Israel: social problems to social welfare‚ poverty and the interaction with religion Israel is located in the Middle East‚ on the south eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Today Israel includes two distinct nationalities: the Jews and the Palestinian Arabs. Judaism is the official Israeli religion and consists of the majority of the population. Islamic religion consists of the minority of the population. Both the people of these nationalities are extremely involved and unable to escape their
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5311 Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A) As described in the Harvard Business School case Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)‚ the primary issue facing Shell is scrutiny over their involvement‚ or lack of involvement‚ in the civil unrest between the Nigerian government and a group of activists representing the Ogoni people – one of Nigeria’s 240 minority tribes. Publicly the conflict is between the Nigerian government and the Ogoni people. However the core of the problem for Royal Dutch/Shell is
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ABSTRACT Nowadays‚ many social scientists agree that social capital is present and positively contributes to economic growth in the light of many studies. In other words‚ social capital is important to the efficient functioning of modern economies. It constitutes the cultural component of modern societies‚ which in other respects have been organized since the enlightenment on the basis of formal institutions‚ the rule of law‚ and rationality. Building social capital has typically been seen
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 1 No. 15 [Special Issue – October 2011] ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CHURCH PROLIFERATION: THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD AS A CASE STUDY IBIYINKA OLUSOLA ADESANYA‚ PhD DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION UNIVERSITY OF ADO-EKITI ADO-EKITI‚ EKITI STATE NIGERIA Abstract The environmental effects of proliferation of churches continued to be a major concern to all and particularly those in the mainstream of environmental
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Civil Aviation in Nigeria is a child of very humble beginnings‚ a spin-off of the British Colonial rule. But above all else‚ it is a product of a mere accident of history dating back to 1925 in the unlikeliest of places - the ancient‚ walled city of Kano. Sometime in July of that year the Northern city was gripped by a tense stand-off between the residents and the colonial government officials. The British government at the time was maintaining an active Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Khartoum‚
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Quarterly update – December 2013 Final analysis by Nenad Pacek Business and economic outlook Nigeria • • • • • • • • • • • • • Executive summary Facts Economic fundamentals Strategic business importance Corporate sales and profit trends Growth trends and drivers Household consumption trends Gross fixed investment trends Government spending trends Currency outlook Interest rates and inflation outlook Political risks to be aware of Forecast table Contents
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Head Counts and House Census to Nigerian Sustainable Development Kofo A. Aderogba Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria kofoaderogba@yahoo.com Key words Population census‚ Limitations‚ Sustainable development‚ Virtues‚ Nigeria Abstract The 2006 population censu was scheduled‚ planned and executed. The objective of this paper is to highlight the uniqueness and credible attributes of the exercise: and to make recommendations
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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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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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INEC to use NYSC members as ad hoc staff By Ezra Ijioma Saturday‚ 21 Aug 2010 View All (15) Comment(s) Print Post Comment Facebook Twitter Send to friend Director-General‚ National Youth Service Corps‚ Brigadier-General Ismaila Maharazu Tsiga The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission‚ Prof. Attahiru Jega‚ has reiterated his commitment in using members of the National Youth Service Corps as ad hoc staff for the
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