The Impediments to Effective Community Policing in Nigeria: A Case Study of Akwa Ibom State

Community policing is a philosophy of full-service personalized policing where the same officer patrols and works in the same area permanently from a decentralized place working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems It is established at the bedrock of police-community partnership and communication to secure a safe environment for all and develop a longer-term solution to resolving criminal issue

The Ills of Domestic Violence in a Nigerian Family

The study investigated the effects of domestic violence on family development and growth in the Nigerian society States in the Niger Delta Region were selected for the study Domestic violence ranging among others had been plaguing the fabric of the Nigerian society of late Researchers in their findings have come up with different results which are mostly the negative effect domestic violence created on the family growth development family income and the position of the relevant legal system The objectives of the study are to examine the effect of domestic violence on family growth to probe the impact of domestic violence on the development of domestic family how the family income is affected by domestic violence and the role of the legal system in curbing frequent occurrences The research adopted a survey method A questionnaire was distributed to gather data for analysis The population size of 360 was got from the nine states in the Niger Delta Region Data were collected and analysed using Chi-Square Statistical Method The result showed that domestic violence has a significant relationship on family development and growth and the legal system in the study are

Creating Conducive Atmosphere through Institution of Good Political-Economic Policies for Sustainable Economic Development in Nigeria

This study concerns itself with the creation and administering of an enabling investment climate that will guarantee a peaceful operation and stabilization of the private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy Obtaining a free and cordial business atmosphere will go a long way to bring about poverty eradication The Nigerian economy must enjoy a peaceful environment to allow the economy and business to strive to put to an end of poverty The economy needed a robust investment to push the Gross Domestic Product GDP The 2020 vision of bringing Nigeria to be one of the top 20 most industrialized nations of the world can be achieved in a peaceful environment Several suggestions were postulated for a way forward if our economy must be sustainabl

Meropenem vs standard of care for treatment of late onset sepsis in children of less than 90 days of age: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Background: Late onset neonatal sepsis (LOS) with the mortality of 17 to 27% is still a serious disease. Meropenem is an antibiotic with wide antibacterial coverage. The advantage of it over standard of care could be its wider antibacterial coverage and thus the use of mono-instead of combination therapy.Methods: NeoMero-1, an open label, randomised, comparator controlled, superiority trial aims to compare the efficacy of meropenem with a predefined standard of care (ampicillin + gentamicin or cefotaxime + gentamicin) in the treatment of LOS in neonates and infants aged less than 90 days admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit. A total of 550 subjects will be recruited following a 1:1 randomisation scheme. The trial includes patients with culture confirmed (at least one positive culture from normally sterile site except coagulase negative staphylococci in addition to one clinical or laboratory criterion) or clinical sepsis (at least two laboratory and two clinical criteria suggestive of LOS in subjects with postmenstrual age = 44 weeks). Meropenem will be given at a dose of 20 mg/kg q12h or q8h depending on the gestational- and postnatal age. Comparator agents are administered as indicated in British National Formulary for Children. The primary endpoint measured at the test of cure visit (2 days after end of study therapy) is graded to success (all baseline symptoms and laboratory parameters are resolved or improved with no need to continue antibiotics and the baseline microorganisms are eradicated and no new microorganisms are identified and the patient has received allocated treatment for 11 +/- 3 days with no modification) or a failure (all remaining cases). Secondary outcome measures include comparison of survival, relapse rates or new infections by Day 28, clinical response at Day 3 and end of therapy, duration of hospitalisation, population pharmacokinetic analysis of meropenem and effect of antibiotics on mucosal colonisation and development of antibacterial resistance. The study will start recruitment in September 2011; the total duration is of 24 months

VLBI observations of 21 extragalactic radio sources - Search for superluminal sources in the mid-southern hemisphere

We present the results of VLBI observations of 21 extragalactic radio sources carried out with an ad-hoc VLBI array including Shanghai, Urumqi: Noto, and Hartebeesthoek radio telescopes. Eleven sources are imaged, three of them for the first time with VLBI. Correlated flux densities of the remaining ten sources are given. From comparison with data taken at earlier epochs, the apparent superluminal motion is confirmed in four sources (0420-014. 0552+398, 1334-127 and 2345-167) and two more superluminal candidates (1504-166 and 2243-123) are found. The physical parameters of the four superluminal sources are derived

Ethanol Extract of Carica papaya Seeds Induces Reversible Contraception in Adult Male Wistar Rats

Abstract: The quest for the development of an ideal male contraceptive has led to the discovery of the antifertility property of some species of C. papaya seed extracts. This study investigates the antifertility activity and reversibility of ethanol extract of C. papaya seeds in sexually matured male Wistar rats. 30 adult males and 60 female Wistar rats weighing between 180 and 220 g were used for the study. The male rats were randomly divided into 3 groups of 10 each. Group I which served as control were orally administered distilled water while groups II and III received 100 and 250 mg/kg/day of ethanol extract of C. papaya seeds respectively for a period of 90 days. 5 males from each group were subjected to fertility test before they were sacrificed to harvest the testes for histopathological analysis. The administration of the extract was discontinued for another 90 days period and the remaining 5 males in each group were subjected to fertility test before they were sacrificed to obtain the testes for histopathological analysis. The results showed normal pregnancy outcome in the females paired with the control group, reduced and zero pregnancy outcome in the females paired with the 100 and 250 mg/kg groups respectively after 90-day administration of the extract. After 90 days of discontinued administration of extract, normal pregnancy outcome were recorded in both the control and treated groups. The result of the histopathological analysis showed a moderate and highly depleted germinal epithelium in the 100 and 250 mg/kg groups respectively after 90 day administration of the extract. The germinal epithelium seen in both the control and the experimental groups were normal after 90 days discontinued extract administration. The study concludes that ethanol extract of C. papaya seeds induces reversible male contraception in Wistar rats