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This thesis focused on investigating the viability of commercial wind farm projects in northern Nigeria. Potential location for wind farms projects were identified based on reported wind resource availability in the region. In addition, a concise evaluation of the power sector in Nigeria was carried out detailing the regulatory framework guiding the electricity industry as well as opportunities for Renewables. At the end of the thesis, the planning, siting as well as energy yield calculations of a 103 MW wind farm were carried out using the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program (WAsP). In conclusion, an economic analysis to show the economic viability the of the wind farm was done. All three sub-sectors (generation and distribution) of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) except transmission have been privatized. Ownership as well as management of key assets have been transferred to the private sector. On the regulatory side, the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) is the key agency in charge of the technical and economic regulation of the NESI and issues licenses to the different participants based on their activities. There are numerous incentives by the FGN and well as other development organizations which RE generators can benefit from. Some of this are support mechanisms targeted at RE while others are for investors generally. Nonetheless, these policies are still largely uncoordinated and short of the market-oriented policies necessary to increase RE investment. Also, the three subsectors still have unique infrastructure and operational problems that can stall the successful deployment of RE. In pursuit of a solution, the Federal Government of Nigeria together with Siemens AG, have signed in 2019 and already kickstarted the Nigeria Electrification Roadmap. The simulation using WAsP produced an AEP of 412 GWh and an average shading loss between turbines of about 2%. The P90 AEP is about 315.92 GWh and this amount to a capacity factor of 34%. The LOCE of the project was 0.069 ...

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Globalization is a complex concept that cannot be defined within a set time frame, nor is it a process that can be defined clearly without any biases or ambiguity. Globalization cannot be expounded upon with certainty and be applicable to all people and in all situations. Globalization involves economic integration, the transfer of policies across borders, the transmission of knowledge, cultural stability, the reproduction, relations, and discourses of power. It is a global process, a concept, a revolution, and an establishment of the global market free from socio-political control. Globalization encompasses everything. It is a concept that has been defined variously over the years, with some connotations referring to progress, development and stability, integration and cooperation, and others referring to regression, colonialism, and destabilization. Despite these challenges, this term brings with it a multitude of hidden agendas. An individual's political ideology, geographic location, social status, cultural background, and ethnic and religious affiliation provide the background that determines how globalization is interpreted. The African continent is large with diverse culture and traditions. Their social and cultural values tend toward relationships, hospitality and tolerance of all religious ideas and worldviews. This attitude of the African people accounts for the reasons why religions such as Christianity and Islam had thrived on the continent as they encounter the culture and religions of the traditional people of Africa. The traditional people are either inclusive or pluralistic in their orientations and worldviews. They recognize the fact that the God which Islam and Christianity proclaimed is the same God which the traditional people are worshipping and so when they encountered Islam and Christianity, to dialogue with and tolerate these new religions is not difficult. This paper is purely a literary work. The thesis of this essay is that accommodation, solidarity and sharing peculiar to the African culture makes the environment conducive for inter-religious encounters and that inter-religious dialogue is a tool for religious peace and harmony in Africa. The task of this paper therefore, is threefold: One, to discuss the characteristics of the African cultural environment and advance some of the factors that are responsible for the possibility of inter-religious dialogue in African cultural environment. Two, to highlight the necessity of and hindrances to inter-religious dialogue in a pluralistic environment such as African cultural environment and finally discuss the forms of inter-religious dialogue in a globalized African community. The writer uses material from the library and internet sources. He consulted articles in Journal, Dictionaries and textbooks.

This paper is titled "Pauline Concept of Agape: It's Implication for Religious Peace and Harmony in Africa." There is an unhealthy tension among different religious groups in Africa today. This tension is much more pronounced between the Christians and Muslims. Religion is being used as an instrument for destabilizing the unity, peace and progress of some nations in Africa especially Nigeria. Recently, there were incidences of religio-political conflicts in Nigeria and other nations in Africa. These conflicts have led to destruction of lives and properties. Fear, anxiety and suspicion have been created through it. The African Union at different times have set up panel of enquiry to unravel the remote causes of these conflicts and suggest lasting solution that would bring sustainable peace to the polity. But unfortunately, nothing tangible has been achieved from the panel of inquiries set up to find lasting solution to these problems. The results of religious intolerance are the breaking down of law and order, killing of innocent citizens and destruction of properties. Religious intolerance has led to hatred, social deprivation and injustices among various religious groups. One of the reasons why religious conflicts have not been controlled in Africa is because the government is not sincere in its approach to solving the problem and people are not ready to practice love for their neighbor. The practice of love is what Paul called agaph. Agaph is a common term in the Greco-Roman world which Paul borrowed and used as technis termini in his writings to the Corinthian church. A study of agaph and its application from the letters of Paul is timely for such a pluralistic and diverse society as ours in Africa. The ultimate aim of agaph is to create an atmosphere of peace, justice and unity among different religious groups especially between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. The thesis of this paper is that love is imperative and it should be practiced in order to achieve peace and harmony in Africa and most especially in Nigeria where religious bigotry and intolerance predominate. The method used in this paper is eclectic. It is a method that combines historical-grammatical method in an intercultural hermeneutic. The paper is divided into five sections. Section one begins with the etymology of the term agaph . Section two exegetes 1Cor. 13:4-10 while section three deals with overview of ethno-religious crises in Africa using Nigeria as a case-study. Section four discusses the implication of agaph for ethno-religious peace and harmony while section five concludes with recommendations for the African state.

