daily Graphic and privately owned Daily Guide portrayed the Fulani ethnic minority in their reportage. The study used a quantitative content analysis approach in the gathering and collection of data. The census technique was used to sample 858 issues of the two dailies from 2013 to 2015. Eight categories were coded and analysed. The framing theory was adopted as ...
ABSTRACT This study examined international migration and drug trafficking in Ghana. It specifically described trends in reported drug trafficking cases in Ghana from 2009 to 2015 and the socio-demographic characteristics of the people involved. It also identified the specific vulnerabilities and the perceived socio-economic benefits that influence migrants to engage in drug trafficking. Lastly, it described policy interventions implemented to deal with drug trafficking in Ghana and the chall...