Costume is a very important aspect of the people cultural identity. It is one amongst others ways
you can identify the culture and personality of the wearers. It function serves more than covering
of the body, it is a unique identity that is particular to the people it is identifying. The researcher
observed that costume is not mere a fashion but rather as an indispensable tools in cultural
reflection thereby showing its element of culture and a means of identifying class, status, group,
position, as well as religion. This research is aimed at examining the traditional Benin society, in
general and studies the costume use at 2016 coronation ceremony in particular. The research
method adopted in carrying out this study is qualitative method of research, using pictorial
representation and analyses. The findings of the study reveals that costumes communicate
meaning and beauty of the Benin people and it
reflect their social, status, and cultural heritage, it therefore recommends that there should be a
platform where citizens especially youth should be educated about the significance of costume in
cultural practices

The aim of this study is to examine the attitude of male and
female students toward religious education (CRS) in senior
secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State
and also whether there is any significant difference between their
attitude in respect to family background, the student concept, the
teacher factor, the school environment, the subject curriculum and
instructional methods. The students who participated were from four senior
secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area from SS1 class
(N = 80). To gather the data, a simple percentage process was used
to know the degree of respondents. According to the findings from the result of the gathered
information, there was no significant difference between the male
and female student’s attitudes toward religious education
regarding the various variables used.

Pollution is a very predominant problem in Nigeria. As a developing nation, we face
challenges of constant economic recession and this can have effect on so many facets of life
including construction. Road construction is now so expensive. In other to combat pollution
and bad roads, waste can be used with other construction materials to construct better
roads.
In this study, the geotechnical properties of natural soil were determined, the effect of
mixture of orange peels in proportions of 2%, 4%, 6% and 8% were observed and the
appropriate mix ratio was ascertained. The soil samples were obtained from Faculty of
Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, from two locations. The following
tests were carried out; Moisture content Test, Specific Gravity Test, Sieve analysis, Atterberg
Limit tests, Compaction tests, California Bearing Ratio tests and on the treated and
untreated laterite soil. This laboratory tests were carried out to determine the suitability of
these waste materials when mixed with the soil samples. For the control sample, the specific gravity was obtained to be 2.69 and 2.73 which is above
2.50 but not greater than 3.0 for lateritic soils, this shows a high plasticity. The plasticity
index was obtained as 39.49% which indicates that the soil is not medium in plasticity. Also, from the sieve analysis, the soil is classified as an A-2-6 soil according to AASTHO. This value
indicates that it is good for subgrade material. Therefore, these soil reinforcement
techniques with orange peel can only be used for Trunk D roads or as subgrade materials
which require a minimum soaked CBR of 5%. For Trunk A, B and C roads, the mixture would
require a binder like cement before being considered as subbase and base course materials

Over the years, human trafficking which involves the trafficking of people especially young and
able bodied people for forced labour and prostitution has become a recurrent problem in Nigeria
human trafficking has been an endemic social problem in Edo State in which the state alone
constitute about 46 percentage of human trafficking in Nigeria. It was in an attempt to tackle to
tackle the menace of human trafficking in Nigeria that the Federal government established
National Agency for the Prohibition of traffic in persons and other related matters (NAPTIP) in
2003. The agency is saddled with the onerous responsibility of investigating and persecuting
offenders of this heinous crime. On this note, this study has assessed the role of the agency in
combating human trafficking in Nigeria with special focus on Edo State which is notorious and
endemic hub for human trafficking in Nigeria. This study has identified the root causes of human
trafficking tits social and economic consequence in Edo State. It has also examined the strategies
adopted by National Agency for the Prohibition of traffic in persons and other related matters in
combating the menace as well as the challenges the agency has faced in carrying out its statutory
responsibilities. This has established that successes recorded so far by (NAPTIP) have been the
collaborative efforts of other stakeholders such as the European Union, (EU) International
Organization for Migration (IOM), Non-government organizations, civil society groups, local
non-government organizations as well as the traditional institution of Benin, the Oba and his
chiefs in the fight against the scourge. Despite several efforts by the government in collaboration
with local and international non-governmental organizations, humanitarian and civil society
organizations, human trafficking is still to be totally eradicated.

