objective: this study was carried out to clarify the potential health-risk and to determinant the prevalence of antenatal rubella infection in north-central, nigeria. materials and methods: a descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among pregnant women to establish the knowledge, attitude and practices with regards to antenatal rubella infection in early pregnancy in ilorin. a total ...

The banking industry in Nigeria has been faced with enormous challenges that affect performance, management, and reliability. There are 24 banks in Nigeria today. These banks are referred to as consolidated banks. They emerged after the recapitalisation initiative of the central bank of Nigeria in 2005. Specifically, the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) raised the minimum capital requirement for e...

The confrontation between Paris and Moscow, which commenced at the end of last decade in Sahara-Sahel region, is largely a consequence weaknesses French foreign policy Russia strives to exploit its political economic benefit. hotspots this are Libya Mali, where Franco-Russian rivalry has led global securitization conflict (in both countries), transformation regional balance power Libya), aggrav...

1 Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Abuja, Nigeria 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria 3 Surveillance and Data Management Unit, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria 4 Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria 5 Patho...

background: hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is an endemic infection in nigeria. health care workers (hcws) are at risk of occupational exposures to hbv-infected blood and body fluids. objective: to determine the prevalence and determinants of hbv vaccine coverage among hcws in two teaching hospitals in nigeria. methods: this cross-sectional study was undertaken in 2011 and 2012 in two teachin...

background: oyan reservoir, south-west nigeria was constructed in 1984 to generate electricity but has altered the exist­ing physical, biological and socio-economic environment of the people. this study, carried out between october 2006 and march 2008, aimed at investigating the current status of schistosoma haematobium infection around the reservoir. methods: urine samples from 536 participant...

the study investigates consumers’ preference for cowpea reflected in the nigerian markets through price discounts and premiums that consumers pay for different cowpea characteristics. the price data used for this study were obtained through a market survey. a common data collection protocol was employed. every month, between october 2009 to december 2010, five cowpea samples per seller were bou...

The establishment of the State Israel in 1948 significantly reduced number Jewish displaced persons Italy's DP camps. However, it also marked beginning an unexpected movement some eight thousand Jews who, between and 1949, travelled to Italy from Libya, seeking international assistance resettle Israel. This article explores reasons for which Libya illegally attempted reach camps, role Zionist o...

This study aims investigate the short- and long-run causal relationship between foreign trade economic growth in Libya over period of 1990 - 2017. employs Johansen co-integration test, error correction model (VECM), Wald test to meet objective study. The variables utilised this are gross domestic product (GDP) rate, exports imports; data is extracted from various sources such as Libyan Central ...