Globalization is a worldwide phenomenon. The concept globalization is a very recent term only establishing its current meaning in the 1970s, which emerged from the intersection of four inter related sets of communities of practice, academics, journalists, publishers. This paper models the channels through which globalization affects financial sector development in Nigeria. To this end this stud...

The book appraised in this edition of Chronicles of Medical History, History of Dentistry in Nigeria, is a product of many years of painstaking research. The Author, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, has put together an excellent book that is a great work of art. Dentistry is one of the first specialties in medicine with a very long history; evidence of periodontal disease has been traced back to a...

Tinggang Zhao Dept. of Math.,Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou 730070,P. R. CHINA B. K. Ben Mahmoud ESSTT/ 63 Rue Sidi Jabeur 5100 Mahdia, TUNISIA M. A. Toumi Dép. des Math.,Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte,7021, Zarzouna, Bizerte, TUNISIA O. P. Faromika Department of Physics, Federal Univ. of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, NIGERIA M. Dada Department of Physics, Federal Univ. of Technology, Minna...

Document Information: Title: On consolidation model in e-bill presentment and payment Author(s): Olufunke Vincent, (Artificial Intelligent Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria), Olusegun Folorunso, (Artificial Intelligent Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria), Ayodele Akinde, (Artificial Intelligent Gr...

Although there has been significant reduction in the total number of maternal deaths worldwide, however, many developing countries like Nigeria have not been able to achieve MDG 5 by the end of 2015 [1]. This is buttressed by the fact that Nigeria and India recorded 58,000 (19%) and 45,000 (15%) maternal deaths respectively accounting for 34% of the total global maternal deaths [1]. Moreover, 5...

Avian influenza caused infection and spread throughout Nigeria in 2006. Carcass samples (lung, liver, spleen, heart, trachea and intestine) from the different regions of Nigeria were processed for virus isolation. Infective allantoic fluids were tested for avian influenza viruses (AIV) and Newcastle disease virus using monospecific antisera. Thirty-five isolates were generated and characterized...

Research has consistently shown that high rates of abortion reflect high levels of unintended pregnancy, and that is certainly the case in Nigeria. Of the estimated 6.8 million pregnancies that occur annually in Nigeria, one in five are unplanned, and half of these end in an induced abortion (Figure 1, page 2). This issue brief highlights the latest scientific evidence on the causes and consequ...

R. O. Shittu, L. O. Odeigah, B. A. Issa, G. T. Olanrewaju, A. O. Mahmoud, M. A. Sanni Department of Family Medicine, Kwara State Specialist Hospital, Sobi, Ilorin, Nigeria Department of Family Medicine, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigerias Department of Ophthalmology, University of Il...

The study examined the contribution of different measures of human capital development to economic growth in Nigeria. It used data from Nigeria and adopted the growth account model which specifies the growth of GDP as a function of labour and capital. The model also included a measure of policy reforms. Based on the estimated regression and a descriptive statistical analysis of trends of govern...

Despite the endemicity of brucellosis in Nigeria, reports on equine brucellosis are rare. The Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) was used to determine the serologic prevalence of Brucella abortus antibodies amongst 75 horses from three stables in two States of northern Nigeria. The highest prevalence (22.7%) was recorded in stable C located in Plateau State and the lowest (6.7%) was found in stable ...