The study investigated the Differential Effectiveness of Cognitive Restructuring
Therapy (CRT), Social Skills Training (SST) and Assertiveness Training (AT) Counselling
Techniques in Handling Shyness using Students in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Egor
Local Government Area of Edo State. The study determined the general level of shyness as
well as among male and female students in junior secondary schools in Egor Local Government
Area of Edo State. The study also determined if sex influenced the efficacies of the three
counselling therapies in the handling of shyness among students in junior secondary schools in
Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. To address the problem of the study, nine research
questions were raised and seven of them were formulated into seven corresponding hypotheses
and tested at 0.05 level of significance.
The target population of the study consisted of thirty thousand, five hundred and
seventy-four (30,574) students enrolled in the 2022/2023 academic session in the Public Mixed
Junior Secondary Schools Two (JSS2) in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The
sample size comprised of two hundred (200) junior secondary school students which were
selected using a multi-stage sampling technique. Quasi experimental research design which
involved non-equivalent pre-test-post-test design was adopted for the study which consisted of
three experimental groups. The instrument used for pre-test and post-test was the questionnaire
titled; Shyness Inventory (SI). The validity of the instrument was ascertained by three experts
the researcher’s two supervisors and one test expert in the Department of Educational
Evaluation and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin-City.
The instrument was administered on thirty students outside the sample of the study to
determine the reliability of the instrument. Cronbach Alpha statistics was used to obtain a
reliability coefficient of 0.85. The Shyness Inventory (SI) was used to identify the shy students

who took part in the study. The treatment intervention lasted for a period of six weeks of two
sessions weekly lasting for forty-five (45) minutes per session. The data collected were
analysed using descriptive statistics of frequencies, means and standard deviation and
inferential statistics of paired sample t-test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).
The findings of the study showed that the level of shyness among students in Junior
Secondary Schools in Edo State was high. That SST was most effective followed by AT and
CRT was least effective in handling shyness among students in junior secondary schools in
Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Also, there was no significant interaction effect of
treatment by sex of the participants. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others
that, counsellors and counselling psychologists should, therefore, utilize the three counselling
therapies in handling shyness among secondary school students.

The main aim of this study is to examine deviant workplace behaviour of employees in public hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. In this study,100 questionnaires were administered while 91 copies of the questionnaires were retrieved making a response rate of 91% and used as data for the analysis. The result shows that Job Stress have a positive and insignificant effect on the deviant workplace behaviour of the employees in public hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. The result shows that workover-load have a positive and significant effect on employee deviant workplace behaviour in public hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. Also, the result shows that role ambiguity and conflict have a positive and significant effect on the employee workplace behaviour in public hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. Lastly, the result shows that there exist a positive and significant effect on the deviant workplace behaviour of the employees in public hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. It was recommended that organizations should establish a clear and comprehensive policies and code of conduct, organizations should make regular training and awareness programs available to educate employees about these policies and fostera culture of respect and professionalism in the workplace. Also, those organizations should train the supervisors and managers in conflict resolution and effective leadership and continuously monitor the employees satisfaction through appraisal and reward and recognize good behaviour of employees to boost the moral of he employees.

