A Philoso-Musical Analytic of the Contributions of William Wilberforce Echezona: A Pioneer Ethnomusicologist in Nigeria

The attributes of William Wilberforce Echezona, as globally renowned ethno-musicologist portray him as a renowned African philosopher and as the foremost exponenet of African musical content, notation and values.This project is an analysis of a famous ethnomusicologist and of his roles in the development of ethnomusicology in Nigeria in terms of his contributions to the evolution of this field of study. The ethnomusicologist is William Wilberforce Chukwudinka Echezona, a second generation pioneer of Nigerian ethnomusicology whose career spans almost five decades. The researcher analysed the biography of this indelible great man of history in the domain of ethnomusicology in Nigeria. The researcher meticulously elaborated his immense roles and contribution as an ethnomusicologist to our dear nation Nigeria during his life time. The notation and structural analysis of some music types in Igbo land by this rare gem – WWC Echzona was captured in this study. The research study was prudently summarized before it was rapped to a conclusion. Keywords: Ethnomusicology, Pioneer African musicologist, philosophy William Wilberforce Chukwudinka Echezona

The Impact of Leverage Financing on Financial Performance of Some Manufacturing Industries in Nigerian Stock Exchange

In this study, financial leverage was exploded to ascertain its impact on financial performance. The data for this research were accessed through secondary source. A total of twenty four (24) manufacturing companies listed on Nigeria Stock Exchange, four (4) companies data were used to verify and validate the research. Five (5) dependable variables were used to determine the impact of leverage financing on financial performance. The descriptive method was used to analyze the data generated for the research. General regression statistical tool was used to determine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. The hypotheses were tested using descriptive statistics, general regression and correlation statistical tool. From the findings, the researcher observed that Return on Equity is significant to Return on Assets, Net Profit Margin and Assets Turnover. It was also observed that Return on Assets is significant to Return on Equity, Net Profit Margin and Assets Turnover. Net Profit Margin is also significant to Return on Equity, Return on Assets and Assets Turnover. Also Assets Turnover is significant to Return on Equity, Return to Assets and Net Profit Margin. Keywords: Leverage, performance, variables, validate, Industries, etc

Prevalence of Malaria among Children 1 – 10 Years Old in Communities in Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State South East Nigeria

Malaria is a major cause of illness and death especially among childrenunder 5years old and pregnant women. It is estimated than more that morethen one million children living in Africa especially in remote areas withpoor access to health services die annually from direct and indirect effects ofmalaria (Fawale and Onadeko, 2001). Fatally affected children often diewithin less than 72h after developing the symptoms. In Nigeria, malariaconsistently ranks among the five most common causes of death in children. As a result of increased mortality and morbidity there is need for proper understanding of the epidemiology of the disease among the most at risk groups. In the study of 1000 children, 1 -10 years old were randomly selected from 20 primary and 31 nursery schools in the four randomly selected communities in Awka North LGA. Two milliliters venous blood was collected from each of the 1000 pupil (600 primary and 400 nursery) and stored in an anticoagulant specimen bottle. Thick and thin films were prepared, stained and examined for malarial parasite under the microscope using the oil immersion objective. Also both 12h human bait collection and pyrethrum knocked down methods were used for identification of types of mosquitoes found in the study communities. Malaria infection is most prevalent among 1- 4 years old, highest being among 3 years old (76.4%), followed by 1 and 4 years old with 71.3 and 71.2% respective, and 62.04% for 2 years old. This decreased as the children get older. There was no significant difference in prevalence among the male and female pupils, with 59. 2 and 57.2%,  respectively. The most prominent specie in the community is plasmodium falciparum (51.8%). Forty-three percent of the pupil positive for malaria had low parasitic diversity below 1000, 12.4% between 1000 and 10,000, 2.3% between 10,000 and 100,000 and 0.2% above 100,000. Malaria is a problem among pupil 1-10 years old especially from age 2 yeas when their immunity from mothers start reducing. There is need to ensure that mothers protect their children from mosquito bite by ensuring that they sleep under ITN

A Case of Complete Rectal Prolapse in an In-Gilt

A seven-month-old in-gilt was presented with an intractable rectal prolapse. The prolapsed rectum was swollen, necrotic, and ulcerated. The pig was apparently healthy and had been ingesting high fibre feed materials, with little water. The pig was anaesthetized with 1.1 mg/kg body weight of xylazine and 10 mg/kg body weight of ketamine administered intramuscularly and intravenously, respectively. The prolapse was removed by placing a stay suture distal to the necrotic tissue and excising the tissue close to the apparently healthy part. A rectopexy was also performed. The pig was placed on prophylactic antibiotics and discharged

The role of local chickens in poultry production in Nigeria

No Abstract.Nigerian Veterinary Journal Vol. 26 (2) 2005: pp. 68-7

The petrography and chemistry of the Obudu type hornblende peridotite (cortlandtite), Ogoja Province, Eastern Nigeria.

SummaryThe Obudu hornblende peridotite is described and briefly compared with similar rock types from other areas. Field evidence, petrographic studies, mineralogical and chemical composition have led to the conclusion that this rock is an independent magmatic intrusion into the hypersthene tonalite (enderbite) with which it is associated, and not a member of a differentiated series.</jats:p

Analysis of Contingent Pay and Altruism to the Reward of Management Practices

The study expressed the effect of contingent pay and altruism to the reward of Management practices and its performance in some selected government organizations in south East Nigeria. The application of descriptive statistics, correlation tools and mean likert was employed to evaluate the significant relationship and coefficient of determination of the variables. However, the tools show that there is a strong positive relationship association between the contingent pay and altruism in government organizations. The analysis also shows that there is a strong positive significant relationship in the system. These results conclude that contingent pay and altruism has a strong positive effect to government organizational performance in the study areas selected.</jats:p