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INSECURITY AND VOTERS APATHY IN NIGERIAS ELECTORAL SYSTEM

Abstract It is no news that the Independent National Electoral Commission is constitutionally empowered to engineer and all electoral process in Nigeria, but the seeming declining interest to participate on the electoral system by the electorates’ calls for questioning. This study therefore intend to examine the effect of insecurity and voters apathy in Nigeria electoral process with emphasis on 2015 election in Rivers State. The study adopted both Survey Research ...

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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOIL NUTRIENTS STATUS IN AN OIL PALM PLANTATION AND A TYPICAL RAINFOREST IN ETCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE

         CHAPTER ONE               INTRODUCTION   Background Information  The production of oil palm is as old as the history of the inhabitants of Rivers State. Few wild trees are of as much economic and social value to Nigerian farmers and the country as the oil palm tree, (Usoro, 1974). The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) no doubt is believed to have originated in ...

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CAUSES AND EFFECT OF INCONCLUSIVE ELECTION IN RIVERS STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study Inconclusive election has been a hydra-monster on Nigeria electoral process this is so due to many factors which attribute to the origination of the word inconclusive election. Prior to 2015 general election, the term inconclusive election was not a popular slogan in Nigeria. The word inconclusive election became popular during the tenure of Professor Yakubu who is the current Chairman Independent National Electoral ...

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ANALYSIS ON THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING IMMUNIZATION OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN AMONG MOTHERS ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC (ANC) AT MADONNA UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN ELELE, RIVERS STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Immunization is a modern miracle, it has saved millions of lives worldwide and its origin dates back ancient Greece. In the 14th century the Chinese discovered and used a primitive form of vaccination called variolation. The aim was to prevent small pox by exposing healthy people to tissue from the scabs caused by the disease this is the first recorded attempt at ...

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THE INFLUENCE OF AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF GEOMETRY IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The influence of audio visual materials in promoting student’s academic achievement and teaching and learning in educational development cannot be over emphasized. The teaching of geometry in Nigerian junior secondary schools needs to be properly handled. The materials used by teachers to teach and drive home their subject points at the primary and secondary school levels of our education system is incontrovertibly ...

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HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS AND NON- DIABETICS IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract Nigeria has the highest number of diabetics in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a chronic illness, diabetes mellitus (DM) places serious constraints on the people living with diabetes mellitus. The short-term and long-term complications affecting the physical, psychological and social functioning of diabetics can impinge on their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study assessed and compared the HRQOL of diabetic patients and non-diabetics in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Four ...

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TECHNICAL WORK SKILLS REQUIRED BY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) GRADUATES FOR SELF EMPLOYMENT IN PLASTIC PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract The study was carried out to identify technical work skills required by College of Education (Technical) graduates for self employment in plastic production industries in Rivers State while six research questions were posed and answered by the study, six null hypotheses were formulated and tested at p≤0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and was carried out in Rivers State, Nigeria. The population for the ...

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EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY STUDENTS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract   The study examined effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial behavior on secondary students in Rivers state. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study consisted 237 public secondary schools in twenty three education zones with student population of 118, 723. Based on students’ attendance register, a sample of 164 students from eight (8) secondary schools in four education zones was drawn using ...

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SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AS A CORRELATE OF VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING UTILIZATION FOR HIV/AIDS AMONG STUDENTS OF PORT-HARCOURT POLYTECHNIC, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study Since the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first discovered three decades ago, it is estimated that globally approximately 1.8 million adults and children had died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-related illnesses by the end of 2010 (UNAIDS, 2010). In the same year 2010, it was estimated that there were 34 million people living with HIV globally, with the bulk, 22.9 million, ...

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6 3 3 4 SYSTEM OF EDUCATION THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL GOALS IN RIVERS STATE

6 3 3 4 SYSTEM OF EDUCATION THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL GOALS IN RIVERS STATE                                          CHAPETR ONE INTRODUCTION  1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5        Significance of the study 1.6        Scope and limitation of the study 1.7       Definition of terms 1.8       Organization of the ...

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THE IMPACT OF OIL EXPLORATION IN OGONI COMMUNITY OF RIVERS STATE

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of content CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5       Research question 1.6        Significance of the study 1.7        Scope and limitation of the study 1.8       Definition of terms 1.9       Organization of the study CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1   theoretical review 2.2   Conceptual review 2.3   empirical review ...

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INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES ON STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN RIVERS STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study School facilities have been observed as a potent factor to quantitative education. The importance to teaching and learning of the provision of adequate instructional school facilities for education cannot be over-emphazied. The dictum that “teaching is inseparable from learning but learning is not separable from teaching” is that teachers do the teaching to make the students learn but the students can learn without ...

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Influence of school facilities on student’s academic performance in English language in Rivers state (A case study of Khana L.G.A)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study School facilities have been observed as a potent factor to quantitative education. The importance to teaching and learning of the provision of adequate instructional school facilities for education cannot be over-emphazied. The dictum that “teaching is inseparable from learning but learning is not separable from teaching” is that teachers do the teaching to make the students learn but the students can learn without ...

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CAUSES AND EFFECT OF INCONCLUSIVE ELECTION IN RIVERS STATE

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine the causes and effect of inconclusive election in Rivers State. To achieve this objective, four research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well-structured questionnaire of two sections administered to respondents in Port Harcourt Municipal. The collected data ...

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