» A CASE STUDY OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY ABRAKA ABSTRACTThis study focuses on the "Perception of premarital sex among students in higher education The challenges of sex before marriage have drawn concern;. This is due to different social problems it generates understanding is that. , sex before…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE NATURE AND DEFINITION OF INSURANCE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Risk and uncertainty are incidental to life. Man may meet untimely death. He may suffer from accident, destruction of property, fire, floo…Continue Reading »
» JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION “The environment is man's first right. Without a safe environment, man cannot exist to claim other rights, be they political, social, or economic”. Ken Saro Wiwa (1941 to 1995) The environme…Continue Reading »
» HAZARD RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF A SMALL COMMUNITY: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA Abstract Shiroro dam is one of the three major hydroelectric dams built on River Kaduna in Niger State located in the northwestern part of Nigeria. The river flood plain downstream the dam has rich alluvial soils wit…Continue Reading »
» THE EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS METROPOLIS: FLOODING AND URBAN ECOLOGY IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT Although better known for its sunny skies, nigeria suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little known chapter in the city’s history—the spectacular failures to control floods that o…Continue Reading »
» A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: ASSESSING RISK AND REDUCING DISASTER ABSTRACT This is the third edition of an introductory textbook on environmental hazards aimed primarily at an undergraduate audience. The latest edition was drafted at the end of the International Decade of Nat…Continue Reading »
» AREAS FACING FLOOD RISKS INTRODUCTION Hurricane Sandy has delivered another painful reminder that urban areas need to find new ways to confront the increasingly difficult task of flood preparation. A flood occurs “when water runoff from the land exceeds the capacity of the stream channel.…Continue Reading »
» ACTS OF GOD: THE UNNATURAL HISTORY OF NATURAL DISASTER IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT With the exception of the 9/11 disaster, the top ten most costly catastrophes in U.S. history have all been natural disasters–five of them hurricanes–and all have occurred since 1989. Why this tremendous plag…Continue Reading »
» The politics of conservation: using international carbon trading to protect forests and biodiversity ABSTRACT Carbon trading to reduce tropical deforestation is emerging as a leading strategy to combat harmful climate change while also potentially reducing threats to biodiversity. Funds devote…Continue Reading »
» GLOBAL ISSUES FOR GLOBAL CITIZENS: AN INTRODUCTION TO KEY DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES ABSTRACT This book is a compilation of articles by 27 experts who have collaborated to provide some basic information on 17 of the global issues that matter most to the future shape of our world. The aim of the bo…Continue Reading »
» INTEGRATED PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS TO NATIONAL FORESTS, PARKS, WILDLIFE REFUGES, AND BLM LANDS ABSTRACT Integrated Public Lands Management is the only book that deals with the management procedures of all the primary public land management agencies—National F…Continue Reading »
» HIMALAYAN PERCEPTIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND THE WELL BEING OF MOUNTAIN PEOPLES Abstract Preview of Himalayan perceptions: Environmental change and the well being of mountain peoplesHimalayan Perspectives returns to the enormously popular development paradigm that Ives dubbed the ‘Theo…Continue Reading »
» CARTOGRAPHIES OF DANGER: MAPPING HAZARDS IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT No place is perfectly safe, but some places are more dangerous than others. Whether we live on a floodplain or in “Tornado Alley,” near a nuclear facility or in a neighborhood poorly lit at night, we all co exist uneasily with natur…Continue Reading »
» (a case study of oredo local government area, benin city) CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the StudyThe ancient Benin Kingdom is believed to have existed about 900 A.D. Oral historical evidence indicates that during the periods of the empire, Obas (kings) of Benin sent their sons as vassals t…Continue Reading »
» COMBATING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Nigeria became an independent nation on the 1st of October 1960. A country richly endowed with monumental geographical and diverse natural resources ranging from cru…Continue Reading »
» THE POLITICIZATION OF RELIGION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE NIGERIA FEDERALISM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Before Nigeria became independent on October 1, I960, the nation went through a long period of colonial administration. This, what is today known as Nigeria was actually a l…Continue Reading »
» GODFATHERISM AND POLITICAL CONFLICT IN NIGERIA AN OPINION SURVEY OF VOTERS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The human race will never see the end of troubles until political power is entrusted to the lover of wisdom “Plato Republic”. My first a…Continue Reading »
» THE INFLUENCE OF GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC (THE ROLE OF EDUCATION) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Background of the Study The concept of godfatherism is firmly establishing itself as a guiding principle in contemporary Nigeria politics. Godfathers are generally…Continue Reading »
» NSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY: A CASE STUDY OF SERVICOM, SOKOTO INTRODUCTION In recent times, service delivery has been an issue of controversy in respect to the quality of service received by the public. A wide range of factors such as conservative b…Continue Reading »
» THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED VOTERS IN LAGOS) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The advent of internet and technology has exposed majority of the global population to different interactive platforms on which different kinds …Continue Reading »
» THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE 2011 AND 2015 ELECTIONS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Election is an integral part of a democratic process that enables the citizenry determine fairly and freely who should lead them at…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Human security, in its extensive sense, covers far more than the absence of violent conflict. It comprises human rights, good governance, access to education and health care and making each individual has opportunities and c…Continue Reading »
» GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION (A case study of Oredo Local Government of Edo State) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Democracy in its true meaning is synonymous with grassroots democracy. Grassroots democracy is a peopl…Continue Reading »
» (A CASE STUDY OF 2015 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study In a statement on the 2015 Nigerian General Elections the Freedom House (2015a) congratulated Nigerians for an election that ―appears to be one of the smoothest and least …Continue Reading »
» SITE AND HOW IT AFFECTS VOTERS’ PREFERENCE (A CASE STUDY OF BIDA, NIGER STATE) CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction The advert of internet and technology has exposed majority of the global population to different interactive platforms on which different type of information is exchanged w…Continue Reading »
