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ABSTRACT Infrastructure provides the foundation of every nation‟s economy and quality of life, thus investing in aging infrastructure therefore, is essential in supporting healthy and vibrant communities. Inadequate supply, very poor state of available infrastructure coupled with poor maintenance culture of the few existing ones lead to decay and deterioration. This has been adjudged the major hindrance to ease of doing business in Nigeria. Thus, this study was aimed at ...

ABSTRACT In this work, performance of four mobile network operators (MNOs) was measured, analysed, and evaluated in Shiroro Power Station  and recommendation were made to improve the quality of their voice and data services. Drive test was performed using transmission environment monitoring softwares   (TEMs) and statistical analysis was done for performance evaluation. The results  shows that  the received signal strength level was between the ranges of -50 dBm to -110 ...

ABSTRACT The  study  assessed  rain-fed  and  irrigated  farming  systems  of  sugarcane  production  in Bauchi State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to describe the socio-economic characteristics; determine the productivity, determine the costs and returns, determine the level of improved technologies utilized and to examine constrains of sugarcane. A three – stage purposive sampling procedure was used to select 123 and 108 sugarcane farmers under rain-fed and irrigated farming systems respectively. This ...

ABSTRACT Hospitality industry, especially hotel business is declining in Nigeria due to their inability to infuse the culture of social relationship among network members during operation. Hence, this study investigates the impact of social capital on performance of hospitality industry in Minna Metropolis, Niger State. The survey research design was adopted with a structured questionnaire for data collection. The sample frame for this study contained combination of thirty six (36) ...

ABSTRACT Perception of any given environment enables one to comprehend and react to stimuli brought about by the environment. As such, the way landscape in recreational parks is perceived evidently affects the satisfaction derived from the recreational experience. Studies have shown that in Minna, people face several problems as regards outdoor recreation of which include inadequate recreational facilities, apathy towards recreation, time constraint, lack of finances and health problems and ...

ABSTRACT Crime has become a global challenge in recent times. The phenomenon has become a difficult task that military war-fare approach alone can address effectively without intelligence. Criminal intelligence involves gathering data on criminal activities and participants for preparing deplorable strategies and interventions.  Social  Network  Analysis  (SNA)  offers  supportive  tools  for  analysing  Organised Criminal Groups (OCGs) and identifying important nodes with conspicuous relationship as its priority. SNA-based techniques arrived at ...

ABSTRACT The study on  the  gender differentials  of livelihood  diversification  strategies  and  its effects on poverty status of rural households was conducted in Niger State, Nigeria. Multi–stage sampling technique was used to select 138 male and 92 female rural households on which structured questionnaire complemented with interview schedule was employed to collect primary data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (means, percentages and frequency counts) and inferential statistics (Logit ...

ABSTRACT This  study  investigated  the  cloud  computing  technology  application  and  offline database provision as correlate of effective service delivery in three federal university libraries in northwest Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design with a population of 177 and sampling size of 177 e-librarians and library ICT staffs. Total enumeration sampling technique was adopted considering the population. The research instrument used was questionnaire and observation checklist, the research used ...

ABSTRACT Security is the most fundamental need of human beings. There are several interrelated domains of security – physical, emotional, social, economic and political. Urban security issues cover areas of security of lives and properties, healthy security, food security, economic security, protection from natural and man-made hazards among others. This study examined the level of people‘s consciousness of their security, safety and coping strategies against crime in Suleja, examine  the ...

ABSTRACT Climate change is having a tremendous  effect  on our fragile ecosystem where the acceleration of its effect is believed to have occurred as a result of human activities that release Greenhouse Gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. In the built environment also, energy necessity of buildings has seen an increase over the past years, predominantly is the energy demand for cooling, ventilating, and lighting. The built environment has been identified ...

ABSTRACT Generally,  the  importance  of  tourism  keeps  rising  day  by  day  and  in  all  its ramifications, it is of significant importance to the economy, social, and environmental well-being of a country. Tourism is an increasingly important source of income, employment and wealth in many countries and its rapid expansion has been considered as an interesting possibility for sustainable development, including poverty reduction, in Nigeria.  Nigeria  is  a  country with  very ...

ABSTRACT The occurrence of agrochemicals in our environment as a result of the indiscriminate or intentional  use  has  resulted  in  its  persistence  in  the  environment,  thereby  affecting  the ecosystems and non target organisms in the study area. Therefore this study examine impact of agrochemicals application on human health and the environment in Baddegi and environs, Niger State, Nigeria. The materials and methods used in this study include questionnaire and oral ...

ABSTRACT Guinea corn is one of the major cereal crops widely grown in Nigeria, and a very important staple food for the populace particularly in the northern part of the country. Excessive increases  in  temperature  results  in  low  agricultural  productivity  and  this  may lead  to depletion of soil nutrients and destruction of soil structure and organisms which contribute to the fertility of the soil. The study examines the impact of ...

ABSTRACT Vegetables are essential part of human healthy diet and are rich in vitamins. However, consumption of raw vegetables has been associated with transmission of parasites. This study investigated the incidence of parasites on five commonly consumed raw vegetables in Minna, Nigeria. A total of 2500 samples of the five different types of raw vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots and cabbage) were purchased from five markets in Minna  (Kure  market, ...

ABSTRACT Modified class of single-step numerical schemes were proposed to improve the order of accuracy by imposing intra-step points in the formulation process of the proposed algorithms. The behaviour of modified numerical algorithm is of great concern when varieties  of  countable  off-grid  points  are  imposed  within  the  grid  points  in  the derivation process. In this study, we present a one-step second derivative modified algorithms for numerical solution of first order ...

ABSTRACT Groundnut is an annual legume and one of the world’s most important oilseed crops. In order to access the genetic diversity of groundnut in Niger state, a germplasm collection mission was undertaken to three agricultural zones of the state. These zones represent the major groundnut  producing  areas  of Niger  state. Fourty-five farmers  were interviewed using a validated questionnaire. The germplasm collected were evaluated for agro morphological  parameters at  the ...

ABSTRACT Architectural design spaces, still the center of curricular program in architectural faculties worldwide, and is considered the standard for education in architectural design process that involves participatory practice. However, the architecture space's main role in the current academic framework of architectural study needs to be rethought. Therefore, redirection to architecture space design is required to achieve an atmosphere that provides an immersive and collaborative sense of setting for space ...

ABSTRACT Soybean is a very important leguminous seed crop; known for its highly valued protein and oil owing to its use in food, feed and industrial applications. The cultivation of soybean could be of great impact in  curbing  food  insecurity  and  its  improvement  could  be  of  great  benefit  to  humanity.  Genetic variability is the basic requirement for crop improvement as it provides wider scope for selection. Selection of traits through ...

ABSTRACT Waste materials utilization is one of the central concerns of waste management approaches in recent years. The developments in cement and concrete technology towards the production of sustainable  concrete  by  using  waste  materials  and  cellulosic  fibre  is  gradually attaining acceptance because of its technological, economic and ecological advantages. This research investigated the potential use of a natural fibre known as Kenaf fibre and Rice Husk Ash (RHA) from  agricultural  ...

ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of public relations practice on information service delivery and librarians’ image in federal university libraries in North-central, Nigeria. The study was guided by five objectives and five corresponding research questions. Among the objectives of the study were to: determine the information services rendered by federal university libraries in North-central, Nigeria;   identify how public relations practice promotes the librarian image among the library users in ...