Violence Against Women in Africa

The United Nations’ report on the State of the World Population 2000 (United Nations, 2000b) and studies conducted by the World Health Organization (2000a) and Amnesty International (2004) all indicate that violence against women is rampant in Africa and is increasing in some areas. The following study is an effort to highlight some of the reasons why violence against women is particularly problematic in African. The study reveals that violence against women in Africa is mainly due to the existence of discriminatory laws, prejudicial and harmful customs, traditions, beliefs and practices, and partly due to non-enforcement of gender-sensitive laws and constitutional provisions that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. Based on these findings the author argues that a review of such discriminatory laws, enforcement of existing legislations and constitutional provisions coupled with public awareness campaigns on the part of African governments to inform the public about the ills of certain customs, raditions, beliefs and practices will help stem the tide of violence against women in Africa

ARIMA Modeling of Nigeria Crude Oil Production

This study discussed the ARIMA Model for crude oil production in Nigeria from January 2006 to March 2015. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that the quantity of crude oil produced determines the quantity to be either refined and sold or exported as crude which is the main stay of the Nigerian economy. Having a pre knowledge of the quantity of crude oil that may be produced with adequate budgeting can help the country have a viable economy. Multiplicative SARIMA (1,1,1)(0,1,1)12 model was proposed as the best model to be fitted to the crude oil production data. The forecast values from the fitted model agreed with the actual values therefore suggesting that the model could be used for forecasting future quantity of crude oil that may be produced in the country. Keywords: ARIMA model, Seasonality, Differencing, Crude oil Production

Investigation of slug mitigation: self-lifting approach in a deepwater oil field

Slug flow is a flow assurance issue that staggers production and, in some cases, 'kills the flow' of the well. Severe slugging, a type of slugging which usually occurs at the base of the riser column, causes large amplitudes in the fluctuation of pressure within the riser column and consequently damages equipment placed topside. An adaptation of a novel concept to slug mitigation: the self-lifting model, is presented. This model presents variations to the internal diameter of the self-lift bypass to produce effective mitigation to severe slugging

Time Series Analysis of Currency in Circulation in Nigeria

This paper discussed the levels and trend of Currency In Circulation (CIC) in Nigeria. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that it could help monitor the CIC and give early warning signals about any economic crisis that may due to inflation. Monthly data on CIC in Nigeria  for the period January 2010 to December 2014 was obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin. The CIC data was Seasonally non Seasonally differenced to remove Seasonality and the trend. The appropriate model that best described the pattern in the series was the Multiplicative Seasonal Autoregressive Moving Average (SARIMA) model, SARIMA (0,1,0)x(0,1,1)12. Keywords: Currency in Circulation, Liquidity, Moving average process, Variance stabilit

Institutional Financing and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria

The study examined the nexus between Institutional Financing and the Poverty rate in Nigeria. The rationale behind the study is to establish the extent to which disbursed credits from the selected financial institutions have helped in alleviating the poverty rate in Nigeria. The institutional credits considered in this study include credits from the Bank of Industry, Bank of Agriculture, Microfinance Bank, African Development Bank, World Bank, and Deposit Money Bank while Poverty Index was used as a measure of the poverty rate.  The study covered the periods 1991 to 2021 and data was sourced from the World Bank Database. We employed Unit Root Test, Johansen Co-Integration Test, Vector Error Correction Model, and Granger Causality Test. In the long run, we found that Microfinance Bank credit and African Development Bank credit significantly contributed to the poverty alleviation agenda of the government in Nigeria. As such, we conclude that institutional credits from Microfinance Bank and African Development Bank have significantly contributed to the fight against the poverty rate in Nigeria. As such, we recommended that Microfinance Bank should maintain its credit disbursement pattern as the report has shown that its credit has helped to assuage the poverty rate in Nigeria. Doing this is necessary as it will help in including the financially excluded citizens of the country in the financial web and also increase their access to financial products

Design and Implementation of an Iris Biometric Door Access Control System

Over the years, security has soared in importance as concerned individuals, companies and organizations continue to implement measures to improve the security of lives and properties. Door-access control is a physical security system that secures a room or building by limiting access to specific people and keeping records of such accesses. The significance of iris technology among others, for security and access control applications are numerous. In terms of physical security, iris technology is already making inroads into the access control market because of the reliability of its authentication process. In this paper, the researchers present an aspect of the system relating to the design and construction of an iris biometric door access control. The system was developed as a means of getting into a specified area by securing the door and limiting access. The database created contains the particulars of those allowed access in order to work in tandem with the mandatory iris authentication process. The implemented design worked satisfactorily