consolidate civil rule. These include the 1964/65‚ 1983 and 2003 elections. While virtually all these elections have been contested‚ the elections of 1983 and 2003 stand out as the most corrupt and fraudulent. The shared characteristics of all elections in Nigeria‚ include massive electoral frauds‚ the conception and practice of politics as warfare‚ the lack of continuity in the political platforms used by members of the political class‚ high levels of opportunism and thus a low level of commitment to the different
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Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages Nirenberg examines the meaning and function of violence in fourteenth century southern France and in the Crown of Aragon. Nirenberg’s thesis is that violence towards minorities (Jews‚ Muslims‚ and lepers) was neither irrational nor a result of intolerance‚ instead violence towards minorities was contextual and part of the everyday function of society. Nirenberg argues that there is a difference between “systematic violence” and its
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Religion 100‚ Paper #1‚ Who I have become today We may all be different people‚ but we each have a religion we belong to which describes who we are and who we will become. My name is Maritza Lopez-Portillo and I will be telling you my personal experience and what brought me to where I am now due to my religion. Throughout my life I have always been a Catholic‚ but never took much meaning of it into my life‚ till I was in my junior year of high school. Growing up I was always a Catholic and I
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“Religious language is meaningless” The problem of religious language considers whether it is possible to talk about God meaningfully if the traditional conceptions of God as being incorporeal‚ infinite‚ and timeless‚ are accepted. Because these traditional conceptions of God make it difficult to describe him‚ religious language has the potential to be meaningless. Theories of religious language either attempt to demonstrate that such language is meaningless‚ or attempt to show how religious language
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The Importance of Religious Freedom The price of religion to a human in one of the most important factors in one’s life‚ as well is their own being. People practice religion for several reasons‚ throughout the world it is practiced as it being part of their heritage. However many people seek religion for the feeling of security. There are hundreds of different cultures throughout the world‚ some who believe in everything including their health is left up to the Gods to heal‚ while others believe
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RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN Nigeria In addressing this topic; Rural Poverty Alleviation‚ it is necessary to define each of the words in this phrase. Efforts will therefore be made to clearly describe/define the following words; Rural‚ Poverty‚ and Alleviation. WHAT IS RURAL? To define what is rural is daunting task‚ because the word rural is an inexact term that can mean different thing to different people. For example‚ what is considered rural in a place like United States of America and United
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THE COLLAPSE OF UNIVERSAL BANKING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF SPECIALZED BANKING AND HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM. BY AIMINHIEFE OSAGIE BENEDICT Osazemogie@yahoo.co.uk‚ 08055819143 BEING AN M.Sc. (ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE) SEMINAR PAPER‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING‚ FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES‚ BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY‚ MAKURDI. Abstract The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently reviewed the universal banking system in favour of separate banking licenses
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The Beginning of British Imperialism in Nigeria Adam Coleman History 210: World History October 19‚ 2011 The novel Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ depicts the Igbo culture of Nigeria in the 1890’s‚ as well as the beginning of the British colonization of these people. Achebe describes the Igbo culture in fairly great detail in the novel‚ including different portions of the society and many of the laws and beliefs of the culture. The spread of Christianity brought by British missionaries
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The Three Theological Virtues The three theological virtues are faith‚ hope and charity (or love). They are gifts of grace from God‚ and the object of the virtues- what the practice of the virtue aims at- is God himself. The Four Cardinal Virtues The cardinal virtues are the four primary moral virtues. The English word cardinal comes from the Latin word cardo‚ which means "hinge." All other virtues hinge upon these four virtues. Unlike the theological virtues‚ which are gifts of God through
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THE VATICAN REPORT SECTS OR NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: A PASTORAL CHALLENGE May 3rd‚ 1986 FOREWORD In response to the concern expressed by Episcopal Conferences throughout the world‚ a study on the presence and activity of "sects‚" "new religious movements‚" [and] "cults" has been undertaken by the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity‚ the Secretariat for Non-Christians‚ the Secretariat for
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