THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF S.S. STUDENTS IN NIGERIA

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Can the material for “The Role of Dry Construction in Ensuring Affordable Houses in Nigeria” be used as a guide for Architecture Project?

Yes it can be used — The study of the role of dry construction in ensuring affordable houses in Nigeria, will educate professionals in building technology and other stakeholders in the building industry on the need for active innovative development with the use of dry construction system with the view of ensuring the provision of affordable houses for Nigerians. Housing is a basic need for sophisticated existing from one of those basic social conditions that determine the quality of life and welfare of people and places. Affordability is measured in terms of disposable income and affordable housing is categorized in terms of cost of a house, as a proportion to the total income of a household. Various researchers are of the opinion that with the demand …

Can the material for “Northern Feudalism and Voters Mobilization in the 2015 Presidential Elections” be used as a guide for Political Science Project?

Yes it can be used — The study was designed to investigate the attributes of Northern Feudalism in relation to the mobilization of voters’ in the just conclude 2015 presidential election. In this study, an application of theory of Marxian political economy relating to a society at the feudal stage of development reveals the kind of relationship that exist between the Northern leaders and the masses. Also, the dependency theory as applied explains what the scenario is like in the north especially between the leaders who have it all and the masses who seek after better life and the abidance to religious doctrine (s). Lastly, theory of ethnic mobilization as espoused by Peter Veermesch (2011) explains why in their state the voters in northern Nigeria are …

Can the material for “Discourse Analysis of Christian Handbills” be used as a guide for English Language Project?

Yes it can be used — The study was carried out to examine the discourse of Christian handbills using Ughelli in Delta State as a case study. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to identify the different graphosyntactic errors in the language used in Christian handbills and analyze the possible semantic implications of Christian handbills in Ughelli. Christian handbills are one of the leading non-verbal means of communication in the society today especially the church handbills and posters. Technically put, posters are very important forms of visual communication. It presents picture(s) with meanings lying behind it. However, there exist some graphosyntactic errors, lexical, syntactic features and semantic features used in Christian handbills. The problem of grapho-syntactic errors contravenes syntactic and graphological …

Can the material for “Television News of Mother Tongue Interference in English News Cast” be used as a guide for English Education Project?

Yes it can be used — Language and man are inseparable and since the languages of the world come in contact, there is bound to be a problem like mother tongue interference which is a sociolinguistic phenomenon. This work takes for granted that grammatical competence is totally different from phonological competence and it has worked on this premise using phonological conventions in analysing the sampled data. The findings proved that interference at the phonological level is a major problem confronting our media houses in Nigeria with respect to spoken English. Suggestions have been proffered to effect the envisaged repair in the aspects identified. …

Can this topic “Problem of English Pronunciation Among Yoruba Speaker on Effective Communication in English Language” be used for English / Yoruba Project?

Yes it can be utilized for research — Language learning practice often assumes that most of the difficulties that learners encounter in the study of language are consequences of the degree to which the native languages differ from the English of the native speakers. This research work is basically analyzed problems of pronunciation among the non-native speakers of English, especially the Yoruba People. The Yoruba Speakers of English encounter problems in pronouncing some English sounds because they are not aware that some English Phonemes exist. Some are aware but do not know where and how to use them. Examples of these sounds are: /θ, ð, Ʒ, z, J, ٨, Ʒ: ǝ/. Therefore, they replaced the listed sounds with the familiar ones in the Yoruba phoneme system for example: …

Can the material for “Social and Financial Performance on Corporate Governance” be used as a guide for Accountancy / Accounting Project?

Yes it can be used — One of the roles of accounting is to provide information on business performance, either through financial accounting indicators or otherwise. Theoretical-empirical studies on the relationship between Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) and Corporate Social Performance (CSP) have increased in recent years, indicating the development of this research field. However, the contribution to theory by empirical studies is made in an incremental manner, given that each study normally focuses on a particular aspect of theory. Therefore, it is periodically necessary to conduct an analysis to evaluate how the aggregation of empirical studies has contributed to the evolution of theory. Designing such an analysis was the objective of the present study. The theoretical framework covered the following: stakeholder theory, the relationship between CSP …

Can this topic “The Sino-African Development and Relations” be used for International Relations Project?

Yes it can be utilized for research — Sino-African relations refer to the historical, political, economic, military, cultural connection between mainland Nigeria and the African continent, and social, in which the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) remains a government-owned entity with the largest asset-base in terms of landed property. The relationship between Africa and Nigeria has assumed a matter of significant interest for scholars, policy makers and the global development community in general. Investigation reveals the following problem of the existing Sino-African relations and development (a case study of railway transport) research work; the railway institution suffered casualty in greater part of post-colonial administrations, in Nigeria as a result of longstanding neglect, though efforts are on to revamp the Nigerian railway system, issues of uneven rail network-spread, minority groups’ …

Can this topic “A Survey of the Language of Newspaper Advertisement” be used for English Education Project?

Yes it can be utilized for research — Newspapers are veritable tools for promoting literacy through reading, writing and dialogues (among readers and critics), which are the hallmarks of effective and efficient use of language. Newspapers have a built-in capacity to motivate readers. As a result, it is the common practice in most parts of the country to have people congregate around newspapers stands and vendors every morning reading and discussing the contents of the newspapers, especially adverts. As such, the use of advert language cannot be over-emphasized as the number of readers who come across it cannot be measured. However, this research seeks to have a survey of the language of newspaper advertisement, and to know how to construct adverts to attract readers or viewers, to be …

Can the material for “Society’s Current Attitude Towards Women in Science and Technology Based Artisan Jobs as a Factor in Mainstreaming Girls Into STM Education” be used as a guide for Educational Technology Project?

Yes it can be used — The study investigated the effects of early childhood education on the cognitive development of primary one pupils in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, extensive and relevant literature review was carried out under related sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used in this study in order to carry out the objective assessment of the opinions of the respondents selected for this study. In addition, the questionnaire was adopted for the collection of data necessary for this study, while the sampling technique was applied in selecting the samples for this study. In total, four null hypotheses were generated and tested in this study, with the application of both the Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the t-test of …

Can the material for “Impact of Bank Credits on the Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Nigeria” be used as a guide for Economics Project?

Yes it can be used — Prominent among the obstacles facing the performance of manufacturing sector in Nigeria is the lack of effectively bank credits to the manufacturing sector of the economy. The banks especially the commercial ones have not been contributing effectively to the output of manufacturing sector of the economy. This study takes into cognizance the problems of manufacturing sector in Nigeria. Beside; it looks into the various economic effects of inefficiency of bank credits to the manufacturing sector in Nigeria over the period of 1981 − 2004, using the Nigeria data set. The study employed the ordinary least square regression method. Above all, this project examines the earlier interventionist efforts by the CBN toward achieving a stable and low interest rate on the credits from the …