Abubakar Aji
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING DEPARTAMENT, Graduate Student
Education is the backbone for the development of every nation, so also schools; are best known as the centres for education upon which educational knowledge is acquired. On the other hand, educating a girl is as educating a family,... more
Education is the backbone for the development of every nation, so also schools; are best known as the centres for education upon which educational knowledge is acquired. On the other hand, educating a girl is as educating a family, community, nation and the globe at large. Therefore it would be of global importance to find out any factor that will threaten the female student education. One of these issues is the dropout of school. This paper will investigate the causes and the consequences of female students dropout of secondary school in Nasarawa L.G.A. of Nasarawa state. Among the causes were; social, cultural, religion and the economic status of the society. A total of 110 female students were selected as the sample for the study. The instrument used for collecting data was a questionnaire of two sections; A and B, which contains the personal data and the research questions (RQ1-RQ20) respectively. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage, tables and chart (Figure 1).
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Background: Heavy metals cause some health problems such as anemia, kidney failure, neurological damage, loss of memory, and loss of appetite in the human system. The main objectives of the study are to analyze and determine the... more
Background: Heavy metals cause some health problems such as anemia, kidney failure, neurological damage, loss of memory, and loss of appetite in the human system. The main objectives of the study are to analyze and determine the concentration of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, and Pb) in soil, drinking water, and fish samples in Nigeria.
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It's really disconcerting for a virus as small as 120 nm to turn the whole world upside down. Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) has closed almost all schools and industries, markets and shops and economic activities especially in 2020.... more
It's really disconcerting for a virus as small as 120 nm to turn the whole world upside down. Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) has closed almost all schools and industries, markets and shops and economic activities especially in 2020. The aim of this study is to assess the public conception, prevention measures and spread of COVID-19 in northern part of Nigeria. An anonymous online survey was conducted on 140 respondents from 16 northern states of Nigeria by filling out a questionnaire. For this study, simple percentage scores were used for the analysis of respondents' opinions, tables and graphs were used for interpretation of the results. The result of this study is that 63.0% believe COVID-19 is real, while 36.2% still doubt it. 64.3% believed in the reality of COVID-19 since the first incident, While 15.7% did not accept the problem from the start. As for preventive measures, 77.9% took precautionary measures, 12.1% were inconsistent in preventive measures while 10.0% did n...
The hydro-methanolic extract (crude and defatted) of the aerial part of Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forsk.) was subjected to preliminary phytochemical and antidiarrhoeal screening. The extracts showed the presence of tannins, cardiac... more
The hydro-methanolic extract (crude and defatted) of the aerial part of Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forsk.) was subjected to preliminary phytochemical and antidiarrhoeal screening. The extracts showed the presence of tannins, cardiac glycoside, terpenoids, flavonoids and alkaloids. The antidiarrhoeal activity of the extracts was determined using castor-oil induced diarrhoea in albino rats. The dosages of 300, 600 and 1200 mg/kg bd.wt. of both the crude and the defatted extract significantly (P < 0.001) reduced the number of defecations in the treated groups compared to the negative control group. The defatted extract showed a higher activity 69.77% inhibition at 1200mg/kg bd.wt. than the crude extract, 65.12% inhibition at 600 mg/kg bd.wt. and 46.51% at 1200 mg/kg bd.wt. dose dependently. In addition, the control drug; diphenoxylate HCl (5 mg/kg bd.wt), showed 100% inhibition of the defecation. Therefore, this study revealed that the aerial part of L. pyrotechnica corroborated to it...
Article Info It's really disconcerting for a virus as small as 120 nm to turn the whole world upside down. Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) has closed almost all schools and industries, markets and shops and economic activities especially in... more
Article Info It's really disconcerting for a virus as small as 120 nm to turn the whole world upside down. Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) has closed almost all schools and industries, markets and shops and economic activities especially in 2020. The aim of this study is to assess the public conception, prevention measures and spread of COVID-19 in northern part of Nigeria. An anonymous online survey was conducted on 140 respondents from 16 northern states of Nigeria by filling out a questionnaire. For this study, simple percentage scores were used for the analysis of respondents' opinions, tables and graphs were used for interpretation of the results. The result of this study is that 63.0% believe COVID-19 is real, while 36.2% still doubt it. 64.3% believed in the reality of COVID-19 since the first incident, While 15.7% did not accept the problem from the start. As for preventive measures, 77.9% took precautionary measures, 12.1% were inconsistent in preventive measures while 10.0% did not take preventive measures at all. 55.7% said the incidence was increasing in their country while 35.0% said it was not increasing. Of the 140 respondents, 25.7% already knew the victim of COVID-19 while 72.1% did not know the victim.