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The Impact of Social Media on the Lived Religious Practices of Dominion House Church Congregants
Get PDFIn an era when COVID-19 took over the world and physical-spiritual activities in church were curbed and shutdown, the social media revolution became a tool for the church in Nigeria. The use of social media platforms for religious activities sustained the interaction between the church and members. This paper analyzes the impact of social media on the lived religious practices of Dominion House International congregants. As a result, their online engagements and participation are the central themes. This will feature Online/Electronic-church activities such as online devotion, bible teaching, and online evangelism. The aim of the paper is to explain how these online platforms influence adherents’ religious practices and their lived experiences. The Dominion House International church social media platforms, especially, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Zoom were used for content analysis, while literature review corroborated the findings of the study. The result provides information on how the lived experiences of the adherents are strengthened through content shared on social media which either strengthens or reduces their level of religiosity. 
Manpower Planning Practices and Employee Engagement in Oluyole Local Government, Oyo State, Nigeria
Get PDFEmployee engagement is very important to the organisational effectiveness. There are many factors responsible for organizational efficiency. This study aims at looking at how manpower planning affects employee engagement in Oluyole Local Government. Descriptive survey research design was adopted to get detailed and factual information from the respondents. A total of 91 respondents were randomly selected from personnel at the Oluyole Local Government area in Ibadan for the study. The study reveals a positive relationship between workplace mentoring and worker’s productivity. It also reveals that workplace mentoring boosts employee performance through improved self-esteem and deeper commitment. It fosters a cordial relationship between mentor and mentee to achieve organizational goals. The emphasis on the research\u27s key conclusion demonstrates that when succession planning is approached from a career and talent management perspective, employee engagement and staff retention follows. It was finally recommended that in order to meet staff demands, Oluyole Local Government administration must enhance quality services via the development of health care, quality education, quality employment and skills. 
Enhancing Sustainable Development in Nigeria through Entrepreneurship Education
Get PDFThis study examines the connection between entrepreneurship education and sustainable development in Nigeria using a qualitative approach based on a literature review. Entrepreneurship education is a process that imparts knowledge, skills, and attitudes to foster entrepreneurial thinking and behavior. It aims to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and equip individuals with the tools to identify business opportunities, take risks, and manage successful ventures. Sustainable development seeks to balance economic growth, social progress, and environmental protection. Through a comprehensive review of relevant literature, this study explores the key components of entrepreneurship education, including knowledge acquisition, skill development, mindset cultivation, experiential learning, and access to support and resources. It also investigates the challenges facing sustainable development in Nigeria, such as poverty and inequality, weak infrastructure, corruption and governance issues, environmental degradation, and skills gaps. By analyzing and synthesizing existing literature, the study emphasizes the role of entrepreneurship education in addressing these challenges and promoting economic empowerment, innovation, sustainable business practices, job creation, community development, resilience, and collaboration. The qualitative approach adopted in this study allows for a deep understanding of the theoretical foundations, practical applications, and potential impacts of entrepreneurship education on sustainable development. The study highlights the need for integrating entrepreneurship education into formal education systems, promoting experiential learning and collaboration, fostering partnerships and networks, emphasizing sustainability and social responsibility, addressing skills gaps, promoting lifelong learning, raising awareness and advocacy, and evaluating and monitoring the impact of entrepreneurship education programmes. 
