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This paper examines the effects of goal-setting skills and peer-modeling on Nigerian students' self-efficiency. 270 Senior Secondary 11 (SS11) students selected from three public secondary schools in Enugu, Agbani and Udi zones of Enugu State, Nigeria, were used. Data collected were analyzed using one way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Four new models - conceptual, systematic goal-setting with specific skills, peer-modeling and mathematical models - were developed to enhance the training on self-efficacy. Three research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey and quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test control group designs were adopted for the study. The findings showed that goal setting skills and peer-modeling improved participants' self-efficacy. The research is an attempt to address the growing interest in the investigative study on the declining standard of education in Nigeria. It is expected that this study should give more visibility and perhaps suggest the best way to overcome students' low level of self-efficacy which has become a source of concern to parents, students, teachers and the society at large.

This paper examined first official speeches of presidents of Nigeria and Gha-na on coronavirus pandemic. The study adopted content analytical method which involves qualitative and quantitative method of data analysis and presentation. Applying concepts from Pragmatics act, the study revealed different practs through which both presidents made their intentions known towards combating the virus. It was discovered that President Muhammadu Buhari deployed 95 practs in order to achieve five pragmatic functions namely: to reveal achievements and further action (53.69%), to instruct and direct (28.41%), to commend (4.21%), to pacify/encourage (10.53%), and to persuade (3.16%). President Nana Akufo-Addo deployed 39 practs to achieve six pragmatic functions: to reveal achievements and further action (56.41%), to instruct and direct (25.64%), to pacify (7.69%), to commendation (5.13%), persuasion (2.56%), and to warn (2.56%). It was discovered that shared situa-tional knowledge, reference and...