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This study was intended to evaluate the consequences of deforestation on rural household income. This study was guided by the following objectives; to find out the causes of deforestation in Odighi in Edo state, to examine the consequences of in rural household income, to determine the strategies of reducing deforestation. The study... Continue Reading

The broad environmental issues faced by the oil and gas exploration and production industry are manifested at both local and global levels. They include: habitat protection and biodiversity, air emissions, marine and freshwater discharges, incidents and oil spills, and soil and groundwater contami­nation.  Research Methodology:  The... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION Fruits are part of a plant that houses  seeds or flesh covering of nuts or succulent they are pulpy in character often juice and since they develop from flowers of plants they consist of the ripened seed or seeds with some edible tissue attached    ( Iheoronye and Ngoddy 1985). Fruits are also plant parts which... Continue Reading

24 samples of different brands of yoghurt were collected from 2 popular Lagos market and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer was used for the determination of heavy metals i.e. Lead, Cadmium and Chromium.   100% of the samples were found to have the concentration of heavy metals below the safe limit recommended by world health... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Food Irradiation is the process of exposing food to ionizing radiation to disinfect, sanitize, sterilize, preserve food or to provide insect disinfestation. (wikipedia.org) Food irradiation is sometimes referred to as cold pasteurization or electronic pasteurization to emphasize its similarity to the process of... Continue Reading

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IN IDO LOCAL GOVT AREA OF OYO STATE CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1 Introduction Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary environmental challenges and is global in dimension.The rising incidences of extreme climatic events associated with climate change are giving... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE                                                               INTRODUCTION 1.4 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Urban areas are the engines of economic growth as well as location for complex network of activities essential to basin human function of living and working (Mattingly,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION      1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Rain is liquid water in form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated that is, become heavy enough to fall under gravity (Mordurch, 1995; Sala and Lauenroth, 1982). Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing... Continue Reading

This study examines the domestic water supply and consumption in Ibadan north east local government area of Oyo state, Nigeria. Primary and Secondary data were used during the study. Primary data were gathered through the use of administered questionnaires. Structured questionnaire was used to solicit information from two hundred and... Continue Reading

The summary of this finding is on teachers and students perception of factors affecting  students performance  in Geography Examinations .  The study has been able to identify the three hypotheses statement that were tested and rejected using chi-square methods of statistics.  Hence, the three hypotheses were rejected.  ... Continue Reading

  This work investigates the extent of Arsenic pollution of borehole waters in Onitsha and environs. Fifteen samples of drinking water sourced from boreholes were randomly collected and analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) and the technique employed is wet oxidation method. The results of Arsenic concentration obtained... Continue Reading

A resistivity survey was made in some part of PTI dumpsite in order to determine the quality of the ground water in that area. The survey consisted of 5 electrical soundings which were carried out using the Schlumberger array configuration with a current electrode separation of 126m.  The data was interpreted by computer aided iteration... Continue Reading

Geo-electrical survey using Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) was carried out in the Sports Complex of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun Delta State (FUPRE) in order to determine the groundwater potential of the area and the aquifer distribution. The Schlumberger electrode configuration was used with a maximum current... Continue Reading

  (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE MINISTRY ). ABSTRACT The problems of housing encompasses the availability of housing units which has resulted into congested homes and community and resulted in the ever increasing pressure on the infrastructural facilities. The main issue in this study... Continue Reading

This study examined the effect of punishment and reward on academic performance of senior secondary school students in Shomolu local government area of Lagos State. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. Through the process of simple random sampling, a total of two hundred (200) students from five (5) senior secondary... Continue Reading

The study attempted to investigate the influence of adult education on family planing in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State. The study also reviewed relevant and extensive literatures under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was employed in this study in order to assess the opinions of the respondents with the... Continue Reading

This project work focuses on the effects of child abuse on students’ academic performance. The study attempts to unravel the causes, effects and remedies to child abuse among secondary school students in Lagos State. It was carried out in Bariga Local Government Area of Lagos State. A sample of 100 was randomly drawn from selected... Continue Reading

This study attempted to examine the influence of mate selection and self-disclosure on marital stability among couples in Lagos State. The descriptive research design was used in the study. The questionnaire was used to assess the opinions of the selected respondents with the collection of relevant data from them, while the sampling... Continue Reading

This study examined the influence of parental Separation on Academic Achievement of Secondary School Student in Lagos Educational District II. Descriptive research design was used. The population for the study comprised all the secondary school students in Lagos Educational District II. Stratified Random technique was used to collect the... Continue Reading

This study was conducted to find out the perception of drug use and abuse on student’s behavior in public secondary schools in Lagos State. Chapter one presented the background of study which consists of statement of the problem, research questions, research hypothesis, significance of the study, purpose of the study, delimitation,... Continue Reading

This had been an attempt to investigate the attitude of mother-in-law towards daughter-in-law as a determinant factor in marital stability, in carrying out this study,Questionnaire on the Attitude of Mother-in-law towards Daughters-in-law as a Determinant of Marital Stability (QAMDDMS) was developed and percentage, mean and chi-square... Continue Reading

The study attempted to investigate the  effect of formal education on Nigerian women’s attitude towards family planning in Lagos State.  The study also reviewed relevant and extensive literatures under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was employed in this study in order to assess the opinions of the respondents... Continue Reading

The study attempted to investigate the impact of information communication technology (ICT) on educational development of children in early childhood education in selected nursery schools in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, some relevant and related literatures were reviewed under sub-headings. The descriptive... Continue Reading

The study examined the influence of domestic violence on family relationship among couples in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State. Descriptive research survey design was used, while a self-designed questionnaire was used as the major instrument. A total of 102 respondents were sampled. Four null hypotheses were formulated... Continue Reading