The study developed and validated a locally-designed E-Workshop Instructional Package (EWIP) for teaching Basic Science and Technology in junior secondary schools in Ile-Ife. The study examined the effect of EWIP on students’ ...

Structural features were studied in ten common hydrophytes from divergent groups, sampled from the Opa-Lake of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the creeks of the River Ramos in Ogbotogbo Nigeria. Teh preponderance ...

Some aspects of the ecology of bryophytes on unplastered sandcrete walls around Ile-Ife were investigated over a period of more than 12 months. Two turf-forming bryophytes, Barbula indica and Bryum coronatum, were the ...

Eighteen plots in selected sites from the Mokwa, Kainji and Yelwa areas of the Nigerian Guinea savanna were sampled systematically for vegetation attributes. Four belt transects in each plot were sampled to estimate the ...

In the Kainji Basin, Mokwa and Yelwa areas of northwestern Nigeria early successional plots are usually dominated in terms of number of stems by the Caesalpinioid shrub Piliostigma thonningii. An ecological study of 17 ...

This study has attempted to construct a model for the financial sector of the Nigerian economy. Three subsectors were identified - the commercial banks, the non-bank public and the monetary authorities. Using data collected ...

The study examined the relationship between funding and enrolment in Nigerian universities between 1970 and 2003. It also analysed the trends and patterns of funding and enrolments in Nigerian universities and the causality ...

AN INAUGURAL LECTURE at Ife can now be rightly regarded as an academic 'christening' ceremony, with the Vice-Chancellor as the officiating 'minister' and, the victim of the occasion reciting the 'creed'. Probably, it ...

The educational value of the mass media is realisable when one thinks about the problems involved in concept acquisition. The building up of vocabulary required to gain understanding about concepts and creativity development ...

Forty nulliparous West African Dwarf and Permer X West African Dwarf crossbred ewes were used in two separate experiments to study the effect of eight breeding groups (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 months) on weight at ...

The experiment testing the effect of age-at-harvest on sugarcane showed that standing-over significantly reduced cane and sugar yields. Highest yields were obtained from 15 month-old crops. Standing-over reduced yields ...

This study examined the trend and pattern of working capital as well as analysed the trend and pattern of capital expenditure and identified the factors that determine the effective management of working capital. It also ...

Malnutrition is a global crisis, an underlying cause of more than 2.6 million child deaths every year while 60 million are stunted globally with Nigeria accounting for 11 million. This study described child feeding practices ...

Promethazine hydrochloride is commonly co-administered with chloroquine phosphate to treat chloroquine-induced pruritus. In monitoring drug levels of one drug on co-administration with another, separation of both drugs ...

The study assessed and compared the knowledge and practice of growth promotion/ development and disease prevention among rural dwellers with and without trained Community Resource Persons (CORPs). It also determined the ...

The effect of compositional change on the dielectric properties (i.e. dielectric constant, dielectric resistance, dissipation factor, loss factor) of Electrical Porcelain has been investigated. The evaluation was carried ...

This study examined the socio-economic status of couples and determined the nutritional status of their children in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. It also assessed the extent of immunization completeness ...