AUTHORSHIP

The listing of authors should only include those who have made intellectual contributions to the manuscript, who will publicly take responsibility for the data and conclusions and who have approved the final version. Every listed author must have made significant contribution to the conception, design, execution and/or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should only be acknowledged.

TYPESETTING

The final manuscript, references, and author’s biography must be submitted electronically in MS Word after acceptance. Should manuscript make heavy use of equations, symbols, coding, etc., we kindly request that you also submit the PDFs in addition to the MS Word file. The text within the manuscript should be edited for proper use of the English language (UK) with clear, concise sentences. Please proofread the copy for typographical, grammar and spelling errors All text should be single -spaced, left-justified in 11 point Times New Roman type. Manuscripts must be formatted on A4 paper, 11 point Times New Roman font type, single or 1.15 spaced, justified, double column and not more than 8 pages with 1” margin on all sides. Authors’ information should be placed at the top of the first page followed by the abstract (no more than 250 words) and 3-5 keywords. Each author’s information should include full first name followed by last name and detailed affiliation. The corresponding author must be indicated as a footnote on the first page A reasonable structure should be adopted with well defined sectional headings such as Introduction, Related work Research Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References. Please put all primary section titles in UPPER CASE letters preceded by a point number and the next subheading in both Upper and Lower Case letters with appropriate section numbers. Please ensure that any subheadings under the second subheading are easily identifiable. Block paragraphing should be used where each paragraph is justified uniformly across all sections. Tables and Figures should be well labeled with appropriate numbering and titles at top and bottom of table and figure respectively. Use “Table” in front of Table numbers and “Fig.” in front of figure numbers. Equations should be well numbered and formatted as well. All images must be properly embedded within the manuscript; authors should ensure that images have high-resolution (600 dpi or more) for quality printing on paper. Make sure complete editing of each manuscript is conducted to ensure proper use of English language, grammatical structure, spelling and punctuation. Attention to these details will contribute to clear, concise communication of your ideas. The template provided will help make this exercise easier.

REFERENCING STYLE

References must be fully documented and organized strictly in the APA (American Psychological Association) IV style; this is similar to the Harvard style of referencing. References should relate only to material cited within the manuscript and be listed in alphabetical order at the end of each manuscript. The reference should be typed single-spaced and arranged alphabetically by the first author’s surname. Citation should use (Surnames, year); references with 3 authors or less must be cited with all authors' surnames. References with more than 3 authors should be cited as (First Author's Surname et al, year).

REFERENCE TEMPLATE:
Published Journal Article: Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (year), Title of journal article, Title of journal, vol. X, No. Y, pp. start-page – end-page. First-Author-Last-Name, First-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials, and 2nd-Author-Last-Name, 2nd-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (year), Title of journal article, Title of journal, vol. X, No. Y, pp. start-page – end-page.
Journal Article in press: Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (in press), Title of article, Title of journal.

Book: Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name (year), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher. First-Author-Last-Name, First-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials, 2nd-Author-Last-Name, 2nd-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials and 3rd-Author-Last-Name, 3rd-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (year), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.
Edited Book: Editor-Last-Name, Editor-First-Name (Ed.) (year), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.

Book Chapter: Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name (year), Title of Chapter, Chapter X in Editor-Initials Editor-Last-name (Ed.), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.

Report from a university: Broadhurst, R. G., & Maller, R. A. (1991). Sex offending and recidivism (Tech. Rep. No. 3). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia, Crime Research Centre. Adeyeri, Joseph B. and Eruosanyin. I. O. (1995). Some Engineering Properties of Laterite Bricks from Soils in Ondo State: Geotechnical Laboratory Report no. 4. Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria: Ondo State University.

Published Conference Proceedings: Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1991). A motivational approach to self: Integration in personality. In R. Dienstbier (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 38. Perspectives on motivation (pp. 237-288). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Unpublished doctoral dissertation or master’s theses: Wilfley, D. (1989). Interpersonal analyses of bulimia: Normal-weight and obese. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia. Paper presented at … : Lanktree, C., & Briere, J. (1991, January). Early data on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSC-C). Paper presented at the meeting of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, San Diego, CA. Web sites: VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5, 117-123. Retrieved October 13, 2001, from http://jbr.org/articles.html For further information on the APA referencing style, visit www.apastyle.org

MANUSCRIPT CHARGES

Nigerian Authors are required to pay N20,000 (Twenty Thousand naira only) as review processing fee while those whose manuscript is accepted for publication will be required to pay an additional publication charge of N20,000 (twenty thousand naira only) before publication. International authors are NOT required to pay the Review fee but will pay a publication charge of $100 (one hundred US dollars) before an accepted paper is published. Significant discount can be given to International authors from lower middle and low income countries (as classified by World Bank), based after an email request.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright is owned by authors after manuscript is accepted but published under the creative commons license CC-BY-NC. This journal allows for self-archiving by authors on their personal websites or other academic forum such as Researchgate, Google Scholar etc. In cases where pagination obligation cannot be met, publication of accepted articles can ONLY be deferred to future volumes/issues. In very extreme circumstances, the determination of the withdrawal of an article remains with the Journal’s Editorial Board.

ETHICAL MATTERS

Authors using experimental animals and human subjects in their investigation must seek approval from the appropriate Ethical Committee in accordance with "Principles of Laboratory Animal Care" (NIH publication no. 85-23, revised 1985) and/or the declaration of Helsinki promulgated in 1964 as amended in 1996. The method section must include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained. Plagiarism, multiple publications of the same data or research and other unethical conducts will not be tolerated by the journal.

GALLEY PROOFS

Galley proofs will be sent to the address given for correspondence. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the galley proofs are returned without delay. Further details on the Editorial board, Reviewers, Author’s instruction, Editorial policies and other information can be found on the Journal website