http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/827 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:06:10 GMT 2026-09-14T12:06:10Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31653 Title: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES Authors: Usman Isah, Ndashiru Al- Usman Abstract: ABSTRACT In an era marked by rapid technological advancements, the integration of digital technology into sustainable development initiatives presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges. This paper discusses the dynamic interplay between digital technology and sustainable development, focusing on the prospects of leveraging innovations such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data, and blockchain to drive economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion. It highlights the potentials of digital technologies to enhance efficiency, innovation, and inclusivity while addressing challenges like the digital divide, cyber security, and environmental impacts. Therefore, this paper highlights the necessity of balancing the benefits of digital innovations with their associated risks, offering policy recommendations to foster an inclusive and sustainable digital future. Key Concepts: Digital technology, sustainable development, Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31653 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31510 Title: JOURNALISTIC FORM AND ECO-CRITICAL NARRATIVE IN HELON HABILA’S Oil on Water Authors: SHEHU, H\ALIMA; DALHATU, BALA MUHAMMED Abstract: One of the defining crises of the twenty-first century is environmental degradation, a condition that has intensified the growth of eco-literature and eco-criticism. Helon Habila’s Oil on Water emerges as a pivotal text that interrogates the ecological and socio-political consequences of crude oil exploitation in the Niger Delta. While existing scholarship has largely centred on the novel’s representation of eco-conflict, this study focuses a less examined dimension: the deployment of journalistic form as a structuring principle of the narrative. Through an eco-critical and narratological framework, the study examines how the novel adopts investigative techniques, testimonial modes, and reportage aesthetics to construct its account of environmental crisis. It argues that the fusion of fiction and journalistic inquiry not only intensifies the representation of ecological devastation and human displacement but also reconfigures narrative authority, linking environmental realities with mediated testimony. In doing so, the novel demonstrates how journalistic form enhances the ethical and political force of eco-critical narrative. Eco-Critical Narrative, Journalistic Form, Petrofiction, Environmental Justice Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31510 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31135 Title: ANALYSIS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION FIDELITY BY DIGLOSSIA OF NIGERIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH AMONG SOUTH-EAST RESIDENTS OF PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA Authors: EJEMBI, JOHNNY FRANCIS; SHEHU, HALIMA Abstract: he essence of oral communication is for ideas, information and knowledge to be expressed and understood as communicated. This study analyzed the level of comprehension of oral English communication in diglossic relationship among the residents of Rivers South-East District of Port Harcourt in South-South Nigeria. Ferguson’s theory of diglossia and communication theory of symbolic interactionism by George Herbert Mead were used in investigations into oral communication fidelity and feedback in this community. Participant observation was employed as well as survey research method to collect data from 623 purposively sampled respondents. The findings of the study revealed that all the residents used low level diglossia more frequently than high level formal English. The study recommends that Nigerian Pidgin English should be standardized for usage in this region and concludes that Nigerian Pidgin English and high level English should be used diglossically together based on their different contexts. Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31135 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31126 Title: CORRELATION BETWEEN MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN GWAGWALADA AREA COUNCIL ABUJA Authors: SABA, IBRAHIM KABIR; HASSAN, A. A; SHEHU, HALIMA Abstract: This study explores the correlation between mathematics teachers' motivation and students' academic achievement in senior secondary schools within the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Seven research questions and hypotheses guided the investigation. Utilizing a correlational and ex-post facto research design, the sample comprised 351 students (167 males and 184 females) selected from a target population of 3,821 students. Data collection instruments included the Mathematics Teachers’ Motivation Questionnaire (MTMQ), Students’ Motivational Belief Questionnaire (SMBQ), and Students’ Promotional Examination Result (SPER). The instruments were validated by experts from the Federal University of Technology Minna, FCT College of Education Zuba Abuja, and a secondary school mathematics teacher. Reliability coefficients for the MTMQ constructs ranged from 0.56 to 1.00, while the SMBQ constructs had reliability coefficients of 0.76 and 0.81, with average reliabilities of 0.83 for MTMQ and 0.76 for SMBQ, as determined by Cronbach’s Alpha reliability statistics. Students' mathematics academic achievement was measured using their promotional examination scores. Mean and standard deviation with scatter plots were used to answer the research questions, and hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at a 0.05 significance level. The findings indicated a weak positive relationship between students’ academic achievement and mathematics teachers' monthly remuneration, a weak positive relationship between teachers’ continuous professional development and student achievement, and a moderately positive relationship between teachers’ support by school authorities and student achievement. The study recommends continuoustraining and professional development for mathematics teachers to enhance their teaching methods and improve student academic achievement. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31126 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z