Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the implementation of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) on Nigeria’s financial reporting quality. Design/methodology/approach The study employed a survey research design to determine the effects of the implementation of the IPSAS on Nigeria’s financial reporting quality. Partial Least Square 3(SmartPLS 3) technique of analysis was applied to achieve the research objective. Findings The study found that accountability positively and significantly affects the quality of financial reporting in Nigeria. Specifically, IPSAS has improved the level of accountability, which in turn improved Nigeria’s financial reporting quality. Research limitations The study only explored two explanatory variables whereas other variables such as transparency, corruption minimization, comparability and faithful representation were not considered in this study. It is, therefore, recommended that further studies could expand the scope to cover some other variables not included in this paper. Practical implications IPSAS-Accrual has engendered the Nigerian Government to launch the Asset Tracking and Management Project (ATMProject) in order to easily track its assets for the purpose of accountability. Thus, accountability was discovered in this study to be the most essential factor to enhance the quality of financial reporting using accrual-based IPSAS in Nigeria. Social implications Accountability will impact positively on the lives of Nigerians in relation to the application of public funds to impact on the lives of the masses. Originality/value The statistical significance of accountability found in this study, using partial least square technique of data analysis, will further enhance financial integrity in the country.

This study examines internal factors affecting profitability of Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria for the period of 2008-2016 using panel data of 14 listed banks drawn from the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Secondary data obtained from the listed Deposit Money Banks' financial statements were analyzed. The independent variables were proxied by Capital Adequacy, Credit Risk, and Inflation while profitability was proxied by Return on Assets (ROA). The study adopts correlational research design to investigate the determinants of profitability of the Deposit Money Banks. Panel data techniques (fixed and random effects model) were employed to examine the effect of internal factors on profitability of the sampled listed Deposit Money Banks. Although Hausman specification test suggested that fixed effect model is more appropriate, the study used Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) to underpin the outcome of the Hausman specification. The study found that internal factors had significantly influenced the deposit money banks' profitability over the study period. The Capital Adequacy had a positive and significant relationship with bank profitability while Credit Risk had a negative and significant relationship with bank profitability during the study period. It is therefore suggested among others that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should maintain a central database called Credit Risk Management System across banks in the country, which would be generating accurate and reliable credit information on bank borrowers as a way of evaluating the repayment capabilities of the customers to be granted credit facilities.

This paper investigated effect of Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Deposit Withdrawals into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) on Deposit Money Banks’ liquidity performance in Nigeria. Secondary data were obtained from [7] Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin covering pre and post implementation years (2012 to 2017). The dependent variable was represented by Deposit Money banks’ liquidity ratiowhile the independent variable was represented by Federal Government Deposits at the Deposit Money Banks. The study used correlational research design to determine the effect of TSA on Deposit Money Banks’ liquidity in the country. Also, the study employed Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) technique of data analysis. It was then found that Federal Government Deposit (FGD) had a positive and significant effect on the Deposit Money Banks’ liquidity position in the Pre-TSA Era whereas Federal Government Deposit (FGD) had a negative and significant effect on the Deposit Money Banks’ liquidity performance in the Post-TSA Era. It was therefore recommended that the Nigerian Government should consider the hybrid TSA model as a way of boosting the Deposit Money Banks (dmbs) liquidity position. It was then suggested that further researchers could widen the scope by including factors such as GDP, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate excluded in this study. Key Words: Treasury Single Account (Tsa), Feasible Generalized Least Square (Fgls), Liquidity

This study investigated Bank-characteristic and Macro-Economic factors affecting commercial banks’ profitability in Sub Saharan Africa for the period of 2008-2017 using panel data of 56 listed banks drawn from the Sub-Region. Secondary data ex-tracted from the listed Commercial Banks' financial statements were analyzed. The explanatory variables were represented by Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Leverage Ratio and Exchange Rate while profitability was represented by Return on Assets (ROA). The study explored a correlational research design to examine the effect of Bank-characteristic and Macro-Economic factors on commercial banks’ profitability. VCE Robust Regressions were employed for the combined banks and country-specific banks’ analysis based on the Hausman Test Specification (fixed and random effects model). Although the Hausman specification test suggested that a fixed effect model is appropriate for the integrated banks’ data analysis, the study used VCE Robust Re-gression to underpin the outcome of the Hausman specification. The study found that Bank-characteristic and macro-economic factors had significantly affected the com-mercial banks' profitability over the study period for the aggregate model of all the banks while only internal factors mainly influenced banks’ profitability for the coun-try-specific banks’ profitability. The Credit Risk had a positive and significant rela-tionship with banks’ profitability while Exchange Rate had a negative and significant relationship with bank profitability during the study period. In controlling foreign exchange rate volatility, Sub-Sahara Africa Clearing Union (SACU) is recommended for Central Banks of member countries to enable them to settle payments for transac-tions within the Sub-region on the basis of multilateral pacts. This will, in turn, reduce the negative effect of an exchange rate increase in the sub-region and subsequently enhance banks’ profitability.