• The effects of FDI and energy consumption on environmental pollution in predominantly resource-based economies of the GCC 

  Rafindadi, A.A; Muye, I.M; Kaita, R.A (Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2018)

  This study empirically examine the effects of foreign direct investment inflows and energy consumption on environmental pollution in the GCC from 1990 to 2014. The study employed the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) methodology. ...
• Institutions, Natural Resources and Economic Growth: An Application of Cointegration with Structural Break to Nigerian Dataset 

  Tukur, G.; Bello, M.U.; Abdullahi, H.; Abubakar, M.Y. (Economic and Financial Review, 2016-12)

  This study examines the long-run influence of institutions and natural resources on economic growth in Nigeria over the period 1960 – 2014. It is apparent that Nigerian economy depends largely on natural resources such as ...
• Does Social Capital Determine Household Welfare? An Investigation into the Situation in Sokoto Metropolis 

  Mohammed, B.A; Tukur, G.; Yahya, Z.A. (American Journal of Economics, 2018)

  This study examines the influence of social capital on household welfare in Sokoto metropolis, Nigeria. To achieve this objective, cross-sectional dataset was collected using a structured questionnaire. Ten households ...
• Public Expenditure and Economic Growth: An Application of Cointegration and Granger Causality Tests on Nigeria 

  Tukur, G.; Sabiu, Y.A. (Journal of Economic and Social Research, 2013)

  This study aims at investigating the long run and causal relationships between public expenditure and economic growth in Nigeria. The study uses annual time series dataset for a sample of 39 years from 1970 to 2008, on ...
• The Relationship between Domestic Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria 

  Abdulmumini, B.A.; Tukur, G. (International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 2012-08)

  This study aims at investigating the relationship between domestic investment and economic growth in Nigeria using secondary time series data set sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin for the year ...
• SHOCKS, COPING STRATEGIES AND SUBJECTIVE POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA’S NATIONAL CORE WELFARE INDICATORS QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY 2006 

  Tukur, G. (Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 2011)

  This study investigates the determinants of active coping strategies and the influence of household characteristics, economic and climatic shocks on subjective poverty in Nigeria. The study uses Nigeria Core Welfare ...
• DO BOARD CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT FIRM PERFORMANCE? Empirical Evaluation of Some Corporate Governance Mechanisms in the Nigerian Stock Exchange 

  Ahmadu, U.S.; Tukur, G.; Aminu, S.M. (Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, 2007)

  The board of directors and the features that characterize them have been said to have significant effects on firm performance. In this paper, we examine a number of characteristics of the board of directors of the ...
• CORPORATE BOARD DIVERSITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN NIGERIA: AN APPLICATION OF PANEL DATA APPROACH 

  Tukur, G.; Balkisu, A.A. (Asian Economic and Financial Review, 2014)

  The major objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between board diversity and financial performance of insurance companies in Nigeria, with specific reference to how gender diversity, ethnic diversity, ...
• Board Independence and Firm Financial Performance: Evidence from Nigeria 

  Ahmadu, U.S.; Tukur, G.; Aminu, S.M. (African Economic Research Consortium, 2011)

  This study examined the relationship between board independence and firm financial performance, using data of varying sample size (ranging from 89 firms for regression to 205 firms for descriptive analysis) obtained from ...
• Corporate governance mechanisms and firm financial performance in Nigeria 

  Ahmadu, S.; Aminu, S.M.; Tukur, G (African Economic Research Consortium, 2005)

  Recent global events concerning high-profile corporate failures have put back on the policy agenda and intensified debate on the efficacy of corporate governance mechanisms as a means of increasing firm financial ...
• The Obasanjo Administration's Reform Agenda 

  DEJO ABDULRAHMAN (14th General Assembly of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria, 2003-08-11)

  Since his reelection in 2003, the President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has embarked on a series of reforms which he hopes and believes will take Nigeria out of the doldrums to the promised land of socio-economic, political ...
• Does the need for economic growth influence energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Nigeria? Evidence from the innovation accounting test 

  Rafindadi, A.A (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review published by Elsevier, 2016-05-03)

  Developing economies like Nigeria are competing strategically to ensure arise in sustainable economic growth, and reduction in CO2 emission. The question is,could this be possible amidst the series of energy crises facing ...
• THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE AGING PROCESS 

  DR. DEJO, A; ABDULRAHMAN (1988-11-28)

  In the developing countrie~, the proportion of the population over the aee of sixty is still typically small. Life expectancy irimodt cas~S ~ti1i' fankes between forty-five and fifty~five years. Fo~ ih~taric~,-· life ...
• Impacts of renewable energy consumption on the German economic growth: Evidence from combined cointegration test 

  Rafindadi, A.A; IIhan, Ozturk (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review published by Elsevier, 2016-11-04)

  Germany is the largest economy in Europe and the leading renewable energy user comparable to none in the entire of the European continents. It is in reference to these developments that this study investigates whether the ...
• WHAT WOMEN DO TO PREVENT AND TREAT MALARIA IN IBADAN 

  JEGEDE, A.S; AMZAT, J; SALAMI, K.K; ADEJUMO, P.O; OYETUNDE, M.O (African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social, 2006)

  Malaria is a life threatening parasitic disease transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria constitutes one of the health problems, which slow the level of development in ...
• Effects of financial development,economic growth and trade on electricity consumption: Evidence from post-Fukushima Japan 

  Rafindadi, A.A; Ilhan, Ozturk (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review published by Elsevier, 2015-10-19)

  This study examines the long-runand short-run effects of financial development, economic growth, export, importsand capitalon the Japanese energy predicaments as a result of the foregoing energy crisis in the country. To ...
• Natural gas consumption and economic growth nexus: Is the 10th Malaysian plan attainable within the limits of its resource? 

  Rafindadi, A.A; IIhan, Ozturk (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review published by Elsevier, 2015-03-02)

  The 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) is a strategic plan focused on attaining a level of economic growth that will enable the country to attain a developed nation status by 2020. As a result of this ambitious plan, this paper ...
• Could the Expanding Economic Growth and Trade Openness of the United Kingdom Pose a Threat to its Existing Energy Predicaments? 

  Rafindadi, A.A (International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2015)

  This study examined whether the expanding economic growth prospects of the UK could pose a threat to its existing energy predicaments. To ensure this, time series data from 1970-2013 was used while the Zivot-Andrew structural ...
• Dynamic Effects of Financial Development, Trade Openness and Economic Growth on Energy Consumption: Evidence from South Africa# 

  Rafindadi, A.A; Ilhan, O. (International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2017)

  This paper investigates whether financial development, trade openness and economic growth add to the energy consumption in South Africa and determine what policy guide could be derived with respect to energy consumption ...
• Are the Contentious Issues of Exchange Rate Misalignment in Nigeria a Prelude to the Country’s Currency Crisis? 

  Rafindadi, A.A (International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2015)

  Several pioneering studies have established that the period of exchange rate misalignment is characterized by currency appreciation and depreciation. These studies conclusively assert that if currency overvaluation occurs ...

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