and Built Environment An Examination of the causes and effects of Building Collapse in Nigeria Vol. 9‚ December 2011‚ pp. 37–47 AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA Oke Ayodeji Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 234034 Ondo State Nigeria Corresponding Author: emayok@gmail.com Abstract The research investigated the causes and consequence of building collapse in Nigeria using historical data from 1974 to 2006 and
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Protests spread to Libya There has been a lot of political unrest in the past few weeks. Algeria in 1992 and now Tunisia‚ followed by Egypt and now countries in the Middle East are feeling the effect. Yemen and Bahrain are also experiencing political demonstrations. The protests now include Libya another North African country. All of these countries previously stated above‚ have many things in common‚ this is why they are often grouped together. Islam is the dominant religion‚ Arabic is widely
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http://peoplesdailyng.com/changing-nigerians-identity-diaspora/ http://olorisupergal.com/nigeria-rich-country-poor-people-by-gbenga-ogunbiyi/#.UpH2I9Lik8o Nigeria is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations‚ and the African Union. LANGUAGE There are hundreds of languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language of Nigeria‚English The languages spoken in Nigeria are said to be 521. The official language is English while the major ones that are spoken are Hausa‚ Igbo‚ Yoruba and
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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Locke and Hobbes Cause of Religious Toleration Kevin Kang Professor Bartlett Section Leader: Alexander Duff Historically‚ Locke’s treatment of toleration was one riddled with religious change‚ religious turmoil‚ and political changes that were shaped largely by religious tensions. This was a time when religion‚ specifically the Christian Church‚ became fractioned and led to widespread war and death in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Locke’s Letter on Toleration promoted separation
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What were the causes of the unrest in England In the early 19th century? There were many issues in the 19th century that caused chaos‚ people weren’t happy with they way that England was being ruled during that period in time. As a result of this riots and protests broke out all over England. The people were protesting about the political and economical issues that they found in the way parliament ruled England. 16th August 1819. The Peterloo Massacre. Peterloo gained its name
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Libyan Civil Unrest: Planning for a Post-Gadhafi Era Madhu Rao Mr. Greene January 8‚ 2012 Muammar Gaddafi became the ruler of Libya after he led a military rebellion that overthrew King Idris I in 1969. He then abolished the Libyan Constitution of 1951‚ and adopted laws based on his own ideology outlined in his manifesto The Green Book. He officially stepped down from power in 1977‚ and subsequently claimed to be merely a symbolic figurehead until 2011‚ with the Libyan government up until then
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PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS‚ LAGOS ‚ NIGERIA. ABSTRACT This paper examines causes of unemployment in Nigeria as well as the consequences and implications of graduate unemployment in Nigeria. The paper also provides useful suggestion and recommendations on how to curb graduate in Nigeria. The paper adopts empirical analysis to examine the causes of unemployment in Nigeria. The data used in this study is of two type primary and secondary data. However‚ for
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Political Unrest in Libya Introduction For the past forty-two years Muammar Gaddafi has been in control of Libya. For the past few months the people of Libya has been involved in a civil war with hopes of Muammar Gaddafi stepping down as the Prime Minister. The civil war began with the arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel; who works to free political prisoners. The arrest of Tarbel triggered a riot in the city of Benghazi. February 17‚ 2006 is a known date in Libya because that was
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NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Hello‚ my name is Mesoma Ejeh and I’ll be talking about Nigeria. Off all the feautures of Nigeria that acronym missed a very important one.It’s my home.Probably 98% of this class knows little to nothing about Nigeria so I will cover our foods and drinks‚our people and culture‚our fashion and its impact to the world and Nigeria’s location‚season‚weather and cilmate. For Starters Nigeria is in west Africa.North of Nigeria would be Niger‚ south‚ the Atlantic Ocean and the
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