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    AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF KAPITAL FM COVERAGE OF THE 2014 EBOLA CRISIS IN NIGERIA
    (2026) TERSOO PETER ZAMBER
    Disease epidemics come always as a surprise to human society. These emergencies can be manmade or natural with their proportionate consequences on the socio-economic, political and health needs of society. Ebola outbreak in Nigeria in the year 2014 was one of the most frightening health emergencies in recent times, and as a social problem, there was need to inform Nigerians properly on the dangers associated with the disease and to keep them informed on how to escape the monster (Ebola virus). However, the concern of this study is to evaluate Kapital FM Radio campaign against the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria 2014 as a subsidiary of FRCN. The quantitative approach was adopted in gathering the information used in this study where questionnaires and interviews were designed to obtain information from FCT residents and the data analysed using tables, numbers and percentages. The study adopted the ‘social responsibility and agenda setting’ theories as the conceptual framework. However, it was discovered in the study that radio is a potent medium for information needs for most Nigerians, but the mode or language of communication of the radio, especially in times of emergencies, still poses some challenges. Therefore, the recommendation of this study is that radio in Nigeria should be more creative and committed during emergencies like Ebola, in language choice. If epidemics and other forms of emrgencies are reported in digestible language as this study suggests, such situations might not warrant the overbearing fear and suspicion that usually follow them.
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    SECTORIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF BUHARINOMICS: A CANONICAL APPROACH
    (SSRN, 2024-12-25) Amina Mohammed Bashir; Yekeen Abdul-Maliq
    This study assesses the impact of the, Buharis microeconomic management policiesand actions on the Nigerian economy from 2015 to 2023:Q2. The study takes asectorial perspective (break-down of GDP rather than aggregated) while canonicalcorrelation analysis is conducted on five independent variables: money supply;(M2), FDI. The dependent variables are, external borrowing, domestic debt and FDIand exchange rate as a moderating sectorial GDP output: agriculture, industry(manufacturing), building & construction, trade and services. Analyses reveal that only the exchange rate (moderating variable); has significant impact on Nigeriasectorial GDP. The impacts are on Industry, 𝛽=-1.8675; P=<.001. Trade, 𝛽=-21.8675; P=<.001, and the Service sector, 𝛽=4.8654; P=.016. As can be gleanedfrom the statistics; only the impact of exchange rate on the services sector is positive;while on Trade and Industry the impacts are negative. The study therefore concludesthat; on an unbiased, non-presumptive but empirically based assessment;buharinomics has no positive growth impact on the Nigerian economy in its eight-year period.
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    Properties of Semiconductor
    (2026) Seun, John
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    Introduction to Engineering Physics
    (2025) Newton, John
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    Harnessing Innovations in Nigerian Academic Libraries: A Survival Strategy
    (International Journal of Applied Technologies in Library and Information Management, 2018) Agbese, Florence
    Academic libraries can no longer continue to assume that their services had such intrinsic merit that users automatically resort to them; neither can they afford to use yesterday's method to meet today's information needs. For academic libraries to do either of these is to prepare to go into extinction. Times have changed so much, and users and their needs have changed so much more. For the library to remain relevant therefore it has to change with the times and one of the authentic ways to achieve that is to innovate. This paper is about harnessing innovations in Nigerian academic libraries as a survival strategy. The paper defined key concepts, highlighted reasons for innovation in academic libraries, discussed harnessing innovations in academic libraries in general and Nigerian academic libraries in particular. Lack of awareness of benefits of innovation and the absence of innovation content in Nigerian library schools' curricula were among the challenges facing innovation in Nigerian academic libraries. Based on the challenges identified, recommendations were made to address the challenges.