ABSTRACT Twenty-five (25) sub-groups of the Yoruba language sub-family in Nigeria were identified based on such similarities as: territory, dialect, descent, cultural and economic ties. The ABO blood group samples and records of the identified Yoruba sub-groups were analysed and evaluated. These Yoruba sub-groups included: Akoko, Akure, Awori, Bunu, Egba, Egbado. Ekiti, Eko, Ibarapa, Ibolo, Ife, Igbomina, Ijebu, Ijesa, Ijumu, Ikale, Ilaje, Ilorin, Kabba, Ondo, Owo, Owu, Oyo, Remo and Yagba. F...
ABSTRACT This study explores the extent of media access and literacy of the black students of the North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, and the impact of these factors on the students’ knowledge of and attitude towards politics. Through questionnaires and interview guides, data was obtained from 232 respondents and 22 interviewees, respectively. The Internet (n=211; 90.9%) is accessible to the students when they are on the university campus while television (n= 137; 59.1%) and radio (n=5...
Abstract The literary composition of Israel‟s religious history has been attributed to several schools, one of which is the Deuteronomic school with a strong social vision. One of its social visions was the response to social inequality. Existing studies on the Deuteronomic history (Deuteronomy-2Kings) have focused on various levels of redactions and cult centralisation but have not clearly articulated the Deuteronomic response to the phenomenon of social inequality and relevance from the ...
ABSTRACT The making of conscious efforts to include women in political decision making at all levels has come to be seen as an integral part of development in contemporary times. Though this is not an absolutely new phenomenon. the last quarter of the twentieth century which began with the declaration of 1975 as the International Year of Women marked a watershed in the collectivization of hitherto singular efforts at women's empowerment. The United Nations and other gender-sensitive Non Gove...
Abstract Oration is a major factor that determines the effectiveness of political slogans. In its absence however, some other factors must account for the success of a political slogan. Adapting a combination of the rhetorical situation and the pentad, this study presents a rhetorical criticism of ‘ki Oyo lee da’a, ajumose gbogbo wa ni’, slogan of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state. Kenneth Burke’s theories of identification and equipment for living constitute the theoretical frame...
ABSTRACT Previous studies on alms begging in the fields of medicine, psychology, sociology, journalism, and discourse analysis have depicted the phenomenon as a simple activity of requesting by indigent individuals who were often viewed as linguistically deficient. These studies did not adequately account for the context-driven and implicit communicative acts performed by beggars, thus limiting the understanding of this pragmatic phenomenon in society. Therefore, this study examined alms beg...
Abstract There have been efforts at research into biblical literature, particularly from the sociohistorical and doctrinal perspectives. However, little attention has been given to the literary and stylistic analysis of the Bible. The devotion to the sacredness of the biblical text has short-circuited the needed attention to a proper literary critique of the narrative. This study therefore is a close critique that foregrounds the literariness of the Bible with particular reference to the Kin...
ABSTRACT Charity Tithe (CT) in Deuteronomy was used to provide palliatives for the poor in Ancient Israel. Contrariwise, while groups likened to these are found in Nigerian churches, especially the Anglican Church, CT is not adopted, resulting largely in loss of members to other denominations practising a similar system. Existing studies on tithing and church poverty alleviation have addressed the obligatory nature of tithing, but little attention has been paid to the welfare values of CT a...
Abstract This article, based on in-depth oral interviews, focuses on the conflicts between Bororo Fulani pastoralists and Yoruba farmers in Saki and Iseyin towns of the Upper Ogun River (Oke-Ogun), Oyo State Nigeria to show the power disparity and competition over land resources. The conflicts that occurred between Bororo Fulani pastoralists and Yoruba farmers are classified as: economic (crop destruction and cattle killing); social (murder, rape, armed banditry, molestation on both sides of...
ABSTRACT The recent upsurge of crises in parts of Northern Nigeria has generated concerns in literature with specific reference to the role of the media in fuelling crises in the region. Previous studies on the Nigerian print media coverage of the Jos crisis focused on the obsolescent peace journalism perspective, which emphasises the suppression of conflict stories, to the neglect of the UNESCO Conflict-sensitive Journalism (CSJ) principles. These principles stress sensitivity in the use of...
ABSTRACT Adolescents’ stage is usually characterized by a lot of influence in action taken. What to eat, how to eat, when to eat are mostly influence by several factors by the adolescent. Adolescents select and practice a particular eating behaviour base on certain influences when they leave normal environment for places like school. Therefore, the study is aimed at assessing the influences of adolescents’ food selection practices and its impact on their health.The target population...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to determine the roles of teachers and head teachers in the supervision of teaching practice students in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study utilized descriptive survey design. Quantitative research approach was used for the study. The study employed purposive sampling technique to recruit 160 head teachers and teachers at the selected basic schools. The instruments used for this research was questionnaires. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) ve...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the time wasters among students in Okuapeman Senior High School. The research design employed was descriptive survey design. The target population comprised 1400 students. Purposive sampling was used in selecting students from the School. A sample of 306 students were used for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The study was based on three main research questions. Result of the data analysis gave an acceptable Cronbach’...
ABSTRACT The research work looked into the teaching of oral English in S.D.A Senior High School, Akyem Sekyere. It discussed related works and the topic, the importance of oral English and motivation for the teaching of oral English, the number of times teachers teach the subject and how familiar they are with the topics under oral English. The work also discussed among other things students’ reasons for not taking this aspect of the English language seriously. They attributed this l...
ABSTRACT This study is about students’ indiscipline in basic schools with a case study of Prempeh Basic School in the Kwadaso Sub-Metro in Kumasi. The purpose of the study was to find out and describe the role of the teacher in managing students’ indiscipline. To achieve this purpose, factors relating to teachers that lead to students’ indiscipline were determined by addressing the following research questions; (1) what are the teacher factors that can help in managing students�...