The study explored the causes of poor academic performance and anticipated remedy in Islamic university primary school. The study was qualitative in nature and case study design was used. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 28 respondents who were interviewed. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, documentary analysis and observation. The thematic analysis method was used to analyse data. The findings revealed that the causes of poor academic performance included, absenteeism, poor feeding, language problem, negative teachers’ attitude, inadequate support from administration, and poor school environment. The researchers developed a tool to help improve the academic performance in Islamic university primary school.  The tool explains that the school should provide professional administration, teacher motivation, in-service training, learners’ guidance and counselling, improve learners’ communication skills and provide a conducive school environment to improve the academic performance of the pupils.

Aim: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in researching and developing new antimicrobial agents from various sources to combat microbial resistance. The study was aimed at determining the phytochemical constituents and in vitro antibacterial activity of methanol and aqueous extracts of Psidium guajava leaves and stem bark on Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus sp. in Ugbokolo, Nigeria.

The paper assessed the performance of local government councils in Nigeria, using the yardsticks of the rationale behind their creation and existing theories of local government. Essentially, contentious issues regarding corrupt practices, most especially as they pertain to public accountability at the grassroots were critically explored. It extracted data from existing literature on local government, government documents and other secondary sources. The investigation revealed that at the initial stage, local governments in Nigeria contributed, in some ways, to development and transformation of both the urban and rural areas in Nigeria. Such contributions included refuse disposal from markets and other strategic locations across cities; opening up of the rural areas through provision of roads, which facilitated rural transformation in the country to an extent; provision of elementary school education and other valuable services as medical treatment dispensaries and disease control projects, which included management of diseases like leprosy and small-pox. Many rural communities at the period relied on these services. In urban areas, Town Councils offered an array of services that city dwellers relied on. Sanitary inspection, town planning, water supply and markets and their managements were among valuable services that Town Councils provided across Nigeria. These accomplishments were possible partly because they internally raised the revenues from which they funded the services that they provided. Although they received subventions from Regional and Central Governments for targeted expenditures, they still imposed taxes and as well raised tax revenues from the services they provided. The feats, however, were achieved mostly in the colonial period and in pre-civil war independent Nigeria. Soon after this period, local government administrations in Nigeria began to dwindle and subsequently fell far short of expectation. Despite public expectations that ushered in the creations of extension of governance closer to the people, the practice of local governance in Nigeria failed to bring the much-expected dividend of democracy to the grassroots. This was partly due to some internal shortcomings within the local councils and partly due to some critical external factors like constitutional inadequacies and usurpation of local government powers by the governments of the federating units, under whom the the local governments operate. If anything, local government in Nigeria did not enjoy independent status and power decentralisation as expected in a federal system. For this reasons, translating the theories to practice in the Nigerian local government had almost become a mirage; promoting democracy and effectively delivering local public services had, as well, not been realistic..

The study looked at the influence of meetings on academic staff performance in Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) main campus. The specific objectives that guided the study were; to determine the influence of staff meetings on improving staff regularity and the influence of staff meetings on improving staff teamwork in Islamic University in Uganda. The study was quantitative in nature and used cross-sectional survey design. The total population under study was 253. Questionnaires were administered to 100 respondents but 84 of them were returned hence considered for data presentation and analysis. The study used proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected through questionnaires which were based on three Likert scale of 1 for Agree, 2 for not sure and 3 for Disagree. The data collected was analyzed using relative frequencies and percentages (univariate statistics), and regression analysis. The findings revealed that staff meetings had a weak significant influence on improving staff regularity and a moderate significant influence on improving staff teamwork. The study recommends that the administrators should regularly organize meetings focussed on addressing staff performance challenges for better results.

Heuristically, the paper seeks to understand the religious perception of Africans otherwise regarded as the indigenous people and their contact with the missionary message. It adopts a historical, hermeneutical, and critical interpretation of some preconceived ideas about Africans as well as their reactions to the gospel message. It discovers that the introduction of the faith was done with clear intentions; slavery and economic exploitation, prejudices, and hence the demeaning attitude and bastardisation of the rich socio-cultural background of the people. However, the wisdom of the continent paved the way for the accommodation of messages. The paper concludes by recommending the following as some of the way forward: the messenger bearing the message should seek to know the socio-cultural background of African tradition, the Jesus’ attitude of non-condemnation should be adopted as a global standard for all missionary volunteers to present-day Africa in order to put on record the right perspective about the people and lastly, African charismatic which has played a dominant role in the daily lives of the people has been enculturated into the life of the churches in Africa as evidenced in the dance pattern and gospel music, these should be greatly encouraged.