Purpose -The paper seeks to examine the development of the tourism industry in Cross River State and its implication on the culture of Efik people of Calabar, Nigeria.Design/methodology/approach -The approach taken was a survey method which employed both open-and closed-ended questionnaires. These were administered to 300 respondents with responses from 293. The data from respondents were analyzed using simple percentage and multiple regression analysis.Findings -The study reveals that the carnival concert and carnival float do not include most aspects of the Efik's culture. As a result of this culture diffusion has been one sided and favors the incursion of foreign culture.Practical implications -The paper calls for the revival of Efik culture and recommends that government takes a deliberate stand in promoting Efik culture through the niches of cultural heritage tourism.Originality/value -This paper is the first empirical work to evaluate the impact of the tourism industry on the culture of the Efik people of Calabar. It provides evidence from the field that could assist in redesigning tourism policy in the state.

In recent times telecommunications revolution especially the use of mobile phones is transforming the Nigerian society in many ways. The socio-economic and cultural impacts are enormous. As the spectrum of mobile phone usage increases, opinion differs among users on the impact of this revolution in Nigerian. This paper therefore set to investigate the impact of telecommunications revolution especially text based messages on criminality and family crisis in Nigeria. In doing this, the study elicited data through questionnaire from 7200 respondents who were randomly and purposively selected. Analysis of this data revealed that, most Nigerians were duped through text messages, while significant numbers of marriages are in crisis due to spouse assess to text messages that suggest suspicious of infidelity among partners. We recommended among others that Nigerian should scrutinize text messages before reacting to its content and that proper documentation of Sims pack users is necessary.

Socio-economic determinants of healthcare services utilization were investigated in Akpabuyo Local Government Area using structured questionnaires, administered to adults in the study area. The general objective of this study was to determine the reason behind underutilization of orthodox health services in the area with particular attention to the socio-economic factors; specific objectives were to ascertain the influence of income level and the relationship between proximity of health facilities and utilization. The research design adopted for this study was the cross-sectional survey design; a sample size of 400 was drawn from adults, selected from each household and the Multi-stage sampling technique was utilized for the process of data collection, which consisted of the systematic random and the purposive sampling techniques. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC) were used in the analysis of data generated, for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion and policy recommendation. The findings from this research revealed that income level at all three categories; low, middle and high had significant influence on the utilization of healthcare services, and the proximity of healthcare facilities concerning their distance and location also had a significant relationship on their utilization. Conclusively, it was recommended that there should be equitable distribution of functional health facilities within the wards to reduce distance and travel time, as well as an improvement on household income of rural dwellers in Akpabuyo through numerous private and government interventions as well as improved commercial activities.

The paper examines sociological and policy investigations, in terms of its method of inquiry and the possibility of applying scientific methods. Major tools, techniques and methods of science were highlighted and discussed showing their extent of application in Sociology and Policy Studies. The paper maintains the stand that both disciplines as Social Sciences utilized scientific methods and identified measurement difficulties, subjectivity and methodological crises as their major limitations as sciences. It concluded that though theory building and experimentation are not possible in social sciences, the adaptation of observation, quantification, identification of problem, hypothesis formulation and testing, position both Sociology and Policy Study as sciences. It is expected that with the passage of time, Sociology and Policy Studies will reveal their full scientific attributes. It was recommended that scientific methods should be explored and utilized in all social sciences extensively.