Science Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis Obida Gobna Wafureα Abu‚ NurudeenΩ Abstract: The role of foreign direct investment in the development of Nigerian economy cannot be over emphasized. Foreign direct investment provides capital for investment‚ it enhances job creation and managerial skills‚ and possibly technology transfer. This paper investigates the determinants of foreign direct investment in Nigeria. The error correction technique was employed to analyze
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Nigeria is named after the Niger River. A British journalist in the 1890s named Flora Shaw suggested the name because of the river was a dominant presence in region and the name was accepted as the official name of those territories in the Niger Region. (ANYANWU) The country can be divided into three regions that include the forest lands in the south‚ the Sudan savanna in the north‚ and the Middle Belt‚ in between. Nigeria has an extensive geographic size‚ with a large degree of ecological‚ economic
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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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ABSTRACT: No doubt education is the bedrock of development of any country or nation. But unfortunately Education in Nigeria is bisected with myriads of problems. The aim of the study is to identify and provide solutions to the problems that are mitigating about the success in the education sector of the country. For meaningful development to take place in the educational sector; the government need to re-address the issue of multiple system of education‚ diversification in the education system
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making it impossible for them to prosper (Edokpayi‚ 2004). To explore this issue I wish to analyze the effect of globalization on one of the richest countries in resources in Africa – Nigeria. I want to explore in particular the negative and positive effects that oil prospecting has had in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria‚ economically‚ socially and environmentally. I also wish to analyze the extent to which the Nigerian government is responsible for the region’s lack of economic prosperity. My hypothesis
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modern life‚ poverty reduction and economic growth of any nation. Yet‚ for the past three decades‚ inadequate of electricity has been a regular feature in Nigeria‚ a country with about 150 million people. The electricity industry‚ dominated by National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and later succeeded by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) with complementation form the states-owned electricity utility‚ has been unable to provide and maintain acceptable minimum standard of service availability
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first in the 1950s. Nigeria had it’s first appearance in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952‚ and it’s first victory in 1954‚ when Emmanuel Ifeanjuna won a gold medal in the high jump at the Commonwealth games in Cardiff. In 1962‚ the Nationals Sports Council was set up‚ and in 1971‚ the National Sports Commission‚ and they had the following responsibilities (stated exactly as is): * To coordinate and integrate efforts to raise the standard of performance in sports in Nigeria. * To encourage
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html versions of documents as we crawl the web. Page 1 1AFRICA REGIONAL SEXUALITY RESOURCE CENTRE Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series 3Sexuality Education in Nigeria: Evolution‚ Challenges and Prospects ADUNOLA ADEPOJU (PhD) Department of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Education University of Lagos Nigeria Lagos‚ Nigeria March 24‚ 2005 © ARSRC 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 2 2Introduction Ancient theories and ideologies about
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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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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN NIGERIA You would recall that in my last article‚ I stated that there is no centralized system of registering copyright in Nigeria. I stated that a “work” which is the subject not the copyright need not be registered before it can be protected under the law. In the process of patenting an invention‚ I came across a process known as copyright notification and I think it is important that I share it with you (You are probably wondering what Patent registration has to do with
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