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Corporate Sustainability Performance and Fraud Risk Management in Nigeria's Extractive Sector: The Moderating Role of Ownership Structure in an Evolving Environmental Policy Landscape

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the environmental quality cost management model, this study examines how fraud risk management (FRM) influences corporate sustainability performance (CSP) and how ownership structures moderate it. The study uses artificial neural networks (ANN) and logistic regression models to test two hypotheses. H1 demonstrates that the prevention and
Israel Akinbode Owolabi, Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Emmanuel Tenakwah, Matthew Abunyewah   +3 more
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3D modeling of geological and geotechnical soil characterization using the MASW method: a case study in Southern Ijaw LGA, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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The Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) method is pivotal for non-invasive subsurface shear-wave velocity profiling, essential in geotechnical and seismic investigations.
Bello Akpoku Macquen, Ebiegberi OBorie, Desmond Rowland Eteh   +2 more
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Post-Amnesty Plan, Peace-Building and Peope-Centred Development in the Niger Delta: A Polycentric Planning and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PPPRS) [PDF]

, 2010
This proposal charts a course of action that the Federal Government of Nigeria can take in order to consolidate the gains of amnesty programme by building peace and engineering people-centred development in the Niger Delta.
Akinola, S. R
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Environmental Laws in Nigeria and Occurrence of Some Geohazards: A Review [PDF]

, 2017
Nigeria as a country is blessed with an abundance of both human and natural resources. Exploitation of natural resources in Nigeria over the years with little or no regard for the environment has increased susceptibility of parts of the country to ...
C. N. Chibo, I. E. Osumgborogwu
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Development and Application of a Simplified Method for Preliminary Assessment of Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Geological Storage in Petroleum Reservoirs

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geologic carbon storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs is a key CO2 mitigation strategy, utilizing existing infrastructure such as injection wells and pipelines, while capitalizing on well‐characterized subsurface properties. This article introduces a versatile methodology designed to estimate critical parameters, including the number of ...
Nívia Morgana de Oliveira, Paulo Couto, Alexandre Szklo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liver Profile of Atazanavir/Ritonavir in Pregnant Albino Rats

Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry, 2019
Medication use during pregnancy is challenging due to the occurrence of maternal or fetal toxicities. Atazanavir/ritonavir (ATV/r) has hepatotoxic potential hence; use in pregnant patients living with human immunodeficiency virus may cause maternal ...
Elias Adikwu, James Kemelayefa, Winifred Ocheiga   +2 more
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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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Potentials for fisheries in the Niger Delta: Another green light for self sufficiency in regional food production [PDF]

, 1985
A discussion is presented on the potential for fishery development in the Niger Delta region, considering engineering activities and food production potentials of the freshwater zone and immediate hinterland, the brackishwater mangrove swamps and the ...
Nalaguo, C.A.
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Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploitable socio-economic benefits of mangrove oyster culture to the people of Niger Delta [PDF]

, 2012
The Niger Delta, a 30,000 km2 wetland of global ecological significance is located at the southernmost part of Nigeria. The Delta is dissected by a dense network of rivers and creeks of saline and freshwater surface bodies.
Adisa-Bolanta, A.S., Aranyo, A.A., Edun, O.M., George, O.S.   +3 more
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