Relationship Between Peer Group Influence and Academic Performance of Students in English Language in Ilorin Grammar School
Get PDFThis paper looked into the influence of peer group on the academic performance of secondary students’ performance in English language in Ilorin Grammar School, Ilorin. The objectives of the study are to: examine the effect of peer group on student’s attitude towards the learning English language, determine the impact of peer group on students’ behaviour and identify the impact of peer group on students’ academic performance. Descriptive survey design was employed for this study and 150 students were used as sample, using random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection is a questionnaire. Based on the findings from this study, it was concluded that there is a huge relationship between peer group influence and students’ attitude towards learning English language. Also, there is a significant relationship between peer group influence and students’ academic performance in Ilorin Grammar School, Ilorin. It was recommended that among others that students’ should engage with peers who are studious in order to aid them academically. Also, parents should guide and monitor their wards on the peers they associate with in order to prevent them from peer group that can influence them negatively
Mentor the Mentee for Academic Excellence: The Forgetting Value in Nigerian Universities
No full textStudy explored the value of mentorship in Nigerian Universities. Mentorship is an academic norm that sustain value of academic excellence in the University system. Academic mentorship refers to the training, knowledge, skills, orientation, attitude, discipline, and ethic standard acquired by protege from senior academic toward achieving the core value of teaching, research and community service in the university. Academic mentor is senior academic who has obligation to share expertise knowledge of teaching, research and community service experience with junior academics for the purpose of guiding protege on career path, setting goals, developing contact and offer personal support toward attainment of academic excellence. So, he who call for academic mentorship, call for academic excellence. University is a collegial system for building Centre of academic excellence. Meanwhile, a number of factors have been observed as clogs on the wheels of academic progress in the university system which hindered mentorship on teaching and researches for the attainment of academic excellence in Nigeria. Incidentally, some university academic staff suffered with mentorship practices where preferred mentors sometimes decline protégés\u27 requests for mentorships. Today, mentorship programme in Nigerian universities is declining and seems to collapsed the value of academic system because some of the newly employed academic staffwere unconsciously idle to perform their obligation. They avoid classroom teaching, jettisoned academic research and publication, avoiding local and international conferences due to lack of sponsorship, engaged in sexual harassment and examination malpractice in the university. The study concluded that mentorship is an academic value established for attainment of academic excellence and integrity. Therefore, it is recommended among others that university management should implement mentorship policy and programme through seminars, workshops and conferences for training the junior academic towards achieving the academic excellence in teaching, research and community service
Effects of Information Communication Technology in Achieving Entrepreneurship Objectives in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria for Sustainable Development
Get PDFThe study sought to find out the effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in achieving entrepreneurship objectives in Tertiary Institution in Nigeria. The role played by ICT in almost all spheres of human endeavour for greater productivity cannot be over-emphasized. There is the need to move Nigeria with the rest of the world further in thus information age when technology is advancing. The objective of the study among others was to determine the rate at which Entrepreneurship education skills acquisition could be enhanced among students taught with the use of ICT and those taught with the conventional method of teachings. Hypotheses were drawn from the objectives of the study. The area of the study was Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo. The instrument used for data collection was a multiple choice entrepreneurship test. The targeted population were the five thousand degree students in Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo. A stratified random sampling technique was adopted to draw two hundred entrepreneurship students. The hypothesis was tested, at 0.05 level of significance for acceptance or rejection. The results amongst others revealed that students taught with the use of ICT performed significantly better than those taught without ICT and also the result slows that the use of ICT in teaching entrepreneurship is not significantly affected by school location. This paper looked at the objectives of entrepreneurship education, challenges of the use of ICTs for its development and came up with some recommendations and conclusion
Federalism and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects
Get PDFFederalism simply suggests a federal system of government which allows for division of powers and jurisdictions among the levels of government that made up the federation. There have been a lot of lapses in the Nigerian federal system. Nigeria is a country that is in need of development. This paper looks at the concept of federalism in relationship with the attainment of development in Nigeria. It examined the problems and also prospects of development in a federal system practicing Nigeria. The sources of data used for the study was purely secondary by means of qualitative data. The creation of states and further creation of more states was to facilitate faster development in a federal system Nigeria. unfortunately, this has not been achieved. The paper revealed that some of the challenges facing Nigerian federalism are; revenue sharing formula among the tiers, state creation, resource control and power sharing. This all have cumulated in placing the democratic rule in the country at a disadvantaged position. The paper adopted the structural-functionalist theory. The paper also discovered that federalism other than ensuring development has on the other end hindered it. It is on the bases of this some recommendations were made
