This study examined environmental adult education for curbing the effects of illegal oil bunkering on Ogoni land, Rivers State. It was guided by three research objectives and three research questions, The population for this study consisted of 1,499 members of 20 Community-Based Organisations (CBOS), which were drawn from farmers and fisherfolk in Gokana and Khana Local Government Areas of Rivers State, out of which 400 CBO members were sampled through a simple random sampling technique. The instruments for data collection were a validated self-developed questionnaire titled “Environmental Adult Education Programme as a Tool for Reducing Community Participation in Illegal Oil Bunkering Questionnaire (EAETRCPIOBQ)”. The instrument had a reliability index of 0.87. Data collected were analyzed using the mean statistics and standard deviation Findings revealed that poverty, unemployment, a lack of livelihood alternatives, weak institutional frameworks, and systemic corruption are central factors sustaining illegal oil bunkering in Ogoni land, despite government intervention. Community members in the area of study are environmentally aware of the impacts of illegal oil bunkering. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended, among other things, that the establishment of job programmes, skill acquisition facilities, and sustainable livelihood prospects in Ogoni land should be given top priority by the government, oil corporations, and development partners.

Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning are experiencing twin perilous challenges national leadership irrationality and internal anomie. As a result, many of the products of the institutions are not only half-baked but they are also unemployable. The deterioration is perennial and its causes are legion. Little or no decisive steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation over the years. In this study, an attempt is made, from the literary perspective, to historicise the problems, unearth their genesis and, in view of the findings, proffer suggestion that can help revive the standard. The theoretical framework adopted for the study, which is predicated on qualitative research methodology, is New Historicism. Each problem identified plaguing the institutions, from the selected texts, constitutes data for the study. The findings show that the moral decadence in the larger society is reflecting on Nigerian institutions of higher Learning, because the institutions are microcosm of the macro-society. The schools are not maintained; they are littered with substandard structures and academic programmes are marred by erratic policies, paucity of fund, riots, strike action and the purloining of fund appropriated for their development. To address these problems, the study suggests declaration of state of emergency on the Nigerian educational sector and reforms to salvage it from the sharp practices corroding standard in the system.

Against the background of China’s doctoral recruitment system shifting from scale expansion to quality orientation, the institutional logic and operational effectiveness of doctoral admissions have come under continuous attention. Taking International Relations as a disciplinary entry point, this study selects Tsinghua University and Peking University in China, together with the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University in Japan, as comparative cases. Through institutional document analysis, the paper examines the organizational structure, selection procedures, and decision-making mechanisms of doctoral admissions in International Relations across these universities. The findings indicate that Chinese universities place stronger emphasis on procedural standardization and comparability, relying primarily on centralized institutional arrangements and document-based evaluation to complete the selection process. In contrast, Japanese universities depend more heavily on laboratories or research units and faculty judgment, positioning research fit at the core of admission decisions. These differences reflect institutionally embedded choices shaped by disciplinary structures, configurations of academic communities, and state–university relations.

The study Investigates empirically the Impact of technological development on deposit money banks’ performance in Nigeria using annual lime series covering a period of 13 years, which is between 2009 Ql and 2021 Q4. To accomplish this objective, descriptive statistics, the unit root test, and Toda- Yamamoto modelling techniques were adopted for the analysis. The study shows that the number of points of sale does not affect deposit money banks' performance; and the number of mobile payments does not affect deposit money banks’ performance in Nigeria, but the number of automated teller machines enhances deposit money banks Performance. The study therefore concludes that technological development enhanced deposit money banks’ performance in Nigeria within the period of study. The study recommends that efforts be made to improve the efficiency of ATM service delivery in the country. There is a need to always fund the machines to ease transactions and prevent the risk of customers carrying cash over long distances to banks.

While the mitigation of climate change is typically framed as a problem globally, the literary genre of climate fiction (cli-fi) plays an indispensable role in shaping the cultural and psychological conditions necessary for collective action. Climate fiction addresses the issue by transforming abstract statistics and distant future projections into tangible, emotionally resonant human experiences. First, cli-fi serves as a "prosthetic imagination," allowing readers to inhabit the lived realities of a warming planet thereby breaking through the psychological barriers of temporal and spatial distance that often paralyse action. By providing concrete sensory details and character-driven plots, these narratives make the "hyperobject" of climate change comprehensible and personally relevant. Thus, the paper is an attempt to examine how climate fiction functions as a repository for future memory and a workshop for social resilience. Unlike purely apocalyptic narratives that can induce fatalistic despair, the most effective works of climate fiction model adaptive strategies, reimagine community structures and explore the ethical dilemmas of mitigation and justice. They offer speculative spaces where readers can confront the emotional weight of loss while simultaneously envisioning pathways toward survivable and even thriving futures. This process of pre-traumatic growth and narrative forecasting is crucial for building the psychological stamina required for long-term civic engagement. Cli-fi shape the perceptual frameworks through which society interprets the world with positive impacts. In a culture saturated with misinformation and short-term thinking, climate fiction provides a counter-narrative that centres long-term responsibility and interconnectedness. To conclude, mitigating climate change requires not only technological innovation but also a transformation of the human imagination. By bridging the divide between knowing and feeling, climate fiction cultivates the moral urgency and collective will needed to translate awareness into action, positioning narrative as an essential, though often overlooked, tool in the global effort to stabilize the planet’s climate.

The gold jewellery takes a unique position in the Indian consumer market, and it is both a cultural object and an investment tool as well as a branded luxury item. The increasing trend of the unorganised local jewellers to the organised and brand-oriented jewellery retailers has increased the concern to examine the determinants of consumer buying behaviour in the culturally based markets. The purpose of the study was to investigate brand-led gold jewellery purchasing behaviour in the socio-cultural and economic aspects with a particular reference to PC Chandra, Kolkata. The descriptive and analytical research design was taken and 250 branded gold jewellery consumers in Kolkata were used as a sample on which the primary data were collected with the help of a structured questionnaire. The paper utilized percentage analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis and paired sample t-test to verify the hypotheses suggested. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between socio-cultural factors and brand-led buying behaviour of gold jewellery. The socio-cultural influence was also observed to have a great impact on the purchase intention of the consumers. In addition, the research determined that there existed a substantial gap in the exposure to brand-related attributes among consumers and the perception of the gold jewellery brand created by PC Chandra, indicating that there was a perception-exposure gap in the study. It has a contribution to the relevant literature by introducing a combined, city-based, empirical research of the brand-based buying behaviour of gold jewellery and it also has a contribution to the management knowledge by providing empirical research on the enhancement of brand strategies in culturally intensive markets.