INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES
NO.24 SEPTEMBER 2020
P-ISSN: 0855-9740 E-2773-837X
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Comedy in the Era of a Pandemic: A Content Analysis of COVID-19 Comedy Skits 1
William Kodom Gyasi & Manasseh Jonah Bangmarigu
Aggressive Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Ibadan, Nigeria: Relationship with Family Functioning and Parenting Styles 27
Samuel O. Osasona, Olaide Nathaniel Koleoso & Michael Godswill Okolie
Serialization in Nigerian Video-Films: A Critique of The Crazy King and Audio Money 49
Jacob Shimrumun Ioraa & Ter Akaa
Media Sustainability in a Developing Economy: What Model for Nigeria? 65
Daniel Ofomegbe, Ekhareafo & Michael Nwabuzor
Parting with the Part: Actors’ Approach to De-roling in ABU Studio Theatre Experiment 89
Victor Osae Ihidero
An Evaluation of Current Trends in Energy and Business Specialised Journalism 105
Diri I. Teilanyo & Christian T. Diri
Theatrical Musicality in Olu Obafemi’s Scapegoats and Sacred Cows 129
Tosin Elijah Oje & Philo Igue Okpeki
A Consideration of the Import of English Language in Contemporary World 141
Patience Omosigho Edomioya
Local Government Administration and Community Development: A Survey of Ayedaade Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria 153
Olumide O. Omodunbi, Oluwatobi O. Omotoye & Moradeyo Oluwatobi Adeoye
Ancestor Worship in Traditional Benin Kingdom: A Socio-Religious Appraisal 175
Clifford Meesua Sibani & Felicia Edosa
‘High’ Regime, ‘Popular’ Protestant: Negotiating the Cultural Departures in Nigerian Literary Consumption and Criticism 191
Aghogho Agbamu
Historiography and Verisimilitude in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun 213
Onyeka Ike
Social Media Comment Feature and its Use by National Youth Service Corps Members in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria 247
Jammy Seigha Guanah
Festivals in Nigeria: Behind the Scenes of a Grandeur Celebration 267
Ambrose Oroboh Uchenunu & Shaibu Husseini
Inherent Complement Verbs (ICV) in Urhobo 289
Eseoghene Aleh
Humanism is not Anti Natural Science 307
Samuel Otu Ishaya
Nigerian Film Audience’s Perception of Homosexuality 321
Ogboh Mary Nkemdilim
Matricentric Feminism and Mythology in Umaru Landan and Dexter Lyndersay’s Shaihu Umar 347
Chinyere Lilian Okam
Public Infrastructure Expenditure and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Test of the Big Push Theory 365
Faith Ogheneovo Onotaniyohwo & Danjuma Iyaji
Contextualization Paradigm in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23: A Panacea for Multi-Religious Barriers to
Evangelization of the Christian Faith in Cross River State, Nigeria 381
Enebieni Enebieni Eko & Dimgba Dimgba Esowe
Job Satisfaction among Employees of Kano Zoological Garden, Kano, Nigeria 405
Kehinde Moruff Adelakun
Informal Sector and Solid Wastes Disposal in the City of Lagos, Nigeria 419
Folorunso Sunday Ayadi
Help for the Girl-Child: Making a Difference through Participatory Theatre for Development433
Ruth Etuwe Epochi-Olise & Nkemdirim Olubunmi Adedina
Eco-Metaphoric Construct as Resonance for Sustaining Nature: An Interrogation of Kelechi Ogbonna’s The
Tamarisk: A Healing Shrub 451
Achor Friday Akowe
The Relevance of Mother Tongue on COVID-19 Community Sensitization of Amauzari in Isi-Ala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria 467
Blessing Ugochi Uwasomba