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Item Priesthood and African Christatain Thoughts(Apostle Emmanuel N. Kuru, 2014-01-05) Gideon Y. tambiyiItem Survival Strategies of Market Women and Violent Conflicts in Jos, Nigeria(Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 2014-02) Lohna BonkatJos, the capital city of Plateau State, Nigeria, have over the past one decade been subjected to internecine violent conflicts. The causes had range from mutual communal, ethnic to religious mistrust. Efforts have been made to halt the senseless violent disturbances to no avail. The conflict situation by any measure can best be described an active conflict, considering the abrupt and rampant nature of how the conflict most times occur. Women, in most conflict situations remain a vulnerable social category. Women engage themselves a lot in petty trading and marketing. They sell vegetables, fruits and also participate in wide range of other commercial activities in most markets that pervade Jos city. Centrally, the paper seeks to examine and analyze the various strategies and initiatives these market women employ to survive and make a living in their respective chosen businesses given the conflict prone nature of the environment within which they conduct their business activities. The paper depended on interviews and Focus Group Discussions carried out in 2012 and 2013 part of PhD research. The paper concludes that the strategies and initiatives employed by small-scale women entrepreneurs in Jos during violence has kept them safe and ensured their livelihoods especially for women who have assumed new roles of household heads. It further made suggestions to government and the general public on how to mitigate the intractable violent encounters in Jos in order to further promote women participation in commercial activities without unnecessarily resorting to stressful and risky survival strategies.Item Geospatial Distribution and Analysis of Trace Element Geochemistry along the lower Reaches of Kassa River System Younger Granite Province, North Central Nigeria(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering, 2019) Nimlang H. N; Piwuna R.M; Gwamzhi M. J; Alaga A.TA study was conducted to investigate the Geospatial distribution of trace elements including Iron along the lower reaches of the Kassa river system within the Younger granite province of North Central Nigeria. A total of thirty sediment sample were collected to investigate the concentration and potential environmental effects of trace elements within the area of study. The X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy was used to determine the concentration of the trace elements including Iron while geographic information system technique of interpolation was used to interpolate not the element present but their ambient concentration as well. Results showed that the relative concentration of trace elements in the lower reaches of the Kassa river sediments is in the order Fe˃Ze˃Pb˃Th˃Rb˃Nb. Pollution Load Index values of studied area ranged from 0.596-1.476ppm which testify that the river sediments are mostly unpolluted except for two of the sampling sites. However, the Igeo values indicate that anthropogenic activities in the study area contribute to the distribution and concentration of the trace elements within the area of study.Item Judicial corruption as a self-inflicted impediment to the independence of the judiciary in Nigeria(KAS African Law Study Library – Librairie Africaine d’Etudes Juridiques, 2017) Sunday Bontur LUGARDThe unique role of the judiciary as the stabilizing umpire in regulating intergovernmental relations, interactions among citizens inter se and businesses, the overseeing of the observance of the rule of law in private or public dealings, conduct, among others sets it apart as an organ of government that should be comprised of men of integrity who should live above board. In Nigeria, as the case with most democratic States, the important role of this arm of government necessitated the constitutional guarantee of its independence so as to give room for unobstructed and independent performance of its duties. But despite the constitutionally guaranteed independence, there is an avalanche of reported cases of judicial corruption which cast aspersion on or erodes their capacity to determine issues independently and on their merits. This work would show that judicial corruption is an “internal interference” as against the traditionally known “external interference” in the form of executive meddling in the performance of judicial functions, skewed appointment processes, poor funding and tenure insecurity, among others. It would further show that judicial corruption is a disincentive for foreign investment, and a hindrance to social harmony and security, and economic development. This work would therefore prescribe a new functional stakeholder involvement in the appointment of judicial officers, civil awareness and the need for the strengthening the rule of law and combating corruption in the judiciary through a stiffer penalty regime.Item Effects of Rainfall Attenuation on