Table of Contents

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CATEGORY ONE: SOCIAL SCIENCES/LAW

(Health Psychology, Socio-Psychology, Entrepreneurial Studies, Governance and Development)

Imbuki K. Alice and Wagah O. Michael: Physical Disability Adult Consumer Challenges towards Cloth Shopping in Kisumu County, Kenya ……………………………            2

Rahmat T. Umar and Aminu M. Saleh: Effects of Momory Retrieval cues on Students Academic Performance in Shorthand in North-West Zone, Nigeria ……….………………      11

Kunle B. Osinusi and Kehinde A. Jaji: Microfinance Banking: The Strength of the Nigerian Economy ……………………………….………………………………  17

Kudirat I. Adebisi: Effects of Economic Recession on Nigerian Banks: A Case Study of Kaduna State ………………………………………………………………………   29

Osinusi K. Bankole and Kehinde A. Jaji: Oil Exports: The Panacea of Economic Growth in Nigeria (1980-2017) ……………………………………………………………         36

Anthony D. Ali and Andrew B. Maren: The Intricacies of Colonial Transport and Merchandise Regulation in Lokoja Trading District 1900-1960 ……………….   45

Oyedokun G. Emmanuel and Saad Salisu: Corporate Governance and Accounting Conservatism in Nigerian Foods and Beverages Firm …………………………. 54

Pius O. Osunyikanmi and Frank F. Sapele: Frederick Winslow Taylor’s Scientific Management Theory and Staff Performance in First Bank of Nigeria, Bayelsa State ………………...    67

 

CATEGORY TWO: HUMANITIES/EDUCATION

(Organizational Development and Administration, Diplomatic Relations, Literary Analysis, Arts and Designs)

Obadara E. Olabanji: Comparative Study of Instructional Supervisory Roles of Private and Public Secondary School Principals in Ogun State, Nigeria ………..……………         77

Peter Batholomew and Christiana J. Bakut: Work Environment and Employee Work Performance in Selected Deposit Money Banks in Bayelsa State, Nigeria ………………...……   84

Wilfred M. Tarabinah: Local Government and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria ………….  96

Olaniyi K. Oladimeji: Phono-Sociolinguistic Markers of Identity in Kogi State, Nigeria ….……  104

Akporherhe Friday and Udi O. Peter: Storytelling as Psychotherapy for Sickle-Cell Patients: A study of Helon Habila’s Measuring Time ………………………………          113

 

CATEGORY THREE: SCIENCE/ENGINEERING/ICT

(Sciences, Engineering, ICT, Medical Sciences)

Awotunde O. Samson and Adewoye O. Solomon: Isolation and Identification of Chemical Constituents from Hydro-Ethanol extract of Terminalia schinperiana Root by TLC and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ………………………………….……   124

Rosmary Patrick and Umar Victor: Acute Toxicity of Kogi State Specialist Hospital Effluent on Clarias gariepinus (Catfish) …………………………………………….          128

Shehu M. D., Abubakar U. Y., Nafiu L. A. and Ahmed H. O.: On a Semi-Markov Model for Stock Exchange using Capital Assets ………………………………………… 138

Job O. Sani, Comfort O. Alabi, Sa’id Danjuma and Fatima O. Momohjomoh: The Use of ICT tools for Lecture Preparation and Delivery in Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria …………            144