Abstract This study examined the effect of auditor independence on financial reporting quality deposit money banks in Nigeria with Financial Reporting Quality as dependent variable; Audit Fee, Firm Size and Meeting independent variables, Debt Ratio control variable. The sample period covered six (6) years (2013 to 2018) data were extracted from audited annual reports ten (10) selected banks. re...

Background: The present study aimed to quantitatively determine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pastas consumed in Nigeria with the view of estimating the daily intake amount and the possible risks to consumers. Methods: Sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in locally produced and imported pasta using a GC-Mass Spectrometer. Estimation of daily intake was done on...

As part of ongoing studies on the blood profiles of the Nigerian avian species, haematological and plasma biochemical parameters were determined in the Nigerian laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis). There were no significant sex differences in all the parameters studied. However, when the values that were observed in the Nigerian laughing dove were compared with those of the Nigerian duck ...

Obstetric haemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and sometimes the patients require anaesthesia in the course of treatment. A Para 3 Nigerian who delivered outside the hospital was rushed in to the hospital in a shocked state following a major obstetric haemorrhage. She was immediately resuscitated and general anaesthesia administered for hysterectomy. Anaesthesia wa...

Customer churn has become a major problem within a customer centred banking industry and banks have always tried to track customer interaction with the company, in order to detect early warning signs in customer's behaviour such as reduced transactions, account status dormancy and take steps to prevent churn. This paper presents a data mining model that can be used to predict which customers ar...

data collected in 2012 on 400 chickens were subjected to two-way analyses of variance to estimatebody weight, morphometric traits as well as the correlationbetween body weight and morphometric traitsin isa brown and ilorin ecotypechickens. the studied morphometric traits were comb length, beak length,head length, neck length, body length, wing length, shank length, thigh length, toe length, bre...

fulani ecotype chickens (fec) and yoruba ecotype chickens (yec) are the two major types of indigenous chickens in nigeria. they subsist under traditional animal husbandry and are thus liable to indiscriminate mating and consequently to loss of genetic diversity. fulani ecotype chickens (fec) and yoruba ecotype chickens (yec) were investigated to determine genetic variation at transferrin locus ...

the main purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of nigerian insurance companies using data envelopment analysis (dea). because of the unavailability of the required data, the study is limited to ten nigerian insurance companies for the period of five years from 2008 to 2012. the input employed were commission expenses and management expenses, while premium and investment income...

This study investigates the impact of firm attributes on financial performance deposit money banks in Nigeria’s sector. The scope this research covered period 2007 – 2018 using audited statements and reports nine (9) listed Nigerian Stock Exchange. results revealed that bank liquidity has significant negative effect, while growth insignificant effect performance. On other hand, size leverage ha...