STUDIES ON THE ANTICONVULSANT PROPERTIES OF THE METHANOL LEAF EXTRACT OF PERISTROPHE BICALYCULATA (ACANTHACEAE) IN LABORATORY ANIMALS  

2018-01-09
Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz) Nees, a perennial herb found throughout tropical Africa, is used in Nigerian ethnomedicine for the management of pain and convulsions. The general objective of this study is ...

MARKET ORIENTATION AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN THE FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA  

2018-01-11
This study on market orientation and performance was informed by the need to test the applicability of the marketing concept among SMEs and by so doing develop a market orientation ...

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND ETHNOBOTANICAL ASSESSMENT OF PLANTS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN DAURA EMIRATE, KATSINA, NIGERIA  

2018-01-15
Medicinal plants are integral components of traditional medical system in Nigeria as in cultures and societies in Africa. This study examines local knowledge of woody vegetation use for the treatment ...

ASSESSMENT OF COUNSELLING STRATEGIES IN TREATMENT OF DRUGS ABUSE CLIENTS IN AKTH REHABILITATION UNIT  

2018-02-02
The study was carried out to assess the counselling strategies in the treatment of drug abuse clients in AKTH Rehabilitation unit. The study uses four (4) research objectives and a ...

ADAPTATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A LAUNDRY MACHINE FOR GRAIN-SLURRY SIEVING  

2018-02-02
Available evidence reveals that grain-slurry processing, among the small and medium scale processors is done manually, this method is time and labour consuming, and often introduces contaminants in the filtrate ...

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF HAUSA-ENGLISH CODE-SWITCHING AMONG ISLAMIC PREACHERS IN HAUSA  

2018-02-02
This dissertation analyses Hausa-English code-switching among Hausa Islamic preachers in Northern Nigeria. The objectives of this research are to examine the nature of code-switching by Islamic scholars and to analyze ...

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE UTILIZATION AND NON-UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN BAURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KATSINA STATE  

2018-02-02
Since political independence, Nigeria has drawn up a number of health policy plans. The country adopted the WHO’s primary healthcare policy in 1987, which was believed to be a mechanism ...

BIOGRAPHIES OF SELECTED WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN KANO CITY  

2018-02-02
The study examines the biographies of selected women entrepreneurs in Kano between 1885 – 2012. These women entrepreneurs are Fatima Abdu Ladan (Maduga Amarya), Fatima Sani (Umma Zaria) Bara’atu Alhassan ...

INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DUTSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF JIGAWA STATE  

2018-02-02
This study employed a descriptive survey design in investigating the influence of school facilities in teaching and learning in senior secondary schools of Dutse area Jigawa state. The main objective ...

STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT THE EFFECT OF VIOLENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUBS IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA  

2018-02-02
This study investigated stakeholders’ perception about the effect of violence on the development of National League football clubs in North-West Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, four research ...