Nigeria‚ a country in West Africa‚ was one of the leading producers of palm oil‚ cocoa‚ and groundnuts‚ that had the potential of becoming a powerful nation. However‚ in 1885‚ European powers‚ such as Portugal‚ France‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Belgium‚ gathered all together at the Berlin Conference‚ deciding on which African colony they were each going to take over. This was the beginning of New Imperialism. During the Scramble for Africa‚ many African regions were colonized by European
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In an individuals life‚ 53 years is growth from a toddler through adolescence into adulthood and then maturity. This is the so-called jubilee’ at which success or progress is measured and celebrated. But for Nigeria as a country‚ it is not clear what we are celebrating; is it success‚ progress or maturity? Be that as it may I feel very strongly about the progress (or lack of it) so far recoded by the Country in the last 98 years‚ and I would rely mainly on my personal experiences in the last 50 years
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advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive‚ low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007‚ there were 6‚580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The late 2000s-early 2010s global recession‚ combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives‚ caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation‚ as many papers closed or sharply retrenched operations.[1] General-interest newspapers typically publish stories on local and national political events and personalities
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Population Density‚ Distribution and Growth in Jamaica Name: Janice Jones School: Territory: Jamaica Centre no: Year: 2012 Population Distribution Population Distribution may be defined as the arrangement or spread of people living in a given area; also‚ how the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age‚ race‚ or sex. How to construct a population distribution map (choropleth) Parish | Area (KM) | Population (‘000s) | Density | Clarendon | 1196
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CAN NIGERIA ’S NASCENT DEMOCRACY SURVIVE? BY Emmanuel 0. Ojo (Ph.D) Department of Political Science University of Ilorin‚ Nigeria P. F. Adebayo (Ph.D) Lebanese Emigration Research Center‚ Notre Dame University‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT By May 2009‚ Nigeria ’s nascent democracy should have been a decade. Thus‚ the thrust of this paper is an in depth analysis of the possibility of sustaining democratic values beyond any sudden reversal. The. paper however‚ takes a cursory look at the daunting challenges
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University‚ Ago-Iwoye Abstract This paper has examined empirically the contribution of fiscal policy in the achievement of sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Using the Solow growth model estimated with the use of Ordinary Least Square method‚ it was found that fiscal policy has not been effective in the area of promoting sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Although‚ the finding seems invalidating the Keynesian postulation of the need for an active policy to stimulate economic activities‚ however
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The history of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria The first two HIV cases in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 19866. In 1987 the Nigerian health sector established the National AIDS Advisory Committee‚ which was shortly followed by the establishment of the National Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS (NEACA). At first the Nigerian government was slow to respond to the increasing rates of HIV transmission7 and it was only in 1991 that the Federal Ministry
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allowed into the premises of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN)‚ Jos‚ by a fellow member of the church‚ who detonated explosives that led to the death of 8 persons; 38 others were seriously injured. The Sun Newspaper of Tuesday‚ March 6th‚ 2012 reported that the said Boko Haram suicide bomber was identified by The Defence Headquarters (DHQ)‚ as Mr. Adams Joseph Ashaba‚ ‘who allegedly masterminded the bombing of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) in Jos‚ the Plateau State capital on February
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Two major types of marriage exist in Nigeria: monogamy‚ a marriage of one man to one woman‚ and polygyny‚ a marriage of one man to two or more wives. In most cultural groups in Nigeria‚ traditional marriage is usually an arrangement between two families as opposed to an arrangement between two individuals. Accordingly‚ there is pressure on the bride and bridegroom to make the marriage work as any problem will usually affect both families and strain the otherwise cordial relationship between them
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Living in Canada vs. living in Nigeria Outline Paragraph 1: intro and thesis Thesis statement: There are a few similarities between Canada and Nigeria‚ but Nigeria differs from Canada in many ways. Paragraph 2: Topic sentence 1- the language and culture-collectivism and individualism Paragraph 3: Topic sentence 2- the wealth of both countries i.e. natural resources‚ agriculture (cash crops) Paragraph 3: Topic sentence 3- The government: - how well both of the countries manage their wealth and care
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