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Item 111.pdf(Bayero University Kano, 2017-01-08) PEACE CHIJINKEM NWANEGBO; PEACE CHIJINKEM NWANEGBOThis study assessed ICT Competency among Biology Students in the Federal Colleges of Education in Kano State. It also examined the influence of gender and level in relation to ICT competency. The study used a descriptive survey research and the population comprised all the biology students of both Colleges.A population of two thousand four hundred and three (2403) biology students were the target. A sample of three hundred and thirty one biology students (331)) were randomly drawn from the population using Kraijcie and Morgan table for determining sample size (1970). The two instruments used for data collection were Check list and a questionnaire named ICT Competency Questionnaire (ICTCQ). Three (3) research questions, three (3) objectives and three (3) hypotheses were generated and formulated to guide the investigation. Data collected were analyzed using Percentage, Mean, Chi-square and ANOVA. The study shows that there are ICT resources available for use in both Federal Colleges of Education in Kano, the biology students of both Federal Colleges of Education frequently use most of the ICT facilities available but rarely use some of the resources such as power point packages, online video streaming, E-conference and posting of CV on Job websites. The hypotheses also shows that there is no significant gender difference among the Biology students of both FCE Kano and FCE (T) Bichi in their ICT competency level, but there is significant difference between NCEI, NCEII and NCEIII in their level of ICT competency.Based on the outcome of this study, the following recommendations were made among others: students should be given ICT based tasks that will enable them utilize all ICT facilities and packages to enable students have a higher degree of competency in ICT, government should also provide more ICT facilities to Colleges of Education for maximum integration of ICT in the Colleges, curriculum planners and educational stakeholders should design programs and policies that will incorporate the maximum use of ICT in teaching and learning of biology in Federal Colleges of EducationItem 133.pdf(Bayero University Kano, 2017-03-03) MOHAMMED UMAR; MOHAMMED UMARThe modernist novel is a fictional mode that combines the features of other literary modes. When a novel embodies some elements of confession or autobiography, such a novel may be called ‘‘autobiographical novel’’. Therefore, this study is aimed at analysing the confessional and the autobiographical elements in two modernist novels, namely, James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse through the perspectives of New Historicism. The study is library based and it demonstrates the applicability of New Historicism on literary texts and shows also how a comparative study on literary texts will be carried out. It explores also the extent to which the confessional and the autobiographical modes feature in the two novels and this is done by relating the characters and incidences in the two novels to the real persons and real events surrounding the lives of the authors. The analysis of the two novels is done within the context of modernism as a cultural and stylistic movement that captures the actual tenor of the lived experiences of the authors. The two novels are analysed based on the authors’ search for identity or self-fashioning and the representation of their parents through the fictional characters portrayed in the novels. The arguments in the study explore how the two authors represent their lives and history, including a comparative analysis of the modernist context of the intertextual dimensions between them. Conclusion is drawn therefore, that the two novels may be called "confessional narratives", or examples of "the autobiographical novel".Item 142.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 144.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 152.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 157.pdf(Bayero University Kano) BASHIR SANI MA’ARUFItem 158.pdf(Bayero University Kano, 2016-01-08) MUKHTAR ABUBAKAR ADAMU; MUKHTAR ABUBAKAR ADAMUThis study was conducted on the urban agricultural soils along the banks of three urban Rivers namely; Salanta, Kofar ruwa and Jakara in Kano, Kano state Nigeria. It was carried out to determine their properties and classifications of soil along these urban rivers which are used for cultivation. Nine pedons were dug at the respective study sites (Sharada, Federal Sectariat and Kwakwaci), soil samples were collected in situ based on horizon differentiation and at depth of 30cm interval. Water samples were collected adjacent to each profile pit at the respective sites, and analysed for cations, anions, micronutrients and heavy metals. Morphological properties were determined in the field while physical and chemical properties of soils were determined in field and laboratory using standard procedures. The soils were derived from alluvial deposits, Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci had deeper soils (150 – 177cm) than Sharada (80 - 165 cm), drainage condition at Sharada was generally poor than Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci, bulk density values were low at Kwakwaci (1.01 – 1.35gcm-3 ) than at Sharada and Federal Secretarait (1.15 – 1.44 gcm-3 ), the nine pedons in all the respective three sites had sand dominated texture with Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci slightly higer (713.6 – 893.6gkg-1 ) than Sharada (653.6 – 873.6gkg-1 ), Total porosity were higher at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci (57.68 – 58.39%) than Sharada (54.49%). The soil reaction indicated moderate to slightly alkaline pH with values slightly higher at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci (7.86 – 8.59) than Sharada (7.59 – 78.14), EC and Na were higher at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci