COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW BY C.N. UGWUEGBULAM‚ Ph.D.‚ JP. ALVAN IKOKU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION‚ OWERRI – IMO STATE‚ NIGERIA AND CUUU KADURUMBA (Ph.D.) COLLEGE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY‚ MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE‚ ABIA STATE‚ NIGERIA HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA Man from pre-historic times have been having challenges and solving them. Nigerians in the traditional set-up before the advent of formalized guidance and
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these‚ what seems to be‚ never-ending bills. In 2007‚ McGuinty even promised the people of Ontario that he would not hike taxes anymore by signing a contract with the Taxpayers Federation. However‚ soon after he was seen at the Ontario Provincial Election 2007 campaign commercial admitting to breaking his promise to not raise taxes. Many people are out of work and can barely make ends meet. So when Dalton McGuinty decided to merge the PST and GST to make the Harmonized Sales Tax‚ it is the people
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Nigeria‚ a country in West Africa‚ was one of the leading producers of palm oil‚ cocoa‚ and groundnuts‚ that had the potential of becoming a powerful nation. However‚ in 1885‚ European powers‚ such as Portugal‚ France‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Belgium‚ gathered all together at the Berlin Conference‚ deciding on which African colony they were each going to take over. This was the beginning of New Imperialism. During the Scramble for Africa‚ many African regions were colonized by European
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Privacy Policy Accessibility Help Contact Us Go to www.shell.com Nigeria Nigeria Change Location Environment & Society Safety Human Rights Security in Nigeria Future of energy Products & Services About Shell You are here: Shell Nigeria Homepage > Environment & Society > Safety > Security in Nigeria Security in Nigeria Since 2005 the security situation in the Niger Delta has deteriorated. Heavily
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in Nigeria “Nigeria’s oil production reached 2.1 million barrels per day in 2010.” Nigeria is currently the sixth largest crude oil producer and it is the top oil producer in Africa. Similar to Bougainville Island‚ Nigeria is being exploited by many western countries and their multinational corporations because of their rich natural resource. Oil wasn’t the first thing that was exploited in Nigeria; in 1471 Portuguese traders landed near the Niger Delta‚ the southern tip of Nigeria‚ and
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The economy of Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy emerging market with well-developed financial‚ legal‚ communications‚ transport‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 31st in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2009‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the second-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past
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TAXATION AND FISCAL REGULATIONS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION The Nigerian Tax System has undergone significant changes in recent times. The Tax Laws are being reviewed with the aim of repelling obsolete provisions and simplifying the main ones. Under current Nigerian law‚ taxation is enforced by the 3 tiers of Government‚ i.e. Federal‚ State‚ and Local Government with each having its sphere clearly spelt out in the Taxes and Levies (approved list for Collection) Decree‚ 1998. Of importance at this juncture
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Ken Costa Chairman: Europe‚ Middle East and Africa UBS Investment Banking Department 2 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PP Cass Business School 2 March 2006 EMBARGO UNTIL 19:30pm 2 March 2006 The Trilemma of Globalisation: Free Trade‚ Fair Trade or Fear Trade In discussing the challenges presented by today’s diverse global environment few topics can be as important as the issue of globalisation. It is at the heart of the structural change that has taken place in our generation as borders have
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INJUSTICE IN NIGERIA Over the years and growing up in the dusty sahara threatened landscape of Kaduna {in mid Nigeria}‚ I have often lamented the fate of prisoners who are stripped of their freedom of movement for specific periods of time {and in some glaring cases of inhumanity of man.. for unspecified and unspecific periods}. My young and then innocent mind concluded that depriving prisoners of their freedom as it presently obtains carries along with it a collateral dehumanization of the prisoners
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society. Nigeria with its rather unfair share of the canker worm has as its greatest threat the endemic and malignant nature of corruption. You bribe to get your child into a school‚ you pay to secure a job and you also continue to pay in some cases to retain it. corruption indeed is a bane of any nation. This research work discuses the possible causes of corruption in addition to its effect which seems to rooted in socio- cultural practices and the political and economic realities of Nigeria.
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