ISSN (Online): 3108-1584
71 papers published in CRSI Journal
Authors: Ujjvalsinh Parmar
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Gulliver’s travel by Jonathan swifts is a unique social satire that critiques 18th century European society, human nature and politics. Through Lemuel Gulliver’s unreal journeys, swift satirizes the foolishness and errors of his time, by aiming at politics, morality, intellectual arrogance and socia... Read moreAuthors: Maulik Bhatt
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In this paper explores conceptual parallels between ancient Vedic cosmological principles, specifically the influence of GRAH (celestial bodies) and their Vahan (vehicles), and modern neuroscientific understanding of human brain functions. Drawing from the Vedic principle "Yatha Pinde Tatha Brahmand... Read moreAuthors: Hosea Nakina Martins, Ph.D.
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This ethnographic study investigates the New Yam Festival, a significant cultural celebration among the Mumuye of Taraba State, North-Eastern Nigeria. The research examines the festival's ritual practices, symbolic meanings, and social structures, highlighting its importance to the community's cultu... Read moreAuthors: Hosea Nakina Martins, Ph.D.
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This study explores " Beyond the Mystical Gong: Unveiling the Enduring Significance of Sansanwari in Mumuye Religio-Cultural Heritage within a Changing World" .Sangsangwari serves as a vital link between the ancestors and their descendants, symbolising their bond and connecting the physical and spir... Read moreAuthors: Rajat Parmar
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This research focuses on understanding how consumers in Ahmedabad feel about using plastic-free food containers in online food delivery services. As people are becoming more aware of environmental problems and the dangers of single-use plastics, the study aims to find out how much consumers know, wh... Read moreAuthors: Hosea Nakina Martins, Rev. Fr. James Bako Danjuma Tella
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This study investigates the monotheistic existence of God in African Religion, specifically among the Mumuye people of Taraba State, Nigeria. Through descriptive and analytic research methods, data were collected from field observations, focus group discussions, and literary sources. The research re... Read moreAuthors: Dr. Hussaini Ibn Mohammed, Hudu Alhaji Abubakar, Auwal Mohammed
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This paper examines the socio-demographic composition of Internally Displaced Persons in Damaturu, Yobe State. This comprises the unveiling of gender, education, occupation and age group (children, adult, old) demographically. This research had adopted a methodological triangulation procedure to gat... Read moreAuthors: Oluwatoba Rotimi Paul, Alamu Samuel Sunday, Atowoju Ayodele
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This study examines the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–11) through contextual and textual biblical hermeneutics in order to demonstrate the intrinsic relationship between Jesus’ ethics and eschatology. It responds to the interpretive legacy of nineteenth-century liberal theology, which tended to separate e... Read moreAuthors: Samson Apantaku, Ajayi Omotayo Peter
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This study presents an opinion-based and literature-driven examination of the integration of library services into pastoral and therapeutic practices, drawing insights from theology, counselling, and physiotherapy. Rather than relying on primary empirical data, the study is anchored in secondary sou... Read moreAuthors: Hussaini Ibn Mohammed, PhD, Hudu Alhaji Abubakar, Auwal Mohammed
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This study examined the availability and access to healthcare services at the Federal University Gashua School Clinic, focusing on the adequacy of medicines, healthcare personnel, laboratory facilities, medical equipment’s, and emergency services. A quantitative research design was adopted, using qu... Read moreAuthors: Olamiju Olasiji Akanmu , Omigbire Tosin Tolulope, Olamiju Olusola Grace
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Educational quality is shaped by infrastructure, teacher capacity, and access to learning resources. In Osun State, the adjoining LGAs of Osogbo and Olorunda Local Government Area present contrasting educational environments despite close proximity. This study comparatively assessed school distribut... Read moreAuthors: Matthias Akaniyene Francis, Modupe Oluremi Albert
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This article provides the most comprehensive synthesis to date of research on women’s political participation in Nigeria from the country’s democratic transition in 1999 to early 2025. Drawing on several peer-reviewed studies, institutional reports, and legal documents, the review examines the persi... Read moreAuthors: Ebenezer Amadi
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Artificial intelligence (AI) systems deployed in the processing of data increasingly influence decision making in various sectors including healthcare, employment, finance, hospitality, and public governance. While these technologies enhance service delivery and provide efficient and predictive anal... Read moreAuthors: Ebenezer Amadi, Faith Akatiki Joseph, Evbu O. Igbinedion