This paper empirically examine the effects of national deforestation policy on the protection of Nigerian ecosystem. It examine the government policy to reduce or totally eradicate the growing effects of forests depletion on humanity, animals and the economy.Apart from largely dependent on secondary means of data collection, It will examine the objectives, the formulation, implementation together with the evaluation of the national deforestation policy in Nigeria.The paper conclude that the national deforestation policy has not achieved substantial success in curbing or eradicating the growing deforestation in Nigeria.Consequently, some necessary policy recommendations are made to improve the national deforestation policy in Nigeria.

This paper attempts to diagnose the strategic development plan and it's resultant effects on inequality reduction in Nigeria. Having heavily relied on secondary methods of data collection, it will examine the objectives, problems and the relevant programmes of strategic development plan and how long it has gone to reduce the chronic inequality in Nigeria. This paper consequently concludes that the strategic development plan inequality in Nigeria has done little to reduce economic, social and political inequality in Nigeria. It will therefore suggest that more need to be done to ensure the success of the plan in reducing inequality in Nigeria ecosystem.

Sustainability issues in residential buildings in many cities of the world and the search for factors that influence the level of maintenance of residential buildings, with appropriate measures to assist in the solutions to the problems of building maintenance has been an issue of concern, most especially to the house designers and developers in Niger State, Nigeria. This paper therefore planned to determine factors that influence the level of maintenance of residential buildings' standards. The research method employed was descriptive and inferential survey. The data collected were subjected to uni-variate analysis and multi-variate analysis, using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study found among others that factors that influence the level of maintenance of residential buildings standards includes, (i) building's state of repair, (ii) building type and (iii) Owners/Occupiers highest level of education. The paper concludes that for any meaningful approach to maintainability of residential buildings in view of adequate provision of descent accommodation for the populace, the state Government need to embark on public enlightenment campaign for the residential buildings' owners/occupants on the need for residential buildings and building premises maintenance and the implication for failure to maintain buildings and buildings' premises regularly. Keywords: Appraisal, building standards, maintenance, residential building, sustainability.

This thrust of this paper is identification and analysis of the major types of nominal compounds in both German and Yoruba languages. This is with a view to bringing out the differences and similarities that exist in the word formation processes of nominal compounds of the two languages under consideration. For the purpose of this analysis, 217nominal compounds (110 from Yoruba and 107 from German) were considered. The paper identified the types of nominal compounds in the two languages under consideration and discussed the peculiar morphosyntactic features leading to their formation. It was concluded that the nominal compounds from both languages have some linguistic characteristics in common. One of the major similarities in the two languages is the binary structure of their nominal compounds. This characteristic is evidently noticed even in compounds possessing more than two constituents. However, the nominal compounds in the two languages differ syntactically. While German maintains the Determiner – Determined word order, Yoruba however maintains the Determined - Determiner word order.Keywords: Contrastive Linguistics, Word Formation, Nominal Compounds

Several researches have shown that students record low achievement in basic science. This has been attributed to conventional lecture method commonly used by science teachers. Scholars have thus recommended the use of other innovative strategies that could facilitate the teaching and learning of basic science. Two of such strategies are Cognitive Apprenticeship and Critical Exploration Teaching Strategies. There is paucity of research on effects of these two strategies on students' achievement in basic science. This study therefore, used Cognitive Apprenticeship Strategy (CAS) and Critical Exploration Teaching Strategies (CES) to enhance students' achievement in basic science in Osun State. The study adopted a pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design using multi-stage sampling technique to select two hundred and seventy JSS students from nine junior secondary schools in three local government areas of Osun state. The schools were randomly assigned to experimental (CAS and CES) and control (CS) groups, and treatments lasted for 12 weeks. Validated instrument titled: "Basic Science Students Achievement test (r=0.81) was used in the study. One hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using ANCOVA and Duncan Post hoc test. The result showed that there was significant main effect of treatment on students' achievement in basic science (F (2,257) =66.56; ?2=.34). Cognitive Apprenticeship Strategy students (=13.35) performed better than Critical Exploration Strategy (=13.23) and Conventional Strategy (=7.90). Cognitive Apprenticeship and Critical Exploration teaching strategies greatly enhanced students' academic achievement in Basic science. It was recommended that curriculum developers and basic science teachers should adopt the two activity-based strategies for the improvement of students' achievement in basic science.