than at Sharada. Cation Exchange Capacity (NH4OAc), P, TN, and base saturation (9.10 – 11.74cmolkg-1 , 11.38 – 29.92mgkg-1 , 0.7 – 1.4mgkg-1 , and 49.82 – 95.88%)) were all slightly higher at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci than at Sharada (7.75 – 6.11cmolkg-1 , 10.22 – 26.85 mgkg-1 , 0.7 – 0.035mgkg-1 , and 68.39 – 80.83%). According to the USDA Soil classification system the soils were classified as Typic Endoaqualfs, Typic Endoaquents Typic kandustalfs and Euteric Gleysols, Haplc Acrisols according to World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) System. Irrigation water indicates that pH were slightly alkaline with Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci having slightly a higher mean pH values (7.25 – 7.28), EC mean values were slightly higher at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci (1.57 – 2.13dSm1 ), the mean concentrations of Na (10.90 – 11.10 cmol/l) were significantly higher at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci than at Sharada (5.33cmol/l). Carbonate, bicarbonate, nitrate and phosphate were all recorded high at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci than Sharada site. Sulphate and Chloride were higher at Sharada than both Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci. The mean values of Zn, Mn, Pb and Cd were greater at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci than at Sharada site. Mean values of Cr and Fe were greater at Sharada than at Federal Secretariat and Kwakwaci. Water parameters correlated slightly significant with soil chemical properties.Item 20.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 2D ELECTRICAL STUDY TO DELINEATE SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES AND POTENTIAL MINERAL ZONES AT ALAJAWA ARTISANAL MINING SITE, KANO STATE, NIGERIA(Bayero University Kano, 2018-05-05) ADAMU ALIYU BAGARE B.Sc. Physics, YSU; ADAMU ALIYU BAGARE B.Sc. Physics, YSUA 2D Electrical Resistivity, Induced Polarization and Self Potential survey was carried out using ABEM LUND Imaging System adopting WENNER _L and WENNER _S protocols to map out subsurface structures and mineral signatures at Alajawa village in Shanono, Kano State. A total of six (6) profiles each of length 200m and 100m apart were surveyed using 1m minimum electrode spacing. The collected data were converted and processed to a two dimensional model section using Res2Dinv software. The SP data was contoured using Surfer 12 software. The resistivity model-section revealed the subsurface is underlain by low resistivity top soil with the exception of profiles 1 and 5 which show high resistivity due to rock occurrence on their surface, oxidized granitic or rhyolite rocks, schist, gneiss and basalt dykes. The major zones of mineral potentials were located at 21 m, 30 m, 57 m, 67 m and 88 m along profile1; 30 m, 80 m, 128 m, 164 m and 184 m along profile 2; 26 m, 88 m and 184 m along profile 3; 88 m along profile 5 and 5 m, 88 m, 121 m, 129 m and 165 m along profile 6. Profile 4 has no significant chargeability anomaly indicating it is not a potential line for mineral exploration. Low resistivity values at 97 m and 118 m along profile 1 have been interpreted as zones of clay minerals. High resistivity zones with high chargeability and SP voltages have been interpreted along profile 3 and 6 as zones with moderate mineral potential due to the occurrence dykes.Item 3.pdf(Bayero University Kano, 2015-12-01) AHMED ISHAKU; AHMED ISHAKUCompanies Board of directors have been largely criticized for the decline in shareholders’ wealth and corporate failure all over the world, they have been in the spotlight for the fraud cases that had resulted in the failure of major corporations, such as Enron and WorldCom. This study examines the effect of corporate governance on the dividend policy of listed Nigerian deposit money banks. The study utilized documentary data collected from annual reports and accounts of the banks for the periods 2004 to 2013. Data was first analyzed by means of descriptive statistics to provide summary statistics for the variables and subsequently, correlation analysis was carried out using Pearson correlation technique for the correlation between the dependent and independent variables. A panel data regression technique was employed since the data has both time series and cross sectional attributes. It was found that almost all the boards of the banks had separate CEOs and Chairmen of their boards and this had positively impacted on dividend payout ratio. Furthermore, while board independence and board meetings have negative effects on dividend payout ratio, managerial equity holdings were found to have positive effects on dividend payout ratio. Ownership concentration and institutional shareholding are found to have positive impact on dividend payout ratio. From the control variables, size was found to be positively related to dividend payout ratio while risk was found to have a negative effect on dividend payout ratio. The study concludes that management equity holdings, ownership concentration and institutional shareholding have positive impact on dividend payout ratio. Thus, recommends that to enhance the level of influence of Corporate Governance on Dividend Payout Ratio to higher level in the Nigerian Banking Industry, Management equity holding should be increased as this will make the management to protect not only their interest but the interest of all stakeholders.Item 316.pdf(Bayero University Kano) ALI CIROMA ABDULLAHIItem 360.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 365.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 370.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 376.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 38.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 420.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 466.pdf(Bayero University Kano)Item 489.pdf(Bayero University Kano) ASMA’U YAHYA DAHIRUItem 56.pdf(Bayero University Kano)