Earnings management has been a debatable topic to researchers, regulators, standard setters, and investors in the 21st century. It raised a great concern among the stakeholders because of some accounting practices that threaten the quality of corporate financial reporting and erode public confidence in the reported earnings. Managers have a tendenc... Continue Reading
The financial vulnerability of the SME sector in Nigeria has led to its slim chances of survival due to low sales, low profitability, high costs of doing business thereby resulting in poor performance. The study seeks to ascertain the extent to which mobile commerce proxied by mobile penetration, internet penetration and lending rate has impact on ... Continue Reading
Nigerian universities are facing serious challenges so much that their essence and philosophy as a centre of excellence for the production of graduates that will not just meet the national goals but can compete globally is threatened. Inadequate infrastructures, obsolete learning and teaching equipments, have been traced to the issue of underfundin... Continue Reading
Local governments occupy a position of importance in the lives of their residents. This is because local governments are saddled with the responsibilities of providing essential public goods and services which have positive impact and directly affect the day-to-day lives of their inhabitants. Such services include; protection of people‟s live... Continue Reading
The issue of unemployment is at the front burner of policy discussions in both developed and developing countries today. This is because, when left unchecked, the scourge of unemployment has the capacity to destabilize the most peaceful of societies and crash the most buoyant of economies. The study assessed the contribution of the National Directo... Continue Reading
This study examines the impact of democratic governance on service delivery in Katsina State: with a focus on Katsina and Bindawa Local government from 2011 to 2016. The problem investigated is that; in spite of the institutional framework for efficient service delivery at both the state and local government levels; over 8 billion naira was spent o... Continue Reading
The global nature, incidence and the devastating effects of poverty has not only raised concerns within government circles, but equally among stakeholders and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on how to tackle the menace. The basic concern is how to improve and or uplift the living conditions of the poor around the globe and Nigeria in particul... Continue Reading
This study is an â€�“Assessment of the Effect of Motivation on Employee Turnover in Dawakinkudu and Tarauni LGEAs of Kano State from 2011-2016â€Â�. The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of motivation on employee turnover in Dawakinkudu and Tarauni LGEAs. Specifically, the study assessed the extent to which compensation, pr... Continue Reading
This study examines the effort of government to girl child education in selected Local Government Areas of Zamfara State. Gender disparity has been an issue in the attainment of education in Zamfara State with literacy rate for male and female at 46.9%, while Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at primary level for girl-child stood at 40.6% as against 87.7... Continue Reading
Unemploymenthas been a menace confronting Nigeria as a country and Kaduna state in particular. This has led to the government initiating programmes of actions to curb its spread. After the Structural Adjustment Programme of the Babangida administration led to thousands of jobs been lost. This necessitated the establishment of a body to create emplo... Continue Reading
This study investigated the contribution of Community Based Organizations to the Development of Basic Education in Tarka Local Government. CBOs (formal or informal) are usually organizations made up of a group of individuals in a self-defined community who have come together to pursue specific interests. They consist of people who live close to one... Continue Reading
The issue of unemployment is at the front burner of policy discussions in both developed and developing countries today. This is because, when left unchecked, the scourge of unemployment has the capacity to destabilize the most peaceful of societies and crash the most buoyant of economies. The study assessed the contribution of the National Directo... Continue Reading
The findings show that dividend payout ratio, sales growth rate and return on equity have significant and positive relationship with the shareholders’ value of listed industrial goods firms in Nigeria while negative and insignificant relationship between working capital ratio, debt and shareholders’ value of listed industrial goods f... Continue Reading
The inherent competition in the banking sector today as a result of development in information and communication technology has created a sense of awareness and increase in knowledge which had led to customer‟s disconfirmation and customer‟s attrition. Hence, the study seeks to investigate the impact of Quality Service delivery on custo... Continue Reading
Several banking regulations reports as well as extant literature have established that Nigerian banks’ audit committees are poorly constituted which may affect the quality of financial reporting. It is on this premise that this study investigated the effect of audit committee characteristics on the financial reporting quality of Deposit Mone... Continue Reading