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The distinction between the rule of law and rule by law has garnered significant attention in academic and policy discussions within governance and legal studies. The rule of law emphasizes principles of legality, transparency, accountability, certainty, and equality before the law, while rule by la... Read moreAuthors: Ebenezer Chisom Amadi
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The rapid introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) systems across both public and private sectors has significantly increased the concerns regarding the protection of personal data and the right to privacy. Privacy by Design (PbD) has emerged as a key regulatory and technological mechanism aimed... Read moreAuthors: Bankole Moruf Adebisi
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Juvenile delinquency in semi-rural Nigerian communities, such as Ado-Odo, Ogun State, is influenced by a complex interplay of poverty, unemployment, and weak social control. This study investigated how these factors interact to shape youths’ engagement in delinquent behaviours, including truancy, pe... Read moreAuthors: Daniel Humiwat
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This study presents a genealogical analysis of the Humiwat-Samson family, tracing its historical roots, development, societal contributions, and future prospects. Utilizing a narrative research design, data were gathered through oral interviews with family members. The study documents the family’s o... Read moreAuthors: Adenigbagbe Henry Adeloye, Quaye Regina Modupe, Akinboboye Folayemi Justinah, Gbadamosi Aderonke Simiat
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This study examines the philosophical basis of professionalism in Nigerian precepts, taking into account the regulatory effects of the teacher. The philosophy research method, which admits conceptual analysis, critical thinking and normative evaluation, allows the research to examine how TRCN polici... Read moreAuthors: Malowa Phelphonce Malowa, James Odhiambo Ogone, Otieno Odhiambo George
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Childhood in literary and autobiographical discourse is often framed as a domain of innocence, dependence, and limited epistemic authority, marginalising the child’s capacity for agency and credible self-representation. This study re-examines southern African childhood memoirs by arguing that retros... Read moreAuthors: Odoni Miedideke, Alwell Nteegah, Emeka Nkoro
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This study empirically determined the effect of external resource inflows on unemployment in the West Africa sub-region from 2009 – 2023. The study used net official development assistance, private remittances, and foreign direct investment as proxies of external resource inflows while unemployment ... Read moreAuthors: Ijeoma P. Jideofor , Chioma S. Ozongwu, Blessing C. Eboh, Rita E. Agwu
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The phenomenon of diffusion of narratives within the linguistic medium system is an area of underdevelopment concerning the communication related to sports in Africa. In particular, this research work explores the patterns of representation of Nigerian sport in the French language media during 2015-... Read moreAuthors: Rev Dr Karbon Phillip Benjamin, Rev Kinison Saddack Alfred
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Peace constitutes the foundation for sustainable development and human flourishing. In Nigeria, particularly in Taraba State, insecurity remains a persistent obstacle to social harmony and economic growth. This paper examines the role of church leaders in peace building within the context of ethnic ... Read moreAuthors: Dr Shukura M Bello, Dr Shukura M Bello, Ahmed Jibrin Abdullahi, Stanley E. Okechukwu
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This paper investigates the Nigerian electoral reform using the lens of Intent-Focused Management Theory (IFMT) and finds that the problem with electoral reforms is not only a lack of legislation, but also the lack of clarity of articulation of electoral reform intent, misaligned incentives for stak... Read moreAuthors: Ahmed Olawumi Ogunwale
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The challenges posed by unprecedented high rate of urbanization resulting from uncoordinated influx of migrants to the urban centers have worsened the living environment in many cities in Nigeria. This article examines the intricate relationship between internal migration and urban sustainability in... Read moreAuthors: Habila Katuka, Patrick Muke Sunday
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Today unlike before, more Christians are baptised shortly after birth as infants, but the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Eucharist are postponed for years later. This practice which is usual is how ever far from the ideal or normal. The norm as set out in the Rite of Christian initiation is tha... Read moreAuthors: Olamiji Elizabeth Mekuleyi
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Conflict in African societies is generally perceived as a collective concern rather than an individual dispute, and as such, conflict resolution within the African worldview emphasizes the restoration of communal harmony and social relationships. This paper examines Julius Nyerere’s philosophy of Uj... Read moreAuthors: Jolasun Benjamin Olabode
