OPTIMAL USE OF GUINEA CORN HUSK ASH AS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT FOR CEMENT IN SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE  

2022-07-21
The growing shortage of raw materials coupled with the vital requirement to shield the ecosystem from pollution has heightened the need to develop novel construction materials from agricultural wastes. Therefore, ...

TREE BIOMASS AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF FEDERAL FOREST RESERVE, ILORIN EAST LGA, KWARA STATE  

2019-05-22
Forest reserves are significant part of global carbon cycle. They play a significant role in checkmating the menace of greenhouse gases through carbon sequestration. This study therefore assessed the woody ...

IMPACT OF RISK MANAGEMENT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA  

2019-08-08
Financial management crisis around the world has proven that risk management practices are indispensable for organizations that aim at sustaining customer and shareholder patronage. The bank’s motivation for risk management ...

MULTIMODALDISCOURSEANALYSISOFSELECTEDPOLITICALCARTOONSINNIGERIANNEWSPAPERS  

2019-08-14
Overthe pastfew decades,communication has becomemultimodalbecauseamessagethatis;multimodalismoreconvincingthanamessagethatismonomodalinnature.Infact,viewerawarenessandunderstandingincreasewhenthereisafusionofmorethanonesemioticresource,becauseeachofthesemioticresourcesplaysitsownroleindevelopingatextormessage.ThestudyaimsatanalysinglinguisticandnonlinguisticsemioticresourcesofselectedpoliticalcartoonsintwoNigeriannewspapersinordertoinvestigatehowtheywereusedtoprojectsocio-politicalissues.Fourteen(14)politicalcartoonsthatdepictedvariouspoliticalactivitiesduringthe2019generalelectioninNigeriawereanalysedusingKressandvanLeeuweenvisualsocialsemioticapproachtomodalityastheoreticalframework.Resultsoftheanalysisrevealedthatthelinguisticsemioticresourcewhichisthetextualcomponentofthecartoonhelpsincomplementingthemeaningsofthenonlinguisticsemioticresources.Itwasalsoobservedthatthelinguisticsemioticresourcesprovidethereaderwiththesurface(semantic)meaningwhereasthenonlinguisticresourcesprovidetheviewerwiththehidden(pragmatic)meaningofwhatthecartoonistintendstopassacrosstothetargetaudience.Thestudyconcludesthatvisualimagesarelinguistictoolsthatcanbeusedforinterpretationandunderstandingofsensitiveissuesmostespeciallywhenstrongandpowerfulpoliticalissuesarediscussed. Keywords:Multimodal,Politicalcartoon,Semioticresources,Nationaldailies

TAX REFORMS AND REVENUE GENERATING CAPACITY OF STATE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA  

2022-03-14
The dramatic fall in the price of oil led to a reduction in the revenue generating capacity of the country, the state governments are also affected. As a means of ...

: ّ ّ الطابع المحل في المسرحيات النيجيرية العربي د دراسة نقدية أدبية  

2023-06-20
المسرحية إحدى الفنون الأدبية مثل الشعر والقصة والرسالة والخطابة، ّر حياة الأمة مهما كانت درجتها فى التطور. هي من أقوى أساليب وهي تصو التعبير الذي يؤثر فى القارئ والمشاهد إذ ...

Determinants of Effective Budget Practices: Evidence from Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Kwara State, Nigeria  

2021-04-14
Budget has gained prominent importance to government and nations as it entails quantitative projected financial plan for the various levels of government. Thus, the need of government in attaining set ...

IMPACT OF BUDGETING PROCESS ON PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN KWARA STATE.  

2018-06-28
The persistent failure of SMEs in term of growth and survival is worrisome and the failure has being attributed to informal way in which business processes are being carried out. ...

A FEMINIST STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF WOMEN PORTRAYAL IN SELECTED NIGERIAN NOVELS  

2021-05-27
Language is regarded as one of the repositories of societal construct. It is a reflection of society and a determining factor in social change. This study provides a feminist analysis ...

AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF Tamarindus indica (Tamarind) FRUIT PULP ON SODIUM FLUORIDE INDUCED REPRODUCTIVE DYSFUNCTION IN WISTAR RATS  

2019-07-24
Infertility is a highly stigmatized emotional problem to couples or individuals who are unable to conceive. Due to the increased depression and stigmatization of the infertile individuals and relatively expensive ...