Frequencies 1 and 3 GHZ in Nigeria(I N T E R N A T I O N A L J O U R N A L O F C O M P U T E R S & T E C H N O L O G Y, 2016) Ogherohwo, E. P.; Bukar, B.; Baba, D. D.Mobile communications are part of our everyday life. The non-ideal environment which is filled with many attenuation factors affects the electromagnetic waves, which radio communication depends. This study considers the spectral range of 1 and 3GHz. At these frequencies, interesting phenomena due to rain are supposed to happen. The study of this frequency spectrum has been undertaken in an attempt to evaluate the frequency dependence of rain effects on electromagnetic waves. The study of rain effects on communication presented in this study relied solely on rainfall data collected from Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMet) station in Lagos, Nigeria. The months for January to December for 1981-2011 were summed together and the averages were determined. The average is then used to calculate the rain rate and rainfall attenuation using the extracted results for all the locations (Bauchi, Ikeja, Jos, Kebbi, Maiduguri and Warri). The results show that Warri has the highest rainfall rate followed by Lagos. Kebbi and Maiduguri has the least while Jos and Bauchi demonstrated moderate rainfall rates. This also deduced that attenuation has less impact on lower frequencies but increase with higher frequencies. The study reveals that at higher frequencies, the rainfall attenuation is observed to be greater.Item GROWTH RESPONSE OF RED SOKOTO CASTRATE SUPPLEMENTED AND DEWORMED IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA(J. Anim. Prod. Res., 2018) Daniel, A.; Kalla, D. J. U.; Bello, K. M.; Luka, J. S.; Baba, J. R.The experiment was conducted at the Small Ruminant Teaching and Research Farm, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of concentrate supplementation and deworming on the intake and growth performance of Red Sokoto castrate goats. Twenty four young growing castrates were purchased from open markets in Bauchi metropolis and allotted to four treatments with six castrates each in completely randomized design. The factors considered were supplemented animals (S), not supplemented (N/S), dewormed (D) and not dewormed (N/D).. Data collected were feed intake, daily weight gain, and worm egg counts. The experiment lasted for three months. The results showed that the chemical composition of the experimental diets meets the requirement of small ruminants. The initial weights of the castrate goats were 7.17, 7.33 and 7.67 kg with no significant (P0>.0.5) differences. Final weight gain values were 10.67, 11.17, 11.00 and 13.17g/day with no significant (P0>0.5) differences. The daily weight gain ranged between 27.78 and 42.59g/day which were not significant (P0>0.5) as well. The daily concentrates intake were however significant (P<0.01) among supplemented/not dewormed and supplemented/dewormed castrates. Daily weight gain values were 29.63, 31.48, 27.78 and 42.59g with no significant (P>0.05) differences. Worm egg counts at the beginning, at the middle and end of the experiments were significant (P<0.05) among the treatment groups with values ranging between.50 and 47.17%, 5.78 and 10.07% and 6.33% respectively. It can be concluded that supplementation and deworming will improve the growth performance of castrate goats. Keywords: Castrate, deworming, goats, supplementation, worm egg countItem Effect of Aqueous Sweet Potato Leaf Extract and Metformin on Some Biochemical Parameters in Streptozotocin- Induced Diabetic Rats(American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 2018) Rafiu A. A; Luka C. DSweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is the sixth most important food crop in the world.The sweet potato roots are a good source of carbohydrates, while sweet potato top (leaves ) contain additional nutritional components in much higher concentrations than in many other commercial vegetables. In this study, the effect of aqueous sweet potato leaf extract was carried out in streptozotocin- induced diabetic rats for 28days. The phytochemical screening indicated the presence of flavonoids, tannins, , terpenes, steroids, phenols , resins and absence of alkaloids, cardiac glycosides. Diabetic rats exhibited high blood glucose, cholesterol, Triglycerol (TG) and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) while High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) was very low. The continuous administration of extract at 400mg/kg body wt. for 28days significantly (P˂0.05) reverse these effects on cholesterol, TG, HDL and LDL while a similar result was also observe for metformin ; Rat dose = human dose(500mg) /Rat bodyweight x 7 treated group. The extract decreased significantly (P˃0.05) serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP),total and direct bilirubin which was significantly increased (P˂0.05) when compared to the control. After Administration of the plant extract, high level of cholesterol, triglycerides, and low density lipoproteins(LDL) were decreased (P<0.05) while the HDL (high density lipoproteins ) ,total protein ,and albumin were