The adjudication for International corporate governance disclosure framework, such as, the International Standard of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR), has assumed a state of relevance between local and international markets participants, to circumvent the encumbrances of incomparable corporate governance disclosures despite the integrations of commercial activities around the world. The study, therefore, examined the significance of international corporate governance disclosures on financial reporting in Nigeria. Content analysis design was adopted, while population t-test and multiple regressions were used for hypothetical tests. It was however discovered that, International Corporate Governance disclosures significantly affects companies' total assets and profitability, and that, Nigerian Banks report more than half the ISAR requirements, but was done indiscriminately. It is therefore recommended that, relevant codes of corporate governance in Nigeria be upgraded to reflect international specifications and the remiss of good governance be done away with, if we must achieve anti-corruption and investment drive. ISAR should be adopted and sanctions meted for non-compliance. Where this is done, organizations will have access to capital from international stock market and expansion of their business across boundaries. This will eventually breed economic viable Nigeria, free off corruption, and the actualization of the rebranding Nigeria ideology.

Aims: The study assessed the determinants of earnings response coefficient in the Nigerian Post-IFRS implementation era. It critically looked at the impact of investors' protection, earnings persistency, and systematic risks on earnings response coefficients. Study design: The study adopted an ex-post facto research design. Methodology: A sample of 35 companies was drawn from the population of the listed companies in the Nigerian Stock Exchange between 2013 to 2020. Secondary data was used. The Generalized Least Square was used to test the hypotheses Results: The study shows that the earnings response coefficient improves with the influence of investors’ protection, systematic risk, and earning persistency. Although the influence from systematic risk brings about an inverse effect on ERC, it is a fundamental determinant nonetheless. It was recommended that firms should improve on their investors' protection and that their financial reports should be designed to improve the information contents of accounting earnings to include inherent socio-economic risk, past and prospective earnings.

This study is about public accountability and tax culture in Nigeria. The article specifically evaluates the extent to which government’s accountability, transparency and act in the interest of the public create a sustainable tax culture in Nigeria and whether clear definition of responsibility, adherence to reporting mechanism and strict system review and sanctions enhance Nigerian tax culture among others. Survey research design was used and information was gathered from 782 tax payers from Edo, Enugu and Bayelsa States. The study adopted Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC), Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) for testing the hypotheses. It was discovered that government’s accountability, transparency and act in the interest of the public create a sustainable tax culture in Nigeria; and clear definition of responsibility, adherence to reporting mechanism, and strict system review and sanctions enhance Nigerian tax culture, while unaccountability can lead to diverse consequences such as loss of government popularity among others. It is, therefore, recommended that in order to boast the Nigerian tax culture, government should be accountable, transparent and always act in the best interest of the public.

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The main objective of the study was to identify the challenges of IPSAS implementation in the Nigerian Public Sector. This was as a result of low level of accountability and improper application of accounting standards by government institutions. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the various respondents. The population of the study consists of accountants, auditors and cash officers in government ministries, departments and agencies in Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo States. The population was estimated at 8901for the five States. The sample size of 387 was drawn using the stratified sampling technique. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used for the hypothesis test. The results showed that the challenges that impinge the full implementation of IPSAS in Nigeria include: governments’ unwillingness in terms of political-will towards full IPSAS implementation; statutory adjustment, inadequate funding and institutional commitment among others. It was therefore recommended that there should be adequate funding for the IPSAS implementation projects as most of the Public Sector Entities attributed inability to implement IPSAS Accrual to paucity of funds. Government should also show more political will as well as commitment and support for the accrual basis IPSAS implementation at the Local Government level.