The focal geopolitical area of this study was Rivers State, the highest producer of oil and gas in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This rare natural endowment has advanced its profile to greater reckoning as the treasure base of the Nigerian nation. It equally hosts numerous...

In Nigeria, crude oil accounts for over 90% of national takings. Consequently, banks have been responding favorably to the financing needs of affected deficit economic units. This study examined the realities of banks' preference for oil and gas proposals with focus on the plausibility of...

If wishes were horses, unemployed women in Nigeria would have long ridden out of the vicious circle. The democratic government in Nigeria which was inaugurated on May 29, 1999, started almost immediately to experiment on its promised Poverty Alleviation Programme (PAP). An objective review after...

This study diagnosed the realities of deficit financing, which the on-going democratic government of Federal Republic of Nigeria has seemingly inherited from the erstwhile transitional military administration of the 1990s. Cardinal data volunteered by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal...

Capital allowance is granted to attract and support investors in strategic productive sectors of an economy. This study examines the extent to which capital allowance serves as veritable captivating investment incentive to stakeholders in the Nigerian manufacturing sector. The corporate...

The tendency to continuously procure debts not constructively directed at well thought-out courses remains quite absurd. With feverish grip of this national concern among Nigerians, key stakeholders seriously lament the huge debts incurred in the past which did not significantly translate to any...

The fact that a business started small is not an absolute transcendental sentence to perpetual littleness & ordinariness. This conviction set the stage for the conduct of this study. The prime task was to examine the transformational financing window of venture capital (VC) and its...

The limitations of historical cost accounting (HCA), particularly in times of rising prices, logically justify the attractions of inflation-adjusted accounting (IAA). This study examines the looks of the books of selected Nigerian firms, through the conceptual spectacles of HCA and IAA. The...

It is incontrovertible that all surplus and deficit economic units of nations are not captured by the orthodox congregation and aggregation of formal financial system constituents, hence the increasing global recognition of informal financial sector components. This study, concerned about the...