Just last month‚ a major summit was held at the United Nations headquarters to review the progress made by countries on the Millennium Development Goals MDGs‚ especially in view of the fact that 10 of the 15 years target set by the world body for attaining the target have just reeled by with the attendant skepticisms as to whether it is indeed realizable. 10 years after this noble initiative to improve the lot of mankind‚ the debate has continued on whether these impoverished countries‚ the primary
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Commercial paper is an unsecured‚ privately placed‚ money market instrument issued in the form of a promissory note. Commercial paper can be issued by the following parties namely; corporate‚ primary dealers and the financial institutions that have been permitted to raise short term resources under the umbrella limit fixed by the central bank. The following are the eligibility criteria: The minimum tangible net worth should be as per the prescribed limit as per the latest audited balance sheet;
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How Engineers Contribute Society’s standards always change and engineers contribute to society by meeting these demands. Engineers create technology and devices that people use day to day. They innovate current technology by making it more practical and improving the quality to satisfy consumers. When society’s trends and fads change‚ engineers comply by redesigning products to accommodate for the changes. Engineers save time and money for every one by speeding up processes and cutting down production
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has developed. Though‚ nursing came to Nigeria through the British Colonial masters. They provided services and medical care for wounded soldiers at the furtherworth Hospital. Later the first nursing home in Nigeria in Jericho‚ Ibadan by the government of the British Colonial masters. Later on missionaries and their wives came to supplement government effort by setting up Mission homes‚ Dispensaries e.t.c. and commence the training of Nurses in Nigeria‚ though language barrier there was no formal
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The debt crisis of Nigeria and Greece Introduction National debt is a problem that can inflict any country including the developed countries. Almost all countries go into budget deficit one way or the other and end up borrowing money. The most direct effect of the government debt is to place a burden on future generations of taxpayers. When these debts and accumulated interest come due‚ future taxpayers will face a difficult choice. Inheriting such a large debt cannot help but lower the living
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“BONNY LIGHT CRUDE OIL” TTO BONNY TERMINAL NIGERIA” 14TH December‚ 2012 Seller’s Ref: Colonel/sil/2012/10 Buyer’s Ref: This Contract agreement is entered into this 14 December 2012 BETWEEN STOWVAT INVESTMENTS LIMITED established under the laws of Federal Republic Nigeria which registered address‚ is situated at NNPC Office‚ Bonny Island‚ Bonny and which is
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THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ON PROFITABILITY IN THE NIGERIA BANKING INDUSTRY: FOCUS ON SOME SELECTED BANKS BY AKOMBO TERSEER SIMON BSU/MS/MBA/09/3150 A SEMINAR PAPER PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT‚ BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY‚ MAKURDI AUGUST‚ 2011 Abstract Commercial banks—assaulted by the pressures of globalization‚ competition from non-banking financial institutions‚ and volatile market dynamics—are constantly seeking new ways to add value to
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Grameen Bank: Taking Capitalism to the Poor Evaristus Mainsah* MBA ’04 Schuyler R. Heuer MBA ’04 Aprajita Kalra MBA/MIA ’04 Columbia Business School Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Qiulin Zhang MPA ’04 Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs This paper was written as part of the course Emerging Financial Markets taught by David O. Beim‚ professor of professional practice‚ at Columbia Business School in fall 2003. The authors are
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Article: 2 Problems and Prospects of Open and Distance Education in Nigeria Mudasiru Olalere YUSUF (Ph.D) Senior lecturer (Educational Technology) Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology‚ Faculty of Education University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin NIGERIA ABSTRACT Distance education as a mean of providing access to education‚ particularly tertiary level education‚ has gained great prominence in the world. Nigeria has taken giant steps of recent to introduce open and distance education
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Assess the usefulness of feminist contributions to our understanding of society today. (33 marks) Feminism is a conflict theory which views society as male dominated and it seeks to describe‚ explain and change the position of women in society. Feminism is therefore a theory of women’s subordination and also a political movement. There are different types of feminism‚ which I will be evaluating in this essay; Liberal‚ Radical‚ Marxist‚ Black and Postmodernist feminist. Feminists criticise mainstream
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