Articles

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2025.yki0c2c6

AN EVALUATION OF THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF THE INTERNET IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PANKSHIN LGA, PLATEAU STATE

NDOM GUMSHAKKA ZADDANG^*

This study evaluated the availability and utilization of the internet in public and private secondary schools in Pankshin Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State. The researcher employed mixed-methods approach in the collection of data; the data were collected from 10 public and 10 private secondary schools through surveys and interviews with students, teachers, and administrators. Findings rev...

Jan, 2025 pp. 1-6

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2024.hk1qvlp3

A PRAGMATIC INVESTIGATION OF FACE THREATING ACT IN ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

OMOLAIYE, HAPPY O^*

The use of language could either be for positive or negative purposes. As a result of this, the success or failure of any conversation solely depends on the interlocutors. This study investigated face-threatening acts in the Nigerian context to highlight the intentional use of utterances for attack in discourse situations. Culpeper's (1996) Model of Impoliteness was adopted as a theoretical framew...

Jan, 2024 pp. 1-6

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2023.5jjx6iyr

A SEMANTIC STUDY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LETTER TO HIS SON'S TEACHER

BAKO VICTORIA NATI^*, ANTHONY JAMES, REJOICE JAMES SONGDEN, REBECCA SUNDAY MWANTI, BLESSING SAINA'AN LAGAN

The concept of semantics involves the way words are inter connected in a given communicative unit to pass across a message. This is because the meanings of words are not taken in isolation, since most times, meanings are derived from the way words are connected in a given text to enhance the message of a given speaker or writer. This study therefore, is an investigation into the conventional meani...

Jan, 2023 pp. 1-6

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2022.3nzjhguh

APPRAISAL OF EXTANT REGULATIONS ON RECOGNITION OF TRADE UNIONS

OGBOLE OGANCHA O^*, DANUNG M. Y

This article espouses the concept of trade union and interrogates gaps inherent in extant regulations on recognition of trade unions in the workplace in Nigeria. By articulating provisions of applicable regulations in the United Kingdom, it admits the slow pace of development of labour regulations in most developing countries, which incidentally accounts for large chunk of the challenges associate...

Jan, 2022 pp. 1-10

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2021.bteycqpl

HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA

GOYIT MESHACH GOMAN^*, DANJUMA NIMFA TALI

The purpose of this study is to examine human capital development (namely training, empowerment, and career development) and organizational quality service delivery. It also investigates the mediating role of human resource values in increasing the organisational quality service delivery. The research is conducted in the context of Nigeria's Industrial Training Fund (ITF). 399 employees constitute...

Jan, 2021 pp. 1-18

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2019.421598hq

Movement Operations: Do- Auxiliary and ESL learners' usage

CHRISTOPHER DAMTER^*, BUNMWAKAT KATE SAMBO, ONOME OJO

The paper explicates the auxiliary 'do' according to theviews of some renowned proponents of generativegrammar by way of definition and uses and adopts Chomsky's Standard Theory Model, which discusses 'do'in terms of deep and surface structures in tree diagrams.The study hazards the generalization that subject/auxiliary inversion and 'do' insertion are alien to some of the first languages of ESL l...

Jan, 2019 pp. 1-8

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2017.tjhf1pab

Community Involvement in The Development of Secondary Schools in Jos – South Local Government Area

OTOR E. I^*, NWUFO C. C

Education which is the bedrock of any meaningful development in an enlightened society has been one of the areas of neglect at the Federal, State and Local Government Levels. It is against this background that the community, and others have been given the free hand to make contributions towards education especially at the secondary school level, based on the given guidelines. In light of this, thi...

Dec, 2017 pp. 1-11

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2025.uh6rwzs4

MEDIA LITERACY CAMPAIGNS IN AFRICA: COMBATING DISINFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

SAMSON IGHIEGBA OMOSOTOMHE^*, OGUCHUKWU RAYMOND OKEKE

This study addresses the escalating and insidious threat disinformation poses to democratic processes, public health and social cohesion across the African continent. Driven by rapid digital penetration and unique socio-political vulnerabilities, misinformation propagates swiftly, necessitating robust and proactive counter-strategies. The study's objective is to articulate a compelling argument fo...

Jan, 2025 pp. 7-17

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2024.jgeuwgoa

ANALYSIS OF THE REALISATION OF STRESS PATTERN OF SOME MULTI-SYLLABIC WORDS AMONG SELECTED HAUSA NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH

MODUPE OLUBUNMI ONWOCHEI^*, ABDULLAHI UMAR ABDULLAHI

Languages of the world have phonological peculiarities. Speakers of Nigerian languages are no exempt. No two languages have exactly the same phonological rules regulating the deployment of the sounds. Hence, any Hausa speaker of English is bound to encounter some difficulties in speaking the language and vice versa since the two languages are different. In the most basic sense, second language lea...

Jan, 2024 pp. 7-15

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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/hjjgs.2023.q2cqacx4

THE ANALOGY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION WITHIN PANKSHIN LGA, PLATEAU STATE

NDOM GUMSHAKKA ZADDANG^*, BAAMSHAL ISABEL, UMAR SALEH

This paper presents the analogy of homogenous language and culture as one of the most significant components of conflict resolution in a heterogeneous society. Language and culture have over the years played a vital role in resolving conflict among diverse ethnic groups in Pankshin LGA. Basically, human interaction is based on perceptions that capitalize on needs, emotions, interests and fears. Pe...

Jan, 2023 pp. 7-13