The research intended to study "ARTISTIC IMAGINATIONS IN QASABUL MUKHAYYIM (CAMP OWNER'S CANE) NOVEL", in order to find out some exceptionality and distinction feature of Artistry imaginations and passion in the book, also, the styles of the original writer in his narration of imagination. The chapter two of the study reveals the biography of the w... Continue Reading
Doing agricultural communication from the top-down approach has been identified as one of the challenges to sustainable agricultural productivity and development in Africa and in Nigeria especially by international development agencies and national research institutes. In Nigeria, the foremost agricultural extension research institute is the Natio... Continue Reading
This study examines the aesthetic components in Children‟s literature in Nigeria using the works of Fatima Akilu, Yusuf Adamu, Ayodele Olofintuade, Lola Shoneyin, and A. O Oyekanmi‟. The research aims at showing that Children‟s literature in Nigeria can be viewed from an angle beyond that of morality and psychology. Thus using the qualitative... Continue Reading
This work titled “Les difficultés phonètiques des francisants gworog” is an attempt to identify the difficulties that a Gworog student learning French language is likely to encounter while learning the French language in the area of sounds. In comparing the sound systems of these two languages, French and Gworog, we found out that there are... Continue Reading
The study focuses on European Colonialism in Cameroon and its Aftermath, with Special Reference to the Southern Cameroon, 1884-2014. The rationale for this work is based on a variety of reasons namely: the relative exclusion of Southern Cameroon from socio-economic and political scene and the dominance of the French speaking part of Cameroon in the... Continue Reading
This study identifies and assesses the linguistic differences that contribute to gender language variations in news reportage. It examines ninety six (96) news reports (48 Males, 48 Females) from the three selected television stations of BBC, NTA and Channels TV. All the reports were recorded between March, 2015 and January, 2016. Content analysis... Continue Reading
Archaeological researches in Kano State in the last 3 decades that tried to infer the use to which some excavated large pots must have been put, faced problems. These include incomplete analysis and correlated study of the vessels, lack of wide circulation of reports of past researches and changes associated with cultural contexts as well as techn... Continue Reading
The work analyses the impaet of colonialism on the economy of Katsina Metropolis between 1903 and 1960. It has been shown that the motive of British occupation and domination was exploitation of human and material resources of the area in the interest of capitalism. When Katsina was occupied in 1903, the Colonialists found that agriculture and craf... Continue Reading
The research entitled “A Comparative Study of Hausa and Bade Non-adverbial Items” is an attempt to investigate into the fact that languages that belong to the same family normally exhibit some sort of similarities. Also they would have to differ in some areas especially due to the fact that they are different languages. The comparison was done ... Continue Reading
The spate of Ethno-Religious conflict in Nigeria is becoming a permanent problem and measures to curb it are proving abortive. This dissertation, using the Conflict Trap Theory and the Mass Media and Modernization Approach, argued that protracted communication stimulated the ethno-religious conflicts in Jos. This thesis entitled, “Participatory ... Continue Reading
Pragmatics is one of the areas where several theories have been propounded in search of hidden meaning as far as language use is concerned. This research is a pragmatic Analysis of Akurmi naming system. The study is inspired by the need to disambiguate the hidden meanings in certain Akurmi names that may sound strange and derogatory. The objective... Continue Reading
This study is on the First Language Interference in the use of English Question Tags among Nigeria Certificate in Education Hausa Students in Federal College of Education, Zaria. It aims at examining the problems in the use of the English question tags as employed by the Hausa learners of English as a second language, that is, the target population... Continue Reading
This research is entitled „„An Archaeological Survey of Oko Hilltop Settlement site,in Kuta area, Shiroro Local Government, Niger state‟‟. The research is informedby the lack of an Archaeology based study of one of the major cities occupied today by the Gbagyi ethnic group mostly living in the Middle of Niger-Benue confluence area. The unde... Continue Reading
The thesis examines the establishment, growth and development of I.ere vassal Male of Zazzau emirate in the nineteenth century. The area consists of the polities of the Kurama. Gure, Kahugu, Amo, Sheni, as well as the Pulani and Hausa. The stud) traces the foundation of the Lere vassal slate as well as analyzed the political, social, economic and c... Continue Reading
This is a study of trends of tafsīr among selected ‘ulamā’ in Northern Nigeria. It examines a variety of aspects in relation to the sciences of tafsīr, the tarjamah (translation) of the glorious Qur’ān and the differences between the two. It also highlights tafsīr in KanemBorno and Sokoto caliphates. The study shows that the level of und... Continue Reading