International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies(IJHAS)

International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS) http://airccse.com/ijhas/index.html Article Title: An Examination of the Impact of Net Capital Inflows on the Financial Sector of the Nigerian Economy  ABSTRACT: This study investigated the impact of net capital inflows on financial sector of the Nigerian economy between 1986 to 2015. Annual secondary time series data obtained from the database of World Bank Development Indicators (WBDI) were employed with a VAR econometric approach for the study. Empirical results emanating from this work revealed the presence of a unique long run relationship among the variables specified in the model. The adjustment parameter was significant and appropriately signed. This shows that economic growth and other key macroeconomic variables in Nigeria adjusts fairly, though sluggishly to financial sector development within the period referenced. Evidence from granger causality testing showed that foreign capital...

International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS) http://airccse.com/ijhas/index.html Article Title :  Declining Electoral Participation in the Established Democracies - The Unintended Role of their Neo-Liberal Policies  Fizza Batool Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Karachi ABSTRACT The number of countries having democratic governments elected through public votes has almost quadrupled as a result of second and third waves of democratization. Incongruously, however, countries that were once involved in the development of this idea of one-person-one-vote are witnessing continuous regression in the political participation. The paper looks at the empirical and theoretical research on the factors influencing electoral participation and explains how they are insufficient in explaining the observed decline. An impetus is provided for studying regression in political participation as an unintended consequence ...

International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS) http://airccse.com/ijhas/index.html Article Title : The Interface of Footballing and Gambling Saga Among Muslim Youths in Nigeria: Contemporary Challenges and Islamic Solution Muhammad Maga Sule and Adam Yusuf Adam Department of Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto ABSTRACT Online football betting has become prevalent among Nigerian youths and for which Muslim youth are deeply involved. Betting of any kind is prohibited in Islam with evidence stated in many verses of the Glorious Qur’an and Ahadith. Therefore, this paper studied how Muslim youths participate in online football betting and the negative effects therein. It is also observed that due to the get rich quick syndrome and lack of the true Islamic knowledge led most of the Muslim youths into online football betting. The paper discussed most of the prevailing effects of betting/gambling on Muslim youth. The work suggested...