CAN NIGERIA ’S NASCENT DEMOCRACY SURVIVE? BY Emmanuel 0. Ojo (Ph.D) Department of Political Science University of Ilorin‚ Nigeria P. F. Adebayo (Ph.D) Lebanese Emigration Research Center‚ Notre Dame University‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT By May 2009‚ Nigeria ’s nascent democracy should have been a decade. Thus‚ the thrust of this paper is an in depth analysis of the possibility of sustaining democratic values beyond any sudden reversal. The. paper however‚ takes a cursory look at the daunting challenges
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INSECURITY IN NIGERIA Underlying the quest for national security in Nigeria is the issue of political morality‚ which focuses on the question of defining the relationship between the state and the various groups in the society. Political morality properly construed seeks to establish and sustain the essential conditions for the smooth functioning of the state and society. It is in this light that we identify the problem of the moral basis of Nigeria’s security to be a vital imperative of national
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Eric Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Paper #2 I conducted an interview with an adolescent named Jonah Navarro‚ age 15 to try and determine which stages of Erickson’s psychosocial development he had completed‚ and which one’s he had not. According to Erik Erickson‚ all people come to understand themselves and the meaning of behavior by completing 8 stages throughout life that start at infancy and end with old age (Feldman pg. 265) Erickson spoke of a specific area that involve adolescents
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The history of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria The first two HIV cases in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 19866. In 1987 the Nigerian health sector established the National AIDS Advisory Committee‚ which was shortly followed by the establishment of the National Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS (NEACA). At first the Nigerian government was slow to respond to the increasing rates of HIV transmission7 and it was only in 1991 that the Federal Ministry
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banking. 1 Banks in the economy Role in the money supply A bank raises funds by attracting deposits‚ borrowing money in the inter-bank market‚ or issuing financial instruments in the money market or a capital market. The bank then lends out most of these funds to borrowers. However‚ it would not be prudent for a bank to lend out all of its balance sheet. It must keep a certain proportion of its funds in reserve so that it can repay depositors who withdraw their deposits. Bank reserves are typically
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performance of listed commercial banks and returns to investors occupies an important role in the development of capital market. Development and expansion of capital market are essential for the rapid economic growth of the country. Capital market helps economic development by mobilizing long term capital required for the productive sectors. It is vital to long term growth and prosperity of the economy since it provides the channel through which needed funds can be raised. Bank is a financial institution
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Social Science.http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 41.204.186.122 on Wed‚ 2 Oct 2013 11:21:25 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions ANNALS‚ AAPSS‚ 483‚ January 1986 Religion‚ Legitimacy‚ and Conflict in Nigeria By HENRY BIENEN ABSTRACT: Nigeria has not evolved political formulas that explicitly allow religion or religious authorities to define legitimacy. There have‚ however‚ been struggles carried out in religious terms over constitutional mechanisms for adjudicating conflict
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. The country is located in West Africa. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South; a very small minority practice traditional religion. The people of Nigeria have an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation
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Education and Religious Intolerance in Nigeria: The Need for Essencism as a Philosophy Barrister Samuel Asuquo Ekanem‚ Ph.D Department of Educational Foundations And Administration Faculty of Education‚ Cross River University of Technology‚ Calabar – Nigeria. Ekeng Nyong Ekefre‚ Ph.D Department of Educational Foundations And Aministration Faculty Of Education‚ Cross River University of Technology‚ Calabar- nigeria Doi:10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n2p303 Abstract Nigeria as a nation is plaque with several
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