Construction and Architectural Engineering Vol:7‚ No:11‚ 2013 Traffic Congestion on Highways in Nigeria Causes‚ Effects and Remedies Popoola M. O.‚ Abiola S. O.‚ Adeniji W. A. International Science Index Vol:7‚ No:11‚ 2013 waset.org/Publication/17391 Abstract—This study investigates the causes‚ effects and remedies of traffic congestion which has become a common sight in most highways in Nigeria; Mowe/Ibafo section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway was used as the case-study. 300 Structured questionnaires
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I”ve never seen a ghost. but like they say‚ there is a first for everything. So many myths told‚ yet no proof of it being real. The story goes‚ There is a well-known abandoned house in Texas believed to be haunted. No one has actually been inside the house. They say that there is a mother in a black gown longing‚ crying for her children whom she drowned in her bathtub then hung herself afterwards. Why? No one knows. One day I decided to gather a group of four friends and ask who would like to come
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Youth Unemployment and Violent Crime in Nigeria Okechukwu Odinaka Ajaegbu Department of Sociology University of Ibadan Ibadan‚ Nigeria Phone: +2348064113068 Email: ajaegbuodina@yahoo.com Abstract Violent crimes such as murder‚ armed robbery‚ kidnapping and terrorism are the most inhumane crimes that continue to plague Nigeria. Lately‚ kidnappings for ransom and terrorism have taken the centre stage leading to bloodshed and economic set -backs. The causes are not farfetched as studies have
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Title: Research Chimps Used for Experiments Abandoned Category: News & Opinion Tags: chimp Jeep‚ Liberian chimps‚ chimp island‚ abandoned chimps Teaser: Chimpanzees used for experimentation are abandoned by the lab who profited from them. Article: Each year‚ more than 100 million animals are killed in U.S. labs — including chimps — for the purpose of biology lessons‚ medical training‚ curiosity-driven experimentation‚ and chemical‚ drug‚ food and cosmetics testing. But what happens when those
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contain it? As far back as eight to nine years ago‚ we observed that the institution of the Nigerian army became a target of the intelligentsia behind what we called Boko Haram. They have known that the Nigerian army was the last institution in Nigeria that could practically bind the country. But now‚ the army seems divided. What I know is that the Nigerian army cannot handle this people because the sophistication with which the sect operates is beyond the training of the Nigerian army. You argue
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When most people hear or even think about abandoned children‚ they think about the children in China or in other countries‚ but never once think about the hundreds of thousands of children that are abandoned right here under our nose in the United States. Child abandonment is not a new problem and exists throughout the whole world. “Abandonment occurs when a parent‚ guardian‚ or person in charge of a child either deserts a child without any regard for the child’s physical health‚ safety or welfare
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Agreement has been implemented ten years after it was signed and six years after Nigeria ceded the Bakassi Penisula to Cameroon : Going by the procedural rules of the International Court of Justice ‚ ICJ by October 10 this year Nigeria will lose its right to appeal against the judgment of the International Court of Justice‚ ICJ‚ which had in 2002‚ ceded the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula in Cross River State‚ Southern Nigeria to the Republic of Cameroon. By the terms of the 2005 Green Tree Agreement
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ECONOMY OF NIGERIA Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy and emerging market‚ with expanding financial‚ service‚ communications‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 30th in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2011‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the third-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past decade
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UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE CODE: ENG 454 COURSE TITLE: MULTI LINGUALISM COURSE GUIDE ENG 454 MULTI LINGUALISM Course Team Dr. Taiwo Abioye (Course Developer/Writer) – Covenant University Prof. Kunle Adeniran (Course Editor) – University of Ibadan Dr. I. Omolara Daniel (Programme Leader) – NOUN Mr. Theodore O. Iyere (Course Coordinator) – NOUN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ENG 454 National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters
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serious challenge to governments in Nigeria. Its effects‚ which include lack and deprivation in the basic necessities of life‚ are worrisome. Apart from inducing lack of certain capabilities‚ such as that of being able to participate with dignity in societal endeavours‚ poverty has earned recognition due to its damaging effects on the affairs of humanity at the local‚ national and international levels. Indeed‚ poverty is a snare. Among the committee of nations‚ Nigeria has been described as poor. Even
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