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Conflicts, disputes, and social frictions are inevitable in every human society, yet the mechanisms adopted for resolving them differ across cultures and civilizations. While Western approaches to conflict resolution often emphasize adversarial litigation, adjudication, and punitive justice, African... Read moreAuthors: Akinola Adeosun Rotimi
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This study examines Sankofa philosophy and the Igbo Traditional Justice System as indigenous African approaches to conflict resolution grounded in historical consciousness, communal harmony, and restorative justice. The study is motivated by the limitations of Western-oriented conflict resolution mo... Read moreAuthors: OLOYEDE SAMSON AYOKUNLE
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This study examines the Omoluabi ethos of the Yoruba people and the Nupe traditional justice system as indigenous African frameworks for moral formation, restorative justice, and communal conflict resolution. The paper argues that both traditions conceptualize conflict not merely as a legal disagree... Read moreAuthors: Popoola Kayode Julius
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Contemporary African justice systems continue to operate largely within colonial legal frameworks that emphasize adversarial procedures, punishment, and state-cantered authority, often at the expense of communal reconciliation and social restoration. This reality has renewed scholarly interest in in... Read moreAuthors: ABEEB ABAYOMI, BABAWALE
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African indigenous philosophies have long provided culturally grounded mechanisms for maintaining social order, resolving disputes, and promoting communal harmony. However, contemporary peace building and conflict resolution scholarship has often privileged Western legal and adversarial frameworks a... Read moreAuthors: Moshood Abiola, Hamzat
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This study undertakes a comparative examination of Ubuntu philosophy and the Tiv traditional justice system of North-Central Nigeria as complementary indigenous frameworks for communal ethics and restorative conflict resolution in Africa. Ubuntu, encapsulated in the Nguni-Bantu maxim “I am because w... Read moreAuthors: Sakiru Oladele, Akintola
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This study undertakes a comparative analysis of Ubuntu philosophy and the Tiv traditional justice system as indigenous African frameworks for communal harmony and restorative conflict resolution. Ubuntu, encapsulated in the maxim “I am because we are,” emphasizes communal interdependence, human dign... Read moreAuthors: Ooreoluwatomi Titilaanuoluwa BODUDE
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The increasing complexity of legal disputes and the persistent challenges associated with litigation have heightened interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as an effective mechanism for conflict management. Despite the institutionalization of ADR within the Nigerian justice system, questio... Read moreAuthors: Ngozi Mercy Nwali
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This paper aims to provide a comparative analysis of the Igbo and Tiv traditional justice systems as indigenous models of conflict resolution within African societies. The analysis will focus on issues like conciliation, mediation by elders and community reconciliation. Both systems present conflict... Read moreAuthors: Oguntiloye Funmilayo Ruth
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African societies developed sophisticated systems of justice and conflict resolution long before the introduction of colonial legal institutions. Among these indigenous mechanisms, the traditional justice systems of the Nupe and Igbo peoples of Nigeria stand out for their emphasis on customary law, ... Read moreAuthors: Dr. Onyemere, John-Kennedy C.
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This article is a broad assessment of the legal and institutional framework of the transformative HCDT that that rekindled hope and promises of sustainable community development through the settlors’ contribution. The article adopted the doctrinal research method to analyse relevant literatures and ... Read moreAuthors: Dr. Onyemere, John-Kennedy C.
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Nigerian oil and gas content requirements is a desperate response to control manpower shortage and foreign dominance in the industry through compulsory utilization of Nigerians to build in-country capacity and stimulate the economy to resolving national socio-economic problems, perennial conflicts a... Read moreAuthors: Okesanjo David Oluwanifemi
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The justice systems of many African societies have historically been characterized by restorative principles that prioritize reconciliation, communal harmony, and social reintegration over punitive sanctions. Despite their sophistication, these indigenous systems have largely been marginalized by co... Read moreAuthors: Adeniyi Saleem Adetunji
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Contemporary conflict resolution in Africa has largely been influenced by Western legal and adversarial models that emphasize litigation and punitive justice, often overlooking indigenous systems founded on moral character, communal responsibility, and restorative practices. This study comparatively... Read moreAuthors: Ogunbanjo Ololade Kazeem
