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Item Development of Draught Early Warning System (DEWS) in Nigeria: A Review of Progress, Challenges and Future Directions(ICEC, 2025) AJiboye, Johnson Adegbenga; Ofeoshi, C. I.; Adesiji, A. R.; Saidu, M.Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS) are important tools for reducing the impact of drought on agriculture, water resources, and food security. This review explores drought trends in Nigeria, assessing the progress, challenges, and future directions of DEWS development. Analysis of past drought occurrences reveals that Nigeria has experienced notable drought episodes in 1914, 1924, 1935, 1943, 1951-1954, 1972-1973, and 1991-1995, with the driest decades recorded between 1970 and 1990. The increasing trend of drought events is linked to climate change, land degradation, and poor water management. Nigeria's primary DEWS, managed by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), employs indices such as the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Palmer Drought Severity Index. However, these systems face significant challenges, including data gaps, limited technological integration, and inadequate community participation. An analysis of past studies shows advancements in satellite-based vegetation health indices, climate modelling, and machine learning algorithms. However, DEWS effectiveness is hindered by institutional weaknesses, data limitations, and insufficient stakeholder engagement. Key challenges include governance, coordination, funding, and capacity building. Future research should focus on intègrating local knowledge and indigenous practices, developing more complex and integrated DEWS models, improving data quality, and enhancing communication strategies. This review aims to inform policymakers, researchers, and practitioners about the need to strengthen DEWS to support drought resilience and sustainable development in Nigeria.Item Disinformation, Fake News, and the prolonged Academic Staff union of Universities strike: The Nigerian Universities’ story(2024) F.J. Abduldayan; S.O. Abu; R.S. Ahmed; M.A. Gomna; M.A. Salubuyi; P.O. Chuks-IbeInformation literacy skill is essential for everyone especially at this age of information overload where it is often difficult to sieve the truth out of the numerous information dissemination channels available on the Internet. Librarians and libraries are at the forefront of ensuring that only should accurate, timely, and reliable information is offered to their users. However, the scourge of disinformation and fake news has created a huge gap which libraries and librarians are expected to fill. The study examined the impact of disinformation and fake news on the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike in Nigerian universities. Secondary data was gathered from the report by ASUU National executives and Government officials from the Ministry of Education and Labour at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Also, reactions from Nigerian students to some of the information on the Internet was mined from Twitter. Content and thematic analysis was done on the gathered data using the Braun & Clarke thematic analysis approach. The findings of the study provided a framework that can be adopted to fill information and communication gap between the university union, the government, and Nigerian students in order to limit the effect of disinformation and fake news on the public and the Nation at large. Also, the result of the study showed the reports from Government officials, Academic Staff Union of University and students’ perspectives. The study recommended that libraries should have official social media handle where current information be disseminated regularly.Item Towards a Reliable Metadata: Enhancing Data Integrity of Institutional Repositories in the Era of Information Explosion in Nigeria(DC Paper, 2024) Jeremiah Agada Enenche.; Samuel Jimmy Udoudoh.; Abduldayan, F. J.; Ogochukwu T. EmiriAmid Nigeria's information explosion, institutional repositories stand as crucial infrastructures for managing and preserving scholarly output. This study explores metadata integrity within Nigerian institutional repositories amidst challenges such as inconsistent standards, accuracy issues, and the lack of quality control. Through an investigative approach utilising data from OpenDOAR, the study identifies 23 institutional repositories out of the 265 NUC-approved universities in Nigeria, highlighting a low adoption rate of repositories. DSpace emerges as the predominant repository software of choice (87.5%), with journal articles being the most common content type. The study recommended increased adoption of institutional repositories in Nigeria, standardization, enhanced metadata practices, and continuous evaluation. Implementation of these recommendations can bolster repository efficacy, uniform metadata schema, better interoperability, and visibility, and enhance research impact nationally and internationally.Item Towards a Reliable Metadata: Enhancing Data Integrity of Institutional Repositories in the Era of Information Explosion in Nigeria(22nd International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications is organised by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2024) Agada Enenche, J.; Jimmy Udoudoh, S.; Abduldayan, F. J.; Ogochukwu T. EmiriAmid Nigeria's information explosion, institutional repositories stand as crucial infrastructures for managing and preserving scholarly output. This study explores metadata integrity within Nigerian institutional repositories amidst challenges such as inconsistent standards, accuracy issues, and the lack of quality control. Through an investigative approach utilising data from OpenDOAR, the study identifies 23 institutional repositories out of the 265 NUC-approved universities in Nigeria, highlighting a low adoption rate of repositories. DSpace emerges as the predominant repository software of choice (87.5%), with journal articles being the most common content type. The study recommended increased adoption of institutional repositories in Nigeria, standardization, enhanced metadata practices, and continuous evaluation. Implementation of these recommendations can bolster repository efficacy, uniform metadata schema, better interoperability, and visibility, and enhance research impact nationally and internationally