Devastating Effect of Flooding in Nigeria SUMMARY Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in the world‚ claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. In Nigeria‚ though not leading in terms of claiming lives‚ flood affects and displaces more people than any other disaster; it also causes more damage to properties. At least 20 per cent of the population is at risk from one form of flooding or another. In Nigeria‚ flood disaster has been perilous
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Compare & Contrast Report on Guatemala and Nigeria – Teams 3 & 4 Section 1 – Introduction The following report is a compare and contrast of the viability for starting a business in either Guatemala or Nigeria. It will also include some details on the overall business climate of both countries and other geographic‚ social‚ and economic factors. Factors that we will discuss include standards of living‚ education‚ overall economy‚ infrastructure‚ communication‚ transportation‚ geographic‚ climate
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Assessment of the Business Environment in Nigeria THE NATIONAL DIAMOND Factor Conditions: Despite Nigeria’s substantial natural resources its infrastructure is inadequate‚ particularly its road and electricity networks‚ which are a significant obstacle to economic growth. Only 30% of the population7 has access to electricity and only 31% of the road network is paved. Shortcomings in operations and safety have given both the ports and air space a reputation as the most unsafe in the region
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A SURVEY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN NIGERIA VIZ-A-VIZ TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT P.A. Ozor Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka‚ Nigeria. e-mail paul.ozor@unn.edu.ng ABSTRACT Sustainable technology development of any economy is anchored in a sound knowledge-base for her citizens. But successful development of such knowledge-base depends on modern infrastructure‚ rule of law and functional institutions. When a society completes infrastructural
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Etisalat Success Story in Nigeria Etisalat is a prominent telecommunications corporation providing to consumers‚ businesses‚ international telecommunication companies‚ ISPs and mobile operators. Etisalat operates in eighteen countries across Asia‚ the Middle East and Africa‚ a coverage area which reaches more than two billion people. To date‚ the group’s global subscriber base exceeds over 140 million subscribers through mobile and Landline voice and data services ("Etisalat Nigeria"). Through the launch
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PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY ANALYSIS –USING MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC. EMBA 14A GROUP 8 MEMBERS IFEYINWA OKONKWO TINA EBUEHI ADEWALE ADEDIRAN BOLA ADEROGBA ADEROGBA TAIWO OLUTOBI OLUFUNWA IFEANYI IBE 2010 8/13/2010 OVERVIEW Pharmaceuticals companies are very vital to the health care delivery systems in every country of the world. These companies are licensed to market‚ develop‚ research and distribute drugs for the prevention‚ treatment and cur of diseases and other medical conditions
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Reassessing Impacts of MDGs in Nigeria A Global Partnership for Development was adopted by 189 nations‚ signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. Bill Gates has called them "the best idea for focusing the world on fighting global poverty that [he has] ever seen." The signing of the partnership was the beginning of the process towards the establishment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Nigeria was among the countries to establish an
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is one of the emerging technology areas where Nigeria is lacking in expertise. It is classified in the same group as ICT and biotechnology. Already‚ the technology is being used in advanced economies of the WEST and SOUTH-EAST Asia‚ to create high technology industries in areas of electronics‚ medicine‚ development of new materials and space. Nanotechnology has been identified as one of the technologies of the technologies of the future for Nigeria. This is therefore the time to key into the global
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colonies (Metz 17). Due to the involvement of European nations in the slave trade‚ it caught the attention of other empires – in this case the British – who then became interested in the region and led expeditions to the area. The British entered Nigeria in the 1800s with hopes of military rule‚ trade power‚ and missionary influence (Metz 15). They also came in search of higher luxuries: gold; around this time the area was rumored to have many gold deposits and was known as the “Gold Coast”. Throughout
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a nation-wide concern in Nigeria in recent years. Almost everyday television broadcast‚ shows‚ newspapers‚ magazines and internet websites run and re-run pictures of dramatic acts of violence carried out by this ferocious sect. It is often hard not to be scared when we see gruesome pictures of people killed or maimed by Boko Haram in office buildings‚ public buses or trains‚ and on the streets. The federal government seems weak in maintaining law and order in Nigeria and lacks a viable strategy
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