IOSR-JHSS   Volume-21 ~ Issue-5 ~ May-2016

Abstract: This paper is meant to re-engineer and re-invent a service efficiency in an institutional investment dynamism in line with the global best practices and competency in government and governance activities in Nigeria. The approach adopted is a review of literature that illuminates and forms a background for discussion through descriptive and content analytical methods across the globe. The findings show that ethical, social/ethnic and religious factors are impediments, thereby creating service inefficiency in the system. The study revealed that public service is currently.........

Keywords: SERVICOM, Service failure, Labyrinth, Bureaucratic process, Public Sector, Implications.

[1]. Adamolekun, A. (2001), Principles and Practice of Public Administration in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum Books.
[2]. Agara, T and Olarinmoye, O. (2009). Ethics and Accountability in Nigeria‟s Public Service: An Historical Overview. Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research. 1(1), 011-018
[3]. Alalade, A (2006), The 1994 Civil SERVICOM Reforms, Review and Prospects at 25th Anniversary Celebration of ASCON Abuja, Thisday Newspaper Nov. 1998
[4]. Anyanwu, C. (2002). The Days of Terror.Spectrum. Ibadan.
[5]. Arowolo, D. (2010) "The State, Bureaucracy and Corruption in Nigeria".Academic Leadership Online Journal: College of Education & Technology Fort Hays State University, Vol. 8 (3).

Abstract: Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative, a part of recently concluded Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, launched in year 2000 incorporated several efforts including media campaign aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality caused by malaria in endemic countries such as Nigeria. The study investigated the responsiveness of caregivers' of under five children to media and inter-personal campaigns messages on RBM interventions in South East Nigeria in 2011.........

Key Words:- Roll Back Malaria, Media Campaign, RBM interventions, Caregivers, South East Nigeria

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Abstract: English language has created a great impact in the modern era. It has been proved as a functional language in many fields. This article is an attempt to bring out various reasons for slow growth among the students in their proficiency levels of English language in terms of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and writing (LSRW) skills. It highlights the demerits of current teaching trends in English as a second language at schools.........

[1]. Panda. B.N and Tewari.A.D, Teacher Education (New Delhi.A.P.H.Publishing Corporation 1997 )
[2]. Penny.U.R, Language -Teaching method revisited, ELT Journal .Volume 67.Number 4, (2013) October.
[3]. Dr.Rajagopal.G, Teaching English to cope with society, Industry and employability- Some 'Feel –Good' Factors for teachers and learners, ELTI Journal. Issue .5. Rajasthan. (2011) March
[4]. Dr.Leena Thomas, The English Teacher today-where do we stand , The Journal of English Language Teaching [India], Vol.39/3. (2003) May-June.
[5]. Kripa.K.Gautam, English Language Teaching- A Critical study of methods and approaches (Harman publishing house, New Delhi 1998).

Abstract: The study investigated the knowledge of the people of Yola Metropolis regarding Global Warming. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study a survey design was adopted for the study. The population frame of the study was 4600 students of 5 higher institutions sited within the Metropolis. Out of which 460 (239 (52%) male and 221 (48%) female were sampled using stratified sapling technique. The study used 4-points likert scale.........

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Abstract: Design this study to test and analyze the effect of human capital, entrepreneurial ability and organizational commitment on business performance and job satisfaction on 352 Manager in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's). The results of the testing done using Analysis of Moment Structures provide evidence that human capital and entrepreneurial Abilities are high can improve business performance. Low levels of organizational commitment proved able to improve business performance........

Keywords - Human capital, entrepreneurial ability and organizational commitment, business performance, job satisfaction

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Abstract: Northeast India refers to the easternmost region of India comprising of states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and new inclusion is Sikkim. The Northeastern region is linked to the Indian mainland by a 21 kilometer long land corridor passing through Siliguri in the eastern state of West Bengal, called the 'chicken's neck.' Nearly "the entire boundary of the region is an international border: China to the north, Bangladesh to the southwest, Bhutan to the Northeast, and Myanmar to the east...........

Keywords: Northeast India, Nagaland, Greater Nagaland, Nagalim, Identity, Identity Movement

[1]. Rajagopalan, Swarna. Peace Accords in North East India: Journey over Milestones
[2]. Keenan, Paul. The NSCN & the peace process,
[3]. Srikanth, H., Thomas, C. J. Naga Resistance Movement and the Peace Process in Northeast India, Peace and Democracy in South Asia, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2005.
[4]. Khamrang, Leishipem. Geography of Insurgency – Contextualization of Ethno – Nationalism in Northeast India, Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2015

Abstract: The study of palmar flexion creases equips the human biologist as well as anthropologist, with a new kit for qualitative data and for fully objective norms for comparing the deferent population. Here an attempt is made to formulate new classification of tranverse flexion creases their validation of inheritance, twin diagnosis and ethnic variation. This classification is more effectively applied in the study of ethnic variations etc...........