Background: Low back pain (LBP) remains a significant global health challenge, impacting individuals across all agegroups and socioeconomic strata. Despite advancements in physiotherapeutic interventions, the debate persists on the preference for manual therapy (MT) versus electrotherapy (ET) as adjuvants in managing LBP. This study evaluates the preferences of physiotherapists for MT or ET in the treatment of LBP within a tertiary health institution. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate physiotherapists' intervention preferences for manual therapy or electrotherapy in the treatment of low back pain. In addition, it also seeks to identify the factors that influence their intervention preference and to assess the implication of these intervention preferences on patients’ outcome and clinical practice in general Method: Utilizing a purposive sampling technique, data for this study was collected using the self-administered questionnaire adapted from the Pain Attitudes and Belief Scale for Physiotherapy (PABS-PT) questionnaire. 45 physiotherapists (57% female and 42% male) were recruited from seven (7) units completed the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics of mean, frequency and standard deviation were used to summarize the data. Result: 57.8% were female, while 42.2% were male .Most respondents (73.3%) were aged 18–29 years, indicating a young workforce with 91.1% having a Bachelor’s degree. 64.4% had less than one year of clinical experience, with only 8.9% practicing for more than 10 years. 55.6% reported frequent use of MT, 46.7% often used ET, while 26.7% always used it. 68.9% consistently utilized exercise therapy alongside MT and ET. 37.8% believed MT was the most effective for LBP, 51.1% considered ET an essential treatment component and majority (55.6%) factored clinical reasoning into their choice of therapy. The main barriers of utilization were, lack of equipment reported 80%., lack of time cited 54.5%, patients with iv comorbidities Identified by 66.7% and insufficient training noted by 57.8%. Treatment Approaches for LBP Only 15.6% preferred MT alone, while 13.3% favored ET alone treatment. The majority (55.6%) preferred combining MT and ET for better outcomes. Conclusion: The study highlighted that physiotherapists recognize the benefits of integrating MT and ET to address the multifactorial nature of LBP effectively. However, barriers such as lack of equipment and insufficient training limit optimal utilization.

The study was aimed at comparing the academic behaviour in myopic and hyperopic school children. One hundred and sixteen (116) school children were examined which comprised of seventy-seven (77) myopes and thirty-nine (39) hyperopes, drawn from two (2) secondary schools in Ugbowo, Benin city. The academic behaviour was categorised into reading duration, ability to see the board from the back of the classroom, ability to focus while studying, ability to study without experiencing headache, ability to study without experiencing blurry vision, ability to study without experiencing strain and academic performance in percentage (%). The result of the comparison of the academic behviour using the independent t-test showed no significant difference in the academic behaviour of myopic and hyperopic school children, except in their ability to see the board from the back. Thus, we conclude by saying that myopic and hyperopic school children exhibit similar behaviour except in their ability to see the board from the back

This study examined the effect of campus political participation on the academic performance of undergraduate students of the University of Benin, Benin City. It examined how campus politics influence the academic performance of students who involve in it. The questionnaire was made up of two sections: Section A consisted of Bio-Data while Section B consisted of relevant information on the effects of campus political participation on the academic performance of students. The simple random and test-retest reliability. The simple random sampling technique was used for analyzing the data collected. The results from the analysis showed that participation in campus politics among other factors is a major factor that influences students’ academic performance and its effect is negative hence the level of academic performance of students who participate in campus politics at the University of Benin, Benin City, is moderate. From the result of the analysis it was recommended that adequate orientation should be given to students who intend to engage in campus politics and those already involved so as to understand the nature of activity they intend participating in as well as discouraging those who are not strong enough to maintain a balance between academics and politics at the early stage as this will enable them outline their priorities

This study is conducted to investigate the factors associated with the teaching and learning of Computer Science in Senior Secondary School in Oredo local government of Edo state. Based on the research, questionnaire was designed was designed for the study. One hundred copies of the questionnaire were administered on the analysis of the data, the following findings were discovered. The study revealed that there are some problems facing the teaching and learning of computer science such as inadequate professionally trained computer teachers, inadequate funding, negative attitudes of teachers towards students, etc. Also to the extent to which lack of infrastructural facilities and teaching aids affect the effective teaching and learning of computer science in senior secondary school was discussed in the cause of the study. Also it was discovered that inadequate of computer system could lead to lack of practical which happen to lack of effective teaching and learning of computer science in Senior Secondary School.