Boko Haram is winning so far in Nigeria Nigeria has ever faced series of security threatening challenges‚ but Boko haram is the most powerful sect so far. The sect claims responsibility for several bombings and snip activities in the northern and central Nigeria‚ thereby placing the nation at the threshold of disintegration this paper describes briefly how the Terrorists use murder‚ kidnapping‚ and bombings to pursue a political agenda. Then will introduce the rise of Boko Haram‚ a radical Islamist
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(an abbreviation for Nigeria) culture in my siblings and me from a young age‚ which I wasn’t ashamed of. Taking pride in my culture was important to our family. Knowing historical information to other bordering cultures in Nigeria was a must with them. My father has always been whom I turn to when my heritage was questioned. The main objective of this interview is to learn from an inside perspective of Nigeria’s subliminal tension between bordering cultures‚ and not Nigeria itself. Being native to
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sell at higher prices. An example OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) act as joint venture uses Nigeria to extract crude oil earning billion of dollars from it and “leave the residents of the area like horse manure.” (www.nigeria-planet.com). U.S imports about 10% of Nigerian crude oil. They extract oil and leave Nigeria to suffer while they make the most from it. Nigeria it’s still developing despite all the abundant raw material they have. The multinationals oil companies are cruel
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this paper is to describe some features of Nigerian English (lexical‚ phonological and grammatical features) and its status in education and culture. English in Nigeria Nigeria is one of the six West African states that have English as an official language. There are two main reasons for this: • Colonization in Nigeria Nigeria became an official British colony in 1914 and English was de colonial language. On 1st October 1960‚ this country gained its independence from United Kingdom but it
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that show the evils or consequences of corruption. And corruption has taught the Nigeria a dangerous and wrong lesson that it does not pay to be honest‚ hardworking and law-abiding. Through corrupt means many political office holders acquire wealth and properties in and outside Nigeria; and many display their wealth (which is beyond the means)‚ but the society does not blink. This has made politics a big business in Nigeria‚ because anything spent to secure a political office is regarded as an investment
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entrepreneurs in Nigeria Daphne Halkias Center for Family and Young Enterpise‚ University of Bergamo‚ Bergamo‚ Italy Women entrepreneurs in Nigeria 221 Chinedum Nwajiuba Imo State University‚ Owerri‚ Nigeria Nicholas Harkiolakis Metsovio Polytechnic of Athens‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ and Sylva M. Caracatsanis University of Exeter‚ Exeter‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This study seeks to examine the business and social profiles of 67 women entrepreneurs in three regions of Nigeria in order to identify
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new influence within politics. 1.2 Definition Of Terms CHAPTER TWO 2.1 THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS Over the years women have been relegated to the background in issues of the overall development especially in the developing nations like Nigeria. This is borne out of the
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their rise to power in the colonization in Nigeria. Colonialism‚ “is the act of moving a significant number of citizens from a home nation into a new conquered territory”. As aforementioned they successfully did so by three means‚ one is by coordinating treaties. Seizing power and gaining control‚ British successful established treaties with the chiefs of the Niger Delta‚ which ultimately allowed them to proclaim the central and eastern coast of Nigeria as protected land by the British‚ ultimately
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1986. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SAP IN NIGERIA Nigeria had experienced a period of healthy increases in exports in 1970s. And thereafter‚ the growth slowed and then plunged into negative levels between 1981 and 1986. Even agricultural exports slipped‚ from a previous healthy position to a dismal one in the 1980s. The nation also lost ground in its exports of ores and minerals. Only in oil did Nigeria improve its export share. Curiously‚ Nigeria failed to diversify her export base but continued
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It is no longer news that Nigeria is in devastation. Regardless of how diplomatic and cautious any scholar will try to be in his commenting‚ the truth and undeniable fact will always remain that in a land flowing with milk and honey‚ blessed with human resources and natural abundance‚ nothing seems to be working. The entire nation that used to be the most revered and one of the most respected worldwide‚ has found a way to fall below the respect benchmark and the floor line of the most loved index
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