Keywords: Radial longitudinal crease, Proximal transverse crease, Distal transverse crease

[1]. Adetona, M.O., Oladapo, O.O. and Akinyemi, J.O. (2012): Palmar flexion creases variants among Nigerians, Agr. J.Biomed. Res. Vol. 15, 93-96.
[2]. Adetona, O. Moses (2014): Volar digital transverse creases of the Nigerians, Jour. of Bio. Agri. and Health care, Vol. 4, 2224-3208.
[3]. Bali, R.S. & Choube, R. (1971) : On the formulation of palmar creases, Z. Morph. Anthropology 61 (1) : 121-130..
[4]. Bali, R.S. and Sharma, A.N. (1989) : Creases as a diagnostic tools in personal identification. Crease Anthropology, 91: 95, Northern Book Center Publishers, New Delhi, 100-110.

Abstract: Human rights refer such rights which a human being belong by born, which is also inalienable and universal. A human life cannot be thought without basic human rights, which flourish the personality of the human being properly. It also provide a humanly life of a person. Unfortunately the women community is derived from getting basic human rights. This is the common perception that the women's community is the most vulnerable sector in a society............

Keywords: Human rights, Women rights, Religious and statutory protection, State responsibility

[1]. Women‟s Rights Convention Manifesto, Seneca Falls, 1848. (The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848).

[2]. Dr. RabiaBhuiyan, Gender and Tradition in Marriage & Divorce: An Analysis of Personal Laws of Muslims and Hindu Women in Bangladesh (Dhaka: UNESCO) 2010, p. 2.

[3]. Md. AlamgirSirajuddin, Muslim Family Law, secular courts & Muslim Women of South Asia, Oxford University Press (1stedn. 2011) p. 194.

[4]. A report of the sayings or actions of Muhammad or his companions, together with the tradition of its chain of transmission.

Abstract: The history of literature is the history of literary criticism. The latter as an ally of the former makes creative writing more complementary and helps to conceptualize the pedagogical import of texts of literature into ideological standpoints. Over the ages, literary theories have been the weapons for the realization of this crucial obligation of literary criticism.....

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Abstract: Smart phones and other mobile digital devices, such as tablets, can be surprisingly useful didactic resources for developing subjects in both distance and face-to-face university studies. But many researchers note that, using smart phone as a tool in the distance education mode is not successful (Huber & Ebner 2013). Therefore this study attempts to find the usage of the smart phones. The students who follow the Diploma in commonwealth youth development programmes were considered as the population of this study and 74 students from the population selected as the sample of this study............

Keywords: Smartphone, Open and Distance Learning and Educational technology

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Abstract: Physical domestic violence continues to be a global epidemic that hinders the socio-economic development of women. This paper anchors its discussion on the findings of a study that sought to investigate the influence of physical domestic violence on the socio-economic development of women in Eldoret Town, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. The study employed mainly random sampling. Using a case study research design, and by employing a random sampling procedure, the authors engaged 120 women (30 each from Moi Teaching...........

Keywords: Physical Violence, Domestic Violence, Women, Uasin - Gishu County, Socio-Economic Development

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Abstract: Language is a veritable tool for national development. A country with vast linguistic resources like Nigeria needs to utilize these resources to better the life of her people. It is a wrong conception to regard multilingualism as detrimental to National development and that it is the cause of several ethnic wars.In fact, rarely can you find a society that is monolingual anywhere in the world due to the ease of mobility and communication............

Keywords: Multilingualism,Linguistic resources, National Development, Communication, National language.

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Abstract: Islamic culture' and 'Cultural Islam' are two different cases. It's different as day and night. The two events happen because of cultural factor. Muslim struck an attitude of doctrine of his religion to pass the background of the culture respectively until appears 'Islamic culture'. Meanwhile, Islam shows his point of view when revealing revelation to confirm his attitude where the culture is decent or not to be accepted by Islam till the appearance of 'Cultural Islam

Keywords: Islam; Culture; Revelation; Ideology; Al Qur'an

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[2] Ash-Shiddieqiy, M. Hasbi, Falsafah Hukum Islam (Jakarta: Bulan Bintang, 1975).

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