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PRISONS AND THE REHABILITATION OF INMATES IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ADO-EKITI PRISON

The Nigerian prisons were first established as native authority outfits, these were at old Calabar, Onitsha, Benin, Sapele in addition to the one in Lagos. However, the Native Authority prison system has now assumed the status of an octopus federal organization with a unitary command system, radiating the same structure, implementing the same policies and aspiration all over the country (Adelola and Atere (2002). Prison is an institution where inmates are confined to serve sentences in excess...

Influence of personality on organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB)

ABSTRACT The study is aimed at examining how the big-five personality traits influence Organizational Citizenship Behaviour. This emanated from the series of speculations as to whether or not Organizational Citizenship Behaviour are been influence by individuals personality in Nigeria. The number of participants used for this study were 100 consisting of 66 males and 34 females. Using the big five inventory (BFI) and the organizational citizenship behavior scale, five hypotheses (there would ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a Tool for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Nigeria

Background to the Study             Disaster is a sudden event such as flood, storm or accident which causes great damage or suffering (UNESCO, 2017). A disaster describes a situation where the occurrence of abnormal infrequent events that has impact on vulnerable communities, causing substantial damage, disruption and possible causalities and leaving the affected communities unable to function normally without external assistance (Kellogg, 2017). Otero and Marti (1995) define dis...

LEAN MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE VITALITY IN ORGANISATIONS

The paper examined the relationship between lean management and corporate vitality in organizations.  The paper noted that lean management is considerably gaining attention among organizational scholars  and as a tool for organizational sustainability of which healthy firms can adopt in terms of been proactive  to the constraints that arises from the competitive business environments. The problem stated was clearly  focused on lean readiness i.e. the unwilling intent of organizational mem...

Good corporate governance practices for business sustainability (Case study of selected MSMEs)

This research study is an attempt at exploring the practice of good corporate governance among Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and how it impacts on business sustainability. The factors or variables considered within the context of this study were stakeholder relationship, transparency and accountability in management, and the level of awareness of corporate governance. The study reviewed various sources including mostly online journal papers, articles, textbooks, white paper publications...

The assessment of the influence of foreign direct investment and domestic investment on the economic growth of Nigeria (1981-2015)

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the influence of Foreign Direct investment (FDI) and Domestic investment (DI) on the economic growth of Nigeria. The study employed Augmented Dickey-Fuller test to test for time series property of the data. Johansen co-integration was also examined and consequently error correction model was employed. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method was used in the data analysis. Findings show that indeed FDI impacts significantly on economic development. It ...

Digital Forensic Tools and Techniques: The Impact on Fraud Detection and Prevention Among Deposit Money Banks (DMBS) in Nigeria

ABSTRACT Fraudulent practices in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBS)  have led to increased losses and collapse of deposit banks, hence the need to use digital forensics services to detect and prevent such fraudulent activities. The banking industry is a very important institution with many internal controls in order to overcome the fraudulent practices. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of digital forensics services on fraud detection and prevention among deposit money ...

POPULATION, FOOD SECURITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

Population growth and its interaction with food security and economic growth is the crux of the matter in this study. It has been documented that Nigeria is experiencing very high population growth rate due to aggravating high birth rate and plummeting death rate. The extent to which population growths affect food security and economic growth was therefore examined. Using time series data pooled from 1981 to 2016, tested for stationarity, co-integrated and corrected for error, the study obser...

The effect of some macroeconomic variables on stock market price

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of some macroeconomic variables on stock  market price in Ghana. The study employed yearly data spanning the period of January 1990  to December 2016. Unit root test was performed using Augmented Dickey-Fuller Test (ADF)  and Philips-Perron test (PP), Cointegration was also applied. The macroeconomic variables  considered were Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rate (EXR), Foreign Direct  Investment (FDI), Money Supply (M2) and Infl...

Forensic Accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention

ABSTRACT This study examines forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention in the Public Sector. In conducting the study, hypotheses were stated and questionnaires were drawn in line with the hypotheses for testing.  The study utilized primary source of data collection. A total of 132 questionnaires were retrieved from staff of Nigerian Film Corporation, Jos. Analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics, chi-square.  The null hypotheses were rejected indicating ...

Marketing of Financial Services

  Abstract Marketing as associated to banking is to explain a suitable promise to a customer through a variety of products and services and also to confirm operative distribution through satisfaction. The need for marketing of financial services cannot be over emphasized because it is vital, as it has helped firms such as banks and non-banks that engages in operational service delivery to maximize profit. The marketing tactic includes forestalling, classifying, responding and satisfying the ...

The Yoruba Ethnic Group

The Yoruba are one of the largest African ethnic groups south of the Sahara Desert. They are, in fact, not a single group, but rather a collection of diverse people bound together by a common language, history, and culture. Within Nigeria, the Yoruba dominate the western part of the country. Yoruba mythology holds that all Yoruba people descended from a hero called Odua or Oduduwa 

Ontology and Epistemology of Islamic Philosophers

Islamic philosophy refers to philosophy produced in an Islamic society. Islamic philosophy is a generic term that can be defined and used in different ways. In its broadest sense it means the world view of Islam, as derived from the Islamic texts concerning the creation of the universe and the will of the Creator

Colonial Origin of the Nigerian Armed Forces Beginning from the West African Frontier Forces

The history of English-speaking West Africa in the second half of the 19th century was to a great extent interwoven with European military developments on the West Coast. This does not mean that up till this time the military had been absent as a driving force in the history of West Africa, for the use of the army by European powers in West Africa, whether for "holding operations", for provisioning ships en route to the cape coast; for the defence of static defensive works, for garrison dutie...

Practicable Solutions to the Problems of Ethnicity and Regionalism in Nigeria

Ethnicity is a popular cliché used to describe or analyze various forms of anomalies in the Nigerian nation building. It is defined as “a label for social groups who feel a distinct sense of difference by virtue of common culture and descent” (Glazer and Moynihan; 1975). In Nigerian context, ethnicity is defined as a social phenomenon associated with the identity of members of a competing communal group(s) seeking to protect and advance their interest in a political system. The relevant ...


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