TINTED GLASS ON CARS IMPORTED BY NIGERIANS The Police High Command has observed with concern the unnecessary controversies that have trailed the recent IGP’s announcement on the ban on the indiscriminate use of tinted glasses on vehicles plying Nigerian roads. The Force has observed that one of the issues that has generated so much contention and sometimes endless arguments between Police Officers enforcing the ban on the one hand‚ and motorists on the other hand‚ is the contention by some
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market based economic system needs political institutions supportive of the free market concept. Thus Nigeria‚ like any other nation‚ has been involved in political engineering partly to achieve this goal. Like many other African economies‚ the Nigerian economy has been mixed. However‚ the level of government participation has been reducing in line with globalisation trend and market base resource rationalisation concept. In this spirit‚ the Federal Government sold its shares in many firms and
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Colonial Latin America‚ the cultures socially‚ physically‚ and politically united to form a new society. The Spanish‚ Indians‚ and African slaves attempted to embed their homeland’s culture into this new society. This formed a clash of cultures because each came with its own set of norms. The go-betweens played a pivotal role during encounters between the cultures acting as interpreters and the Jesuits as Christian converters. As colonial Latin America society was forming and blending cultures‚ it strained
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The Influence of Black Slave Culture on Early America The Black slaves of colonial America brought their own culture from Africa to the new land. Despite their persecution‚ the "slave culture" has contributed greatly to the development of America’s own music‚ dance‚ art‚ and clothing. Music It is understandable that when Africans were torn from their homes and families‚ lashed into submission ‚ and forced into lifelong slave labor‚ they would be‚ on the most part‚ resentful and angry. Various
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languages -Nigerian pidgin -Naijá "Language is so tightly woven into human experience that it is scarcely possible to imagine life without it." (Pinker‚ p.17). Communication is an essential part of human life. It accompanies us in our personal‚ social and professional life. Language is undoubtedly a fundamental means of communication between people. Some linguists estimate that at present there are about 6000 or more languages all over the world‚ thus what happens when two different cultures with different
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conducted as part of the CONNECT project at Laurea University of Applied Sciences. The project concerns the investigation of the current renewable energy market entry and opportunities for Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Nigerian economy. The goals is to support growth and accelerate the internationalization of small and medium-sized Finnish renewable energy companies within developing countries and to determine how they can achieve market entry in the renewable energy
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America is known for its many diverse cultures. Mostly‚ these cultures are celebrated and widely accepted‚ however‚ there are some that are not so easily accepted. Since the 1970’s‚ there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not America has a “rape culture.” The term rape culture was introduced in the United States in the 1970’s by feminists who wanted to display how society normalizes sexual aggressions‚ behaviors‚ and violence. Rape culture includes everything from unwanted “catcalling” to
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The book‚ Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture‚ is a compilation of articles written by anthropologists‚ sociologists and professors. It was edited by Phillip R. DeVita and James D. Armstrong. This is the third edition of the Distant Mirrors books. In the introduction to the book it is said that Americans like things bigger and better and that is why they feel the need to keep making new editions. The main focus of this book is looking at the American culture from a different prospective
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An evaluation of the marketing strategies of Nigerian insurance companies. Abstract: The apparent unclear performance of the Nigerian insurance industry‚ in addition to the dynamics in the insurance business environment‚ spurred the present research. Using a survey research methodology to investigate the marketing strategies utilized by Nigerian insurance companies to cope with the dynamics of the business environment in order to achieve set objectives‚ it was found that competition and clients
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THE IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS; A NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE Being a Paper presented at PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY‚ AGO-IWOYE‚ OGUN STATE ON THE 4TH SEPTEMBER‚ 2006 AT OGD LECTURE THEATER By OMOTOSO‚ SHARON ADETUTU ABSTRACT This paper attempts a philosophical appraisal of the idea of natural rights‚ issues and problems associated with human
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