July 2009

Socio- demographics, life event stressors and psychosomatic disorders among public servants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

  This study aimed at relating socio-demographics of people and their life event stressors to psychosomatic disorders or symptoms they have experienced or suffered during their day to day living. The respondents were 1631 public servants systematically sampled in Nigeria’s oil rich Niger-Delta region of the Federation which has nine out of the thirty-six States. Their socio-demographics included: sex,...

Author(s): C. Ewhrudjakpor

July 2009

Aso-oke (Yoruba’s hand woven textiles) usage among the youths in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria

  Nigeria today is faced with daunting developmental challenges. This is particularly noteworthy in its manufacturing sector which is at present comatose. The textile sector is a unique subset of the comatose manufacturing sector given its employment generating potentials and its socio-cultural underpinnings in the age of globalization. Against this background, this paper engages Nigerian development...

Author(s): A.O. Olutayo and O. Akanle