by Admin | Aug 29, 2025
Social Entrepreneurship which is the fusion of social impact and entrepreneurial innovation, has emerged as a pivotal strategy in Nigeria to address pressing social challenges. This approach leveraged business models to create sustainable solutions that benefit communities while remaining financially viable. This paper investigated the role expected of social entrepreneurship as measures for addressing social and economic challenges in enhancing socioeconomic transformation and sustainable development in Nigeria. Sociopreneurship thrives in an enabling environment where favourable policies, access to resources, and collaborative networks foster innovation and sustainable social impact. The findings showed that there is a rising number of young Nigerians engaging in social entrepreneurship ventures, particularly in agriculture, waste recycling, fintech, education, and health. It was concluded that, unless there were deliberate attempts by government to creating an enabling environment for smooth and successful engagements and collaborations with the social entrepreneurs to meeting both rural and urban socioeconomic needs; all efforts and governmental strides to ensuring speedy transformation and sustainable development would remain slow and unattainable.
by Admin | Aug 29, 2025
The study investigated mentoring as a correlate of academic growth in colleges of education in south-south, Nigeria, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study which adopted correlation design. The population, 10038 staffers. The sample comprised 120 staffers. Multistage sampling procedure was adopted. Data were gathered using Staffers Mentoring Questioning (SMQ)’ and Academic Growth Scale (AGS) their reliability indices were 0.71, and 0.79 obtained using Cronbach Alpha method. Pearson moment correlation was used to answer the research questions while Regression ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significant The study’s results, among other things, demonstrated that staffers academic growth in colleges of education is determined by role playing mentoring (31.4%), found significant (p>0.05) determinant of staffers academic growth, it also showed that staffers academic growth is correlated between error prevention during mentoring and academic growth (21.0%), found to be significantly correlated between error prevention in mentoring and staffers mentoring and academic growth. It was recommended that colleges of Education in South-South, Nigeria should institutionalized mentoring, so that inexperienced academics could avoid Pitfall in the discharge of their academic responsibilities. This study advises that further research on this topic should be carried out in other geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Mentoring should be practiced by Colleges of Education in South-South, Nigeria in particular and all other colleges of Education in Nigeria.
by Admin | Aug 2, 2025
The study investigated impact of counselling approaches on skill acquisition of secondary school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was employed. Population of the study was 7,854 students from 22 Government Grant-Aided secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area. A sample size of 200 students was used for the study. The data were collected through researchers-structured questionnaire titled’ Counselling Approaches and Skill Acquisition Questionnaire’ (CASAQ). The reliability co-efficient of .87 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were utilized to answer the research questions, while chi-square statistics was employed to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy has significant impact on skill acquisition of secondary school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government Area. The study concluded that counselling approaches has impact among secondary school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government of Benue State. It was recommended that teachers and counsellors should work with students to set specific, achievable academic goals (e.g., improving in a particular subject) using CBT’s goal-oriented framework, counsellors should use PCT techniques in one-on-one sessions, actively listening and reflecting students’ feelings to build psychological safety and teachers and counsellors should work together to integrate these therapeutic approaches into both classroom and counseling settings, ensuring consistency in supporting students’ skill acquisition.
by Admin | Aug 2, 2025
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria, historically dependent on oil and gas revenues, is facing a critical juncture in its energy and economic trajectory. The global push for decarbonization, alongside local demands for environmental justice, necessitates a transition from the existing petro-economy toward a more equitable, decentralized, and sustainable energy system. This paper explores the implications, opportunities, and challenges of transitioning to decentralized energy systems within the urban Niger Delta, emphasizing regulatory reforms and community equity. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary literature base, including policy reviews, case studies of solar microgrids, and socioeconomic analyses of mini-grid impacts, the study critically evaluates how distributed renewable technologies—such as solar PV and hybrid systems—can address energy poverty, reduce carbon footprints, and drive local content development. It highlights the role of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), evolving federal energy laws, and state-level energy autonomy in enabling or hindering reform. Special attention is paid to the environmental degradation caused by oil extraction, the socioeconomic disparities embedded in the region, and the potential for green growth through job creation and inclusive planning. The paper also incorporates voices from local communities to center justice, ownership, and empowerment in the transition. This research underscores the need for coherent policy alignment, robust regulatory frameworks, and community-centered approaches to facilitate a just transition from extractive to regenerative energy systems in the Niger Delta.
by Admin | Jul 28, 2025
Reliance on the traditional teaching and learning practices by most Higher Education Institutions in Nigeria, especially in the areas of language, arts and humanities, constitute an obstacle to the attainment of the objectives of the institutions. This practice is not only time consuming, slow in yielding desired results, but also very expensive as much money is required in buying learning resources. The emergence of artificial intelligence might have brought succor to both teachers and learners in this regard. Relying on the versatility and capability of AI therefore, this paper explores the use of AI in facilitating Language Education in Higher Education Institutions in Nigeria. The methodology that the paper adopts is the exploration of the literature. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) is used to underpin the study. The paper finds that AI can facilitate Language Education in the areas of speaking and reading, writing and grammatical constructions, and pedagogy. The paper also found some associated challenges to include AI biases, black box problem, legal concerns, negative perceptions, and tool for disinformation among others. The paper concludes that the adoption of AI in language education is one good decision that can reshape the future of the discipline and recommends among others, the need for guardrails to ensure the appropriate use and implementation of AI across the society, specifically in language education.