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Contemporary conflict resolution scholarship has been largely shaped by Western legal and adversarial paradigms that emphasize formal procedures, individual claims, and punitive justice, often neglecting indigenous African systems grounded in moral character, communal responsibility, and restorative... Read moreAuthors: Fanaike Adewunmi Tawa
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Contemporary conflict resolution scholarship has been significantly shaped by Western legal traditions that emphasize adversarial procedures, individual responsibility, and punitive justice. However, such approaches often give limited attention to indigenous African justice systems that prioritize c... Read moreAuthors: Adefila Odunola Oluwakemi
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Indigenous justice systems have long served as effective mechanisms for maintaining peace, social order, and communal harmony across African societies. This study comparatively examines the traditional justice systems of the Tiv and Nupe ethnic groups in Nigeria, with particular emphasis on customar... Read moreAuthors: Musa Garga
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Modern slavery remains a pervasive human rights violation, with internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) facing heightened vulnerability due to displacement-induced poverty, fractured social networks, and limited access to protection mechanisms. This study eva... Read moreAuthors: Joseph Dankaro (Ph.D) , Samson Godswill Esema (Ph.D)
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Labour actions have remained a recurring feature of industrial relations in Nigeria’s higher education sector, with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) frequently engaging in strikes and other collective actions to press demands related to funding, welfare, and university autonomy. While... Read moreAuthors: Dr. Onyemere, John-Kennedy C., Chijioke Collins
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The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 is a landmark legislation aimed at enhancing local participation, Nigerian content and the optimal utilization of Nigerian companies, products, services and citizens’ in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry’s activities and operations, to redu... Read moreAuthors: Ayadi Moniaye
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This study develops and validates an AI-assisted Digital Intensity Index (DII) for Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) over 2000–2024. The index captures bank-level digital transformation across four dimensions: digital infrastructure, digital usage, digital innovation, and digital governance. Using... Read moreAuthors: Omotoso Micheal Olugbenga, Atowoju, Ayodele A., Oluwatoba Rotimi Paul
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Indigenous Christian mission in Nigeria has achieved remarkable numerical growth and cultural penetration, particularly among ethno linguistic groups such as the Yoruba people of South-western Nigeria. However, this expansion has been accompanied by persistent theological challenges, especially in t... Read moreAuthors: Nwozaku Francis Nworu
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In Nigeria, two major reproductive health problems are miscarriage and stillbirth which are common but not given adequate attention. Grief in relation to miscarriage and stillbirth is dealt with inconsistently, inadequately and is frequently approached with practices that miss the lived experience o... Read moreAuthors: Okemakinde, Sunday O.
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As typical in a recession, Nigeria’s declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been accompanied by other debilitating factors as high inflation and unemployment. There is no doubting the fact that recession still persist in Nigeria. Adult literacy education which ensures inclusive and equitable qua... Read moreAuthors: Azowue O. Emmanuel , Ubelejit Renner Ikuru, Uwoh Michael Benjamin
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In Africa, women's involvement in crisis management and conflict resolution is becoming more widely recognised as crucial to achieving long-term peace and prosperity. African women have continuously taken on vital responsibilities as mediators, negotiators, community mobilisers, and peace builders a... Read moreAuthors: Dr. Gobir, Mustapha Abdullahi, Dr. Usman, Abdullahi, Nnanu, Friday Ben
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This paper investigates the structural linkages between human capital development, capital formation, and long-term economic growth in Nigeria. Historically, macroeconomic planning within developing Sub-Saharan African economies heavily favoured physical capital accumulation, often treating human re... Read moreAuthors: Dr. Alakeme Nestor Johnson, Kolawole Daniel ADIO
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Effective communication is essential for maintaining peaceful relationships and managing conflicts within higher education institutions. Student–administration conflicts often result from poor information flow, misunderstandings, and inadequate stakeholder engagement. This study examined media strat... Read moreAuthors: Freeman Aye-Agele, Ugor Peter A.
