Month: September 2019

ESTIMATING PERFORMANCE AND METHANE EMISSION FROM YANKASA LAMB RAMS FED DIETS CONTAINING VARYING LEVELS OF CAMEL’S FOOT (Piliostigma thonningii) LEAF AND POD MEALS

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ABSTRACT This study was conducted to estimate the effect of Piliostigma thonningii leaf (PTLM) and pod (PTPM) meals on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, rumen metabolites, methane emission and the economic benefit of including PTLM and PTPM in diet of Yankasa lamb rams. A total of eight lamb rams weighing 18 to 23kg on … Read more

EFFECTS OF FERTILIZER LEVELS AND HARVEST TIME ON YIELD OF Panicum maximum cv. Mombasa AND ITS NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY BY RED SOKOTO BUCKS

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ABSTRACT The first study was carried out to determine the effects of application of varied levels of fertilizer (NPK 15-15-15) and harvest time on yield and chemical composition of Panicum maximum cv. Mombasa in Shika, Northern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria.The experiment was laid out in 4×3 factorial arrangements in Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD) with … Read more

COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) SEED QUALITY AND YIELD AS INFLUENCED BY MANIPULATING SOWING DATES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SCAB INDUCED BY Elsinoe phaseoli Jenkins, AT SAMARU, NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT Field experiment was conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) farm at Samaru, North-western Nigeria to investigate effects of sowing dates on incidence and severity of scab on yield and seed quality of cowpea. The varieties, SAMPEA 6, SAMPEA 8, SAMPEA 11, TVx 3236 and Ife brown were planted at three sowing dates, … Read more

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENTLY PROCESSED WHOLE EGG POWDER

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ABSTRACT Egg is a nutrient dense food. The cylical egg glut characterized by egg spoilage, quality deterioration and wastage imparts negatively on poultry farmers. Powdered dried egg provides a convient alternative to this problem. The focus of this study was to co mpare and evaluate differently processed whole eggs into powder farm. Two experiments were … Read more

ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS INFLUENCING USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PRACTICES BY RICE FARMERS IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT Researches on adaptation-climate change interaction have been conducted mainly in the southern parts of Nigeria with relatively few in North-East and North-Central and seldom, if any, in the North-West. This study, covering three States in the North-West, therefore, will bridge the existing gap in knowledge on climate change adaptation information in Nigeria. It assessed … Read more

ANAYSIS OF OPTIMAL CROP COMBINATIONS AND FOOD SECURITY STATUS AMONG SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT   Food security has maintained a centre stage of discuss in the world. The main focus of this study was to determine the optimal crop combinations and food security status of small-scale irrigation farming households in North-Western Nigeria. Specifically,the study described the socio-economic characteristics of the households engaging in small-scale irrigation farming in the … Read more

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NIGERIA-CAMEROUN DISPUTE AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE OF BAKASSI PENINSULA ( A STUDY OF 199-2007)

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Abstract The Nigeria-Cameroun border conflict, which had claimed many lives and properties, was finally resolved on October 2002 following the ICJ ruling which ceded the disputed Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon. The rapidity with which President Obasanjo implemented the handover of Bakassi to Cameroon was seen in the average eye of a Nigerian … Read more

Nigeria-Cameroon Diplomatic Relations In Post Bakassi peninsula Dispute 2006-2016

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Nigeria-Cameroon Diplomatic Relations In Post Bakassi peninsula Dispute 2006-2016 ABSTRACT: This work is on Post Bakassi peninsula Dispute between 2006-2016. The realist theory was used as a framework of analysis. Data were derived from secondary sources and content analysis based on logical deduction and analysis of documents was adopted. The study found out that Cameroon-Nigeria … Read more

Nigerian Newspapers Coverage On Nigerian – Cameroun Bakkasi Dispute

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Background of the Study Nigerian – Cameroun Boarder dispute was an off-shoot of the indiscriminate partitioning of African by the Europeans. Before the arrival of white man to Africa, Nigeria and Cameroun historically existed as close Neighbours. Therefore, the dispute over Bakassi Peninsula started when the two countries started laying different claims to the oil … Read more

The Influence Of Forensic Investigation In The Fight Against White Collar Crime In Nigeria

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ABSTRACT Fraudulent practices among Nigerians are major challenges facing the development of the country. The federal government has been making several efforts in tackling these dreadful menaces by setting up many anti corruption institutions to reduce cases of white collar crimes and other activity of financial and economic crimes but the efforts seemed not to … Read more

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