Purpose This paper investigates the global and local interest in Internet information about cryptocurrency Nigeria central bank digital currency, which is also known as eNaira. Design/methodology/approach Granger causality test GMM coefficient matrix methodologies were used. Findings There sustained increase eNaira first six weeks after adoption. Local exceeded cryptocurrency. The south-east re...

Recruitment of staff into teaching hospitals in Nigeria, acts as the first step towards creating competitive strength and strategic advantage for such institutions. However, one of the major problems associated with these institutions in the South Western part of Nigeria is their mode of staff recruitment. In this research paper, we developed a suitable staff recruitment system for some health ...

1 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya, 2 Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, 4 Institute of Bioinformatics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, 5 Moroccan Society for Bioinformatics Institute, Morocco, 6 South African National B...

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and it’s among countries where novel corona virus highly endemic. World Health Organization listed other 13 African identified as high-risk for spread of virus. Hence need to observe six geopolitical zones Nigeria, study trend also look at some epidemiological measures based on case records adult patients above 16 years with Corona admitted between...

OBJECTIVE The main objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between social network and pathway to service utilization among psychotic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive study was carried out in a psychiatric unit in a general hospital in South West Nigeria. Using structured questionnaires, primary data were collected from 652 psychotic patients on their social ...

INTRODUCTION Social support can facilitate compliance or adherence to recommended treatment regimens, especially for chronic disease management. There is little data from Africa on the role of social support in the management of chronic disease. OBJECTIVE The current study investigated the relationship between social support for treatment compliance among hypertensive subjects in a poor urban...

INTRODUCTION Benefits of physical activity in the prevention and management of stroke are well documented in the literature. There is increasing evidence that stroke survivors in South-West Nigeria are physically inactive. Data on barriers to the achievement of the recommended physical activity levels including its differences along socio-demographic characteristics among stroke survivors in So...

OBJECTIVES A relationship between low back pain (LBP) and poor postures has been previously established with a high prevalence observed in many occupations. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of LBP, associated risk factors and impacts on farmers in South-West Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six hundred and four farmers completed a 36-item closed-ended questionnaire which was trans...

OBJECTIVE To present our recent experience in the management of penile fracture. PATIENTS AND METHODS We present 21 cases of penile fracture managed at the two Federal-owned tertiary hospitals in two neighbouring states in south-west Nigeria between 2001 and 2011. The diagnosis was based mainly on a clinical evaluation. The treatment was surgical in patients who presented within 2 weeks of th...

Background: The application of invasive obstetric procedures has an end point of reducing the Caesarean section rate. The declining rate of use of these procedures is one of the reasons for increasing Caesarean section rates in our environment. Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the practice of operative vaginal deliveries among obstetricians practicing in Nigeria and to evaluate ...