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This study seeks to analyse the impact of trade diversification and institutional quality on economic growth in Sub-Sahara African Countries using the dynamic panel system generalized method of moments (Sys-GMM). The study employed annual panel data comprising 48 Sub-Sahara African Countries ranging... Read moreAuthors: Gobir, Mustapha Abdullahi, PhD., Nnanu, Friday Ben
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This study investigates the impact of small-scale industries (SSIs) on the economic development of Port Harcourt City, Rivers State, Nigeria. While macroeconomic growth strategies historically favored capital-intensive large-scale enterprises, persistent structural deficits—including high unemployme... Read moreAuthors: Gobir, Mustapha Abdullahi, Ph. D., Nnanu, Friday Ben, Tabah, Emmanuel
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This paper provides a comprehensive synthesis of market failure theory, delineating the systemic vectors through which unhindered private resource allocation diverges from Pareto-optimal baselines. We systematically categorize classical market clear clearing breakdowns into three core structural dim... Read moreAuthors: Obukeni Clifford Orona
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This study examined student loan policy implementation and its implications for access to tertiary education in Niger State, Nigeria. The study specifically assessed students’ awareness of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), examined the extent to which the policy had widened access to tertia... Read moreAuthors: Uche Jane Anene, Ph.D
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Representative democracy assumes that elected legislators should remain responsive to citizens while exercising judgment on complex policy questions. This article examines the relationship between public opinion and legislative decision-making in Nigeria’s National Assembly between 2015 and 2023. Dr... Read moreAuthors: Prof. Gidado B. Kumo, Paul Sunday, NGUWAP
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This study examined the relationship among moral development, attitude, and academic performance of gifted students in Senior Secondary Schools in North Central Nigeria. The study was guided by the general objective of determining the relationship among moral development, attitude, and academic perf... Read moreAuthors: Professor Kossitse John Atsou (Ph.D)
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Linguistic behaviour, encompassing the ways individuals use and respond to language, plays a critical role in understanding the dynamics of communication. This study explores linguistic behaviour with a particular focus on the French language, investigating how cultural, social, and historical facto... Read moreAuthors: Terhemen Andzenge
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The courts serve as a societal bulwark in safeguarding democracy by upholding the rule of law, balancing the constitutional powers among the two other branches of government, securing fundamental human rights, and resolving diverse conflicts. The democratic history of Nigeria belies those postulatio... Read moreAuthors: Boaz Owino, James Odhiambo Ogone (PhD), Otieno, Odhiambo George (PhD)
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Contemporary Kenyan fiction increasingly presents the environment as more than a backdrop to human life. Land, forests, oceans, rivers and other environmental spaces are often places where questions of identity, belonging, livelihood, development and power come together. Yet, less attention has been... Read moreAuthors: Emerem Jennifer Obidiebube , Jude Chidi Ozumba, Azowue Emmanuel
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Terrorist attacks have increased in frequency in recent years; in 2015, almost 80% of attacks occurred in Africa. The nations of Somalia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya are among the "hot spots" of international terrorism. This is because terrorist organisations have ties to one or ... Read moreAuthors: Robert Kasiran , Dr Agumba Ndalo, Dr. Margaret Kimwarey
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The study focused on the choice of History and Government which is offered in Kenyan secondary schools. Successive Kenya National Examination Council and Teachers Service Commission report has shown a decline in History performance, more so the general enrolment of History in secondary school and Un... Read moreAuthors: Ogweyo Peter Ogalo
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This study looks at how Nairobi stayed the top travel and tourism base in Kenya from 2018 to 2025. It focuses on several drivers, such as links to other countries, meetings and MICE travel, the role of the city as an entry point, and local urban attractions. The work used a review of existing materi... Read moreAuthors: Joseph Kirindoh, Felistus Mwikali, Mary Mutisya
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This study examined the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance in the Community Outreach Program of the Department of Sports, Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study was guided by the research question: What is the relationship between transformational leadership and... Read moreAuthors: Dr CPA Ismael Mbuvi
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The operationalization of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) has moved the debate on climate-induced loss and damage from diplomatic principle to institutional practice. For countries such as Kenya, the central question is no longer whether finance will exist, but whether domestic ins... Read moreAuthors: Judith Osok
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Conduct disorder (CD) is a behavioural disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of behaviours that violate the rights of others and age-appropriate social norms. Although evidence on adolescent mental health in Kenya is increasing, much of the available evidence on conduct disorder has been ge... Read moreAuthors: Alexander Odartey Lamptey
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Rapid advances in mobile technologies, digital financial services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and digital public infrastructure are creating unprecedented opportunities for economic growth, innovation, inclusion, and regional integration. The African Union (AU... Read moreAuthors: Adetutu Alice Adelusi, Oladiran Isaiah Olagunju
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Background: Smoking usually begins in adolescence, and what young people know and believe about cigarettes influences whether they start. Local evidence from Ibadan South-East Local Government Area (LGA), Oyo State, Nigeria, is scarce. Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge about the harmfu... Read moreAuthors: Ishaka Audu Jimoh, O. G. Wafure, Ahmad B. El-Yaqub
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Globally, financial deepening has been vital in fostering economic growth and stability. Financial deepening envelops the expansion in monetary resources. This study examined the impact of the financial deepening indicators on money supply in Nigeria, by observing the independent contributions of mo... Read more