This research explores the impact of population growth, poverty and unemployment on economic growth in Nigeria using Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL). The study employed an econometric procedure; unit root test which involved the use of Augmented Dickey Fuller test (ADF) and Phillip-Perron test (PP). The cointegration test technique used in the study is Auto Regressive and Distributed Lag (ARDL). The study variables are real GDP, population, poverty, unemployment and foreign direct investment has control variable. The null hypothesis stated that there is presence of a unit root was failed to be rejected at levels but rejected at first difference according to the two tests (ADP and PP) employed. The study found that some of the variables are stationary at level I(0) while others are stationary at first difference I(1).The results of the cointegration test showed that there exist cointegrating equation between explanatory variables and economic growth. The ECT speed of adjustment to the normal equilibrium confirms their long run relationship of the variables. Finally, the study found that population and FDI have a positive impact while poverty and unemployment has negative impact on GDP. Based on these findings recommend that policy makers should grow the real economic sectors to improve and enhance productivity, exports, job creation, curb inflation and reduce poverty and rapid economic growth and substitute the non-productive imports with domestic products and develop enabling environment to attract foreign private investors.

This study broadly seeks to analyze the effect of monetary policy on the performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. This research was based on secondary source of data extracted out from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin and Index mundi. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration was applied to achieve the objective. The empirical results revealed that both in the long run and short run, bank lending rate (BLR) has been found to have a significant positive impact on banks loans and advances (BLA), This means that (BLR) has significant positive impact on the performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. While liquidity rate (LR) has significant impact in the long run but has no significant impact in the short run likewise interest rate (IR) has no significant impact in the long run but in the short run has significant and positive impact on the performance of deposit money banks. The study concluded that increasing the interest rate can equally lead to improve performance in the short‐run as this can motivate customers to save more but this effect will neutralize in the long‐run. The study recommends that the central bank of Nigeria should redefine its monetary policy instruments to make them more attractive to the banks. This will make banks to embrace them beyond mere.