Research

Globalization‐induced social changes and their environmental impacts: Assessing the role of information and communication technology in sub‐Saharan Africa ( with Chinazaekpere Nwani, Enyinnaya Timothy Matthew). Journal of International Development, 2022. [Wiley]

Industrial output, services and carbon emissions: the role of information and communication technologies and economic freedom in Africa (with Chinazaekpere Nwani, Festus Victor Bekun, Phillips O Agboola, Philip C Omoke). Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022. [Springer]

Breaking the carbon curse: The role of financial development in facilitating low-carbon and sustainable development in Algeria (with Chinazaekpere Nwani, Sunday I. Okpoto, Ikechukwu K. Okere ). African Development Review, 2021, 33(2): 300–315. [Wiley]

The impact of financial development on carbon, non-carbon, and total ecological footprint in Nigeria: new evidence from asymmetric dynamic analysis (with Philip Omoke, Chinazaekpere Nwani, Osaretin Evbuomwan, Chukwuemeka Emenekwe). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27: 21628–21646. [Springer]

Financial development and monetary policy effectiveness in Africa (with Godwin Esu and Chuku Chuku). Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2020, 22(1):160-181. [Springer]

Stock Prices and Exchange Rate Dynamics in Nigeria: An Asymmetric Perspective (with Godwin Bassey). The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2019, 28(3):299-316. [Taylor & Francis]

Let the data speak: semiparametric evidence on the environmental Kuznets curve in Africa (with Alex Iriabije). Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2018, 52(2):771-782. [Springer]

On the urbanization-pollution nexus in Africa: a semiparametric analysis. Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2018, 52(1):445-456. [Springer]

Migrants' remittances, governance and heterogeneity (with Emmanuel Asuquo). International Economic Journal, 2017, 31(4):535-554. [Taylor & Francis]

Oil price shocks and Nigeria's macroeconomy: disentangling the dynamics of crude oil market shocks (with Christopher Ekong). Global Business Review, 2015, 16(6):920-935. [SAGE]

Exchange rate dynamics and monetary fundamentals: a cointegrated SVAR approach for Nigeria. Global Business Review, 2014, 15(2):205-221. [SAGE]

Oil price shocks and Nigeria's stock market: what have we learned from crude oil market shocks? OPEC Energy Review, 2014, 38(1):36-58. [Wiley]

Trade openness and manufacturing sector performance in Nigeria (with Okon Umoh). Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 2013, 7(2):147-169. [SAGE]

Oil price shocks and the dynamics of current account balances in Nigeria (with Chuku Chuku, Usenobong Akpan, and Ndifreke Sam). OPEC Energy Review, 2011, 35(2):119-139. [Wiley]

Financial development, institutions and economic growth: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tavidze, A. (Ed.), Progress in Economics Research, Volume 40 (2018). Nova Science Publishers, New York: pp. 207-230.

Nonlinear dependence between stock prices and exchange rate in Nigeria. In Tavidze, A. (Ed.), Progress in Economics Research, Volume 39 (2017). Nova Science Publishers, New York: pp. 205-227.

Openness and the Effects of Monetary Policy in Africa (with Akpan H. Ekpo).

Finance, Economic Growth, and Energy Nexus in African Emerging and Frontier Economies.

Financial Openness and Remittances: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.