significantly increased (P<0.05). The present study revealed that aqueous sweet potato extract can effectively control some of the metabolic disorders that are associated with diabetics.Item Design, Construction, Test and Evaluation of a Stand alone 75 Watts Solar Electric Generator(Medwell Journals, 2010) Alade M.O.; Ogherowo E.P.; Durodola O.M.In this study, a stand alone 75 watt solar electric generator is designed and constructed to convert the solar radiation of appropriate wavelength from the sun into direct electric current based on photovoltaic principle. The system has proven to meet the necessary requirement under laboratory testing with only few shortcomings. The system can be employed to supply power to laboratory equipment such as signal generator, oscilloscope, network analyzer and spectrum analyzer (all in the power range of 75 watts) useful in field research of electronic communication research. The 75 watt solar electric generator designed and constructed is also useful in remote areas to produce electric power where there is no easy accessibility to utility electric power or other useful sources of electric power.Item FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR(IJMSR, 2019) IYUWA UKERCHIA SAMUEL; ISHAYA DAVID LALU; OTHMAN IBRAHIM AHMEDThe study investigated the effect of known financial planning for retirement on life of the retirees in Nigeria, with particular emphasis to the ministries and parastatals of the plateau state government. The research adopted inferential statistics to analyse the data collected. Regression model was used to test the hypotheses formulated. The statistical programme for social sciences (SPSS Version 25) was used to capture data and analysis of responses.The findings of the study indicate that Since p value (0.009 < 0.05), we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that Inadequate planning significantly affect Post retirement. And Since p value (0.001 < 0.05), we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that lack of government involvement in the pre-retirement financial planning significantly affect Post retirement. Finally,Since p value (0.001 < 0.05), we also reject the null hypothesis and conclude that government restrictions on employees' involvement in entrepreneurship have significant effect on retirees .It was recommended that i. financial Planning for retirement should financial planning for retirement. commence on the date of engagement into the Nigeria public service .pre-retirement entrepreneur capacity development should be highly encouraged in the public service and government should prioritised area of specialty among employees. ii.Government should set aside special fund for employees who are nearing retirement, to assist them in actualizing their business ideology with interest free loan backed by special monitoring team of government. iii.Government should as well organise a training program for employees in the area of sustainable small-scale enterprises who have about 5 years before retirement. iv.Government restriction on employee's participation on business should be relaxed, especially employees who have 5years before retirement.Item The Relationship between Feed Conversion Ratio, Feed Intake and Body Weight Gain of Broilers fed Moringa oleifera Leaf Supplemented Feed Following Challenged with Very Virulent Infectious Bursal Disease Virus(Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 2018-06-07) Arhyel Gana Balami; Samson James Enam; Adamu Garba Sule; Maryam Nyeta Patrobas; Paul Ayuba Abdu; Mohammed Adam Chiroma; Aliyu Mohammed Wakawa; Tagang AluwongThe relationship between weekly feed conversion ratios (WFCR), weekly feed intake (WFI) and weekly body weight gain (WBWG) of broilers fed Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) supplemented feed and challenged with a very virulent infectious bursal disease virus was assessed. Two hundred and forty day-old Ross 308 hybrid broiler chicks were randomly assigned into groups A, B, C and D of 60 chicks each and raised in deep litter type housing. Broiler starter (BS) and broiler finisher (BF) mash were formulated each with 5% MOL included as part of the feed ingredient for broilers in groups A and B while BS and BF for broilers in groups C and D were formulated without MOL. Broilers in groups A, B and C were challenged intraocularly at 35 days of age with 0.05 ml of a live vvIBDV while those in group D served as control. Weekly feed intake (WFI), weekly body weight gain (WBWG) and weekly feed conversion ratio (WFCR) were correlated for each group. Broilers in groups A, C and D showed a strong negative significant correlation (r = 0.9999, p = 0.0001) between WFCR and WFI, and between WBWG and WFCR, and a strong positive significant correlation (r = 1.0000, p = 0.0001) between WBWG and WFI from week 1 to 7. While broilers in group B only showed a strong negative significant correlation (r = 0.9999, p = 0.0001) between WFCR and WFI from week 1 to 7. Moringa oleifera leaf supplemented diet lowers the FCR of broilers in group B during infection with IBD virus which consequently increases their body weight gain.