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The Acquisition of HIV/AIDS Information by Commercial Sex Workers in Selected Brothels in Lagos State, Nigeria
(2015-10)The study is aimed at one of the ‘vector groups’, the commercial sex workers (CSWs), and how this group acquires, processes, and uses information from the several campaigns on HIV/AIDS in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study ... -
Agenda Setting Theory: a Comparative Study of Two Communication Models in HIV/AIDS Coverage in Selected Nigerian Newspapers
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Application of Unicef's Communication Model for Behaviour Change: Mother's Response to Polio Eradication Campaign in selected Nigerian States
(2010-09)Numerous studies have investigated the general and specific effects of the media of communication on attitude and behaviour modification or change, using different theoretical approaches. Since polio cases assumed worse ... -
Awolowo on Leadership through Mental Magnitude and Democratic Socialism: Problems and Perspectives
(University of Lagos, 1989-07)This work is a critical study of the problems of political leadership and social integration for national development as they are perceived and treated in Awolowo’s socio-political philosophy. The latter revolves around ... -
Azikiwe on Neo Welfarism: An Analysis of Contemporary Problems of Socio-Political Development and Integration.
(University of Lagos, 1989-07)This study is aimed at analysing Azikiwe's perception of contemporary problems and to appraise the extent to which his Neo-Welfarist ideology provides solutions to them. The thesis of this dissertation is that Azikiwe's ... -
Behavioural Approach to Political Protest: an Analysis of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, 1970-1997
(2011-12)Most studies in political protest lack behavioral content. They focus on group actions such as industrial strikes, street demonstrations, riots and sit-ins; without explaining the behaviour of the individuals who partake ... -
Betrand Russell's Logical Atonism: a Synthesis of Rationalism and Empiricism
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Beyond Walter Rodney's Development Discourse: Idealism to Praxis
(2012-05)The work argues the thesis that the adoption of Walter Rodney’s development discourse can serve as a viable paradigm for practically achieving the goals of integrated development in contemporary Africa if emphasis is placed ... -
The Casamance Peace Process: 1947-2004
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Commitment in Soren Aabye Kierkegaard's Philosophy: Implication for Leadership
(2012-11)This work argues the thesis that the adoption of Kierkegaard’s notion of commitment can bring about a responsive and responsible leadership in human society. This means that, with the right commitment, the absence of ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2000-2013
(2015-06)This study examines the nature and structure of post-conflict peacebuilding in Liberia and Sierra Leone since 2000. It focuses specifically on peacebuilding process in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Previous researches on ... -
A comparative study of British and French defence policies in West Africa 1886-1945
(School of Postgraduate Studies of the University of Lagos, Akoka, 1991-08-28)This work is a comparative study of the defence policies of the French and the British for the West African sub region between 1886 and 1945. Apart from slavery, one other theme that has received unequaled scholarship in ... -
A Comparative Study of the Cloze Procedure and Two other Methods of Measuring Readability in English as a Second Language
(University of Lagos, 1988-04)Most cloze testing research has centred on the traditional model of deleting every - 5th word, providing blanks of standard length, and accepting only exact word replacements in scoring (E5-V). In the present study, eight ... -
Comparative Study of the Use of Information Communication Technologies in French Education in Selected Anglophone and Francophone Universities in West Africa.
(2013)Les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) sont un agent de changement dans l’économie de l’information en émergence. Elles ont révolutionné la société quoique de façon moins prononcée dans les pays en ... -
The concept of the absolute in Hegel's metaphysics as a principle of tolerance
(School of Postgraduate Studies of the University of Lagos, Akoka, 1991-01)From its recorded beginnings western philosophy has sought a principle on the basis of which all other aspects of reality can be understood and explained. From the accounts of the activities of the gods the western mind ... -
The Correlation Between Thinking and Acting in Hannah Arendt’s Socio-political Philosophy
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Crisis Management and the Organisation of African Unity (1963-1980)
(University of Lagos, 1983-05)After World War II, competition between the United States and Russia together with their growing mastery of weaponry in the nuclear field helped to bring about structural change in the international arena. This also resulted ... -
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Print Media Depictions of Insurgent Activities in Nigeria
(2017)It has been observed that studies on insurgency in Nigeria have in the most parts been anchored on politics, law, economy, the environment or religion; highlighting the economic implications of pipeline vandalism in the ... -
A Critical Study of Yoruba Written Poetry
(University of Lagos, 1974)This work is an analytical exposition of Yoruba poetry written in the period 1848 - 1948. The thesis is in three parts. The first part is made up of Chapter one, two and three, deals with preliminaries. In the first Chapter, ... -
A Deconstruction of Patriarchal Myths: Towards a Philosophical Basis for Gender Development in Nigeria.
(School of Postgraduate Studies University of Lagos., 2007)