It is not only terrorizing the entire generation but also kills and leaves millions of orphans for the oldest grandparent to carter for. 2.1 HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA According to USAID brief (2004)‚ Nigerian epidemic is characterized by one of the most rapidly increasing rates of new HIV/AIDS cases in West Africa. Adult HIV prevalence increased from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001. This infection rate‚ although lower than that of neighboring African countries should be considered in the context of Nigeria’s
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1.0 Introduction Having experienced a food crisis from 2007 to 2008‚ the world was quite for a short period. From early of 2010‚ the price of many agricultural products kept rising in the whole world. A new round of food crisis affected people. Within 3 month from April to June of 2012‚ the price of wheat and soybean rose 17% and 12%‚ respectively. In July‚ the price of Australian barley surged 56%. At the same time‚ the Chicago wheat price also rose 36%. After August 5‚ Russia announced the suspension
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Managing Challenges in Banking Industry By: Dr. Sudhindra Bhat MBA‚ MFM‚ ACS‚ M.Phil‚ PGDS&MM‚ PGDIR&PM‚ PhD** Management Faculty‚ Consultant and Corporate Trainer Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences 1st Cross‚ 1st stage‚ Peenya industrial Area‚ Bangalore-560 058 E-mail: bhatt1978@yahoo.com Financial System is the most important institutional and functional vehicle for economic transformation of any country. Banking sector is reckoned as a hub and barometer of the financial
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NIGERIA AND OIL By: Fariha Ahsan‚ period 5 This article displays a vivid picture for us about the conditions in Nigeria due to the oil reserves. Though Nigeria contained the potential to strive and become a wealthy oil nation‚ leaving the cocoon of poverty encompassing Africa- it became trapped in a lot of corrupt dealings. Today‚ the Niger Delta in Nigeria has caught the attention of world wide humanitarian and environmental activists. The article states how in the past‚ the corrupt government
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THE GROWTH OF ADR IN NIGERIA By Enenche Eleojo 1. INTRODUCTION As human beings‚ we are caught up daily in a complex web of social and commercial interactions. For as long as these interactions continue‚ interests are bound to clash. When interests clash or are in completion with the interest of others then we can say a dispute has arisen. For as long as humans exist there will be disputes. What makes the difference is how the disputes are resolved. Instinctively‚ once a dispute arises
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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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FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL IN NIGERIA A subsidy is an assistance paid to a business or economic sector. Most subsidies are made by the government to producers or distributed as subventions in an industry to prevent the decline of that industry (‘Subsidy’‚ 2012). Subsidies are used to cushion the price effect of products or commodities or services to the consumer; hence it is used to control price in an economy and ensure the consumer can afford such commodity. This paper seeks to examine the removal
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Haram by the residents of Maiduguri because of its strong opposition to Western education‚ which it sees as corrupting Muslims. Mohammed Yusuf established a religious complex that included a mosque and a school in 2002. Many poor families from across Nigeria and from neighboring countries enrolled their children in the school‚ which also served as a recruiting center for jihadis to fight the Nigerian State. In 2004 it moved to Kanamma‚ Yobe State‚ where it set up a base called "Afghanistan"‚ used to
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Strike as a social problem can first be traced to the disfunctioning of the society when looking at it from the functionalist perspective. Functionalism which is one of the perspectives of studying the society was developed in the 19th century‚ it’s a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation‚ which is a broad focus on the social structures that
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3.6 Revenue recognition with examples when goods are sold under sale or return There are cases when payments are received prior to events that trigger revenue recognition. In that case‚ cash is debited and the unearned revenue is credited. On the other hand‚ when revenue recognition is triggered before actual payment is received‚ accounts receivable is debited while revenue is credited (“Revenue Recognition Principle‚” 2013). Goods are sold under sale or return when they are “sent by the supplier
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