Nigeria is a developing country that is abundantly rich in many natural resources and as a result has a good number of multinational corporations ranging from oil companies‚ banks to consulting firms. Unfortunately‚ CSR is a concept that I personally believe the government has left to expectations‚ believing the multinational corporations would do what is ‘right’ by offering certain benefits to the society and the environment. As a result of this approach‚ Corporate and social responsibility has
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Recent activities of secret fraternities in Edo and Anambra States of Nigeria have once again brought to focus the impact of the activities of the nefarious groups on the polity. Not too long ago‚ two prominent movie stars were brutally assassinated in Edo State in what was alleged as a frat-related offensive‚ which culminated in the death of about twenty individuals. Most recently inhabitants of Anambra state were terrorised by frat men‚ who held the state capital hostage in a brutal frat war between
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The case of youth unemployment in Nigeria has been a popular discourse with various perspectives to causes and consequences of unemployment. The rate of youth unemployment has been alarming according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2004‚ young people aged between 15-24 years made up 52.9% of the total number of unemployed persons while those aged between 25-44 made up a further 41.1% . It is also estimated that there would be 14 million new entrants into the labour market between 2009-2011
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nations; and regional economic cooperation and development. In pursuing the goal of regional economic cooperation and development‚ Nigeria helped create the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)‚ which seeks to harmonize trade and investment practices for its 15 West African member countries and ultimately to achieve a full customs union. Over the past decade‚ Nigeria has played a pivotal role in the support of peace in Africa. It has provided the bulk of troops for the UN peacekeeping mission
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SOLUTIONS TO THE NIGER DELTA PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA AN ASSIGNMENT WRITTEN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE DVS 512: TECHNOLOGY‚ ENERGY‚ NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT BY ISU‚ DORATHY AKWUGO PG/MSC/07/46529 LECTURER: DR. OGAKWU INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES‚ UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ ENUGU CAMPUS. AUGUST 2009 BACKGROUND The Niger Delta produces the oil wealth which accounts for the bulk of Nigeria’s foreign earnings. Paradoxically however‚ these vast revenues
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The Colonial Williamsburg has been an attraction for a long time and teaches many facts about Colonial Williamsburg. It informs all visitors about the buildings that had important influences in the making of Colonial Williamsburg. These buildings were the Capitol‚ Magazine‚ Governors Palace‚ and Bruton Parish Church. They were all very interesting‚ but the one that has the most significance to Colonial Williamsburg is the Capitol. The Capitol deserves the commemorative coin as it had served for government
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Introduction Nigeria is Africa’s leading producer of oil and the seventh largest producer of crude oil in the world‚ and equally endowed with other numerous natural resources. But rather than utilizing its resources for maximum development‚ the country is unfortunately bedevilled with how to efficiently and effectively distribute oil revenues in an equitable manner. The revenue allocation phenomenon in Nigeria is basically the issue of distribution of national (resources) revenue‚ mobilized by
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Bilateral trade between Nigeria and India has gone up by 34 percent between April 2010/March 2011‚ and April 2011/March 2012‚ with total trade moving up from $12.9 million to $17. 3 million between the two periods‚ BusinessDay can confirm. Only recently‚ Indian entrepreneurs – textiles and pharmaceutical business persons were in Nigeria to do business with interested Nigerians. Indian exports to Nigeria increased by 29 percent between the periods April 2010 - March 2011 and April 2011- March 2012
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Alleviating Poverty in Nigeria By Anthony Maduagwu ( aka -Toniman ) The Nigerian government is once again embarking on another attempt to alleviate poverty. This present one looks like it is heading the same way the past ones headed and subsequently failed. Amongst the reasons why the past poverty alleviation attempts failed were - ( 1 ) the politics of personal rule - a distinctive type of political system in which the rivalries and
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of composition of the army among other things also “helped to open up Nigeria for political instability immediately after independence” (Ejiogu 2007‚ p.106). Since 1966 coup‚ only 6 years after independence – and the counter coup which started the civil war-‚ Nigeria has been ruled by different military leaders who conducted both successful and there were some unsuccessful coup d’état too (Kolawole‚ 2005). A study of Nigeria politics 6 years after independence will deal mostly with the issues raised
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