Nigeria: The Unstable Democracy 1999 marked Nigeria’s return to democratic rule. However Nigeria is not a stable democracy. Nigerians are still waiting to see the aspects of a democracy that many stable democracies see today; social welfare programs‚ justice‚ and equal access to resources and power. Corruption in the government‚ lack of human rights‚ increased civil discord‚ and the absence of electoral reform keep Nigeria from becoming a stable democratic country. The oil boom in the late 1970s
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DYNAMICS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA‚ 1914-1999 Abstract: This article examines the intractable problem of constitutional engineering in Nigeria. It is asserted that the drafting of constitutions is a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s chequered political history. Right from the colonial period‚ Nigerians were barely involved in the art of constitution making while the British colonial overlords employed constitution making to consolidate their imperial strategies. Post colonial Nigerian
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A Brief History of Nigeria The history of Nigeria is bound up with its geography. Nigeria is located above the inner curve of the elbow on the west coast of Africa‚ just north of the equator and south of the Sahara Desert. More than two hundred ethnic groups—each with its own language‚ beliefs‚ and culture—live in present-day Nigeria. The largest ethnic groups are the mostly Protestant Yoruba in the west‚ the Catholic Igbo in the east‚ and the predominantly Muslim Hausa-Fulani in the north. This
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structure to banking in Nigeria is a relatively recent invention. Prior to 1952 there was no legislation governing the banking system in Nigeria. The British Bank of West Africa (BBWA) started operating in Nigeria by the year 1892. After the BBWA‚ Barclays Bank became the second expatriate bank to operate in Nigeria by the year 1917. The first indigenous bank‚ The Bank of Nigeria was founded in the year 1933 and also operated successfully. After the World War 11‚ British rule over Nigeria weakened with the
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4/10/12 Human Development Essay: Nigeria Life expectancy is how long an infant‚ at birth‚ is expected to live for if they are healthy and born with no birth defects or diseases. The life expectancy is determined by finding the median age that both males and females live up to. Trends illustrate that women have a longer life expectancy than men. In Nigeria‚ the overall life expectancy is 52.05 years. Life expectancy for men and women are respectively 48.95 years and 55.33 years. Short life expectancies
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world with a population of 154‚ 729‚000 citizens. Our nominal GDP is $207. 116 billion and we have a nominal per capita income of $1‚4011. Nigeria also has the second largest economy in Africa . If I may ask‚ is this country not blessed? Yet‚ it is still plagued by youth unemployment which had been one of our major problems in recent years. Both government and the private sector had discussed
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Community - Nigeria In terms of an established deaf community‚ one of the brightest spots on the African continent is West Africa Nigeria’s deaf community is well-established and even has something that we lack in the United States. Demographics of Deafness in Nigeria One web source said that in 1975 there were at least four million deaf and hard of hearing people in Nigeria. According to the 2004 Nigeria census (Statistics Nigeria‚ approximately 30 percent of all disabled people in Nigeria have
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as cheques‚ wire transfers‚ debit and credit cards‚ online transactions‚ and mobile banking. The advantages of a cashless society are enormous; from regulating‚ controlling‚ and securing the financial system of any economy. The Central Bank of Nigeria‚ led by its Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ has put forward a policy requiring that all cash withdrawals and deposits be set at a daily limit of a maximum of N150‚ 000 while pegging that of corporate entities at N l‚ 000‚000‚ with penalty fees of N100
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Hierarchy of courts in Nigerian Superior courts of Nigeria are courts which are listed in the Nigeria constitution of section 6 (5) which are namely: Supreme court Court of appeal The court of co-ordinate Jurisdiction Federal high court State high court Sharia court of appeal Customary court of appeal National industrial court Another superior courts added as amended by the 3rd alteration Act of 2010 is the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT With regards to this court mentioned
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Management 307 Shell-Nigeria case The Business Ethics of Shell in Nigeria The Shell-Nigeria case has produced great debates about business practices and what is deemed ethical behavior. When applying the views of some of the great moral philosophers‚ economists‚ and philosophical concepts in history to the Shell-Nigeria case‚ one is left with a variety of diverse viewpoints about whether or not Shell’s business practices were ethical. Philosopher and economist‚ Adam Smith‚ would likely have
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