Press and Political Polarization of Nigerian National Development

The study was to evaluate the press and the political polarization of Nigeria National Development. The specific objectives were to: examine the extent the Nigerian newspapers’ headline has affected the provision of unified quality education and skill development in Nigeria, evaluate the relationship between media contact and programmatic safety and security in Nigeria and determine the relationship between contact information and provision of employment in Nigeria. The total population for the study was four thousand, seven hundred and twenty six (4,726) comprising civil servants, business men and women in Enugu metropolis. The study used the survey approach. The primary sources were personal interview and the administration of questionnaire to the traders. Out of a population of 4726 traders, the sample size of 472.6 was chosen after applying the 10 percent of the total population for the determination of adequate sample size. Out of 473 respondents of the sample size, 373 respondents returned the questionnaire and accurately filled. Z-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, (F-statistics), and regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses, determine the nature, and strength of the research variables. The findings indicated that Nigerian newspapers’ headline has positive effect on the provision of unified quality education and skill development in Nigeria to an extent with Z (95, n = 373) = 5.380, p > 0.05, Media contact and programmatic safety and security in Nigeria are significantly related with Z (95, n = 373) = 5.267, p > 0.05 and Contact information and provision of employment in Nigeria are significantly related with Z (95, n = 373) = 5.88, p > 0.05. The study concluded that there is a relationship between media contact, contact information and provision of employment, programmatic safety and security and that the Nigerian newspapers’ headlines has affect  on the provision of unified quality education and skill development in Nigeria. The study recommended that the Nigerian newspapers' headline should be guided properly to avoid jeopardizing with the intellectual acquisition of the people. Keywords: Press, Political Polarization of Nigeria National Development, Nigerian newspapers’ headline, Unified quality education, Skill development, Media contact etc. DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/96-10 Publication date: April 30th 202

Asouzu’s Complementarism and Nietzsche’s Perspectivism: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

This paper examines Asouzu’s complementarism and Nietzsche’s perspectivism with a view to showing how convergence and divergence of thoughts in the Asouzuan and Nietzschean philosophy contexts can inform cross-cultural philosophizing. Asouzu’s complementarism projects multiplicity of perspectives as constitutive of reality and construes it as a composite of missing links, while Nietzsche’s perspectivism also postulates multiplicity of views and interpretations as he believes that reality is deeply rooted in infinite possibilities. Attempts are made, in this paper, to articulate the essential principles of Asouzu’s complementarism and to highlight the dynamics of Nietzsche’s perspectivism in a fruitful encounter of the African tradition of thought which Asouzu belongs to and the European thought tradition which Nietzsche belongs to. These two traditions of thought will be critically x-rayed to show their implications for cross-cultural philosophizing. Simply put, the paper will show how the philosophical studies of the ideas of complementarism and perspectivism in the thoughts of the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and the African philosopher, Innocent Asouzu, can enrich the cultural understanding of human societies and ideas for the betterment of universal values and humanism

POWER, LIBERTY AND AUTHORITY IN A CONTRACTUAL SOCIETY

The stability of a bank is said to be a function of its Capital adequacy which in turn influences its performance. Commercial Banks in Nigeria operate under different levels of capital adequacy. This study therefore sought to examine the effect of capital adequacy ratio on the performance of listed commercial banks in Nigeria proxied by return on capital employed from 2014-2019.  Data for this study, collected from the sampled commercial banks annual financial reports for the period covered, were analysed using panel regression. The study found that capital adequacy ratio had significant and positive effect on return on capital employed of listed commercial banks in Nigeria. Based on this finding, the Central Bank of Nigeria is advised to increase the Capital Adequacy Ratio of commercial banks and ensure that they are complied with. This is expected to bring about improved performance of the banking sector