In an individuals life‚ 53 years is growth from a toddler through adolescence into adulthood and then maturity. This is the so-called jubilee’ at which success or progress is measured and celebrated. But for Nigeria as a country‚ it is not clear what we are celebrating; is it success‚ progress or maturity? Be that as it may I feel very strongly about the progress (or lack of it) so far recoded by the Country in the last 98 years‚ and I would rely mainly on my personal experiences in the last 50 years
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60 per cent from 2006 until 2011‚ reaching an all time high of 23.90 per cent in December 2011. The NBS measures unemployment rate by the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. In its Economic Report on Nigeria released in May this year‚ the World Bank noted that “Nigeria’s annual growth rates that average over seven per cent in official data during the last decade place the nation among the fastest growing economies in the world noting that the growth has
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AFRIBANK REGISTRARS LTD 9‚ KEFFI STREET S.W. IKOYI LAGOS |QUOTED COMPANIES MANAGED BY REGISTRAR | |· Afribank Nigeria Plc | |· Benue Cement Company | |· Goldbrew Guinea Brewries Plc
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Impact of Cashless Economy in Nigeria By Omotunde M. Sunday T. John-Dewole A.T. Greener Journal of Internet‚ Information and Communication Systems Vol. 1 (2)‚ pp. 040-043‚ April 2013. Research Article Impact of Cashless Economy in Nigeria *Omotunde Muyiwa1‚ Sunday Tunmibi‚1 and John-Dewole A.T.2 1 School of Computer Science‚ Mathematics and Information Technology‚ Houdegbe North American University‚ Republic of Benin. 2 Department of Computer Science with Electronics
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THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN NIGERIA POLITICS BY IRABOR IKECHUKWU EMMANUEL. MPA 822. THIS IS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PARTIAL FUFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA). UNIVERSITY OF BENIN. LECTURER DR EBOHON JANUARY‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION The role of the military in Nigeria politics cannot be over looked. We are going to analyse this issue from 1966-1979‚ 1983-1999 and their role in present
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NORTHERN NIGERIA: BACKGROUND TO CONFLICT Africa Report N°168 – 20 December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... i I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. COMMUNITIES‚ ISLAM AND COLONIAL RULE ................................................... 2 A. THE PRE-COLONIAL ERA...................
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HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BY EMMANUEL IWUH/DI: 440 Being a Term Paper Submitted to the Philosophy Department of Dominican institute of Philosophy and Theology‚ Samonda Ibadan. (In affiliation to the university of Ibadan) In partial Fulfilment for the Award of Bachelor degree in Philosophy. COURSE: TEE/301 HISTORY OF NIGERIA EDUCATION LECTURER REV. FR. EMMANUEL OGU‚ OP (PhD) MAY‚ 2012. CONTENT Introduction 1. The word “education” 2. Spread
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The Nigeria Ecological Fund Office Aroboinosen Hillary Department of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Minna‚ Niger State‚ Nigeria E-mail:aroby_hillary@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria has a total land area of 983‚213 km2 occupied by about 140 Million people: The interaction of these millions of people with their environment has left indelible mark on the landscape. Deforestation‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ erosion and all kinds of pollution as well
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CHAPTER THREE THE THREE ERAS OF TAXATION IN NIGERIA General Historical Overview of Taxation Taxes are as old as the history of organised human society. During the reign of the Pharaohs in Egypt tax collectors were called scribes and taxes were collected on various items including cooking oil.1 In the ancient Greek city of Athens‚ taxes were especially important in times of war. The tax imposed during times of war was known as eisphora and no one was exempted from this tax. After the war
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Larson flew to Kano‚ Nigeria‚ to begin a two-year term in an agricultural ministry in the Kano area. He returned to the United States in 1981 and enrolled in the Interdisciplinary track of Wheaton Graduate School. In June 1982 he returned to Nigeria under SIM‚ where he planned to complete his graduate degree while continuing mission work. In August 1984‚ Larson returned to Wheaton College Graduate School and received an M.A. in 1986. Larson established a joint venture in Nigeria in 1994‚ with local
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