African Gender Issues in Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Nawal El Sadawi’s Woman At Point Zero
Get PDFThis research examined African gender issues in Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Nawal El Sadawi’s Woman at Point Zero which are texts based on the African context. It investigated the issues that negatively affected the major female characters in the texts that were caused as a result of patriarchy which resulted in psychological and emotional trauma that inhibited the emancipation and liberation of women. Apart from investigating and analysing the gender issues in the selected texts, this study also investigated the linguistic and cultural implications that contributed to the oppression of women by analysing some specific aspects of styles explored by the authors to project these gender issues. This study employs a descriptive qualitative method in carrying out a thematic analysis through the lens of the feministtheoretical framework and examining some stylistic features to explore the language used by the authors. It was discovered that religious hypocrisy, inequality in female education, patriarchal entrapments, female-to-female subjugation, female genital mutilations, marriage, and political limitations are some of the pertinent issues that marginalised and oppressed the women in the selected texts. It was also discovered that the authors revealed that violations of the rights of women were propelled through the use of violence to silence the women and their use of language revealed the feminist ideology of the texts as a revolutionary force that resist and bring awareness to the patriarchal structure that debase the female gender. The findings of this study revealed the gender issues as contemporary and recommended that all the major actors in the oppression of women in Africa; the woman herself, the men, the government and international advocacy groups should identify their roles and work assiduously to end gender inequality if not reduced to the barest minimum
Sustainability Testing and Environmental Dynamism: : Are Corporate Governance with Firm-specific Factors Relevant?
No full textThe turbulent environment within which the manufacturing sector operates in Nigeria has led to the closure of several manufacturing companies over the years. To sustain their operations in the face of the dynamic environment, corporate strategies have been inclined to shrink firm sizes and move to cost-advantaged locations outside Nigeria. The development raises the question of the relevance of Corporate Governance (CG) and Firm-Specific Factors (FSF) in addressing the issues affecting the Sustainability of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Manufacturers (FMCGMs) in Nigeria. Thus, the study examined the effect of CG and FSF on the Sustainability of FMCGMs in Nigeria and further interrogated the intervening effects of Environmental Dynamism (EVD) on the interaction between CG, FSF, and the Sustainability of FMCGMs in Nigeria. The study is anchored on the Stakeholder Theory and Dynamic Capabilities Theory. The cross-sectional survey design was employed to obtain data from 432 employees of the FMCGMs in Nigeria. Data collected were analyzed using the PLSSEM to examine the three-way direct, mediation, and moderation hypotheses. Findings show that CG 2 and FSF have a significant effect on the Sustainability of the selected FMCGMs (Adj R =0.878, p=0.000); EVD Exerted a positive and significant moderating effect on the interaction between CG 2 and Sustainability (â =0.386; p=0.006, Q =0.290); EVD was also found to exert a positive and significant mediating effect on the interaction between FSF and Sustainability of the selected FMCGMs (â=0.396, t= 2.919, p= 0.004). The study recommends the need for FMCGMs to pay particular attention to their CG strategy to improve stakeholder loyalty, maintain a flexible FSF configuration, and continuously evaluate how the dynamic environment impacts achieving set targets while establishing policies and actions that continue to align performance to achieving set goals
Intercultural Competence and Youth Leadership Development in Lagos State: .
No full textLagos State is home and habitat to people across cultural backgrounds and nationalities in the world. Several factors such as location, business opportunities, commerce and industries are responsible for accommodation of different cultural groups and individuals within and outside Nigeria. The impact of cultural diversity is evident in so many areas in the state. For instance, non-Lagosians are also actively involved in governance and administration in Lagos State. People from other cultural backgrounds are recognised, they can vie for political offices and be voted for. Thus, leadership in Lagos State requires intercultural competence for efficient performance and effective service delivery. As a result, this study examined Lagos State youth\u27s level of exposure and awareness about intercultural competence through a structured questionnaire. The researchers examined the conceptual understanding of intercultural competence developed by some scholars, and equally adopted the Process Model of Intercultural Competence as a theoretical framework for the study. Among several recommendations of this study is that the Lagos State government and youth-focused organisations should review their leadership development schemes, include intercultural competence and explore intercultural leadership approach in their leadership development initiatives