West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s highest
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The financial markets are types of markets designed for the creation and disposition of financial assets. There are two sections of the financial markets in Nigeria‚ namely: money market and capital market (Central Bank of Nigeria-CBN‚ 2004; 2007). A financial asset is created when one party in exchange for cash issues a receipt of acknowledgement which entitles the holder a claim of pecuniary nature against future interests of the issuer. Financial assets fall into three general categories namely:
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Causes of the growth of Indian Nationalism in 19th century JYOTI The most significant feature of the Indian History during the second half of nineteenth century was the growth of nationalism. For different factors the sense nationalism develops among the people and in 1885 the Indian National Congress was established. The Indian National Congress fought for the freedom of the country and India achieved her independence on August 15th 1947. Different factors contributed to the growth of Indian
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http://peoplesdailyng.com/changing-nigerians-identity-diaspora/ http://olorisupergal.com/nigeria-rich-country-poor-people-by-gbenga-ogunbiyi/#.UpH2I9Lik8o Nigeria is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations‚ and the African Union. LANGUAGE There are hundreds of languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language of Nigeria‚English The languages spoken in Nigeria are said to be 521. The official language is English while the major ones that are spoken are Hausa‚ Igbo‚ Yoruba and
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PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS‚ LAGOS ‚ NIGERIA. ABSTRACT This paper examines causes of unemployment in Nigeria as well as the consequences and implications of graduate unemployment in Nigeria. The paper also provides useful suggestion and recommendations on how to curb graduate in Nigeria. The paper adopts empirical analysis to examine the causes of unemployment in Nigeria. The data used in this study is of two type primary and secondary data. However‚ for
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and Built Environment An Examination of the causes and effects of Building Collapse in Nigeria Vol. 9‚ December 2011‚ pp. 37–47 AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA Oke Ayodeji Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 234034 Ondo State Nigeria Corresponding Author: emayok@gmail.com Abstract The research investigated the causes and consequence of building collapse in Nigeria using historical data from 1974 to 2006 and
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The actual knowledge would not be sufficient to generalize the effect of population growth in developing areas‚ at least that is what some researchers believe. They agree that rapid growth in today’s less developed countries have favorable effects such as economies of scale and specialization‚ better capacities‚ and motivations of younger people compared with older ones. However‚ rapid population growth creates high pressures on elemental resources that compromises our actual model of development
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rapid growth of population in India India is the second overpopulated country in the world which reached 1.21 billion(1‚210‚193‚422 Crores). It is next to China and has 2.4 per cent of the total population of the world land area where she has to support nearly 16% of the total world population. According to the 2001 census india population was102.7 crores. The growth of population per year is more than 17 million which is equal to the total population of Australia and little more population than
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GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA By KELECHI IYOKO. Abstract The concomitant unequal distribution of the benefits of Globalisation and the fear expressed by most developing countries about the negative impact of globalization‚ has made the question on the relationship between globalization (characterized by foreign direct investment‚ economy openness and net capital flows) and Economic Growth both in developed and developing countries lie at the heart
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POPULATION GROWTH: THE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON INDIAN SOCIETY Introduction The study of population growth is very important in a country from the point of society of a country because human being constitute not only as an instrument of production but also end themselves. Its increase is largely depend on some demographic factor like marriage‚ birth‚ death‚ migration etc. It is important to know the quantitative number of people and the growth of particular time with its effect on society negatively
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