There are increasing scholarly debates on the direction of policy to effectively improve the performance of banks. Some scholars argue that bank performance is enhanced by improvements in the internal organization and managerial efficiency others argue that industry wide factors are integral to...

The Niger Delta region is the oil producing area of Nigeria, which consist of highly diverse ecosystems that is supportive of numerous species of terrestrial and aquatic fauna and flora. This region is the largest wetland in Africa and it is among the ten most important wetlands and marine...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is considered the most comprehensive piece of healthcare legislation aimed at providing a universal coverage for the American people. Nonetheless, the controversy surrounding the implementation of this Act stems from the principles of...

This paper argues that the Christian conception of Natural law is indispensable for the understanding of a coherent moral theory of the State. The paper discusses the Christian conception of Natural Law with a view to understanding a philosophical link with the moral theory of the State. The...

This paper investigates the impact of microfinance institutions on the informal sector of the Nigerian economy drawing from a cross-sectional data of 14,189 customers from two major microfinance clusters – the Self-Reliance Economic Advancement Programme (SEAP) and ASHA Microfinance Bank...

This paper investigates the statistical relationship between federal employee performance and the reward for creativity and innovation. The study applies a cross-tabulation technique and the Pearson correlation coefficient for ordinal/nominal variables using data from 2018 Federal Employee...

This study investigates the relationship between social protection policies and agricultural output in Nigeria using data from Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) conducted in August-October 2012 and February-April 2013 for post planting interview and...

This study investigates a long-run relationship between agriculture and manufacturing industry output in Nigeria using a time series data from 1982 to 2015. The study employs the Granger causality test, Vector Error Correction Model and co-integration technique to estimate the interdependence...